Melissa Loy

Jumping on board with a 2023 reading thread 🧵

Toddlers are cunning geniuses. Ours should be going to bed but keeps coming out with one of his beloved Hot Wheels at a time saying “Don’t want it in my room.” This is an excellent tactic bc we all know he’s going to demand each one back again, painstakingly, one at a time.

@rachelandbob @MatthewBevan @JamColley 36 yo and always said “Poor Incy”. Early years heavily influenced by Play School.

@MatthewBevan @JamColley I am 57 and I say “Poor Incy” not “the spider”. I am not sure whether my nursery rhyme knowledge has been altered since childhood but if it has been, I credit Play School. And for that I am not sorry. Play School is the best.

Observing Miss 5 have some big feels about the fact her little bro isn’t listening to her very clear instructions…

@AustralasianEdu That bin belongs to the spider now. Time to burn it and order a new one?

I drag the bin in & it was covered in so many redback spiders My most hated & reviled spider & I had to do the adulting thing & spray them, clean off their sticky webs & hose the bin down. And then a pregnant mother redback scurried out.

Became the parent of a school-aged child for the first time this week and wowee there is a whole extra suite of things to be across now isn’t there…

@AustralasianEdu Such a good book! Currently soaking up the series at every opportunity that I get the tv to myself

I've been reading #LessonsInChemistry for the last fortnight & I loved it. It was the perfect book for me at this point in my life & I don't care it is probably anachronistic. It was a fairytale & I'm looking forward to watching the TV adaption

Me, becoming a Grey’s Anatomy convert in 2023:

Miss 4 is sitting quietly circling her “Wishlist” from the Scholastic Book Club catalogue and I’m having some massive flashbacks to the primary school Book Fairs they used to run in the 90s. Are they still a thing?

35/ The Soulmate - Sally Hepworth Another Hepworth page-turner in the Australian domestic thriller genre.

34/ Tell Me Again - Amy Thunig In this memoir, Thunig depicts her childhood and adolescence, exploring the importance of Country and community, the tumultuousness of addiction, mental illness and intergenerational trauma, and the redeeming power of love.

Jumping on board with a 2023 reading thread 🧵

Kathy Rushton and Joanne Rossbridge explore reading for pleasure and the importance of selecting authentic texts representing diverse Austr. voices. An authentic text - “one you would carefully wrap, tie with a ribbon and give to a child or young adult you love.” #aatealeaconf

Leon Furze explores practical ideas regarding how AI might be used ethically by students and teachers to enhance the writing process #aatealeaconf

A great lightning talk from @torkee about the importance of explicit literacy teaching across the curriculum and high expectations of every learner #aatealeaconf

Lucinda McKnight asks: “To bot or not to bot?” Fascinating to hear from an expert their opinions regarding the pitfalls and opportunities of AI. #aatealeaconf

Thought provoking morning at the #aatealeaconf with a literary breakfast with Zoya Patel, Jackie Manuel’s Garth Boomer Memorial Address and the launch of Cara Shipp’s book about First Nations-focused literacy teaching ‘Listening from the Heart’.

An excellent first day of the #aatealeaconf in Canberra. Keynote speaker Kirli Saunders kicked off a day rich with presentations and workshops, all focused on the theme Action to Impact and ideas for improving the literacy skills of Australian young people.

She then goes on to address some FAQs from Australian teachers about First Nations-focused pedagogy #aatealeaconf

Cara Shipp discusses five foundations of First Nations-focused teaching #AATEALEAConf

@macgirl19 It was a great keynote address!