Creative Writing for students that hate writing

Leadership for Newport Gardens primary school students

Does your child love talking, but hate writing?

Does he write one paragraph to everybody else’s three pages? Does he procrastinate about writing until he has run out of time? If so, then you are not alone...>>Read

I recently had the opportunity to work with Ian Murdoch and the wonderful senior leadership group from Newport Gardens Primary school.

To begin this MetaMorph program, we asked the students to reflect on one simple question...>>Read

Young Leaders Foundation

PROFILE ON - Australian war history online, Dynamic Learning Online

An exciting partnership formed between a management consultancy with high profile CEOs and senior business leaders as its clients and a public education region in Sydney is providing a unique opportunity for young student leaders to learn about contemporary leadership theory and then put this into practice within their schools and in their wider communities.... >>Read

Now you can have access to Australia's rich War History that has been made so much easier and far more affordable for schools and individuals.

We spoke with Tony Webster from Dynamic Learning Online (DLO) about their comprehensive collection of Australian history resources available for schools and individuals.... >>Read

Why children should learn chess

Parents spying or a new kind of relationship?

Chess has been used to complement other forms of tuition for years such as in mathematical thinking, prediction, problem solving and strategy....>>Read

AVG Technologies global research has revealed that 44% of parents are keeping tabs on their teens by accessing their Facebook accounts without their consent.

Digital Coming of Age, the fifth instalment of AVG’s Digital Diaries study, features responses to AVG’s questions to 4,400 parents with 14-17 year olds in 11 countries...>>Read

SNAPSHOT 2012 - International Teenage Photographic Competition

Using the INPP Developmental Movement in School

SNAPSHOT is an annual, open photographic competition for teenagers (13yrs - 19yrs), produced and presented by Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest.

Entry is FREE and there is prize money on offer allowing teenagers the opportunity to become cultural producers ...>>Read

There are many movement training programmes available for use with young and school aged children, but such a wide choice of superficially similar movement programmes, can result in a “pot luck” approach by teachers and schools in selecting which programme to use.

While research has shown that any daily movement programme can be beneficial... >>Read

Helping children with anger management

Why physical development is a foundation for learning success

Anger is a natural human emotion. Getting angry can be a healthy response when you need to assert your rights or resolve a problem. However, this becomes unhealthy when it turns into verbal or physical abuse, hatred or when we think about plotting revenge. >>Read

While there can be many reasons why children fail to attain expected levels in literacy and numeracy, which can be addressed through teaching and remedial strategies, improvements in socio-economic factors and parental input, none of these strategies address the issue of a child’s neuromotor “readiness” for learning.>>Read