As we prepare for the ANZAC Centenary this year, I have been looking at ways to engage my young students (Stage 1) in a discussion on our war history. I have […]
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Office Mix
Stepping into the Microsoft Innovative Educator Program has been nothing short of mind blowing. My senses are in overload and I don’t know which technology to dive into […]
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Challenge Thinking
Year 5 spent time ‘Connecting and Wondering’ about space travel. As a class we created a list of all the facts we knew about the Apollo 11 mission. […]
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Kids Story Builder
We have been having great fun exploring the Windows 8 app – Kids Story Builder. Kids Story Builder is a simple to use e-book creator that allows the […]
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Blogging and Persuasive Writing
“Harry Highpants” by Tony Wilson is a great text for exploring persuasive writing. The ICT skill of blogging is a feature of this lesson. Teachers often ask ‘how […]
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Padlet as an e-portfolio
With students completing many tasks online it is important to provide a platform for sharing this work. Padlet is a simple, effective and easy to use e-portfolio option. Padlet: […]
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If they only knew…
Task: It is 1810 and the locals are keen to find out what Australia has to offer beyond Sydney Cove. They are ready to explore. History tells us […]
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STNL 2305
Inspired by schools in New Zealand (observed during a study tour in 2013) we introduced an in-school radio station. STNL 2305 broadcasts daily for 15 minutes over recess. […]
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Storymaker
Working in groups of 6, students were given a set of 3 Stephen Michael King images. The group was required to agree on a general story line for […]
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Trees – Visual Response
This term in Year 4 the students have been thinking about the environment – in particular ‘Trees’. We read A Forest by Marc Martin and built vocabulary banks on […]