The big picture – Four Corners “Digikids”
Several of the many facets of the complexity of schooling moved into the public arena with the ABC’s Four Corners program, DigiKids. DigiKids which aired on Monday 11 November, 2019.
The beginnings of literacy
What we do in the classroom builds on and around this for each child. We have to treat all literary practices as an integral component of our students’ lives, so that they can take themselves seriously as active participants.
Book Week: Making connections to mathematics
It’s Book Week! To celebrate book week, schools across Australia encourage students to read, hold book fairs or promote the joy of reading through dressing up as favourite characters, just to name a few of the common events. This year’s theme is Reading is my secret power, this focus reminds students of the amazing ability…
Classroom displays – context, purpose and audience
I have visited several schools over the past few months, and love the way the pieces on display add colour and dynamism to an environment that can be pretty sterile. Primary Learning 2019 It is obvious that teachers are proud of their students’ work – expertise in the arts, in writing, in mathematical thinking, and…
How language – and other elements of communication – change according to purpose
One of the most important aspects of literacy is the way language changes according to purpose.
That Test
So much has been written about that test, and the messages are confusing. Indigenous students’ literacy and numeracy skills have improved at twice the rate of their peers’ over the past decade, new NAPLAN data shows. Sydney Morning Herald 08/04/2019 … since 2008 there have been statistically significant gains and year levels, particularly at the…
It’s time to think about why we write
The joy of writing; writing is more than just work for achieving an outcome.
Representation and Response
‘Swapped at Birth’: an art exhibition which was part of the Adelaide Fringe Festival.
Teaching and learning: from the script to pedagogy
Our work in literacy does not have to have our students tied to a desk, involved in tedious or mind-numbingly repetition and practice.
New year, new ideas, new perspectives
2019 – new year, new ideas, new perspectives. There will be some retreads and updates of oldies but goodies in everyone’s practice. And we can predict there will be a comeback for some of the repeatedly discredited same old same olds. There are ideas and mantras that keep turning up like uninvited guests. They have…