Keep kids engaged through summer

Keep kids engaged through summer

The freedom and fun that the long summer holiday brings is always much anticipated (for us educators as well as the students!). And though that downtime is there to be enjoyed, all too often the holiday months can become a time when learning seems to switch off and...
The Big Write helping to develop a love for literacy

The Big Write helping to develop a love for literacy

The lights are dimmed, there is music playing softly and the class of 20 students are peacefully engrossed in their tasks – it sounds like the setting for a yoga class but it’s not. It’s The Big Write happening in a Year 4 classroom at Matthew Flinders Anglican...