Date Topic Presenter My Learnings

23/4/2012 Growing together:

Living and acting for a
sustainable future
Selena Prior -
Global Education
Project
Reinforced what sustainability is in reference to the new
Australian Curriculum and provided me with multiple
ideas and resources in integrating sustainability into my
teaching.
21/8/2012 Creative Writing Tips Ian Billings
Comedian and
childrens author
Showed me a method to assist students in their creative
writing - How to develop characters (both the hero and
the villain, how to make them special and appealing) and;
how to create the setting for the story involving all
senses.
6/9/2012 Cybersafety Federal
Government
Cybersafety
Outreach
This was an internet safety awareness program alerting
me to the issues that exist in using technology.
Highlighting the need to teach students about the
importance of communicating to adults when using
technology, the type of passwords to use and how often
to change, using avatars online and what to do in the case
of cyber bullying.
13/5/2013 HBDI Hermann
Brain Dominance
Instrument
Jon Knight Understanding that we all (including students) have
preferred ways to think, learn, communicate and make
decisions. Using this information to ensure that in
planning individual lessons and daily planners, all styles
are activated. This is so students benefit from working in
their preferred style as well learning to work in their less
dominant styles. I am also able to utilise this information
in allocating groups for teamwork, ensuring that all
quadrants are represented in a team.
11/9/2013 THRASS Teaching
handwriting, reading
and spelling skills.
Denyse Ritchie
Executive
Director THRASS
Australia
THRASS is a method to assist children in reading and
spelling. It has shown me how the 44 sounds (phonemes)
of the English language are broken down into how they
are spelled. I have obtained a very solid understanding of
how the THRASS chart assists students to read and spell
and I look forward sharing the THRASS chart and teaching
children how to spell.
12/3/2014 The Resilience Project Hugh Van
Cuylenberg
That through utilising the Positive Psychology Framework
focussing on positivity, gratitude, empathy, kindness
and mindfulness, I am able to manage the classroom
more effectively.
March,
April, May
2014
Tuning in to Kids Lara Ruddle and
Jessica Green
Through utilising the 5 steps of Emotion Coaching,
children will feel heard (learning about and understanding
that all emotions are okay) and learn to create solutions
themselves to the problems/incidents they face,
developing into emotionally intelligent children.