From the local (and only) daily newspaper here in Adelaide: PARENTS hope new minimum teaching times for maths, English and science in South Australian primary schools will bring Australia in line with top-performing countries and lift student test scores. Figures reported by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) show Australia lags behind countries [...]
Monthly Archive for June, 2009
June has been a very lean month for this blog but not without good reason. This month has seen the writing of mid year reports followed by this week’s full schedule of three way interviews (parents/ student /teachers) which has sucked up most of my free planning and writing time. I’ve also found myself chasing [...]
A bit later this year, my school will get its BER-funded library. And while we don’t get that much choice about the design of the actual building, Ann my principal keeps reminding the staff that we have a lot of choice about the interior looks like. She believes (and I agree) that this is a [...]
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