Kerry Gittins and I had a wonderful day at the 2025 Mantle Conference in Newcastle. Enjoy the love of literature we captured via our podcast… A Chat with […]
Early Stage 1 / Literature / Science / Stage 1 / Stage 2 / Stage 3
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Literature and STEM
The Design Process Picture books offer a great starting point for STEM thinking. Read The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires and compare the plot to the design […]
Early Stage 1 / Literature / Maths / Stage 1 / Stage 2 / Stage 3
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Literature and Maths
Literature is at the heart of all English programs, but it has a place in Mathematics too. Listen to myself and Kerry chat about the use of picture […]
Geography / History / Literature / Science / Technology / Thinking / With this book we can..
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Book an Adventure with Jess McGeachin
Book Week 2024 has been and gone and whilst we should be resting, many teacher librarians are now pondering the amazing opportunities the 2025 book week theme will […]
History / Library / Stage 3 / Technology
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Who’s Typing?
I love the quote ‘The hand that holds the pen writes history’ but for my students I have modernised the thought to be ‘Who’s typing’? I worked through […]
History / Literature / With this book we can..
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Timeless
Such gorgeous illustrations…no surprise this book by Kelly Canby is the winner of the CBCA Picture Book of the Year for 2024. Time is such an interesting concept. […]
Library / Literature / Stage 1 / Thinking / With this book we can..
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If I Was a Horse
A gorgeous book that I thought the children would enjoy but was unsure how I might use it in the classroom. I decided that it could be a […]
Programming / Thinking
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Rethinking the rubric…again!
A year ago I wrote about rethinking the rubric. You can read that post HERE. After spending time with Michael McDowell I have had to rethink the rubric […]
History / Library / Stage 2 / Thinking
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Generate – Sort – Connect – Elaborate
As part of a library lesson supporting the Stage 2 NSW History unit First Contacts, I presented a Year 3 class with this image. Image from https://www.independent.co.uk/ Students […]
History / Library / Literature / Stage 1 / Thinking
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Four Images – One Sentence
During a recent workshop with Michael McDowell, he asked us to view 4 images and write one statement. The purpose was to encourage ‘deep’ thinking. This prompted some […]