Last month Oxford University Press held a colouring-in competition to celebrate 70 years of the irrepressible Pippi Longstocking. Every day we received a new parcel of pictures, and by closing date we had more than 600 entries from primary school students across Australia. There were many inventive entries that colourfully captured the characters from Astrid Lindgren’s […]
Read moreLeading and mandating others to lead are activities that underpin the ways in which most human beings live. In general, leadership is something that attracts a great deal of conversation and debate, most of which concerns the qualities of people who are recognised as leaders. In the process, leadership becomes personalised—associated with individuals who can […]
Read moreThere are many new approaches in the new Australian Geography curriculum (Version 5.0; May 2013), and I am thrilled to be teaching it all. Here, though, I will talk about the emphasis on place knowledge and particularly world place knowledge. The fact that by the end of the primary years of schooling students are expected […]
Read moreNeed inspiration for a romantic phrase to write in the card to your valentine? Or a sweet phrase for a DM Valentine tweet?! Why not let the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations inspire you? Here are some lovestruck quotations to help you express your feelings on that most romantic of days: My heart was not in me but with […]
Read moreThe shortlist of the 2014 Australian Educational Publishing Awards (EPPAs) has just been announced and excitingly, Oxford has been shortlisted for 17 titles in nine of the categories! Organised by the Australian Publishers Association, the EPAAs celebrate excellence in educational publishing in Australia. Now in its 21st year, the event acknowledges and showcases the innovation, […]
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