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Coloured counters and arrays aid learning times tables.

Learning ‘Times Tables’ Without Pain

Posted March 6, 2017 Marilyn HumphriesLeave a commentPosted in Career and Education, Education, Mathematics, Supporting Learning, Tutorials, tutoring

Mrs A stands at the front of the class, pointing stick in hand, demanding all eyes to the front while she points to each line of the three times tables […]

Front view of boy's face looking down at the book he is holding.

Tips to help children become readers (3)

Posted February 28, 2017 Marilyn HumphriesLeave a commentPosted in Career and Education, Education, English, Supporting Learning, Tutorials, tutoring

Looking for ways you can help your child with reading at home? Are you wondering ‘How often?’ or ‘How long?’ or ‘Where do I start?’ If this sounds like you, […]

Two young boys sitting beside Grandma who is pointing to words in a picture book..

Tips to help children become readers (2)

Posted February 24, 2017 Marilyn HumphriesLeave a commentPosted in Career and Education, Education, English, Supporting Learning, Tutorials, tutoring

Have you ever wondered how children learn to read? Perhaps you struggled with reading at school yourself and don’t know how to help your own child become a reader. We […]

Grandma and very young granddaughter sharing a book.

Tips to help young children become readers (1)

Posted February 14, 2017February 14, 2017 Marilyn HumphriesLeave a commentPosted in Career and Education, Education, English, Tutorials, tutoring

“Reading is the process of getting meaning from print. It doesn’t begin with or depend on knowing the alphabet or knowing the ‘sounds’. It is all about making sense.” So […]

Boy student has taken the first step on the stairway to school.

Taking the First Step to Success

Posted February 7, 2017February 7, 2017 Marilyn HumphriesLeave a commentPosted in Career and Education, Education, tutoring

You may have set a SMARTER goal, but nothing will be achieved unless you take the first step towards your goal! You may be clear about why you want to […]

Write down SMARTER goals to stay on target

Setting SMARTER goals

Posted January 31, 2017January 31, 2017 Marilyn Humphries2 CommentsPosted in Career and Education, Education, English, Mathematics

Do you go to the supermarket without a shopping list and hope that you will spot items you need as you wander up and down the aisles? This may be […]

‘For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.’

Posted January 24, 2017January 24, 2017 Marilyn Humphries2 CommentsPosted in Career and Education, Education, English

‘”The aphorism, as a man thinketh in his heart so is he,” not only embraces the whole of a man’s being, but is so comprehensive as to reach out to […]

Performance Beyond Expectation

Posted January 16, 2017February 7, 2017 Marilyn HumphriesLeave a commentPosted in Career and Education, Education, English, Mathematics, Tutorials, tutoring

‘The Australian Curriculum sets the expectations for what all Australian students should be taught, regardless of where they live or their background. For F-10, it means that students now have […]

Winners in the Classroom

Posted January 5, 2017February 7, 2017 Marilyn Humphries4 CommentsPosted in Career and Education, Education, tutoring

What does it mean to be a winner in the classroom? Is it being ‘top of the class’ or is there more to it than that? As a classroom teacher […]

Sam Stosur receiving serve from Garbine Muguruza

The Winner’s Edge

Posted January 4, 2017February 7, 2017 Marilyn HumphriesLeave a commentPosted in Career and Education, Education

In the Pat Rafter Arena, Brisbane, Monday 2/01/2017, Sam Stosur the hometown girl, faced Garbine Muguruza world no. 7 of Spain, in the first round of the Brisbane International Tennis […]