Essential Resources

Our resources are strongly grounded in what works in the classroom, giving teachers lesson plans, tools and strategies they need to make a difference. They support students’ learning through every stage of their schooling, ensuring students excel and can apply their learning to numerous meaningful contexts.

Engaging and of high interest, they are developed to provide students with the skills necessary to become analytical thinkers, problem solvers and idea generators, and to succeed in a multinational work environment.

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Turn your students into creators of digital solutions

Written by teachers who specialise in using technology in the classroom, Digital Technologies in the Classroom sets out engaging lessons with learning outcomes to build a strong foundation in digital technologies with a mix of both “plugged” and “unplugged” activities. It’s suitable for classroom teachers and specialist teachers with minimal experience in the subject.

Storytelling in a digital world

The age-old art of storytelling remains the same but the medium has changed dramatically. With the cloud-based cross-platform tools, students have any time, anywhere access. They can create dynamic content that they can share in a variety of ways. Digital Fluency – Storytelling in the Cloud explores new ways in which students can tell and share their stories within the context of a future-focused curriculum.

Becoming digitally literate

The aim of Digital Literacy in the Primary Classroom is to move beyond the basics of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and introduce a broader concept of technology, supporting teachers in developing digital literacy attributes and preparing Years 1–4 learners to embark upon their future with new skills.

Develop and extend literacy learning

Journal Journeys, designed for use after reading the relevant School Journal or Junior Journal, caters to a range of learning styles and offers valuable assistance to ELL students.

Encourage student writing that is purposeful, challenging and motivating

Katie Pennicott is the national winner in 2017 of the ASG Australasian National Awards for Excellence in Teaching. Her new book, Accelerate Progress with Writing, sets out a practical programme complete with the tools and lesson plans that address central dimensions of effective teaching practice includes simple routines that link together to integrate purposeful learning in writing into daily, weekly and long-term plans.

Build maths fitness daily

Each Building Maths Fitness book is packed with 20 weeks of daily maths cards. Aimed at 10- to 12-year-old students, the cards gradually become more difficult as the weeks progress. Each week the types of problems stay the same, just the numbers change. During the course of the week the students will gain confidence and show progress with their learning. Answers cards are provided.

Planning creative dance units

Mad About Dance is based on a planning process to show teachers how to create dance units. In this process, planning focuses on three main MAD elements: Motivation; Action words and images; and Dance key words. To get started, teachers simply need to gather together the required sources of motivation, plan some dance as part of your classroom timetable … and go!

JillE books to read aloud

Designed for reading to children, JillE Books are perfect for developing vocabulary and an awareness of sounds and rhymes. The books do this with a mix of highly visual illustrations and layout, rhythmical texts and humour. The award-winning author, Jill Eggleton QSO, is an internationally recognised literacy consultant and teacher.