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What's in a name?

Sound Waves Literacy

Plenty if you are a Sound Waves teacher! Names are a great source for studying phonemes and graphemes. Students love to discover unusual graphemes in their names. 
My Classroom Tutorial

English Stars

Find out how to use the features of My Classroom in English Stars.
Ready, set ... get prepped for the year ahead

English Stars

If you want to hit the ground running this year, the English Stars Preparation and Planning page is a great place to start. You’ll find printable resources, such as the Yearly Plan and Curriculum Match documents, to help set your…
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…