Laura Wright

Teaching Philosophy – Research Based

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The following is an essay that brings together all my thinking about my philosophy of teaching. This is the considered, researched, position of why I do what I do. This is a work in progress as the second and third areas of investigation need a lot more work – I have decided to put it aside to write a much short, less formal piece as advised by trusted colleagues. Appreciate feedback 🙂 Read More

Amsterdam ADE Academy

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It’s been 12 months since we were organising our flights to Amsterdam for the ADE conference. I can hardly believe it. The conference itself was great; the presentations, the workshops, everything was wonderfully inspiring… but actually it was the connections that has made the most impact. Read More

Book Creator Resources

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Book Creator has been an amazing tool this year for curating learning portfolios for students in Grades 2 thru 5 in our primary school (reflection on the year coming soon). Next year, with the beginning of a three year, phased introduction of iPads to Read More

BookCreator Challenge!

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Supporting teachers to be amazing is my passion. I love teaching students and being in the heart of student learning is a wonderful place to be. Teaching teachers however, and supporting them to implement technology in their classrooms particularly, is where I think I am having the greatest impact as a professional. Read More

Our Program of Inquiry

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The program of inquiry (POI) for a PYP school is the centre of learning, teaching, and planning. As a new teacher, in a young school, with a new Head of Primary, there are many opportunities this year to be creative, innovative, and courageous! One way of bottling that freedom is with a whole school POI board. Read More

Student Created Content: Book Creator

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This is part Mum bragging and part teacher excitement! “The Lightbulb” is a research project that my son Joshua made with Book Creator! Joshua is 10 and growing up fast so having a piece of his work including voice narration is just so special. As a teacher I am equally excited about giving the parents of our students the same joy… but more about that later… Read More

PYP Essential Elements Posters FREE DOWNLOAD!

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I am moving back to the PYP! For the past year I have been getting to know the MYP, with their wonderful fruit salad of subject based criteria/objectives, ATLs, and Command Terms, but are now returning to the fruit smoothie of PYP transdisciplinary learning (thanks Wayne for the cracking analogy). I now have a combined position as 4/5 Classroom Teacher and Digital Learning Specialist. Read More