I'm getting all dressed up and heading over to The Teacher's Cauldron for my very first Linky party - how exciting! The Teache...

Back in September, my school collaborated with two other schools in the area for a Professional Development Day in order to shar...

I'd like to share a little victory that my class had this year. My class (known as the Year Three Superstars) entered the WeCreate   aw...

As part of our whole school professional development this year, there has been a major focus on Reciprocal Teaching. We explored in depth th...

In Year 2, we do a literacy unit on 'How the Birds Got Their Colours' by Pamela Lofts. Find on Amazon Whenever I can, I like t...

Throughout the year, as we learnt different spelling rules and sounds I thought of an interesting way to display the words around the class...

In my classroom, I utilise a combination of behaviour management strategies to promote on-task behaviour. These include individu...

In Year 2, students are involved in a science unit called 'Water Works', where we investigate the uses of water around the school ...

As I am a teacher from Australia, we are at the beginning of our long Summer holiday break. We will begin our new school year after Australi...

Over the past few months, I have been on a journey of discovery. I have spent hours trawling through an abundance of amazing teaching blogs ...