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It can be really difficult eating healthy when you’ve had a really long day/week/semester/year of teaching to the best of your ability. Even worse when you go shopping and struggle to find the best of the bad options available, to feel if you’re at least trying to be good. This handy wallet sized card summarises all the most important quantities in one area: energy protein total fat saturated fat trans fat total carbs sugars fibre sodium This handy card shows the low/best (green), medium/okay (amber), and highest/not great (red) options for each category. So that cup-of-soup you’ve been slurping down in the 5minute break you have at lunch could be a little on the high sodium side when you check its nutrient information panel, but a different brnad with a slightly different recipe might fit within the low sodium numbers. This handy card could your best friend to help you select the healthier options and keep you on track to your best, healthiest self!

Needing a cheap and simple product that can be made in bulk for a fundraising event or a quick and simple cooking gift that students can make for that special person for a special day such as Mother’s day or Christmas? This award winning Lemon Butter recipe is the perfect treat! It’s quick, easy and can be used by the recipient on scones, cakes, toast or pancakes. It does need to be sealed in a sterilised glass jar which can be covered with a fabric topper and with the gift tag and/or price tag attached with ribbon to finish off its sweet design. Instructions for sterilising jars are included and can be laminated for ease of use. Included in the folder: Easy to read lemon butter recipe for an individual 1 cup serve - perfect for gifts Easy to read bulk lemon butter recipe perfect for a fundraising event Swing tags with storage and use instructions Price tags (ready for prices to be added) for a fundraising stall Instructions on how to sterilise glass jars with metal lids decorative student colouring-in handout Instructions on how to sterilise glass jars with metal lids informative poster handout *This lemon butter recipe has won several country agricultural shows in NSW Australia, so you know it’s going to be a knockout treat!

Needing a cheap and simple product that can be made in bulk for a fundraising event or a quick and simple cooking gift that students can make for that special person for a special day such as Mother’s day or Christmas? This honeycomb recipe is the perfect treat! It’s quick, easy, has the option of being dipped in chocolate and it can be wrapped in clear cellophane with the included swing tag (or price tag) attached with ribbon to finish it off. Included in the folder: Easy to read honeycomb recipe Swing tags for plain honeycomb and choc-coated honeycomb Price tags (ready for prices to be added) for a fundraising stall

It is important that students know how to evaluate a website and determine whether it contains reputable information for use in their tasks. This poster is a great handout or visual display to remind students what to look for when conducting website research. To assist students in thinking more deeply and evaluating the websites they use, there is a checklist of questions (based off the poster) for students to tick of…the more ‘yes’ ticks they have, the more likely it is a quality website suitable for use. There is space for students to note down the URL and a brief summary of the information they are taking from the website.

Based on the Crime Scene Kitchen reality TV series where bakers must decide what type of dessert was made using just the crumbs and a few elusive clues, this worksheet engages student understanding of ingredients in the episodes. Students are given a link to the Season 1 Episode 1 video on YouTube and a range of questions that are answered throughout the episode. This is a great task to leave for a casual/relief/teacher absentee lesson or end of term/end of year activity as it can be used for any episode and any season of the TV series. Students are required to identify the clues left for the competitors, how the competitors determine the dessert they should make based on the clues, the criteria the judges are judging the dessert on and which clues were red herrings designed to test and distract the competitors. There is an extended response question on the challenges faced by competitors that can be used for more advanced students or as an extension task. The final activity gives students a list of clues to help them detect the mystery desserts. Answers are provided for this final activity.

Have you seen an uptake of students consuming alcoholic beverages at parties and on the sly at school from social peer pressures? Young people who engage in drinking alcohol are more likely to engage in risky behaviours that can lead to injuries and other health conditions. This poster provides an easy to read outline of some of the most major impacts alcohol has on the human body. It includes a brief description of what alcohol is as well as a QR code for students to view a short TED-ED video on ‘How does alcohol make you drunk?’ to help show students the implications of drinking alcohol. For our students to live long and happy lives, we need to help them understand the importance of looking after their bodies (including what they put into it), and minimising their intake of alcoholic drinks is one aspect we can help educated them on. Find this poster a valuable addition to your classroom? Why not check out the other posters in the ‘effects’ series: Effects of smoking and vaping on the body Effects of energy drinks on the body

Sometimes students need a reminder that the world doesn’t revolve around them and their behaviours and words can hurt others, whether they being intentional or unintentional about it. This poster reminds students that if what they are doing interfers with the learning of others, hurts someone or prevents them from being their best self, they should be doing it!

