heysigmund.com, 13 Nov 2018. Anxious kids are brave kids. They are creative, thoughtful and have the potential to light the world on fire… When anxiety takes hold though, it’s overwhelming. The important adults in their lives can help. Read the article here
Ross Gittins, Sydney Morning Herald, 14 Nov 2018. The coalition government has failed to implement Gonski reforms, which proposed needs-based, sector-blind funding of schools. Read the article here
Anita Collins and Misty Adoniou, The Conversation, 8 Nov 2018. Neuroscience has found a clear relationship between music and language acquisition. Read the article here
The Conversation, 1 Nov 2018. The Australian Curriculum defines decoding as ‘A process of working out the meaning of words in a text. In decoding, readers draw on contextual, vocabulary, grammatical and phonic knowledge.’ However, the Victorian coalition defines decoding only as ‘sounding out letters’ and wants their misinformed view of decodable readers in schools […]
Trevor Cobbold, saveourschools.com.au, 23 Oct 2018. Australia allocates more and better teacher resources to socio-economically advantaged schools than to disadvantaged schools. The mis-allocation ranks alongside the worst in the OECD. Read the report here
Mandura Mail, 12 Oct 2018. Schools are being instructed to emphasise the role of play-based learning in a balanced curriculum. Read the article here
The Conversation, 15 Oct 2018. Words are spelled according to their meaning parts (morphemes) as well as their sounds (phonemes). They work together so the two must be taught together. Read the article here
The Conversation, 8 Oct 2018. Relative age at school can have long-lasting impacts on your life. Read the article here
Essential Kids, 2 Oct 2018. Maggie Dent, respected educator and parenting specialist, strongly advocates that you delay the start of formal schooling an extra year if you have the slightest concern about your son’s readiness. Read the article here
ABC News, 24 Sept 18. An ACT inquiry into NAPLAN was told of a Year 5 student’s attempted suicide. Read the article here
