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The Grown-Up’s Guide to Picture Books
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The Grown-Up’s Guide to Picture Books

Posted on: January 28, 2025January 28, 2025

‘This stunning book guides readers through storytelling structures, offering classroom activities and encouraging a lifelong love of picture books. An empowering must-own for authors and illustrators, educators and […]

Who’s Typing?
History / Library / Stage 3 / Technology

Who’s Typing?

Posted on: September 5, 2024September 5, 2024

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 […]

If I Was a Horse
Library / Literature / Stage 1 / Thinking / With this book we can..

If I Was a Horse

Posted on: August 6, 2024August 6, 2024

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 […]

Generate – Sort – Connect – Elaborate
History / Library / Stage 2 / Thinking

Generate – Sort – Connect – Elaborate

Posted on: July 29, 2024August 1, 2024

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 […]

Four Images – One Sentence
History / Library / Literature / Stage 1 / Thinking

Four Images – One Sentence

Posted on: July 28, 2024July 28, 2024

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 […]

The Katha Chest
History / Library / Literature / Stage 1 / Stage 3

The Katha Chest

Posted on: March 22, 2023March 22, 2023

This story encourages us to think about how we keep memories alive and connect with our past. As Asiya explores the quilts in the katha chest she learns […]

The Curse of the Vampire Robot
Library / Stage 3 / Technology / Thinking

The Curse of the Vampire Robot

Posted on: March 22, 2023March 22, 2023

</iframe> As I mention in the podcast, this book did not appeal to me in the beginning. I love books by Graeme Base but this title (and cover) […]

Rethinking Detention
Immigration / Library / Minecraft / Technology

Rethinking Detention

Posted on: June 14, 2021June 14, 2021

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 […]

Self-regulation in Minecraft Education Edition
Library / Minecraft / Technology

Self-regulation in Minecraft Education Edition

Posted on: May 26, 2021May 26, 2021

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 […]

The New Library Learning Path
Inquiry / Library

The New Library Learning Path

Posted on: October 19, 2019October 19, 2019

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I am the Teacher Librarian at St Therese's Primary School, New Lambton, NSW, Australia and a MIE Fellow. I hope you find my ideas and resources helpful....Lynette Barker

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