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- The push to teach discipline! May 1, 2024A recent report also found the “disciplinary climate” in schools in Australia was among the least favourable in the OECD according to student reports. This is based on a 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) index, which asked students how … Continue reading →mwalker
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Category Archives: Technology
Dynamic Curriculum Mapping
Last week Michael Ymer worked with 3 of our teaching teams to plan the Math Curriculum for the next semester. Michael is one of our key educators we contract to build and support teacher learning. He coaches individual teachers in classrooms … Continue reading
Personalising learning at Bellaire Pimary School
Whilst attending the principal conference at Geelong this week my assistant principal and I visited Bellaire Primary School in Geelong. The picture is from the senior unit which has been remodelled so that no teacher teaches in isolation. The unit has 5 … Continue reading
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Are your helping others use new media?
I found this short clip courtesy of John Connell.
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Teen Writing – some positive research
I was reading a recent research report titled: “Teens, Writing and the Internet”. The summary which I have linked makes for easy reading and quotes in my view some positive information: 85% of teens engage in social forms of … Continue reading
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Parent Information Evening
Last week at our parent information evening I spoke for a few minutes on our school’s vision and why we might do things that are different from their personal images of primary school. I used this video to demonstrate how … Continue reading
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Ipods and podcasts the tools of leadership
I was walking laps around one of my local parks this morning at 6.30 am listening to a podcast of Peter Senge talking about the relationship between business and school and it struck me how the tools of leadership have … Continue reading
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Creating relevant curriculum for 21st century leaners
Kath Murdoch has been supporting us here at Elsternwick Primary over the past three years as we make great strides forward in developing deep, meaningful and engaging inquiry units of learning for students. For those interested in learning more about what makes a … Continue reading
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