14 hours ago by RM

Bruce McDougall Daily Telegraph STUDENTS in government primary schools are struggling in classes of more than 30 children as wealthy families turn their backs on expensive private colleges to save thousands of dollars in fees. Booming public school enrolments have … Continue reading →

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1 day ago by phetteogburn

“Hey,” from diesel2010. This is the message that popped up in my Yahoo chat. I did not recognize the sender so I typed “Hey. Who is this?” then hit enter. “This is Kenzu. I met you, unofficially, thru FB a couple of weeks ago.” I dug back in my memory bank trying to figure out [...]

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1 day ago by DorleeM

Is the ability to understand to public documents a privilege or a right? As Sandra Fisher-Martins eloquently argues in the below TED talk, being able to understand public financial, legal and medical documents is not only everyone's right but a daily necessity. The problem is that the vast majority ...

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1 day ago by Miss Etchells

Did you follow a set of instructions for your Home Learning? What were they for? Did you find it easy? What features did you notice? Did you enjoy following them? Would you need them next time?

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2 days ago by Jennifer Boyle

Every one of us recognizes the book introduction as a key aspect of the “before” reading component in guided reading. Imagine you are introducing Native Americans at the Time of the Explorers to a group of 3rd graders. You activate their schema about Native Americans, tapping into their prior knowle ...

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2 days ago by Lily

Independent Strategies When I get stuck on a word in a book, There are lots of things I can do. I can do them all, please, by myself; I don't need help from you. I can look at the picture to get a hint. Or think what the story's about. I can "get my mouth ready" to say the first letter. A kind of "s ...

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2 days ago by K Bax

The Music and Social Subjects departments are February's contributors to the Literacy Wall. In Music S2 pupils worked in groups of four or five researching a genre of music and producing aninformation poster. In Social Subjects S1 pupils learned about local government and wrote letters of complaint. ...

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3 days ago by Jean Bentley

Fear not: thanks to LeVar Burton, an entire generation of children will not have to grow up without learning the joys of literacy from "Reading Rainbow."According to TV Guide, Burton is creating a new mobile app to inspire today's kids to read. The actor served as host and executive producer of the ...

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3 days ago by Anna Culp

One of the best ways to build and maintain vocabulary is to read, right? But what about before you know how to read? What's the best way to build a baby's (or anyone's) vocabulary? Talk! Talk about what you're doing. Let's unsnap your pajamas. And pull out your arm. Oh, good stretch! And your other ...

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3 days ago by ICT Club

In ICT Club for the last few weeks we have been exploring different activities. One of these activities has been creating our own wordsearches. Why not have a go at the wordsearch below, designed by Sebby? Click on the first letter of the word, then the last to 'find' the word: Why not create your o ...

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