Comparison of Relief Teacher Pay Rates in Australia

This table is current as at January 2012 and shows the daily rates for casual and relief teachers across Australia.

Are we failing to teach kids science?

I doubt that the results would be any different in Australia, but in a US study released yesterday, elementary, middle, and high school students failed to demonstrate a deep understanding of science concepts when they performed activity-based science tasks and investigations.

Kids Love construction.

This is a beauty and a real challenge. 


Students can work individually or in pairs. Working in pairs makes it easier to construct and share paper.

Art - Perspective #1

A PowerPoint on drawing with perspective.
CLICK HERE for the file.

Mapping Australia

     This activity can be used after students have completed the Australian Borders exercise (perhaps on the second day of your relief period) or as an independent activity.

Australian Borders

     This is a short 30 minutes teacher directed lesson on how to draw the state borders of Australia.