Classroom athletics
Wednesday, 30 August 2017
Keeping fit and active is a key way to keeping healthy and happy. Hold a weekly/fortnightly/monthly 'classroom athleti
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Freebie Friday - Teaching comprehension strategies
Friday, 25 August 2017
In Wednesday's post we talked about the different skills students need to acquire to effectively understand compreh
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Teaching comprehension skills
Wednesday, 23 August 2017
It is a sad indictment of education that even the Macquarie dictionary defines comprehension as: 'a formal exercise i
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Freebie Friday - Father's Day activities
Friday, 18 August 2017
What's that special day just around the corner? Is it Father's Day? Had you forgotten? (Let's hope not!) Just in case,
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Enhancing fluency through English skills
Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Being a proficient communicator is an essential skill for survival, to ‘get ahead’ in a career or simply to socialise.
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STEM and sustainability - National Science Week 2017
Wednesday, 09 August 2017
With spring fast approaching, why not take the opportunity to get your students out into the sunshine to have fun with
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Freebie Friday - Economics and business
Friday, 04 August 2017
Economics and business. Sounds like a daunting topic, doesn't it? How do you teach something so important while keeping
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Teaching economics and business
Tuesday, 01 August 2017
Everywhere you turn, advertisements abound, luring unsuspecting consumers into the hands of businesses that will happi
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Freebie Friday: Handwriting today
Friday, 28 July 2017
Research shows handwriting assists with the preparation for early literacy, increases creativity and productivity, impr
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The need for the explicit teaching of handwriting
Tuesday, 25 July 2017
The explicit teaching of handwriting is a topic that has polarised the teaching profession for decades.
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Freebie Friday - Revised New wave mental maths sample units
Friday, 21 July 2017
Our bestselling New wave mental maths series has been revised for 2018! It now includes revised questions to fully i
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The importance of problem-solving and mental maths
Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Why do we need mental maths? Is there still a need for it now that we carry a smartphone with a calculator on it everyw
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Tips for differentiating your lessons
Wednesday, 12 July 2017
In the past, students who did not meet certain criteria were requested to repeat the year at schooling. Later research
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Freebie Friday: Yoga for children
Friday, 23 June 2017
On Tuesday we wrote about the benefits of yoga for children, especially in the classroom. Today's Freebie Friday is a y
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Freebie Friday: 'The Maths box' digital teachers guide
Friday, 16 June 2017
Did you know that you can get our fantastic digital Maths box teachers guide for free? Yes, you can!
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Freebie Friday: Mathemagic by Dr Paul Swan
Friday, 09 June 2017
An awesome example of mathemagic is the mind-reading trick based on using a set of cards to determine a secret number.
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Freebie Friday: Values education toolkit
Friday, 02 June 2017
With all the change going on in the world, it's important to teach students values so they can be conscientious citizen
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The power of positive energy in the classroom
Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Imagine you are stepping off a ferry onto the jetty of an enchanting Greek island dotted with blue and white buildings