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Unlock tried and tested classroom activities, teaching strategies from our expert teacher team, and classroom management tips to cater to your students' needs. Fill your teacher toolkit with fresh trends, the latest education research and more ways to unleash your teaching superpowers!
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Printable Guess Who? Game Templates for the Classroom
These printable templates will turn your Guess Who? game into a super fun, educational classroom activity. You can download an editable template too!
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It's a Classroom Games Bonanza!
See the Teach Starter team in action, creating awesome new classroom games just for you!
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10 Helpful Homework Ideas and Tips for Primary School Teachers
Feeling pulled between providing meaningful homework and simply sending home more worksheets? You need these homework ideas, activities and resources!
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Why Take an Alternative Approach to Traditional Homework?
Find out why our printable homework resources look different to traditional homework sheets and how you can embrace this alternative homework approach.
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5 Easy and Engaging Activities for World Poetry Day 2018
Looking for a quick and easy activities for World Poetry Day 2018? Check out slam poetry for kids, publish a poetry mini-book or create a poetry-inspired performance!
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32 Awesome Hundreds Board Mystery Picture Task Cards!
This downloadable hundreds chart mystery picture resource contains 32 different pictures in task card format so you can use them with any hundreds board!
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36 Purposeful Art Activities for the Classroom
In the interests of helping busy teachers, we have put together some visual arts teaching posters and resources to help with your art lesson planning.
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The Apology Activities for the Classroom
How do you feel when you are waiting for an apology from someone? Use these new resources to teach your students about The National Apology to the Stolen Generation.
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30 Resources and Tips to Help Your Students Love Editing
These tips and resources will help your students learn to love editing.
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Celebrating Australia Day in a 21st Century Classroom: What Teachers Need to Know
Teaching about Australia Day in your classroom? Here are some thing to consider and topics to cover to ensure the conversations are inclusive.
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A Simple Way to Get Kids Writing Every Day
Have you ever wondered how to get kids writing every day without fielding a chorus of collective groans? Check out how to make daily writing practise a breeze!
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How to Teach Poetry With Mini-Book Making
Use this printable template to make poetry writing lessons fun! Students create their own anthology of original poetic works (including acrostic poem example) in mini-book form.
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Does Flipped Learning in a Primary Classroom Really Work?
What is flipped learning? How does it work in primary classrooms? Does it actually benefit students or just create extra work for teachers? Here's what we've discovered...
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Wingaru Kids: Helping You Teach Aboriginal Studies
Wingaru Kids is an online platform that provides culturally appropriate, Australian curriculum aligned Aboriginal Studies teaching resources for F-6.
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15 Books and Activities to Foster Grit in the Classroom
Teachers around the world are fostering grit, building resilience and encouraging a positive growth mindset in young minds! Here is a list of 15 of my favourite growth mindset resources.
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Teaching Kindness One Rock at a Time
The Kindness Rock Project has one simple goal, to promote random acts of kindness in the shape of painted rocks with inspirational words!
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Tips and Activities for Teaching Letters and Sounds
The introduction of single letter names and sounds is crucial in the early years classroom. Here are some hints and tips, including some fun hands-on classroom resources.
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What are the "Super Six" Comprehension Strategies?
What are the Super Six Comprehension Strategies and how do I teach them in my class?
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Drama Activities for K-3 Students
If teaching Drama in your primary classroom is a little daunting, and you're tired of wasting time sifting through exhaustive lists of Drama games wondering just what to do, you'll love this simple, cross-KLA approach to teaching Drama in K-3!
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Cityscape Artwork - We Built This City
A fantastic cityscape artwork that covers a range of Visual Arts outcomes.
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23 Creative Narrative Teaching Resources for the Classroom
Teaching narrative writing? It's all here...everything you need!
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Romero Britto Inspired Art Activities
Check out these gorgeous Romero Britto inspired art activities...
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Sound and Letter Art Ideas
15 of the cutest letter art ideas you ever did see...
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10 Ways to Use Persuasive Topic Cards
One set of persuasive topic cards used 10 ways...
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Rainforest Bird Art
Wonderful artwork to create when learning about the rainforest.
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Crepe Paper Artwork
This artwork will look wonderful hanging in your classroom...
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Super Fun Optical Illusion Art Activity
A fun optical illusion craft activity for your students.
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A Simple DIY Classroom Garden
If I can create this class garden, anyone can...
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68 Ideas and Tips for Setting Up Maths Rotations in the Classroom
To do maths rotations or not?
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12 Dynamic Ways to Use Giant Dice in the Classroom
This giant dice blog is simply the best! One educational tool used twelve different ways...the options are endless!
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11 Engaging Apps to use in the Classroom
Our friends at Two Teachers One Blog have given us their top classroom apps they will be using in 2017! Check it out...
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19 Children's Books and Classroom Activities to Teach Social Skills
These children's books and classroom activities are a must have in any classroom environment!