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The Great Australian Schwa video activities for upper years

Sound Waves Literacy

The schwa is the most common vowel sound in English. You and your students will be working with the schwa in most spelling lessons (even though it’s not formally taught until Unit 36). We’ve created a fun video ’The Great Australian Schwa’ to…
Three ideas to work mental maths into your week

Think Mentals

Mental computation is an essential skill that’s not only applicable in maths class but in everyday life. When and how you work it into your schedule can make all the difference in your students mastering it. Here are three ideas…
Ready, set ... get prepped for the year ahead

English Stars

If you want to hit the ground running this year, the English Stars Preparation and Planning page is a great place to start. You’ll find printable resources, such as the Yearly Plan and Curriculum Match documents, to help set your…
Introduce the focus sound as a school

Sound Waves Literacy

Sound Waves Literacy has been carefully structured so that for any given week the focus sound is the same across Years 1 to 6. This consistency makes it easy to introduce the focus as a whole school.
Turn reluctant readers into lovers of literature

English Stars

We’ve all seen it happen: we dedicate the lower primary years to teaching students reading skills, only to discover that by upper primary half the class don’t want to read. There are many reasons why children lose interest in literature.…
Year 4 Video: It’s and Its

English Stars

Use this teaching video to help your students learn the difference between it’s and its. This is just one of hundreds of videos available in English Stars!
Finding the ‘write’ time

Writing Time

Handwriting is an important part of learning development, but in a crowded curriculum, how do you find the time to fit it in? The trick is to use a handwriting lesson not just for handwriting practice, but for other purposes.…
Tricks of the trade: Tackling words that are difficult to segment

Sound Waves Literacy

Segmenting words into phonemes (sounds) and graphemes is an essential skill for spelling success. Some words are fairly straightforward to segment, such as shop (/sh/o/p/) or chain (/ch/ai/n/), but what about fox or argue?
Get your whole school on board with Sound Waves Literacy

Sound Waves Literacy

A comprehensive, whole-school approach to literacy ensures consistency across all year levels, promoting a unified learning environment for students and staff.