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10 Ways to Calm Your Class After Lunch (Teaching Tips)
Finding ways to calm your class after lunch is a must in any classroom! Check out our top ten ideas featured in this blog.
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Book Week Activity Ideas for the Classroom
If you're looking for the ultimate Book Week 2022 activity ideas for your classroom - you've come to the right spot!
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Easy Science Activities for Kids
Amazing science activities for kids that use minimal materials and work every time!
Teaching Ideas
View more →Unlock your teaching potential with easy-to-implement inspiration for your classroom. Here you'll find tried and tested classroom activities, teaching strategies, and classroom management tips to discover just how effectively you can teach. Help your students have more 'I did it' moments and fewer 'I don't get it' moments.
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Easy Science Activities for Kids
Amazing science activities for kids that use minimal materials and work every time!
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Book Week Costume Ideas for Teachers
Are you looking for some Book Week costume ideas for teachers? Check out these super cool ideas from some of our favourite teachers!
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9 Fascinating Lesson Hook Ideas to Engage Your Students
Finding it hard to engage your students at the start of a lesson or unit of work? These lesson hook ideas are sure to help out... But, watch out - you might get hooked!
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18 Amazing Mindfulness Activities for the Classroom
Mindfulness is a superpower that your students can master with just five minutes practise a day.
In the Classroom
View more →Managing your learning spaces and keeping your classroom organised makes a big difference to student behaviour and how smoothly your daily routines run. Take a look at our best classroom organisation tips, along with classroom display and decor ideas. We'll help you figure out flexible seating and set up a rich visible learning environment.
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10 Ways to Calm Your Class After Lunch (Teaching Tips)
Finding ways to calm your class after lunch is a must in any classroom! Check out our top ten ideas featured in this blog.
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Book Week Activity Ideas for the Classroom
If you're looking for the ultimate Book Week 2022 activity ideas for your classroom - you've come to the right spot!
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4 Benefits of Monitoring Student Progress in the Classroom
Find out the benefits of monitoring student progress, plus resources that will assist you in your own classroom.
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10 Tips to Support Anxious Students in the Classroom
Use these teacher-tested tips to help your students handle anxiety at school.
Life and Wellbeing
View more →For all of the rewarding experiences teaching provides, there are always difficult ones too. Here is where you can come to shake those off … to recharge, to giggle, to learn, and to remember what it is that brought you to this career. Whether you are a beginning teacher looking for support and inspiration, or a seasoned teacher in need of a dose of funny, these posts will help you to round out your day just the way you need.
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6 Effective Ways to Make a Fresh Start for Teachers
If you want to make a fresh start in some aspect of your teaching life, you are not alone. Read on for helpful tips and ideas for making a fresh start and kicking off a new term with renewed energy.
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Is Toxic Positivity Taking Over Our Schools?
What is toxic positivity? And why is it so prevalent in the teaching profession?
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Top Tax Tips for Australian Teachers
It's tax time, again, teachers! Here are 5 expert tax tips to consider when lodging your tax return.
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21 Teacher Jokes That Will Crack You Up!
We all know a good belly laugh is good for the soul! Here are some of the best teaching related jokes we could find!
About Teach Starter
View more →Have you ever wondered who is bringing you all of the resources and inspiration you find on the Teach Starter website and social media pages? Read our stories, hear about our growing community and find out what's new at Teach Starter HQ.
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Meet Our Designer - Alyssa Creagh
Get to know the team behind the resources in our series of team biographies. Meet Teach Starter US Graphic Designer, Alyssa Creagh.
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Meet Our Teacher - Natalie Brown
Get to know the team behind the resources in our series of team biographies. Meet Teach Starter US Content and Resource Manager, Natalie Brown!
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Meet Our Teacher - Stephanie Mulrooney
Get to know the team behind the resources in our series of team biographies. Meet Teach Starter Resource Producer and in-house poet, Stephanie Mulrooney!
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Meet Our Teacher - Tom Dignan
Get to know the teachers behind the resources in our series of team biographies. Meet Teach Starter Resource Producer and multimedia whizz, Tom Dignan.
For Parents
View more →Bookmark this page for no-nonsense, actionable tips and tricks to help support your child through their schooling journey (plus awesome ideas and teacher-designed downloadable school holiday activities too!). We'll look at everything from homework tips for parents, to what you can do to help when your kids are learning to read.
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25 Fresh New Ways to Ask "How Was Your Day?"
Don't get stuck in the same old after-school conversation! Check out this great list of alternatives to asking "How was your day?".
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Easy At-Home Science Experiments for Kids
These at-home science experiments for kids are easy to recreate and don't cost the Earth! Best of all, they're FUN!
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65 Fun Activities to Stop Kids Saying... 'I'm Bored!'
Are you looking for boredom busters? This list of 65 fun things to do at home with kids is a game-changer!
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9 Fun Outdoor Learning Activities for Kids
Find out how easy and fun it is to take learning outside with 9 inspiring outdoor activities for kids.