Day 2 early morning volunteering for the local show

What else do you do on a Friday night

Country vs coastal - hey pop who lives at the beach, how big is your farm…. Oh wow that’s the same size as the corner paddock.

Hitting the city for state athletics with the family. Plate chucking event tomorrow.

Congratulations to Tanya Riach for being shortlisted for the #PMPrizes for Excellence in Secondary Science education. She delivered and promoted STEM education to more than 6000 teachers and nearly 20,000 students across Rural and Remote NSW for the past 6 years. 👏👏🎉

Congratulations Alice Leung such a deserved recipient of the 2024 Prime Minister’s Prize for Excellence in Science Teaching in Secondary Schools. Great teaching and leadership recognised for sustained positive student and colleague impact!

When the teens go “oh mum” when you accidentally pack your digital microscope in your handbag that bluetooth’s to your phone for a floriade small scale adventure. Master 11 is super excited at looking at the plants from a different perspective.

11 th October- Centre of NSW

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Nominations are open for the 2025 #PMPrizes for Science! On #WorldTeachersDay, let’s celebrate teachers shaping the next generation. x2 nominator Dr Marguerite Evans-Galea AM says, ‘Teachers build tomorrow’s scientists, tomorrow’s business leaders.’ Nominate a teacher today: spklr.io/6013aEuz

Middle Leadership Induction Conference- Leading with Moral Purpose Which one are you?

For only the third time, the People’s Choice is the same as the Committee’s Choice, with enshittification also winning People's Choice Word of the Year! Just nudging out brainrot for the win, Honourable Mention also goes to social battery.

Playing with Microsoft learning accelerators that I can place in my Google classroom for students to use on their Apple iPad. Yes………

Lots of changes to Google Forms! 👉new publish button 👉accepting responses moved 👉emailing Form changed 👉share settings changed 👉access for responder vs editor 👉now has Google share icon 👉collecting emails changed Watch below to learn more & tell me what you think!

Today’s behaviour management strategy was based around wearing pink glitter shoes and pink accessories for a hub class that consisted of students whose fav colour is pink. I also had robots to play with so a great day was had by all.

Only in Condo does the parcel delivery service pull up next to you walking home at 40 degrees and say “I have a parcel to drop off at your house, would you like a lift?”

Looking at explicit teaching? I use check lists (lots of different ones) as a way for students to know exactly what they have to do for a task. They’re in students digital portfolios, digital lessons, printed as stickers for paper and pen work and displayed on the MLD #canva

Day 1 for Cohort 3 of our Middle Leaders Development Program for assistant principals and head teachers. Building leadership excellence for exceptional outcomes across NSW public schools.

An inspiring afternoon session in our Middle Leadership Development Program, learning all about distributed leadership and its benefits. A great first day of learning for Cohort 3. #NSWDoEMLDP

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