We don’t need scripts to facilitate great learning   A couple of years ago, I wrote a middle grade fiction book about a group of year sixes who rebel against their android teacher because they don’t like the rigid rules and strict regime that come into effect when she starts as a substitute teacher. I was driven to write my book by a curiosity – what would my class of rambunctious year 4/5/6 students do if they had a robot for a teacher?  Now I find myself contemplating a rel

I recently emerged from 15 years of teaching in a Montessori setting to step back into the mainstream education system. It felt as though I’d emerged from a long hibernation, one where I’d been sheltered from the wild weather of educational debates and fads that came and went. It’s not to say that we didn’t use new ideas, resources and content from the wider education world – we most definitely did. And outside influences – such as the rise of technology and social media use

This photo is of the 'skyspace' art installation 'Within Without' by James Turrell which I saw a few months back at the NGA in...

Last Saturday the 10th May, I was out to dinner with some friends in Wodonga when we stumbled across the celebrations for Vesak Day at...

Last Friday, I rugged up and headed out just after sunset to catch a glimpse of the Aurora Australis from the gorge road in Beechworth....

I've just finished the planning stages for my second middle grade novel, which has the working title 'Catching Light'. I'm using index...

I recently got back from an awesome long summer camping trip with my husband, three children and a bunch of other families. The days were...

I wrote a novel. Can't quite believe I'm typing that sentence... I'm feeling really happy with the final manuscript, which is probably...

I was recently reading The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe with some of my students. I love this part where Peter and Susan talk to the...

My daughter took this photo yesterday afternoon which so beautifully captures the fog that descended on our little town. I had to drive...

What was the last thing that you've done that you could've failed at? I was asked this recently at a PD on restorative practice with...