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Life and Wellbeing Teaching Resources
We know that teaching is hard work. For all of the rewarding experiences, it provides educators with, there are always difficult ones too! While our team of teachers work hard to create high-quality teaching resources to help save you time and stress, sometimes you need a little more.
Our Life & Wellbeing category is where you can come to rest, to giggle, to recharge and to remember what it is that brought you to this career in the first place. Whether you are a beginning teacher looking for support and inspiration, or a seasoned teacher in need of a dose of new funny teaching memes, these posts will help you to round out your day just the way you need.
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Knowing Your WHY as a Primary School Teacher
We chatted to Tanya from @littlemiss_teacher about all things 'why'...
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What Teachers Need to Learn Before Teaching Mindfulness
Are you new to teaching mindfulness to kids? Or struggling to make it a daily habit either personally or in your classroom? You may need this gentle read...
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What All Teachers Should Be Doing During the Holidays
Has your 2017 brain melted, dribbled out of your ears and been washed down the shower drain? Find out what you can do to help put it back in.
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Stop. Laugh. Report Card Writing Memes
For lots of you, it's report card writing time! For a brain break (teacher style), here's a little list of reporting season giggles.
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The Year 4 Student Helping to Save the Great Barrier Reef
"My name is Molly and I am 9 years old. I want to ban plastic straws in every school in Tropical North Queensland. We owe it to the Great Barrier Reef." Find out more about Molly's no-nonsense approach to environmental activism and how your school can get involved.
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Teacher Life After Kids
Returning to work after having kids isn't the easiest of gigs. But when you're passionate about what you do, it's a lot easier. Here's a real-life "teacher mum" story.
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Be Inspired by This Teacher's Enthusiasm and Experience
For someone who says they never really wanted to be a teacher, Laura Poole is about to begin her 10th year of teaching! Find out how this experienced teacher maintains her passion for the job.
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Beginning Teaching: Hard Work Beneath a Colourful Surface
Read the story of Allie McMillen, a 3rd Grade teacher in Wisconsin, USA. Behind the colourful classroom displays is the hard work of a passionate teacher.
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The Real Power of Social Media for Teachers
Find out how three teachers from across America coordinated their own relief effort via social media after Hurricane Harvey hit Texas and Louisiana.
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20 Practical Things Graduate Teachers Should Know
I remember that daunting, yet exciting feeling I had as I walked through school on my first day... not as a student this time, as a graduate teacher, with my own class.
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The Best and Worst Plants for the Classroom
Do you want to know the five best plants to keep in the classroom? Check out this list of allergy-free, easy-care indoor plants!
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Beginning Teaching: Beyond That First, Single-Term Contract
In our new Teacher Spotlight series, we will share the stories and experiences of some of our members. This week, beginning teacher Taylor Donnelly shares her journey beyond that first, single-term contract.
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Time Chunking: Survival Tips for Busy Teachers
What is time chunking and how does it help teachers feel less "over it" and more "on it"?
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Fresh Juice Recipe to Start Your Day
Check out this super simple way to prepare a week's worth of juices in no time at all!
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Self-care Challenge: 4 Mini-Moments Teachers Need Every Day
Here are four super quick and achievable mindful mini-moments teachers should take for themselves every day! Are you up to the challenge?
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Spoil Yourself! Holiday Treats for Teachers
We don't really need an excuse to spoil ourselves, do we? School holidays feel like a pretty good reason to anyway! You guys have worked hard this semester, and it's time to put yourself first for a little while.
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How to Prioritise Your Tasks When Everything is a Priority
If you want a SIMPLE way to manage your To Do List and a step-by-step guide for setting it up, then this post is for you!
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Simple Strategies to Avoid Teacher Burn Out
A teacher's To Do List is never-ending, right? Here are 5 practical time management tips school teachers can use to help reduce overwhelm and avoid burnout.
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Report Cards - Then and Now!
I remember when report cards used to be a check box and one sentence at the end.
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The Power of a Teacher
When I was teaching in the classroom, I lost my way and my passion for the job. Constant data collection and analysis, goals, targets, paperwork... rah, rah, rah, caused me to lose sight of why I got into teaching in the first place – teaching the kids!
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Why Graduate Teachers Need a Supportive Mentor
My teaching mentor was my backbone in my first year of teaching! Someone I could rely on... she was honest, yet supportive and someone I could share my love of stationery with!
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Nick's Term 1 Top 10 Thoughts On Teaching
"In light of the imminent retirement of legendary broadcaster David Letterman, it seems appropriate, in his honour, for this blog post to take the form of a Top 10 list – Letterman’s classic trope."<br />Nick Spinks, a Year 10-12 Media Studies teacher at Ararat College, 2.5 hours west of Melbourne, reflects on his first term as a teacher after swapping life as a solicitor to join Teach For Australia.