NEWS

New and now available …

Chopper Rescue Chopper Rescue: Stories and Activities for Mentoring and Guided Writing, edited by Hazel Edwards, is an anthology of 13 short stories, by both new and well-known writers aimed at encouraging and developing the writing of students in years 5 to 8 — currently a key priority in all states. Apart from the excellence and variety of the stories, with their range of adventurous subjects, formats, lengths and styles, what sets this book apart are the writing tasks for students, plus the vital hints illustrating the creative process.

Girlfriends! Girlfriends! Confidence, Connections, Community, Camaraderie, by Christine Shiel, Phillippa Adgemis and Robyn Floyd was developed out of the needs and relationships of teenage girls in Australia. This is a practical, versatile and challenging program that addresses the needs of girls in the middle years of schooling. It improves social competencies by building connectedness to peers, school and community, and all student wellbeing co-ordinators at upper primary and junior secondary level will welcome this book.


EYLF in Practice Using ICT in Early Years

Books for the Early Years

These are our first two publications for Early Years educators in what will be an increasingly important part of the Teaching Solutions list.



The Early Years Learning Framework in Practice: A Handbook for Practitioners by Bridie Raban, Jan Deans, Kay Margetts & Amelia Church is an extremely important book written by the Early Childhood team from Melbourne University, and is the only practical handbook available to help teachers and educators implement the newly legislated National Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) into early childhood services across Australia — a ‘must have’ for all early childhood directors and educators.

Using ICT in the Early Years by John Siraj-Blatchford & Alex Morgan — the foremost experts in the UK in Early Childhood ICT — is a step-by-step guide on how to teach ICT to young children, offering many suggestions for using ICT to develop children’s creative thinking.


The final two books in our best-selling Basic Skills series for Year 2 are now available, completing the series that provides teachers with a comprehensive practice and assessment program for years 2 to 7.