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Olfactory memory. Have you ever smelled a smell and immediately been reminded of a place, person or thing from your past? That’s olfactory memory: the recollections of odours. For me, …
6 life changing leadership Lessons
One Thursday back in 2012, I received an email from the judging panel for the Lindsay Thompson Fellowship (a Victorian Education Excellence Award). They wanted to interview me the following …
4 practices to avoid in guided reading
Lately I’ve been talking to one of my good friends Mardi Gorman, about all things literacy in schools. Mardi’s a literacy consultant in Victoria and has worked in schools in …
Writer’s Notebook: 5 myths to debunk
Writer’s notebooks can be powerful tools in the writing classroom but I’ve heard a few myths floating around about these and I think it’s time to clear some of them …
5 common mistakes teachers make in Independent Reading
Being a literacy consultant, I get the opportunity to visit lots of schools and observe in lots of classrooms. I see all types of wonderful teaching practice and I get …
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Writers and their notebooks: Claire Saxby
Claire Saxby is a Victorian writer who has written almost 40 children’s books. She writes beautiful fiction and non-fiction texts as well as poetry and has won many awards for …
Teacher insights into the remote schooling experience
Remember that time when the whole of education changed overnight… After weeks of remote schooling, teachers and students are returning to schools. So, what reflections do teachers have on this …
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Writers and their notebooks: Lian Tanner
Earlier this year I launched the Writer’s Notebook Series. This series of posts is focused on learning how published authors use their writer’s notebooks so that teachers can implement these …
Remote teaching’s golden opportunity for improving teacher practice.
Remote teaching certainly has its challenges, but it also provides us with an array of wonderful benefits as well. One of those benefits is a gift to teachers- a golden …
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Parent Insights Into The Remote Schooling Experience (Part 2)
Earlier in the week I posted the first half of my report from a parent survey I created that was focused on gaining insights into their remote schooling experiences. This …
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