Team teaching with iUgo is a no-brainer for teacher Jo Ander.When Jo’s Whanganui High School colleague started playing around with iUgo, she was hooked.“We’re always on the look-out for new resources. iUgo’s free 30-day trial and fantastic IT support meant it was a...
Elmgrove Primary School teacher Grant Peacock is only too happy to show his planning to colleagues and parents. It’s rare to come by that kind of confidence in an environment where teachers are under relentless pressure to show improved outcomes. Yet...
iUgo brings little efficiencies that add up to a big lot, says Kerikeri’s Riverview School teacher and team leader, John Bowron.John first tinkered with iUgo in 2015 when he was curious about what it could offer. Now he doesn’t look back.“My planning used to be...
Deputy principal Anne-Maree McDougall took a closer look at iUgo and liked what she saw.At Mercury Bay Area School in Whitianga, Anne-Maree’s team all use iUgo at different levels to help organise their planning.Anne-Maree says “Teachers are time-poor. iUgo is...
You can easily change the start and end time of your day on your Weekly Planner by clicking on the Cog and selecting Settings.In the pop-up that appears you can change the start and end times to suit you.
There’s no more planning on the weekend for Jacira De Hoog.A teacher at Cambridge Middle School, Jacira loves the way iUgo saves her time and means her weekly planning is always ready. iUgo links and integrates unit and weekly plans, so it’s quick and easy to see...
Senior teacher Nathan Collie loves how iUgo saves him time, making it easy to plan effectively.St Patricks School, located in Invercargill, made the decision to move away from paper-based planning in 2015 and have since transitioned their whole team to using iUgo.“Its...
Acclaimed English teacher and author Yvette Krohn describes The Matrix as the best film ever made. “I was first introduced to philosophy in an authentic context when I watched The Matrix in 1999. I had little to no knowledge of formal philosophy, but the ideas...
Essential Resources breaks into the United States market place producing teaching resources for USA’s largest education publishing company. Essential Resources managing director, Nicola Smith said “It is wonderful to have our New Zealand expertise recognised by...
What brings writing alive for boys brings writing alive for all children, says author Frances Adlam, whose book Writing Success for Boys has just been published by Essential Resources. For children who struggle with writing, Roald Dahl’s words ring true: there’s...
Today’s children will inhabit a challenging, fast-changing world. Encouraging STEM thinking empowers them with the skills to live well, say co-authors of STEM Detectives, Niki Buchan and Bronwyn Cron. “As the world moves and changes at an ever-increasing pace,...
Good poetry offers ways of expressing emotions, capturing experiences and language techniques that stimulate students in ways other genres don’t. So how can teachers get students more engaged in poetry? Poet and writer, Vaughan Rapatahana (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Te Whiti)...
Melting chocolate and creating foaming snakes are both strategies to build science students’ observation powers in Pam Hook and Willem Tolhoek’s latest book. It presents simple experiments from familiar contexts to guide science students as they investigate the...
The old spiritual song “Dem Bones” might not seem like a science lesson. Yet its rhythm and repetition are perfect for helping students pronounce and remember the common and scientific names of bones, says teacher and Essential Resources author, Brenda Greene....
Have you thought about becoming a mentor? Teacher mentors have a potentially life-changing role in encouraging students to be positive influencers in their communities, says Essential Resources author and mentoring expert, Robin Cox. They can transform the lives of...