National Water Week 2017
Wednesday, 11 October 2017
The water on our planet is the same as it has always been since the very beginning - it has never been added to or repl
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What does STEM look like in the classroom?
Wednesday, 04 October 2017
The inaugural STEM Education Conference was held in WA on the 28th and 29th of September at Curtin University. It was
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Aussie Rules to tackle Indigenous mathematics
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
by Christine Nicholls, Senior Lecturer at Flinders University
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Freebie Friday - STEM projects
Friday, 15 September 2017
Imagine a world of innovative, communicative, collaborative and thoughtful problem-solvers. Now imagine a world where ne
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Freebie Friday - Australian Curriculum Health
Friday, 01 September 2017
Want to get your students thinking more about their physical health? Check out these Freebie Friday downloads: they te
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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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Science: A STEM approach
Friday, 11 August 2017
Happy Friday, everyone! Next week is National Science Week ! This year's theme is 'Future Earth' and focuses on Austra
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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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Back to School Workbook Samples
Tuesday, 01 August 2017
Samples for the back to work campaign. Features New Wave Mental Maths, Handwriting Today and English Skills Practice
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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