Lindfield Learning Village Is this the future direction of education? Lindfield Learning Village is set to turn learning ‘on its head’ with a completely different approach to education. The Learning Village is situated on the Ku-ring-gai site of the old University of Technology in Sydney, NSW Australia. It has received...
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“The one thing that comes across repeatedly in research on assisting children with school learning difficulties, is that the strategies that teachers employ to help struggling learners invariably benefit all students.” If you were to ask a struggling child for an instruction manual to create the perfect teacher, what would...
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This week we are asking parents all about their experiences and challenges when it comes to having a child who is struggling to learn at school and may need to repeat a school year. This may be because… You as the parent, think it is the right course of action...
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This is a controversial subject! There has been quite a bit in the media lately, even current affairs program 60 Minutes did an exposé on this topic recently here in Australia. Let’s get something straight… Not all the good teachers are leaving. There are many amazing teachers still in our...
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There are many reasons why a child may struggle to learn how to read. Most teachers are not trained to recognise the symptoms of a learning difficulty and may miss the signs of a child who is struggling for legitimate reasons. Today, I want to talk to you about the...
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In Australia, the rate at which parents are delaying their children’s entry into school appears to be increasing. My research, undertaken with Professor Sue Walker, has indicated that in Queensland, rates of delayed entry to state schools increased between 2010 and 2014. In that five-year period, delayed entry rates almost...
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It’s often thought a tough approach to behaviour is the way forward for schools. But research shows that punitive responses, such as writing names on the board, taking away a student’s lunch time, or handing out detention, are actually ineffective in the long term and can exacerbate student disengagement and...
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Kids today are surrounded by electronic multi-media in many forms including; phones, computers, tablets and gaming devices. They watch videos, stay in touch with their friends, constantly search the internet, follow their favourite YouTubers and keep abreast of current world events via instantaneous news feeds… all whilst playing a riveting...
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Well done to St.Pauls for sending this home with the kids. To Our Dearest Students From Year 3 Next week you will sit your first Naplan test. There is something very important for you to know. This test does not assess all of what makes each of you exceptional and...
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Dyslexia and School Getting to know a student with a learning disability A teacher is often told they have child with a learning disability in their class, but not what this means in any detail for the child or for the teacher. It is important that teachers have a complete...
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