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Featured Teaching Resources
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Meet Our Designer - Fleur Callaghan
The third illustration in our monthly Teach Starter homepage feature illustration series! Meet the designer of our May illustration, Fleur Kennish.
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Engaging Procedural Text Activities for Older Students
When teaching procedural text activities for older students, don't go for the rushed and boring! Give these exciting activities a try!
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Expanding Sentences | How To Improve Student Writing
Hints, tips and resources to help improve your students' writing by encouraging them to expand their sentences with descriptive language.
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#teachernails | Teacher Nail Art is a Thing!
Teacher nail art-inspiration! If you're a painted nail kinda person - this blog's for you!
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7 Tips for Welcoming a New Student Into an Established Classroom
Being a new student in an established classroom can be incredibly daunting! Help new students settle into your routine with our 7 tips!
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Procrastination | How to Overcome It with Action
The ultimate teachers guide to understanding what procrastination is, why we do it and how to replace procrastination with action.
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20 Google Earth Activities for Students | Bringing the Wow Factor to Your Lessons
Check out these fascinating ways to utilise Google Earth in your classroom with 20 engaging Google Earth activities for students.
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Find the Key to Being a Happy, Healthy Teacher with Ceri Edwards
Not only is Ceri doing her best to become healthier and happier herself, she's also inspiring and encouraging thousands of teachers across Australia to do the same.
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How to Set Up a Homework Club
Homework is a hot topic. It can be time-consuming for both students and teachers. Find out how homework clubs can help.
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Group Work in the Classroom | How to Effectively Organise Group Rotations
Check out these super helpful resources and tips for managing group work in your classroom.
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12 Tips for Acing Your Teacher Observation
When's your next teacher observation? Love them or hate them, we've got the hints and tips to get you through with flying colours!
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Sensory Play Ideas | Using Tray Activities in the Early Years
Read all about ways to incorporate learning trays and sensory play ideas in your classroom to engage your students' curiosity.
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11 Easy Ideas for Teaching with Technology
Interactives, podcasts and iPads, oh my! Have you used these in your lessons? Take a look at these super-easy ideas for teaching with technology!
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Maths Investigation - Let's Play Mini Golf Financial Mathematics
Tee off some fun learning with this mathematics investigation all about financial maths and measurement.
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Tips for Teaching Place Value: Teachers' Favourite Strategies + Activities
Check out some teacher-tested strategies and activities to make place value stick for your students!
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10 Autumn Activities Your Class Will Fall For
Autumn activities your class will just love! From sensory experiences to poetry and mathematics, our collection of this season's activities will excite and delight!
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Fun With Literature: Novel Study Activities for Any Story
There's nothing quite like dissecting a juicy novel with your class! Have fun with literature with our novel study activities pack!
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Word of the Week | Expanding Vocabulary in the Classroom
Words! Words! Words! Vocabulary is critical to listening, speaking, reading and writing success! Everything that you need to set up Word of the Week and to make a huge impact it right here.
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7 Tips for Teaching Curiosity in the Classroom
Do you want students thirsty for knowledge? Let learning grow in your classroom with our 7 Tips for Teaching Curiosity!
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Teacher Aides | How to Use Their Time Effectively
The ultimate guide to working effectively with a Teacher Aide and to making the most of their valuable support in the classroom.
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10 Memes for Millennial Teachers Who Slay
We're spilling the tea on ten memes for millennial teachers that will have you saying "Yas, queen!".
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Would You Rather Questions | 10 Uses In the Classroom
Would you rather have a boring class or an exciting one? Make every lesson exciting with these wonderful uses for our Would You Rather questions for kids!
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A Fail-Safe Guide to School Excursions
There's nothing like taking learning outside of the classroom! Read our tips on how to make your school excursions memorable for all the right reasons!
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Tips and Ideas for Creating a Makerspace in the Classroom
A guide to creating a Makerspace in your classroom with helpful tips and ideas to help you to get started.
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Collaborative Teaching | Creating the Dream Teaching Team
In many schools, collaborative teaching with one or more colleague or supervisor is the way of life. So, how do we positively collaborate?
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15 Inventive Desk Nameplate Ideas
Try one of our 15 desk nameplate ideas in the new term! Your students won't pick and peel at their desks with these creative and quirky decorating ideas.
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Two Simple Words That Will Change Your Teaching Forever: You Matter!
When everything's a priority, how do you not only get yourself on the list, but bump yourself up to the top? You remember that you matter.
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8 Christmas Food Ideas for the School Holidays
A blog packed full of fun and easy Christmas food ideas to share with your family during the school holidays.
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Teaching 101: The Dos and Don'ts of Changing Schools
Are you changing schools in the new year? Read our dos and don'ts for some helpful hints and tips on settling in to your new school.
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Teachers | 20 Reasons Why You Are Incredible
A timely reminder that teachers are incredible.
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The Freshest Downloadable Teacher Planners!
Our downloadable teacher planners; they're crisp and clean, and open to all the amazing possibilities of the year ahead. Download, print, bind, teach!
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Real World Mathematics | Exploring Maths with an End of Term Party
Planning an end of term party for your class? It's the perfect occasion to explore mathematics in a real world context!