Understand and respect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to promote reconciliation betwee
Throughout the curriculum, we provide students with learning opportunities to improve their understanding of Indigenous history. This...
Teaching strategies to assist in the facilitation of highly skilled classroom practice.
Today in History we looked at inventions of the Industrial Revolution. Students completed their daily writing task and then utilised...
2015 Lead-In Professional Development.
Today we prepared for the new school year with a PD on Explicit Instruction. After developing my understanding of warm ups through...
Addressing the learning needs of students from diverse, linguistic cultural and socio-economic backg
Today I worked with our Director of Curriculum and another MY teacher to develop an English overview that addresses the significant...
ICT Strategies and Student Feedback using Blog sites and the 100 word challenge.
This year my students have engaged with the 100 word challenge through their online blog site, KidBlog. Blogs are a great way to use ICT...
Engaging professionally with colleagues, parents/caregivers and the community.
Through secure and professional social media, I communicate regularly with parents/caregivers and the wider school community. I always...
Using ICT to engage MY students.
A real highlight of this term has been the 'Own Your Biome' PBL project I developed with colleagues Jodie Rich and Alisha Janssen. This...
SEPEP Success
I thought I would share a reflection on how the program has worked in my Yr 9 class. *For a full description of SEPEP check here.* After...
Implementing effective teaching strategies to improve students’ literacy achievement.
For my first post I wanted to share my strategy reflection journal I have been working on this year. These research proven stratgies...
