Walk into any school and you will find teachers who are smiling, chatting happily with students and who seem to be enjoying each day.  Scratch below the surface though and what you may notice is that these teachers, who on ...

The school year has commenced and already there has been a flood of media coverage related to mathematics. The most interesting and important information relates to the pending release of the mathematics curriculum review as announced by ACARA in 2020.  ...

Forget snakes and spiders. In primary school, my biggest fear was long division. I still vividly remember the feeling. A gut-wrenching stress triggered by symbols that refused to make sense, numbers that seem to appear from nowhere, and concepts that ...

Over time, we’ve understood that traditional classroom furniture and traditional classroom design simply no longer facilitates the most effective, engaging and productive learning environment for students. Studies have highlighted that the physical classroom environment has a direct relationship with the ...

Amidst the school shutdowns of 2020, more than a few of us pointed to teachers’ improved relationships with technology as a silver lining. Surely, after a year of wrangling kids in video calls, teachers would no doubt emerge as digital ...

Last week, after discussing how much time was being spent in front of Minecraft, my eldest came back at me with a frustratingly good observation: “But Dad… it’s educational!” He wasn’t wrong.  As a high school maths teacher, I’d ordinarily ...

As we begin the 2021 school year across Australia, most school leaders cut their 'holidays' short and were back to work planning and engaging in professional learning long before they were scheduled to. If we are honest, many never really ...

New South Wales schools haven’t had it easy as of late: bushfire closures, COVID-19 interruptions, cyber attacks. Now, schools are facing their latest crisis – a spate of bomb threats, prompting evacuations across the state.  Recently, more than a dozen ...

Have you ever been upset and turned to someone to seek comfort and reassurance, only to have them say something like: “It’s not worth getting upset about”, “why did you do that?!”, “it could be worse”, “everything happens for a ...

In 2020, the issue of mental health is high on the agenda for schools around the country. With a global pandemic adding a large dose of extra anxiety into the lives of our students and staff alike, talking about our ...