Queensland Secondary had a very eventful few days in June, dashing between events to meet with educators and leaders from across the state. A huge thank you to QAMT, MLTAQ and ConQEST for accommodating Pearson at your events. In this blog Lilly Dell, Pearson's Queensland Key Account Manager shares her experience of these fantastic events!

In sunny Darwin, Pearson joined Sheena Cameron and literacy enthusiasts from across Australia at the 2022 AATE/ALEA Conference in July 2022. At the conference, Sheena Cameron delivered her plenary keynote ‘What does research tell us about the most effective ways to support students to understand what they read? and launched the new editions of her highly anticipated teacher resource books.

From 16 November 2021, Australian schools can access an improved eBook interface that aims to make the digital teaching and learning resource even easier for them to use in the classroom, at home or wherever they need to access their content

Deb Irving, Maths Consultant reviewing Mathology Little Books, a standalone component of Mathology F-3, Pearson Australia. This review also appeared in The Mathematical Association of Victoria's publication The Common Denominator (Term 4 2021, page 22).

Sharing Our Stories is a landmark series addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures in the primary classroom. Produced by Pearson and the SharingStories Foundation, a not-for-profit organisation that works with Indigenous communities, the series aims to protect, maintain and grow language, stories and cultural heritage using digital technologies and art forms for the benefit of children. In this blog, Deryn Mansell, editor of the Victorian Adult Literacy and Basic Education Council's (VALBEC) publication 'fine print', reviews the series.

In this session originally presented at the 2021 AFMLTA conference, Gabriella, Annabel and Nathan give insights into ways to nurture and develop viewing skills and intercultural competence with students of Languages. They cover some key principles and share some ideas of activities, routines and prompts to use in the Languages classroom. Video kindly shared by Gabriella, Annabel and Nathan.

Many of the out of field professionals teaching mathematics bring teaching expertise from other subject areas. While often these teachers have some mathematical skills, or were proficient mathematics students at school, it can't be assumed they have a ready to use ‘tool-kit’ to foster the development of conceptual understanding.

Pearson’s own Sabine Bolick and Liz Hatton invite you to join them in the on-demand webinar “Teaching decodable reading strategies with Bug Club Phonics”. In this 1-hour professional learning session, Sabine and Liz will cover questions at the core of successful phonics teaching

In 2018, Rosie Scholl, Head of Curriculum at Buranda State School set out to find a reading assessment system that would deliver what her teachers and learners needed – a whole-school approach to literacy assessment. Read more to find out why Scholl chose to implement Fountas & Pinnell Literacy's Benchmark Assessment System (BAS) in place of PM Benchmark Assessment and PROBE.

With so many schools dealing with remote learning, families in lockdown and students separated from friends and family, it’s more important than ever to practice strategies to improve wellbeing

Julia Shaw shares her highlights from the History Teachers’ Association of Victoria (HTAV) Conference 2020 plus, her top tips for teachers attending virtual conferences as they become more common.

Pearson consultant psychologist Stewart D’Silva and Jared Cooney Horvath (PhD, MEd) give teachers and special educators the keys to mental wellbeing and readiness to learn. Available as a webinar and podcast.

We chatted to three teachers who shared their experiences of the active learning strategies they use to get the best out of their students.

Flipping the classroom from passive learning to active learning can make learning more productive and fun

We sat down with Fiona Jackson, Literacy Consultant, to discuss how teachers can develop a more responsive approach to their practice and what this might look like in the classroom.

Behavioural insights for education. Tips for teachers to increase the emotional intelligence of their students and support student learning

Behavioural insights for education. Tips for teachers to increase the emotional intelligence of their students and support student learning