Zoe Hyde, The Conversation, 28 Aug 2020. The World Health Organisation has recommended that children aged 12 and older should wear masks, and the German Society for Virology recommends that masks be worn by all children attending school. We must consider how children contribute to community transmission or we won’t control the pandemic.
Brett Healey, The Conversation, 21 August 2020. Teach grammar as a way to make meaning, not as a set of rules. Show how grammar works in texts, use examples and make them authentic, make room for discussion and encourage language play.
Misty Adoniou, Brian Cambourne & Robyn Ewing, The Conversation, 1 Nov 2018. All books are decodable. If they weren’t decodable they would be unreadable. We use rich, authentic texts to support all the decoding skills described in the Australian Curriculum (not just phonics).
The Conversation, 9 July 2020. Making sure children have access to books showing diversity is one step in breaking the cycle that leads to entrenched racism.
Australian Children’s Television Foundation, 3 June 2020. The ACTF has a range of engaging educational content and support materials related to Refugee Week and World Refugee Day. Highly recommended.
www.change.org All Australians need to know about the culture and history of the country in which they live.
The New Daily, 31 May 2020. No-one is born full of hate; racism is learned. This article provides some good advice, but don’t forget to share lots of the wonderful literature that helps children think and learn about how we are “all the same but different”. An online search for children’s literature and racism will provide worthwhile starting points — and don’t forget to ask the librarian at your…
Dirt Lane Press (an Australian registered charity) proudly presents “Where Happiness Hides” – a story about finding magic in everyday moments. Read the book free, on screen, in the language you choose.
The New Daily, 19 May 2020. Cate Blanchett, Chris and Liam Hemsworth, Meryl Streep and others have united to read Roald Dahl’s classic for coronavirus charity.
Save the Children, 20 May 2020. Stories can push us to action, elicit emotions, or keep us learning about places and things we never knew about. At a time of heightened uncertainty around the world, they can be a salve for what we’re experiencing and feeling. (Videos of authors reading their stories embedded.)
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