Theme for 2025 Finding Freedom: Diversity in the Community For Refugee Week 2025, the Refugee Council of Australia will continue our three-year theme of Finding Freedom, with a focus on diversity in community to emphasise the vital role community plays in all our...
Update from Sally Rippin, activity and June audiobooks. Plus much more. Access here
ascd May 1, 2025 by Michelle Singh When we unmask our own biases and shift our thinking, we create learning spaces where every student can thrive. Access here
School News 26 May, 2025 New research from a team led by Professor Alyson Simpson and Associate Professor Wayne Cotton at the University of Sydney and Dr Rachel White at Western Sydney University (WSU) is reshaping the way we understand teacher quality, highlighting...
This short, thoughtful post was published in April 2025 in the AARE Blog, Edu Research Matters. The post scrutinises the new Phonics Plus lesson plans provided to teachers by the Victorian Government. The author, Naomi Nelson, makes it very clear that the lesson plans...
All the arguments for reading aloud to your kids, even after they’ve learnt to read themselves. Reference: Cox, R. (2025, May,9) Why it’s important to read aloud to your kids – even after they can read themselves. The Conversation. Link:...
“If we’re genuine about addressing the teacher shortage and retaining the excellent teachers we already have in the system – not just recruiting more of the ‘best and brightest’ so we can burn them out – we could start by making the decision to stop...
“To look at AERO’s teaching model is to wonder whether the organisation is living in some other reality, a world in which there are no students who refuse to go to school, or leave school as soon as they can, or last the distance but leave with not much to show...
What is National Reconciliation Week? The dates for NRW remain the same each year; 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey – the successful 1967 referendum, and the High Court Mabo decision respectively....
The Dymocks Beyond Words Competition is searching for Australia’s most creative and talented young writers! Open to primary and high school students across Australia, all entrants will be in the running to win a share of our $20,000 total prize pool. The competition...
