Home Front Tutoring

20/06/2022

Tonight my grade 3 girl and her grade 5 boy had fun using type writers for the first time. We even took the back off one of the typewriters to see how it works underneath. Lots of words typed.

11/02/2022

Tutoring a new grade 2 child. She enjoyed making up non sense works. She wanted 'f' instead of 'fl' in front of the 'uck' ending!

06/02/2022

This grade 5 boy got 25/25 out of a graded spelling test. Great effort for the 2nd day of school for the year. This is what children could aim for.

18/10/2021

I was in the Herald Sun today. I have been tutoring Jack and Millie online but it was great to tutor then outdoors on Friday. I hadn't seen them in person for 3 months. I'm not a former teacher. I'm still a teacher. The reporter got that wrong.

06/10/2021

My friend Robert Robert R Favretto and I went to primary school together, then Teachers College. This book is my favourite of his!

Join Penny for an online reading of Morphing Murphy by Robert Favretto and Tull Suwannakit. This reading is produced with permission from Ford Street Publish...

08/09/2021

Nouns and pronouns lesson online lesson grades 2-4. I got the children to draw 10 balloons. Then write ten things in the balloons. Then got them to circle the lower case word and square the Capital. Then talked about the 3 types. Then we used some of the words in our story.

05/09/2021

How many children love playing with money? This money tower was made by Ollie grade 2 with his own money!

04/09/2021

Balancing the fear of your child falling behind with your desire that they remain sane and happy isn’t easy, but experts have some advice.

25/08/2021

https://www.teachermagazine.com/au_en/articles/big-five-education-challenges-the-long-tail-of-underachievement-in-australia

19/08/2021

About to tutor online via Zoom. I wonder if we can do some magic tricks today. Might be fun!