Top Notch Teaching

This investigation of floating and sinking is ideal for junior primary students.  Students look at the objects provided and predict if they think that object will float or sink.  Students then test if their predictions are correct by performing the investigation. The attached worksheet (see link at the end of the post) can be used [...]

Since I’ve been part of the TpT community I have connected with some really great teachers and have been part of some great initiatives. One such initiative was instigated by Mrs O’s Rockin Resources who wanted to compile a list of many of the free teaching resources on TpT. She put the word out there [...]

As I’ve been writing about my first year of teaching in the series: Tales From A First Year Teacher, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about all the things a first year teacher goes through, especially that preliminary organisation. I remember one of the parts that I was particularly looking forward to was arranging the [...]

I have thoroughly enjoyed setting up this blog, sharing ideas and resources and interacting with you all.  I’m not sure why I hadn’t really thought about writing a blog like this earlier, but I suppose like they say, it’s never too late. I thought I would also share with you some of the other little [...]

Continued from Tales From A First Year Teacher: Will I Ever Get A Job? What the…..are you for real…..this can’t be right can it…..is this where I’m meant to spend the whole year…..I can feel my whole world crashing down around me…..This wasn’t part of the picture I had painted in my head….. This isn’t [...]

If you’re thinking about doing a unit of work on ‘Flight’ and ‘Energy’, I have the perfect accompaniment for your unit. I used the ‘Flight’ booklet (linked below) as a culminating activity for an integrated program on Flight and Energy.  The program was integrated with English focusing on constructing flowcharts to identify the important elements [...]

Now this is getting a tad ridiculous….It is Thursday, the first day back at school for teachers.  Students are due to arrive on Monday and I still don’t have a job! I did everything they told me to ensure that I would get a placement.  I only picked difficult to staff schools north of Perth, [...]

Last week, I published a post all about number sense; what it is, how you can identify students with good or poor number sense, how you can help develop number sense in your students and a couple of activities you can use in your class.  You can read more about this post here. In a [...]

I have put this guide together to assist you with understanding what number sense is as well as list strategies and activities you can implement in your class to develop number sense in your students.  Specifically, the article outlines: What is number sense; How you would recognise students that have good or poor number sense; [...]

 I couldn’t resist using this photo of my daughter reading.  She’s about 3 months old here and right from when she was a little bub she’s had a real affinity with books.  So I thought I would annotate one of her favourite books.           Author: Dawn Sirett Designer: Rachael Parfitt Title: [...]