Oz Lit Teacher Blog

I’ve noticed a worrying phenomenon in classrooms lately: Whiteboards are becoming noticeboards.

You see, the white on these boards is disappearing in...

Earlier this week the Victorian Education Minister announced a new phonics mandate for Victorian schools.  Although the details are still filtering th...

I always say that if there's one thing us primary school teachers are good at, it’s taking something and implementing it in ways that were never inten...

A few weeks ago I shared a blog post outlining 6 reasons every teacher should be using Turn and Talk in their literacy classrooms everyday. (Click her...

We have a special guest writer on the blog this week: my very own daughter, Ashleigh Leung!

Ash teaches a year 5 class at a large primary school (a...

We’re only a couple of weeks away from International Women’s Day, so I thought now would be a good time to share some Australian-focused books you can...

Many things have changed in the world of literacy instruction over the years, research has developed, new teaching approaches have emerged and some ol...

Every writer has a 'writing history'.

This history is made up of all the positive and negative writing-related experiences we’ve had in our lives.

In my last blog, I highlighted my top 6(ish) favourite adult reads for 2023. (Click here to read that post). Today I’m highlighting 6 of my favourite ...

 I often joke that I don’t read many books written for adults because I’m not mature enough to understand them, but here I am doing a top 6(ish) books...