Learning At Home will bring new challenges for families, however, these challenges can be reduced with a little structure in place. To help we have created a LEARN AT HOME CHECKLIST as a free resource for...
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Intergenerational Learning
The series explores a social model called intergenerational learning; bringing kindergarten children together with the elderly at an aged care centre. Together these ‘bookend’ generations play games, compete in sports...
Screen Time for Kids
An Australian 2017 Child Health Poll identifies one-third of pre-schoolers and two-thirds of primary school children own their own tablet or smartphone. Based on Australian National Physical Activity and Sedentary...
Resilience in Children
If a child is showing signs of distress, we can support them by being a caring, non-judgmental person to trust; they may feel comfortable to open up about sensitive issues such as family conflict, parental struggles,...
Home Economics in Queensland Schools
CQ University home economics lecturer Dr Jay Deagon has slammed the decision; asserting the myriad educational aspects inherent in teaching cooking to children. Cooking develops maths skills, comprehension and reading,...
Who Knew UNO Could Be So Much Fun!
Ideas for different ways to use UNO CARDS in and outside of the classroom. Not only did I find so many ways that people love to incorporate UNO in some way into their lives, I enjoyed discovering that different...
Teaching with a Disability
BLOG TEACHING WITH A DISABILITY John Catania I was born with a disability called Spina Bifida and have used a wheelchair all my life. Disability has challenged my resolve; equally, it provides tremendous gifts...
That Last Nerve
BLOG That Last Nerve You know the one! When all the jobs, tasks, to-do’s, meetings, testing to create/set/mark, school reports to write, the parent to settle, the admin to keep happy, the field trip to take, the next...
Appreciate your P & C Day
BLOG Appreciate your P & C Day I never realised until I’m now a parent, how much effort the parents put in, in THEIR own time, to make all the community events come together! I didn’t have children when I was a...
Best Plants for Your Classroom
BLOG Best Plants for Your Classroom Plants are great for any classroom as they can bring any room to life. They add a sense of interaction with your environment as it gives you something to care for and look...