Children’s Book Week is the highlight of school library, schools, public libraries and bookshop literacy celebrations in Australia. It’s a
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October – a time for digging into the new school year in some parts of the world and facing the
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There’s nothing better in education than providing students with an open-ended challenge and seeing them problem solve, persist, collaborate, teach
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Congratulations, you made it to September. August felt like a bit of a the whirlwind, especially with the highlight of
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I’m a massive fan of professional learning. I find it so important for renewing my enthusiasm around school libraries. It
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Celebrating Book Week in a secondary school can be tricky. Some of those traditional ways we celebrate, like character parades,
High School Book Week Library Lessons Read Post »
Last term we finally undertook a well overdue task. That was to deliberately purchase books to support our dyslexic readers.
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What are you looking for when it comes to professional learning this month? Maybe it’s just a few minutes to
Professional Learning: August 2026 Read Post »
Innovation. It’s the word plastered to the front wall outside my school library. It’s in some of my staff’s role
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The biggest barriers I encounter to teaching information literacy to students is time and access. I have a flexible timetable,
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I’m always on the lookout for new, creative ways to solve needs or address challenges in our space. This year
Five new things for the makerspace Read Post »
And just like that, July 2026. Half way through the year. Well done to everyone for making it this far.
Professional Learning: July 2026 Read Post »
Children’s Book Week is such a special event, celebrating Australian children’s literature and reading in libraries, bookshops and schools around
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What would you do if you were told your role was being made redundant? Or a parent levelled a complaint
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Prototyping and constructing visual representations of ideas has to be one of the most popular uses for our makerspace, the