The Learning Pit
I had never heard of the Learning Pit until my eldest son started primary school, but I like it. As teachers, educators, and parents we both see the children in…
Make or Break
I’m having my bathroom renovated. As I type this two gentlemen are demolishing the contents of my bathroom, and jackhammering tiles off the floor. My anxiety is through the roof.…
A Violent Country?
Right now there seems to be a shift in how issues of sex, consent, and assault, are perceived in Australia. I say seems because I remember all too well when…
On a Personal Note
Nine years ago today I was very pregnant. About 36 weeks pregnant, and itchy. My feet itched, my hands itched, my body itched. I had cholestasis. I was familiar with…
Making Worksheets in PowerPoint
The humble worksheet. Some teachers love them, some teachers dread them, but they crop up in most, if not all, classrooms at least once in a school year. They’re helpful…
Get Closer to Your Kids
Happy Monday! How did you spend your weekend? Lesson planning? Spending time with family? Doom scrolling the news? Finding an alternative to Facebook to get your news? (Not actually a…
We Are Sorry
This past Saturday, February the 13th 2021, marked 13 years since then Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologised to Indigenous Australians for the cruelty, brutality and injustice that they had been…
History is Written By…
Have you heard that saying, “history is written by the winners”? It means that, ultimately, the version of events that is recorded and passed on is created and sanction by…
