In a system where teachers often manage classes of 20+ students, one of their greatest challenges is meeting the unique needs of each individual. At Te Aratai College in Christchurch, Garth Lewis is well aware of this fact. As Assistant …
Do you remember what you wanted to be when you were a 10-year old? At that delicate age, where childhood has only just started to recede into the background, you might have wanted to be something wildly aspirational like an …
Literacy and numeracy are hot topics in Australian education. A 2023 Government report found that students outside major cities are, on average, 1.75 years behind in literacy and 2 years behind in numeracy.1 And because these skills underpin everything in …
Being a student can sometimes feel like a balancing act between boredom and stress. They’d like the classwork they do to be just challenging enough to be interesting, but not so difficult that they get the urge to mercilessly attack …
Ryan is a 9-year-old Australian boy living in the quiet town of Leith, located on Tasmania’s north coast. He has a younger brother, Eamon, a moggy called Mia, and goes to Devonport Christian School about five minutes down the road …
ACG Parnell College is a private school located in Auckland’s central-eastern suburb of Parnell – considered the city’s “oldest suburb,” originally settled in 1841. The College participates in the globally-recognised Cambridge International curriculum, which covers the full breadth of the …
Oakleigh South Primary is a 1000-student school nestled between two golf clubs in Melbourne’s south-east. It’s the second-highest performing school in Victoria, and for good reason – their staff are constantly looking for ways to improve their students’ education. As …
Every teacher knows that when students are engaged in class, fully focused on the ideas, tasks or problems in front of them, they are much more likely to succeed.1 Intrinsic motivation is one of their biggest allies for academic success, …
Sydney teacher Julie Carrington has long been an advocate of the International Competitions and Assessments for Schools (ICAS) for its novel approach to measuring academic strengths and its ability to uncover potential and untapped talent within the classroom.
When it comes to spotting academic potential, it’s not always obvious from students’ examination results. Julie Carrington, teacher of Senior Chemistry and Junior Science at Sydney Technical High School, calls those who slip through the cracks in standard tests “gifted and talented underachievers.”
