About: Kristy Dall

Reading a few books over the summer holidays helps ensure you keep the reading and other learning gains you’ve made during the school year. The iCentre have some great recommendations for you to check out from your local library or bookstore. A new book would make a great addition to your Christmas List as well! […]

School holidays are a great time to spend time enjoying your hobbies and improving your skills. For those keen writers out there, international award-winning author and writing coach Brian Falkner has developed a writing course that may interest you! The course The internationally acclaimed writing course, for students aged 9-14, shows you how to write stories […]

Better than the Movies by Lynn Painter follows High School Senior Liz Buxbaum as she attempts to secure her happily-ever-after. But will her lovelorn imagination get in the way of Liz finding her happy ending? Full of pop culture references, this is an absolutely charming novel that manages to pack in every conceivable trope, from […]

What?  An opportunity for each student to recommend a book to the class When?  At the start of each double lesson – once per fortnight How?  In each Book Club session, three students (plus me usually!) recommend a book to the rest of the class.  I keep a list in our OneNote and I keep […]

Cat memes, fail videos, face filters – the internet is awesome! Unfortunately, not all internet users are as great. Some go online just to cause trouble and steal from others. There has been a lot of talk about cyber safety in Australia recently after the Optus and Medibank data breaches. Names, email addresses, ID documents […]