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22/04/2025

Part 4: Getting Better at Conferring, Years 3-6

Teacher's Toolkit March 31, 2025 Part 4: Getting Better at Conferring, Years 3-6 Sharon concludes by addressing punctuation challenges with Year 4 students, using the protocol's fluency rubric to provide specific language

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21/04/2025

Reflective supervision: one way to address the crisis at the top

EduResearch Matters April 24, 2025 By Mary Ann Hunter, Geoff Broughton and Michael Anderson Australia’s education system is facing a significant crisis, with school principals experiencing unprecedented levels of stress and

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16/04/2025

Part 5: Celebrating Growth in Literacy

teachific 23 March 2025 Sharon Cullen Transforming Literacy: A Journey of Growth and Innovation In a thought-provoking conversation between Sharon Callen, a literacy consultant, and Tamara Biddle, a Foundation year teacher at

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15/04/2025

Federal Election campaign for reading launched

Australia Reads April 8, 2025 As the election race kicks off in earnest, Australia Reads has joined forces with partners from across the industry to advocate strongly for investment in books

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14/04/2025

Yarning competition – Encouraging First Nations students to speak up

SchoolNews by Shannon Meyerkort An exciting new competition for First Nations secondary students could see them head to Canberra to share their stories. The Department of the House of Representatives has launched

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14/04/2025

Phonics Plus: does the new Victorian approach to reading miss differentiation and meaning-making?

EduResearch Matters Appril 14, 2025 Naomi Nelson While Phonics Plus aims to support early literacy, its lesson plans reveal concerning gaps in differentiation and comprehension development. Victoria’s reading reforms must balance

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11/04/2025

Part 3: Getting Better at Conferring, Years 3-6

Teachific March 24, 2025 Sharon addresses diverse reading challenges with older students. A Year 5 girl struggling with chapter book comprehension learns to apply visualisation effectively by keeping her "mind in

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09/04/2025

Who decides what Australian students are taught in schools?

The Conversation 8 April 2025 by Jessica Holloway All Australian schools are required to teach the Australian Curriculum. Commonwealth and state and territory education ministers first approved the curriculum in 2009.

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09/04/2025

News from Australian Children’s Laureate

Hello everyone,At the start of April, your Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin joined six other International Laureates and Reading Ambassadors at the International Children's Laureate Summit at the Bologna Children's

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05/04/2025

Part 2: Getting Better at Conferring, Years 3-6

The Teachers Toolkit March 17 2025 Part 2: Getting Better at Conferring, Years 3-6 In this podcast, Sharon Callen continues describing her conferring approach, emphasising how giving students space to reflect develops

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