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English Scope and Sequence

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One of the blessings of being at an international school can also be one of the greatest sources of frustration… no national curriculum. Without a national curriculum, international schools have the freedom to create a program of learning suited to their context and student body.

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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

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

Inquiry Unit: Ancient Rome

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Last week I blogged about how my Year 6 class is working on a unit of Ancient Rome and the collaborative Keynote we created. It was such a success I think it may be pattern for our future collaborative work. Along side this for their personal project the students are to research some aspect of Ancient Rome Read More