Attention, moonwalkers! National Science Week is 10-18 August. The theme is Destination Moon: more missions, more science. What a fantastic way to celebrate the Moon Landing 50th Anniversary! This is a great time for big-picture thinking with your students: explore moon missions and space programs of the past, present and future. Solve problems and use…
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Informative Writing Theory Videos are now LIVE
Reports? Done Parent-teacher interviews? Done Bottle of wine? Chilling Just one last push before the end of term! We know that you are already thinking about and planning for Term 3, so we have worked hard to get everything you need to plan your informative writing lessons ready before the end of term. For Seven…
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Having Fun with Facts – Informative Writing
Breaking news… informative writing doesn’t need to be boring! You can have fun with facts! We all know that feeling you get when you’ve just read a pile of information reports on the Great Barrier Reef or factual recounts of last week’s excursion− and they all sound the same. While the primary purpose of informative…
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Say Yes – National Reconciliation Week Classroom Resource
“National Reconciliation Week is a time for all Australians to learn about our shared histories, cultures, and achievements, and to explore how each of us can contribute to achieving reconciliation in Australia.” – Reconciliation Australia The dates for National Reconciliation Week remain the same each year: 27 May to 3 June. These dates commemorate the…
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Six Books to Read by Torchlight this Earth Hour
This year, Earth Hour is on Saturday 30 March. From 8:30-9:30PM, we all have one hour when we turn off non-essential electricity, all devices, all screens. The world goes dark. It feels quieter, peaceful – and that is the point. Earth Hour started in Sydney in 2007 as an initiative of the World Wide Fund…
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Fun with Factual Writing
Many teachers ask us if the Seven Steps approach can be applied to informative writing such as recounts, science reports and factual writing. The answer is a resounding YES! In fact, the Seven Steps team – and some wonderful teachers – have been working out exactly how it looks if you use the Seven Steps…
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Grange Primary School Dominates Mayoral Make a Book Literacy Challenge
In just one year, Grange Primary School in South Australia has transformed their writing program, developing passionate, creative award-winning writers! Grange students performed over and above all expectations in this year’s City of Charles Sturt ‘Mayoral Make a Book Literacy Challenge’. Of the 650+ entries from students across the municipality, 23 of the 40…
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Putting it Together
When it’s all said and done, the end of the school year is the time of year to finish off, wrap up and enjoy. Students who have been introduced to the Seven Steps across the year may be wanting to practise all their skills. Time to put it all together! These four simple writing prompts…
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