The Squiz Kids Newsletter!
Hello and welcome to the Squiz Kids Newsletter! We're your weekly snapshot of classroom-ready stories, fresh resources and curious conversations to spark thinking in your students.
Each week, Christie shares what’s happening at Squiz Kids HQ, previews the upcoming podcast content, and links to timely articles and ideas relevant to teachers and classrooms.
And from time to time, Bryce pops in with a parent perspective, sharing reflections from life as a dad and what he’s noticing from the kitchen table to the carpool lane.
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Choosing hope in a bleak time
Before I threw myself headlong into the world of podcasting, I was senior writer at the Australian Womens’ Weekly (among…
Why media literacy has never been more important
It’s been a big few weeks in the news cycle. Between the awful events at Sydney’s Bondi Westfield, the riots…
In the middle of the storm
Do you ever get the sense there’s a big ol’ storm brewing and you might just happen to find yourself…
When Bad News Happens…
The blanket media coverage given to the events at Westfield Bondi on the weekend present a whole bunch of challenges…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Easter
Kids at the end of their tether, work deadlines looming, the prospect of prolonged exposure to distant family members. Ah…
Here’s to late bloomers …
I’ve had more than few conversations about NAPLAN this week, as my youngest submits herself to the rigours of the…
Keep calm and NAPLAN on.
Welcome parents of kids in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 to NAPLAN week – where the very mention of…
Ministers get behind media literacy
I slept like the dead last night. The Brisbane humidity played its part, most certainly, but I think it was…
See what happens when they let me out?
I don’t often get let out of Squiz Kids HQ to roam unattended about the world. It’s generally considered safer,…
Sometimes ‘old skool’ is just better …
I’ve just spent the weekend packing up my parents’ home of 54 years, preparing it for sale as they (finally)…
On your marks, get set, GO!
And we’re officially off and racing for the new school year – with our friends in Victoria, WA and NSW…
Welcome to 2024! Let’s not overthink it…
Hello! Welcome back to another school year! Did you have a good break? Are you replenished and ready to leap…
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