Episode 2…The Imagineer! Such a fabulous book for exploring the value of museums and artefacts as ‘sources of information’. Follow the link below to a story I have […]
Early Stage 1 / History / Technology
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Stellarphant
Podcast #1…so excited to share this with you. Just my dear friend Kerry and myself chatting about a book and how you might use it in learning. Not […]
Technology
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Looking After Country With Fire
“Mother Nature has a language. If we listen, and read the signs in the land, we can understand it. For thousands of years, First Nations people have listened and […]
Geography / Literature / Stage 1 / Technology
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Kakadu Seasons
As part of the Features of Places Geography Unit (Stage 1 – NSW Syllabus) Year 1 students investigated seasons. Whilst we have 4 seasons of equal length in […]
Immigration / Library / Minecraft / Technology
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Rethinking Detention
Year 6 Library Learning – Immigration Detention Centres. The learning intention was for students to understand that society’s view of immigration detention centres has changed over time, and explore options for improving the centres. Skills of communication […]
Library / Minecraft / Technology
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Self-regulation in Minecraft Education Edition
This term, inspired by the beautiful book Saving Species by Jess French and James Gilleard, Year 3 students are building a Minecraft world where an endangered or vulnerable […]
Technology
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Australia Day – so what?
Many of us are familiar with the Stage 2 History Outcome HT2-1 that includes: Students identify important Australian celebrations and commemorations and discuss their origins and significance in […]
Minecraft / Technology
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Minecraft Museum
Sometimes during a lesson you are gifted a moment when you get to stand back and watch pure learning. That moment for me was last week during a […]
Immigration / Literature / Stage 3 / Technology
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Feathers
Overview: Feathers is a beautiful picture book written by Phil Cummings and illustrated by Phil Lesnie. The reader follows the flight of a sandpiper as it migrates to […]
Technology
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Review + 2
Review + 2 is a thinking routine I love. I share information with the students – most often for this it is a video. They watch the video […]