Category: June 2010
Homework Hassles
I have just finished a round of parent-teacher interviews and overwhelmingly they were positive. I was genuinely able to tell the majority of my parents how happy I was with the progress of their child and the parent was able to tell me how happy their child is in my class. We all agreed that […]
Change – for better or worse?
“Every time I find the meaning of life, they change it.” – Anon I have often heard it said that as a group, teachers resist change more than anyone. Maybe we simply dislike or mistrust change so readily, that it’s easier to stay comfortable. Perhaps this is the reason why many of us resist the lure […]
The Power of Twitter
I am a primary teacher and every year for the past five years I have taught my class a unit of work on Antarctica. In the NSW syllabus the study of Antarctica is part of the Human Society and Its Environment syllabus for Stage 3. The NSW Syllabus documents provide guidelines and expectations on what the […]