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Revision Unit Tutorial

Think Mentals

Find out how resources are organised in each Revision Unit in Think Mentals Digital Classroom.
Assessment Tracker Tutorial

English Stars

Find out how to use the Assessment Tracker in English Stars.
Strategy Unit Tutorial

Think Mentals

Find out how resources are organised in each Strategy Unit in Think Mentals Digital Classroom.
The knock-on effect of handwriting practice

Writing Time

Have you ever seen a student stumble with their handwriting as they try to create a mind map or write the next sentence in their narrative? When this happens, their thought process is stopped in its tracks.
Four steps to make strategies sink in

Think Mentals

It’s the start of the week and you’ve got your next mental computation strategy at the ready to teach to your class of eager students. But what’s the best way to introduce and teach a new strategy?
More than words – communication skills for the future

English Stars

Any good English program covers the fundamentals such as grammar and text types. But modern curricula also expect students to use more than just words to be effective communicators and thrive in a tech-saturated society.
Activity Tracker Tutorial

English Stars

Find out how to use the Activity Tracker to monitor real-time student performance.
Segmenting practice (for teachers)

Sound Waves Literacy

Segmenting is a key component of teaching spelling and it’s a skill you work on with your students time and again. But have you ever practised segmenting with your colleagues?
The Great Australian Schwa video activities for upper years

Sound Waves Literacy

The schwa is the most common vowel sound in English. You and your students will be working with the schwa in most spelling lessons (even though it’s not formally taught until Unit 36). We’ve created a fun video ’The Great Australian Schwa’ to…