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Schools for tomorrow
Activist leaders lead with love, care, and solidarity (McKay& Mills, 2022). They understand that education is not just about the academic outcomes of learners, but about nurturing humans. They build schools where students and staff feel valued, heard, and empowered to imagine new possibilities. https://community.acel.org.au/blogs/fiona-longmuir/2025/07/01/reimagining-schooling There are schools out there that are changing, but these…
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Adding depth to spelling
Perhaps the usual spelling lessons at school involve talking about the rule, playing some games in groups and then practising through writing. But learning remotely takes away the interaction and some hands on games for many children thus leaving spelling to more of a chore task than one which is often fun. Remote learning needs…
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Is your school catering for gifted students?
Every school should be able to cater for their bright and gifted students. Here is a quick list to think about: Are all of your lessons catering for the different abilities of students and challenging those who have already achieved the content? Do you regularly assess your students informally and formally to ensure that there…
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Timing those questions
Have you ever wondered what the students in your class are thinking as you give instructions or content? Or do you just teach, ask a few questions at the end and then set students off to work? Have you ever considered re thinking how you ask questions to your students? Have you ever tried: “Do…
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Student directed learning
When your bright and gifted students and moving beyond the curriculum through achievement of the outcomes or even when they are moving within the outcomes, we need think more creatively as to how we can support them so they develop skills as future problem solvers and creative thinkers. Weekly self check Rather than continue on…
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Goal setting with bright and gifted students.
All students need to learn how to set goals and monitor them for growth (see https://education.nsw.gov.au/about-us/educational-data/cese/publications/practical-guides-for-educators/growth-goal-setting) But when it comes to gifted students we really need to take more time to ensure the goals they are setting are not only challenging them, they are also supporting them to reach these goals. Many of our gifted…
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Aussie STEM Stars Junior Fiction series
Wild Dingo Press have created three great books as part of a new series called Aussie STEM stars. The three first scientists in these books are Fiona Wood, Munjed Al Muderis and Georgia Ward Fear. Each book has also been written by a different Australian author. These books are an excellent addition to the literacy classroom and many…
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Higher Order Thinking: Changing perspective
You may have heard of the Kaplan model and possibly used it in the classroom so in this blog today I am going to outline a way I have easily used ‘Multiple perspectives’ Multiple Perspectives encourages students to think about a topic from various, specific points of view. This aspect of the Kaplan model adds…
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Discombobulated by Cate Sawyer illustrated by Adriana Avellis — Educate.Empower.
Have you ever heard of the word Discombobulated? Have you ever tried to spell it or say it or even wonder what the meaning of it is? Language surrounds us and we take it for granted that children will absorb new words quickly. But how about the more difficult and interesting words? And how about […]…
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The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
Extend, Empower, Enrich 