by Sandy Phillips | Apr 28, 2017 | Challenge, Class Activities, Uncategorized
The YABBA Awards is a great opportunity to engage students in reading practice whilst encouraging student voice. Students get to recommend, read, rate and reward their favourite Australian books through the YABBA Awards. As a 2017 YABBA Member each Victorian Primary...
by Sandy Phillips | Apr 24, 2017 | Class Activities
ABC Splash have put together a great collection of resources for ANZAC Day. Here is one of those resources. “The Going Down of the Sun”. The Last Post is played during Anzac Day ceremonies and at military funerals. Watch this clip to find out what this...
by Sandy Phillips | Apr 21, 2017 | Class Activities
Stories can be complex things, full of emotion, depth, themes, and new ideas. But, like castles, cakes and cars, if you have all the right parts, they’re not too hard to create. In this digibook, another great resource presented by ABC Splash, Matt from Sydney...
by Sandy Phillips | Apr 5, 2017 | Challenge, Class Activities, Uncategorized
Adobe and Department of Education, Learning and Teaching Branch are pleased to announce the EOI date for Adobe ‘Have a Voice’ has been extended until Friday 28th April. Groups of students are invited to create a video story (maximum of two minutes), animation (maximum...
by Sandy Phillips | Mar 20, 2017 | Class Activities, Uncategorized
Due to popular demand we are repeating the highly successful webinar from the National Day of Action to prevent Bullying. Audience: Years 4, 5 and 6 students. Date: Weds 29 March 2.15- 2.55 pm We will let the students know where they can chat on the day. Presented by...
by Sandy Phillips | Mar 1, 2017 | Challenge, Class Activities, Coding, Curriculum, Digital Learning, Digital Tech Curriculum, Digital Technologies, Digital technology, Programming, Uncategorized
Students from around the world have real issues and problems they want to solve. Not many of them involve lions. This TED talk is a great tuning in resource for teachers creating maker spaces and students using critical and creative thinking and a bit of technological...
