Ancient Rome in 3d
Friday, November 28th, 2008Thanks to Cindy Barnsley I discovered this resource for teachers of history or those structuring student investigations [www://earth.google.com/rome].
Archive for November, 2008
Thanks to Cindy Barnsley I discovered this resource for teachers of history or those structuring student investigations [www://earth.google.com/rome].
Student transitions from year to year
Friday, November 28th, 2008Today whilst hearing about the Departments latest version of the school review I had one of those light bulb moments when I heard a school reviewer talk about student transitions. To put this into context in Victoria all public schools have a school review every four years. There are various types ...
Prep Transition Programs
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008Most people accept that its important for children and their parents to have a well informed and smooth start to the school year and that this is best achieved through a multi session transition program.This week the prep team completed the final session on the transition program for 2009 enrolments which ...
Parramatta Catholic Education Office tours Elsternwick
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008This week I have had colleagues from the Catholic Education office in Parramatta NSW visit Elsternwick Primary to look at the use of flexible learning spaces, how technology is embedded into facilities and the curriculum, as well as a model of Inquiry learning. It was a privilege to be asked to ...
Marketing a school to prospective parents through fortnightly tours
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008Today I have just finished the last of 20 group tours I have conducted in 2008 for prospective parents. It's interesting to reflect on their value - do they answer parents questions? - do they present the school in the best way? - are tours one of the main ways ...
Generation WE – the movement coming to you!
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008Generation WE: The Movement Begins... from Generation We on Vimeo. I saw this video tonight and thought it made some powerful statements about how the political landscape will change in America and what concerns will need real solutions from policy makers.
Do schools kill creativity?
Monday, November 10th, 2008Sir Ken Robinson is featured in this video on Do schools kill creativity? The video goes for 20 minutes and is quite entertaining to watch - it's ideal for parents to view or to use at a staff meeting to promote the value of a balanced curriculum. In the presentation ...
Stand by me
Thursday, November 6th, 2008I really like this clip of various people all over the world singing with hope the classic song "Stand by Me". In some ways it reminds me of the hope lots of people in the States shouted out this week with Barack Obama being the President elect. Whilst his slogan ...
Shadowing
Thursday, November 6th, 2008Last week I had a leading teacher, Kendra, from a neighbouring school shadow me for 2 days as part of a leadership program for teachers interested in becoming a principal. I think it was a full 2 days with Kendra amongst other things attending the leadership meeting, joining a school tour for prospective parents ...
