When you know better… you do better! 6 resources that have impacted on my teaching or classroom in 2020

There's times throughout your teaching career that people show you resources or websites which really blow your mind. You vow that they are the resources that you'll use everyday. But eventually, in the business of everyday they often get left behind. Here are the resources that have assisted me in 2020. Into The Book This …

You want to watch me teach!? I’m not ready!

Does the fear of someone watching you teach send chills down your spine? What about co-teaching beside someone that has much more expertise than you? Something that the St Luke's philosophy has always been founded on is a coaching model for teachers. This has meant that instructional coaches are employed with a smaller teaching load …

A post-covid education world

I count myself as very fortunate to live in Australia and be writing this blog post. As most of the world still suffers through the devastating effects of the corona virus, Australia seemingly has begun to come out the other side. With 7.82 million people effected and 432000 deaths, up 132000 since my last blog …

Stepping Back Into the Unknown

https://twitter.com/angelaryall02/status/1259443649516978177 Today, I returned to school with most of my students after what seems like an eternity. I retweeted this quote on twitter last week as a reminder to myself as a stepped back into what seemed like a media swirl of information overload and colleagues who were anxious and stressed about what could be …

A letter from a teacher

Dear World, It seems strange to be writing this. Normally, on a Wednesday afternoon around this time I'd be getting home from marking books, attending a meeting or planning for the week ahead. Instead, I am writing this. The world seems kind of surreal at the moment. You switch on the television, radio or open …

3’s a charm

The first blogs for 2020 are here again! This is the 17th blog I've written as a member of the St Luke's community. There's always chatter in the staffroom leading up to blog week of what the topic of our latest blog is going to entail. As I scrolled through a few staff blogs, with …

When you sit to reflect…

A few people in the last few weeks have asked my about blogging at St Luke's. For some the idea is met with groans or a subtle hint that it is just another thing to add to the plate. But as I sit here in my empty classroom finishing up the end of 2019, I …

Brain Breaking Business

This term we were given the task of integrating one brain break into each 100 minute session at St Luke's. This task was a focused on K - 4 to see if it made a difference to student outcomes and behaviour. According to ThoughtCo a brain break is a short mental break from classroom activity …

INF537: Reflection

As I reflect back on the INF537 journey, and in turn my journey through my masters of education (knowledge networks and digital innovation) I wonder where the time has gone. Image by NordWood Themes from Unsplash At the beginning of this subject we were asked to engage with many varied forms of communication including twitter, …

The Why

Lately, as the term tapers off to an end and we start to prepare for term four I've been reflecting on my "why." I can't believe that as I sit here typing this we have one more term to go until, after another year, we farewell our students and look forwards to the anticipation of …