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On 22 February, Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS) launched its position statement, Vision for Instruction, outlining the goals, methods and processes for embedding a refreshed and system-wide approach to achieving teaching and learning excellence. Find out more in this article.

Excitement is growing across Australia for the fourth, biennial Trauma-Aware Education Conference to be held in Brisbane this year (Thursday 31 October to Saturday 2 November). Find out more in this article.

A week with good food, fun and fellowship is what Big Camp promises its’ attendees every year and has been delivering for more than 95 years. It promotes leadership skills, enhanced engagement with peers and sportsmanship in the 100 attendees for the year.

Fair go, respect, inclusion and mateship – working collaboratively in a team. These are the Aussie values primary school children are being encouraged to demonstrate in a national schools’ competition to create an innovative way of re-using plastic bottles – with $20,000 worth of classroom stationery prizes up for grabs.

Jacaranda’s resource development team has been working to deliver an effective way for schools to branch into GenAI, all while keeping inside the established bounds of the curriculum. This exciting project has produced JacTutor – a new tool set to provide students and teachers with a safe, interactive, and responsive tutor integrated directly into their classroom resource.

Using books in the classroom is a great way to implement new learning opportunities. Check out this article for some fun ideas for incorporating books into your classroom.

The Early Harvest youth publishing program, driven by creative writing centre 100 Story Building, is working with teachers to revolutionise their approach to creative writing, and support students to work towards an authentic real-world goal: contributing to an actual book! Find out how your school can get involved.

Teachers across Australia shared their 4 main challenges in teaching Foundation to Year 6 mathematics. These critical insights informed ORIGO's new digital teaching resource, ORIGO Mathematics.

Convened by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), Research Conference 2023 will explore how to improve the continuity of learning from birth to 12 years. It’s a big topic made compelling through the latest research from experts in early childhood and primary education.

There is significant demand for teachers in the UK right now with numerous opportunities for educators in all subjects. There are fantastic opportunities for teachers who are newly qualified or for the most experienced, for those specialising in Primary, and Secondary opportunities for professional development and accelerated career progression are available for all.