Are you a good teacher?

Thanks Sue for pointing out the following  blog, 2cWorth. I always enjoy finding a new blog on education that has something interesting to say.
Today, being able to read and write and pass a test are not enough.  They are not nearly enough.  Today our students must become information artisans, able to learn, work, play, contribute, [...]

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Best and Worst of the week.

BEST: Kicking off the week at a St John Vianney primary school, Greenacre and being totally captured and energised by the great learning happening in every classroom. Kindergarten epitomised this, with one child telling me he had to “think with more precision and accuracy.” Habits of Mind rocks! So to Marguerite and her grade partner, [...]

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Was this only 4 weeks ago?

With the pace of work at G-Force, I can’t believe I witnessed this Balinese wedding ceremony only 4 weeks ago. Sigh.

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Best and Worst of the week.

BEST: Visiting a stimulating and vibrant Yr 1 classroom today and having a wonderful conversation with a young boy about reading. When he finally worked out how to decode a word, he then explained to me how he worked it out! Oh, and he thought my hair was cool as well. Very savvy young man.
WORST: [...]

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Memo to Julia Gillard on league tables.

Dear Julia,
Have you heard what Ken Boston, former chief of education in NSW has to say about the use of league tables in Australia? Here’s a snippet, as reported in the Sydney Morning Herald, just in case you missed it.
The high stakes attached to league tables in England had ‘’seriously damaged the breadth and quality” [...]

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ESL book alert!

I have just purchased a copy of Pauline Gibbon’s new book, English Learners, Academic Literacy and Thinking published by Heinemann. I have only had a chance to glance through the book but it certainly looks like another gem from Pauline.
What caught my eye was Pauline’s focus on academic challenging tasks for ESL students and the [...]

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Best and Worst of the week.

From the Shamelessly-nicking- this-idea -from- another- blogger department, I have adapted an idea from Mia Freedman’s  blog, Mamamia. Basically, it is a way of writing about a high and a low point of the week……..and the focus here for me – and hopefully you! -  is in education.
A HIGH point was engaging some very tired [...]

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Good idea.

Instead of schools using the good old chocolate drive to raise funds, ECA webwatch (Early Childhood Assoc. of Australia) has suggested an alternative, green practice using vegetable and herb kits. Judging by the crowds I see every weekend at farmers markets and organic food fairs in the Inner West of Sydney, it could be a [...]

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So where the bloody hell are you?

Yes, you. My blogroll. Why have you disappeared from my blog? Sometimes technology really gives me the……(you can insert word of your choice here!).
It’s not helped by the fact I am sitting watching the Springboks crush the Wallabies in the rugby union. Thank god the Ashes are looking more promising!! (And if you don’t understand [...]

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