Learning in the early years: Do, perform, portray – play!
Issue: Semester 1 2024
Kathy Rushton and Joanne Rossbridge outline the theory and research about young children’s language and literacy development through play; and…
A Primary Teacher’s Guide to the ‘new’ Mathematics Syllabus K-6
Issue: Semester 2 2023
Catherine Myson-Foehner provides a guide to the new Mathematics Syllabus K-6… The price of doing the same old thing is…
Teaching PE in Primary Schools
Issue: Semester 2 2023
Margaret Gordon writes on the importance of quality PE programs in primary schools and offers practical suggestions for classroom teachers.…
Effective Classroom Management
Issue: Semester 2 2022
Helen McMahon, Michelle Gleeson, Andrea Gavrielatos & Trystan Loades consider one of the most important topics for all teachers … classroom…
Viva La Difference: Exploring LGBTIQ Diversity in the Primary Classroom
Issue: Semester 1 2022
Dr Lorri Beveridge, Michael Murray and Hannah Gillard explore the high gravitas and practicalities
of raising awareness of intersex, sexuality and gender diverse people in the primary classroom
through teaching LGBTIQ literature.1 Teaching students LGBTIQ texts can better address students’
academic and emotional needs…
Understanding students’ higher order thinking skills through the lens of assessment
Issue: Semester 1 2022
Rayanne Shakra and Jim Tognolini give clear and comprehensive advice to teachers on how to use modern definitions of assessment to better assess their students’ Higher Order Thinking Skills.
Supporting Learning Through COVID-19
Issue: Semester 1 2021
Rani Fairbairn and Belinda Gibbs were involved in Schooling for a Fair Go as a classroom teacher and coach respectively…
Find A Place Where You Can Do Your Best Work
Issue: Semester 1 2021
Julie Fendall is a classroom teacher currently in Sydney’s Blue Mountains. She has been a teacher-research assistant on the Schooling…
‘It’s What Makes A Perfect Class’: Conversations In The Classroom
Issue: Semester 1 2021
Rebecca Rivers graduated from Western Sydney University with a Masters of Teaching (Primary) and began teaching at Lansvale Public School.…
Critical Literacy in English and History: Stages 3 & 4
Issue: Semester 2 2020
Kathy Rushton and Joanne Rossbridge explore the important concept of Critical Literacy. They explain why it is essential for teachers…