Amazing two days of #L3 observations in the Kindergarten classrooms at Canley Vale PS. Just look at the confident and creative writing happening in these classrooms for their littlest learners. Congratulations team! Fantastic work! #writing #literacy #EAfS #L3 #Kindergarten

Amazing writing session in a Year 1 class today at Guildford PS driven by the quality of the shared experience text. Perfect example of the impact of text choice, discussion, modelled writing, guided & independent teacher support, and reflection. #L3 #EAfS #Literacy #Writing

Brilliant day at Guildford PS where anchor charts were used to support students’ use of adjectives when reviewing their writing to make it better! Also - check out the great guided writing lesson on onomatopoeia & speech bubbles! #L3 #EAfS #Literacy #Differentiation #Writing

Another lovely morning spent at Granville South P.S in Stage 1 classes for some wonderful letter writing. Great examples of modelled, guided and independent writing! The strength lies in knowing your students and the content and differentiating to meet all needs. #L3 #EAfS #Writing

Get to know the brain’s “air traffic controller”—executive function. ✈️

So true!

Teachers and instruction matters.

The amazing JPPS student leaders shout out to our school community 🥰 ⁦ fb.watch/6UuTj5oLmn/

Dispelling the myths that MSV is not research supported and that balanced literacy has failed by Dr. Sam Bommarito doctorsam7.blog/2021/08/07/dis… via Dr. Sam Bommarito

Brilliant response by Alan Reid: Teachers use many teaching approaches to impart knowledge. Pitting one against another harms education. theconversation.com/teachers-use-m… Peter Hutton 💧Lila Mularczyk OAM JP FACE FACEL💗🌈 @maurie_mulheron @saspaau Caitlin Senior

MUST READ from Paul Thomas: How to Navigate Social Media Debates about the “Science of Reading” Social media has become an SoR hotbed of contention & and false claims that abound. Paul shares SoR claims w/a counter + research Paul Thomas PLEASE SHARE! radicalscholarship.com/2022/01/30/how…

"The assumptions of Clay’s theory and research and the related implications offered in the podcast are faulty and do not lead to the conclusions offered by the journalist. Emily Hanford got it wrong." Read more: ow.ly/nQZb50LkK7W #ReadingRecoveryWorks

Watch “PVB Unpacking Reading Science to Inform a Different Path to Literacy” on #Vimeo vimeo.com/763426874?ref=…

Thank you to Reading Recovery for this important piece The Place of Phonics in Reading Recovery: Understanding the Nonsense Claim readingrecovery.org/the-place-of-p…

This blog post takes issue with some of the ideas presented in Emily Hanford's recent podcasts and suggests that we consider ALL the research and search for common ground. doctorsam7.blog/2022/11/12/let…

Happy first day of Term 3! 🥳 Chris Minns, Warren Kirby MP, NSW Dept of Education Secretary Murat Dizdar and I visited John Palmer Public School this morning and met the wonderful principal, Mrs Lisa Crawford.