We would like to extend this learning to our parent body and will be running a spelling workshop for parents by Dr Tessa Daffern on Wednesday 24th August from 7 - 8pm in Alfred Felton Hall at Grimwade House.
This will be an opportunity to hear from Tessa how children learn to spell and how you can support your child to become a competent speller. We hope you are able to join us for this evening workshop.
More about Tessa Daffern PhD
Dr Tessa Daffern has contributed to education in many capacities for over 20 years: as a classroom teacher in schools, teaching and learning specialist, literacy coordinator, academic and education consultant.
Tessa is currently a Director and Principal Literacy Education Consultant at Literacy Education Solutions, an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Canberra and has previously held academic positions at the University of Wollongong, University of Canberra and Charles Sturt University. Tessa’s research is driven by her passion for English language education and for empowering teachers and undergraduate teacher education students to develop contemporary understandings that can inform their teaching of language and literacy. Tessa’s PhD examined the teaching and learning of spelling and writing in Australian school contexts and involved almost 1400 students across 17 schools.
For more information, visit Dr Daffern's website here