Oz Lit Teacher Blog

6 (More) Books to Read For Harmony Week Mar 16, 2025

Around this time last year I invited a guest blog writer -my daughter Ashleigh-  to share some of the texts she has read to her students to celebrate ...

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6 Books To Read for Harmony Day (Guest post) Mar 11, 2024

We have a special guest writer on the blog this week: my very own daughter, Ashleigh Leung!

Harmony Day

Ash teaches a year 5 class at a large primary school (a...

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Class Novel Recommendation: August and Jones Oct 02, 2022

 I was keen to read Pip Harry's latest novel August and Jones because it was inspired by the true story of 2 students from the school where I was prin...

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8 Books About Australia's Stolen Generations May 22, 2022

National Sorry Day occurs on May 26 every year in Australia. On this day in 1997, a report called Bringing Them Home was tabled in Parliament. It

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9 Picture Books Celebrating Women Feb 27, 2022

A quick look at the Australian calendar will tell you that the month of March is all about celebrating, commemorating, and discussing fabulous women.

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Poems to Celebrate World Poetry Day Mar 21, 2021

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 ...

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Why Is Literacy Important? (A Lesson From 2020) Aug 30, 2020

As far as books go, 2020 has turned into Margaret Wild’s ‘The Sloth Who Came to Stay.’

You know the picture story book about the busy family...

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