"Imagine asking a five year old to name basic body parts. That kid’s known an eye from an elbow since the age of two." You'd be surprised how many 5yos DON'T know where their elbow is. A good curriculum ensures ALL kids have this knowledge. blog.aare.edu.au/science-this-n…

I am away on leave ✈️ with the family for all of August and will taking a break from socials and emails during this time. Any posts you might see from me have been scheduled ⏰ -- I'll respond to any comments or posts when I get back ☺️

💥 My chat about the Science of Learning Boom with 𝗗𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗶𝗻 on Teachers Talk Radio was the second most downloaded podcast episode in July. Pleased you all enjoyed it. The Saturday Show Live is back again next week! Check out the playlist: bit.ly/4fpoGNw

Congrats Teaching Together and Tanya Anne Serry PhD for excellent commentary in this article

A must-watch/listen on the science of learning and how to tell if it's happening in your child's classroom from 𝗗𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗶𝗻 and Holly Korbey. The best 30 minutes you'll spend this week. hollykorbey.substack.com/p/keys-to-unde…

📻 The Saturday Show Live on Teachers Talk Radio … 5 live shows. 5 top guests. 5 excellent topics about what works in teaching. Check out the playlist! Amarbeer Singh Gill on Learning Strategies Jo Castelino on Homework 𝗗𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗶𝗻 on The SoL Peter Sherwin on Desirable

I was recently chatting to a prin who congratulated me on the calibre of PSTs coming out of La Trobe. She said their SOL knowledge is incredible 🤩 I am a tiny cog in that wheel, but it’s a privilege to be part of 🙌 𝗗𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗶𝗻 Melanie Henry 🙋🏽‍♀️📚🛼🤞🏽 Sue Hiland

The glaring mistakes in Jo Boaler's new book "Math-ish" reveal her unsolid and erroneous conceptual understanding of fractions and simple multiplication. If anything, the mistakes suggest weak procedural fluency and vague conceptual understanding reinforce each other.

Week 3 of Teaching Reading with 2nd year La Trobe University B Ed students today. 30 odd enthusiastic students practising components of SSP instruction using Shane Pearson curriculum resources, and learning about the role of universal screening Tessa Weadman JacquelineSansom Teaching Together

We have 1700 signed up for this event! Thank you Think Forward Educators & Natalie Wexler We plan to follow this with a chat to Daisy Christodoulou in the near future. Writing instruction explored in greater depth is our goal. 𝗗𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗶𝗻 Katie Roberts-Hull

Honoured to have 𝗗𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗶𝗻 visit our school. We are looking forward to the release of his new book featuring our school’s change journey resulting in high expectation & outcomes for all our students Emma Meddows Sophie Roberts La Trobe University Pamela Snow Tanya Anne Serry PhD Joanna Barbousas

Think Forward Educators hosts Natalie Wexler to discuss writing instruction before the school day starts. So much commonsense & provocation to examine curriculum & practice. Katie Roberts-Hull 𝗗𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗶𝗻

I’ve been working with AERO Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) to create new classroom management resources for school leaders, to help them build a shared understanding of evidence-based approaches to classroom management. Check them out now: bit.ly/3MvKoC2

Lights 🎥 action @ school today with 𝗗𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗶𝗻 Adam Inder, Shivali Nayak & Rowena Finnane, Snr Manager, Strategy & Operation at AERO Australian Education Research Organisation (AERO) who came to film exemplary teaching practice Emma Meddows Sophie Roberts Clint White Murat Dizdar #LoveWhereYouWork NSW Dept of Education

I discovered this podcast today and what a gem it is. Dr Staci Bain (On the Road to Literacy Success) is interviewing the wonderful Dr Nathaniel Swain about whole group literacy teaching. Second part to follow 👏👏👍👍. 𝗗𝗿 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝘄𝗮𝗶𝗻 music.youtube.com/watch?v=RXh0iK…