by Dancing Wombat | Nov 7, 2016 | Behaviour and Communication, Blog, Coping Strategies
What’s not to love about love stories? Especially for teenagers? Well, let’s think – how should we love them? I’ve been thinking about Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The classic love story. Standard Year 9 English fare. Cue embarrassed titters from...
by Dancing Wombat | Nov 3, 2016 | Behaviour and Communication, Blog
I looove words. My Wombats roll their eyes when I get excited over discovering the etymology of a particular word. I call them “boxer shorts” moments. That refers to the time when I realised why boxer shorts were so called. (I don’t follow boxing – that’s probably why...
by Dancing Wombat | Jun 16, 2016 | Blog, Learning Through Performance
“Do you like my butterfly?” I asked my junior Music class this week. Lying on the floor, in the middle of the circle, was a 1.2 metre soft, stuffed crocodile with a rather fetching grin. One of my latest op shop acquisitions. I hadn’t planned to start the class this...
by Dancing Wombat | May 24, 2016 | Blog, Learning Through Performance
All my reflections so far this year have been drawn from my own Dancing Wombat world. There’s never a dull moment there! But every week, I also have two classes of delightful primary school students who demand my attention. One young man – I’ll call him Dougal – had...
by Dancing Wombat | Oct 30, 2015 | Blog, Learning Through Performance
Today was the big day for my senior class who’ been rehearsing the Explorers play. NO scripts! Except my own, of course. And one for my assistant. The students clustered around me as we walked from the playground to the hall. “We’re not using our...
