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Making music to support social and emotional development

July 22, 2020August 28, 2020Sharlene Vinall Leave a comment

Making music to support social and emotional development

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Word of the Month—March: sausage sizzle

March 2, 2020March 2, 2020Sharlene Vinall Leave a comment

sausage sizzle – noun: 1. a fund-raising or social event for a club, school, etc. at which barbecued sausages are sold or provided. 2. a barbecued sausage in a slice of bread sold or provided at such an event. The sausage sizzle has long been a feature of community events and fundraising in Australia. The […]

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Word of the Month—February: green nomad

February 3, 2020February 3, 2020Sharlene Vinall Leave a comment

green nomad noun: a person whose travels within Australia are motivated by a concern for the environment. In the Bournda Environmental Education Centre’s 42nd World Environment Day Dinner, held in Tathra, New South Wales, a suggestion was made to the key speaker: … a re-branding of grey nomads to ‘green nomads’, [thereby] encouraging older travellers […]

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Word of the Month—January: Nutbush

January 7, 2020January 6, 2020Sharlene Vinall Leave a comment

Nutbush noun: a line dance performed to the song ‘Nutbush City Limits’. At what is promoted as the world’s most remote music festival—the Birdsville Big Red Bash—a peculiar record was broken in July of this year: ‘The Birdsville event broke its own world record for most number of people (2330) doing the Nutbush dance.’ (Brisbane […]

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Creating enthusiastic young writers

December 6, 2019December 6, 2019Sharlene Vinall Leave a comment

OUP ANZ would like thank Kayti Deham and the students at Tennant Creek Primary School for giving us the opportunity to share their story. For teachers working in challenging classroom environments engaging students might be difficult but not impossible. Tennant Creek Primary School introduced the Read Write Inc. program just over a year ago, and […]

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