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A poem about the season spring. Take a look at our comprehension worksheet asking questions about the poem ‘Spring is Here.’ Read more about this poem and many other Springtime activities in our blog 12+ Fresh and Fun Spring Activities for Kids. Australian Curriculum alignment ACELA1463 Understand that different types of texts have identifiable text structures and language features that help the text serve its purpose.  ACELA1478 Understand how different types of texts vary in use of language choices, depending on their purpose and context (for example, tense and types of sentences).  ACELA1490 Understand how texts vary in complexity and technicality depending on the approach to the topic, the purpose and the intended audienceElaborationsbecoming familiar with the typical stages and language   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A telling of the popular fairy tale, The Three Little Pigs, as an audio resource for primary school children.  For ways to incorporate this podcast story into your literacy lessons, visit our blog.  Take a look at our Three Little Pigs Sequencing Activity for K-2.   Australian Curriculum alignment ACELY1650 Use comprehension strategies to understand and discuss texts listened to, viewed or read independently.  ACELY1660 Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning about key events, ideas and information in texts that they listen to, view and read by drawing on growing knowledge of context, text structures and language features. ACELY1670 Use comprehension strategies to build literal and inferred meaning and begin to analyse texts by drawing on growing knowledge of context, language and visual features and print and multimodal text structures.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A telling of the popular fairy tale, Cinderella as an audio resource for primary school children.  For ways to incorporate this podcast story into your literacy lessons, visit our blog.  Take a look at our Exploring Narrative Texts Powerpoint for Grades 1 and 2.  Australian Curriculum alignment ACELA1447 Understand that the purposes texts serve shape their structure in predictable ways.  ACELT1584 Discuss features of plot, character and setting in different types of literature and explore some features of characters in different texts. ACELA1463 Understand that different types of texts have identifiable text structures and language features that help the text serve its purpose.   ACELT1591   Discuss the characters and settings of different texts and explore how language is used to present these features in different ways.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A telling of the popular tale, The Three Bears as an audio resource for primary school children.  For ways to incorporate this podcast story into your literacy lessons, visit our blog.  Take a look at our Goldilocks and the Three Bears Sequencing Activity for Grades 1 and 2.    Australian Curriculum alignment ACELA1447 Understand that the purposes texts serve shape their structure in predictable ways.  ACELA1463 Understand that different types of texts have identifiable text structures and language features that help the text serve their purpose. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A non-contact greeting song to get your day moving. Have lots of fun saying hello to each other using actions that require no contact. The actions are performed while singing altered words to the tune of ‘Here We G...

The Yucky Bug, by Julia Cook, explores Covid19 through the eyes of a young child. In this short story by renowned American author Julia Cook, we find out all about Covid 19, the yucky bug. We learn how it spreads from one person to the next, who is ...

Do you spend time learning online using device like a laptop or a tablet? Digital technologies are super cool – they can be a key to unlocking amazing learning opportunities. But there are some very important rules to follow if we want to stay safe o...

Health and Physical Education - Personal, Social and Community Health Listen to the story of Penny, who is still going to school, even when her friends are staying home. For some children, school or kindergarten is the best and safest place for them ...

Health and Physical Education - Personal, Social and Community Health Meditation helps us to calm and focus our minds so that we can be more effective learners. Teacher/Parent Notes: - Try to make mindfulness mini-sessions a special time of day....