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Program Home Page Tutorial

English Stars

Find out how the English Stars Program home page is organised into Year Levels, Units and Modules.
Introduce the focus sound as a school

Sound Waves Literacy

Sound Waves Literacy has been carefully structured so that for any given week the focus sound is the same across Years 1 to 6. This consistency makes it easy to introduce the focus as a whole school.
Finish the adventure with a bang

Writing Time

As the year winds down and the holiday season beckons, students can become very restless — and they’re not the only ones! Why not use this as an opportunity to tie up some loose ends and have your students go…
Activity Tracker Tutorial

Think Mentals

Find out how to use the Activity Tracker to monitor real-time student performance.
Student Results Pages Tutorial

Find out how to use the Student Results page in Think Mentals Digital Classroom.
Enhance teaching and learning with effective technology

Think Mentals

Technology is an increasingly important tool for teaching and learning, but it’s easy to get caught up in the idea that any technology is better than none. It’s been shown that technology can’t replace quality face-to-face teaching, but it can…
Turn reluctant readers into lovers of literature

English Stars

We’ve all seen it happen: we dedicate the lower primary years to teaching students reading skills, only to discover that by upper primary half the class don’t want to read. There are many reasons why children lose interest in literature.…
Year 5 Video: Commas in Lists

English Stars

Use this teaching video to help your students learn how to use commas in a list. This is just one of hundreds of videos available in English Stars!
‘I'm finished! What can I do now?’ 

Writing Time

It’s something all teachers have experienced: you’ve planned an engaging and differentiated activity for your class, but you soon hear, ‘What do I do when I’m finished?’