Oz Lit Teacher Blog
Happy World Poetry Day!
Today is a wonderful day for me as I’ve always loved reading and writing poetry.
I can’t remember exactly where ...
Lots of teachers ask me how to engage their reluctant writers.
It's like they know my secret when they ask me.
The secret that my family...
When I was first considering taking on a formal leadership role in a school, I attended a Women in Leadership workshop where it was recommended th
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My husband and I enjoy rogaining (long distance orienteering that requires a minimum of two people per group).
It’s not just the fact that i...
It’s no surprise that I get a lot of questions about the 6+1 traits of writing.
I do, after all, bang on about them ALL. THE. TIME.
Why?...
I get asked this question quite a lot and it excites me.
Why?
Because it’s generally asked after a teacher has had their eyes opened to ...
Notebook writing is the perfect start-of-year activity for your literacy classroom- it builds community and teaches students timely strategies for
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I love a good inspirational quote.
My childhood gymnastics coach, Mr Palmer, introduced them to me. You couldn’t even go to the bathroom in his ...
Last week I was fortunate enough to listen to mindset coach Kylie Broadfoot (from KMB Coaching) speak on a very relevant topic for this time of ye
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My husband and I have always loved the outdoors. The bush is our defibrillator; it recharges us and brings us back into our natural rhythm. It cle
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