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Mathematising the holiday recount

Mathematics, Opinion, Reflections, WritingBy Katherin CartwrightOctober 12, 2020

It’s back to school for Term 4 in NSW and for the first time probably all year, students may have some interesting holiday activities to share. Whether they stayed at home, played with cousins, went camping, visited the zoo, grandma’s, or a friend’s house, first day back often involves writing a recount. Well I thought…

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Handwriting

Curriculum, English, Reading, WritingBy Annette GrayAugust 24, 2020

Recent research describes the importance and impact of teaching handwriting, particularly in the first four years of school.

The beginnings of literacy

English, LiteracyBy Annette GrayOctober 21, 2019

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.

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It’s time to think about why we write

English, LiteracyBy Annette GrayMarch 11, 2019

The joy of writing; writing is more than just work for achieving an outcome.

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Looking at the literacy landscape

LiteracyBy Annette GrayDecember 12, 2018

If you are doing any sort of a road trip with your family this year, the question ‘Are we there yet?’ is one which might become very familiar. The landscape can slip by while we concentrate on our driving, on the need to stop for food or fuel or toilet breaks, and the car talk,…

Dialogic teaching and talking about writing

Opinion, PedagogyBy Annette GrayNovember 26, 2018

Dialogic teaching, a term created by Dr Robin Alexander in the early 2000s, harnesses the power of talk to stimulate and extend students’ thinking and advance their learning and understanding.

Writing and music

English, LiteracyBy Annette GrayNovember 5, 2018

Written text can be like music – creative and exciting, thrilling and moving.

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Thinking about Context Part 1: Writing the Future

LiteracyBy Annette GrayOctober 22, 2018

Total immersion indeed. PETAA’s ‘Professional Learning Intensive’ was described as presenting writing ‘to teachers in context’. It did that and more in this two days of professional learning for educators from all over the country.

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