There is a great deal of evidence that families play a critical role in their child’s learning and development.

There is a great deal of evidence that families play a critical role in their child’s early learning and development. So how can primary school teachers best work with families to support student learning?

See how the Year 1 teachers at Loxton Primary School use explicit instruction in their classroom.

Explicit instruction involves fully explaining and effectively demonstrating what students need to learn. This guide outlines key practices for using explicit instruction in the classroom.

See how the Year 6 teachers at Loxton Primary School work to create a focused classroom from the beginning of the year.

Examples of practice demonstrate effective practice in different education settings. You can use them to think about how to apply the practice in your own context.

Focused classrooms maximise students’ on-task learning time by minimising disruptive behaviour and disengagement. This guide outlines key practices for creating focused classrooms.

Kerri Proctor, Head of English at Walford Anglican School for Girls, uses different formative assessment methods to track student progress.

Formative assessment is a teaching practice that evidence says makes a difference. In this video, Melissa Garstang-Leary explains how she uses formative assessment in her English lessons.

Formative assessment is a teaching practice that evidence says makes a difference. In this video, Sue Davis explains how she uses formative assessment in her maths lessons.

Formative assessment is a teaching practice that evidence says makes a difference. In this video, Darcie Clarke explains how she uses formative assessment in her science lessons.

Formative assessment refers to the variety of methods teachers use to gather and interpret information about student learning as learning is taking place. This guide outlines key practices for using formative assessment in the classroom.

See how Mastery Learning is implemented in different classrooms at Trinity College.

Mastery learning is a teaching practice that evidence says makes a difference. In this video, Melissa Garstang-Leary explains how she uses mastery learning in her English lessons.

Mastery learning is a teaching practice that evidence says makes a difference. In this video, Sue Davis explains how she uses mastery learning in her maths lessons.

This guide outlines key practices for using mastery learning in the classroom.

This resource provides 3 examples of how systems can support the use of evidence and evidence-based practices through professional learning. 

Targeting sentence-level instruction is critical in order to develop foundational skills in writing. Sentence combining is an instructional technique used to improve sentence quality, complexity, and variety.

See how Amber, a French teacher at Alfred Deakin High School, uses spacing and retrieval practice in her classes.