Tag Archives: classroom

Having discipline, learning right from wrong, and being able to control our actions. All of these are essential elements parents want to build into their child’s mind. The home and classroom are two places that offer great opportunities to instil… Continue Reading >

What comes to mind when you visualise a classroom?  The visual explosion of colour, the chitter chatter of students, scraping of chairs on the floor, the smell of glue?   For a student with sensory processing challenges, these things can all… Continue Reading >

To separate twins and multiples at school or not is one of the biggest decisions multiple birth parents face when their children start school.   Obviously in some cases the decision is taken out of your hands, such as if the… Continue Reading >

Over the years, there have been more children with additional needs attending mainstream schools. Whether they have physical needs or have a diagnosis such as Autism or ADHD, the expectation as a teacher is to support the learning for all… Continue Reading >

Some families have coped more successfully than others with the disruption and change COVID issued in. Mattson Newell, a director for Partners in Leadership, a Fortune 500 Company, realised that the most successful people displayed a quality not covered by IQ… Continue Reading >

If the classroom teacher is the ‘school parent’, then the teacher librarian is an aunty. They are a caring, supportive presence in a child’s life. A person with responsibility and a high level of investment in the child, they are… Continue Reading >

The unprecedented times of COVID-19 have brought about many restrictions and strict rules for living and interacting with others. It has impacted everyone in many ways and changed the traditional methods of classroom learning. Nobody saw COVID coming and no… Continue Reading >

So this week my oldest baby started school. And I don’t know how I feel about it. I’m excited for her to be starting a new journey, the next chapter of her life. But I’m also said that she’s grown… Continue Reading >

There is a quote that floats amongst the teaching pages I follow and it reads: “If a child can’t learn the way we teach, maybe we should teach the way they learn.” It won’t come as any surprise that all… Continue Reading >

By Youthrive Occupational Therapist, Emma McKay   Getting ready to send your little ones to school for the very first time can be an exciting and scary time, but a little bit of forward planning can make this transition a… Continue Reading >