From Cue Learning Hosts Phil and Sharon return with classroom teachers De and Danielle to unpack the third pillar of their writing framework: independence in learning. The conversation explores the practical tools — anchor charts, shared meta-language, structured...
From: The Conversation May 1, 2026 by Karen Stollznow …Reading scrambled words has much less to do with a magical “rule” about first and last letters, and much more to do with how our brains use context, pattern recognition and prediction. We don’t read letter by...
Murray B. J. (2026, May 11). The Guardian (An edited extract from Childhood by Brendan James Murray (Picador Australia). “We have created the most stifling and sanitised imaginative space conceivable for children, says teacher Brendan James Murray. Today true...
From: SchoolNews by Gemma Easton March 11, 2026 Wellbeing in schools has come into focus in recent years, with research increasingly suggesting a link between students’ happiness and sense of belonging, and their academic achievement. The National School Reform...
From npr April 28, 2026 by Ariel Gilreath A few days into the new semester this January, the LaSalle Parish school district in rural Louisiana made a pronouncement: No more homework. Since then, none of the 2,500 students in this district — from the youngest learners...
from SchoolNews by Bronte Tomkins May 2026 Story Dogs is an Australia-wide program that sees volunteers bring their dogs to primary schools where children can read to them in a private, non-judgmental and fun setting. It was established with the intention of improving...
Karaolis, O., & Cologon, K. (2026) European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 1-13. Play with puppets is used in this research to encourage learning and literacy with very young children. Link:...
Nelson, N. (2025, April,14) Edu Research Matters. This short, thoughtful post was published in April 2025 in the AARE Blog, Edu Research Matters. It scrutinises the new Phonics Plus lesson plans provided to teachers by the Victorian Government. The author, Naomi...
Daffern, T., Thompson, K. & Ryan, L. (2020). Teaching spelling in context can also be explicit and systematic. Practical Literacy: The Early and Primary Years, 25 (1), 8-12. This article shares a few practical insights from a large intervention study that focussed...
Campbell, T. & Kelly, J. (2024, Nov, 5). Education Policy Institute The research conducted by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) is on the impact of the Phonics Screening Check (PSC). It has used national census data for all children in year 1 in England and is...
