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Teachers & Planning ahead

Calendar for Australian Schools
The 2008 Calendar for Australian Schools now available. Two copies have been delivered to all Australian schools in early February 2008. The calendar contains a comprehensive list of international, national and local cultural, community and commemorative events of interest to Australian schools. A version of the calendar with links to relevant resources is available online. If you did not receive a copy or would like another one please use the online form.

Newsletter Calendar
To assist with your planning for 2008 edna has developed a calendar with the proposed newsletter dates and themes coming up through out the year. Send your suggestions for newsletter themes to askedna@edna.edu.au

Theme Pages for Australian Schools
The purpose of theme pages is to provide teachers and students with evaluated quality resources from the searchable edna database. Throughout the year theme pages are created often corresponding with significant events on the Australian Schools Calendar. Current theme pages include Literacy and Numeracy, Mountains, Nutrition, Coastcare, Interactive Whiteboards and Internet Safety.

Teaching issues

Information for Parents and Students

Changing schools

Resources for older students

Key starting school topics

Identity and relationships
Relationships can determine the happiness of a child within your classroom. Start the year off by teaching students the importance of getting along and create a safe classroom environment.

Behaviour management
The edna database has a collection of information relating to behaviour management and creation of positive classrooms.

Homework
Included within this collection are discussion topics surrounding the issue of homework.