by Ben | Aug 3, 2019 | Effective Learning, Teaching
Driving through the fog used to fill me with frustration. The traffic would slow to a crawl and I knew that it would add at least another 5 minutes to my trip. Since following the same road through Belair with my daughter, though, the experience has become completely...
by Ben | Oct 28, 2018 | News, Testing
Many of you will have received NAPLAN results for your child recently and you may have heard the suggestion that NAPLAN-style testing should be replaced with a ‘formative’ assessment process. If you’re wondering what this means, you’re not alone. Robert Starke summed...
by Ben | Sep 2, 2018 | Motivation, Organisation
It’s the first day of September and sure enough, the sun is shining. While the temperature is just in the high teens and if I’m honest I do still feel a twinge of jealousy at the 30 degree forecast where my parents live up in Cairns, I think wearing a t-shirt...
by Ben | Aug 2, 2018 | Parents, Self-Esteem
As a tutor, I see first hand that confidence plays a key in the success our children have, both socially and academically. In fact, instilling self-belief is absolutely necessary if we are to make any progress with students acquiring any literacy or numeracy...
by Ben | May 1, 2018 | IT and Education, Organisation
While most of us would agree that our kids spend too much time on their iPads, there are actually tons of applications out there that can be quite useful for students. If they can’t put it down anyway, why not put that device to some good use? ...