One of the most frustrating things as a teacher is to have students ignore or forget the due dates for their task submissions. Not only does it mean they may lose marks but we have to mark their task after our marking period ends. It is important for students to understand the need to submit tasks by their due dates because it helps them understand time limits for when they get out into the big wide world and get jobs. Everyone needs to be able to work towards a deadline whether they are a shop assistant, cleaner, teacher or a CEO running a business. This poster displays the importance of knowing due dates are coming up quickly and to plan ahead for them.

Have you seen an uptake of students ducking off to the toilets for a quick vape? or sweet smelling vapour wafting in from the quad by the truanting students sitting under your classroom windows? The e-cigarette and vaping market has seen unprecedented growth over the last couple of years and their popularity continues to grow, especially in our youth and adolescents. While people like to think that there may be some positives to consuming vapes over smoking cigarettes, there are many similar short and long term health effects that smoking and vaping has on the body, including cancer, addiction, anxiety, lung damage, fertility and heart issues. This poster provides an easy to read outline of some of the most major impacts vapes and cigarettes have on the human body. It includes a definition of a vape (in case your students like to argue that their vape isn’t bad for them!) as well as a QR code to a cool, short, free YouTube video on ‘Smoking vs Vaping’ by the team from AsapScience whose aim is to make science make sense. For our students to live long and happy lives, we need to help them understand the importance of looking after their bodies (including what they put into it), and minismising their intake of chemicals and nicotine through not vaping or smoking is one aspect we can help educate them on.

Get students excited about reading and reporting their experience with the book with this Book Review Template. It asks students to note the obvious - title, author and genre but then gets them delving deeper by providing a brief story summary, star rating, whether they would recommend others read the book, their favourite quote, best and worst aspects, elements of figurative language and their final thoughts and review. There is space for an image of the book cover or drawing by the student of an aspect of the story they responded to. A list of common figures of speech with examples is also provided to assist students with identifying the figurative language used throughout the book.

Students need to know and understand the task words or key terms in questions if they are going to answer exam and assessment questions fully in the required amount of detail. This task uses the Australian Tim Tam Slam to get students developing their understanding of those all important terms. What is a Tim Tam Slam? A Tim Tam is an extremely popular Australian layered chocolate biscuit. Bite off opposite corners, put one corner into the mug of a hot beverage such as a milo, hot chocolate or coffee, and suck the hot drink through the tim tam like a straw, before shoving it into your mouth to experience the melting chocolaty gooeyness. Still not sure? purchase the task and watch the clip! Have students watch the clip and then answer the questions, getting them to focus on the task word/key term in each question. Want to really involve students in a practical aspect to deepen their understanding? purchase a couple of packets of tim tam biscuits online or in the international section of the supermarket, make some hot drinks and have them taste the Tim Tam Slam before attempting the questions. Not only is this a great task to develop their understanding of task words/key terms but it can also be incorporated into a Multicultural event or taste test!

Needing something quick and easy to do at the end of the year to use up those fabric scraps?? Get students to turn them into dummy/pacifier holders for securely attaching to a baby. Perfect for those students with new baby brothers or sisters, the pregnant teacher about to go on maternity leave, a fundraising stall at a community event or even as donations to the local hospital. These instructions include a list of required materials and photos of each step, each with a tick-a-box checklist for students to mark off.

Wanting to challenge your students creativity in the kitchen or needing an end of term practical task to use up the remnants in the pantry, freezer or cool room? This 5 to 1 Cooking Challenge gives students access to: 5 x pantry staples 4 x fruit/veg 3 x fridge items 2 x magic flavour items 1 x tinned item Students need to incorporate as many (or all!) of the listed ingredients as they can into a recipe, write the recipe to show appropriate quantities and then produce it. Students are given one theory lesson to brainstorm, research and write their recipe, and one practical lesson to prepare, cook and plate it up. Marking criteria is included with space for feedback and a star rating. There are four sets of 5 to 1 Cooking Challenges included in the PDF. One for each term. Three have ingredients identified in them and one has been left blank, ready for you to set the ingredients they are required to use - making it a perfect end of term task to help use up and clear out your storage areas.

Experienced sewing teachers and students can often create their own designs and patterns off the top of their heads to produce amazing items. Less experienced or beginner sewing students (or non-sewing teachers needing to teach a sewing class!) need in-depth and easy to follow instructions to create their sewing/textiles projects. These instructions are for a size 18 (46cm x 46cm) zippered cushion cover with a front pocket perfect for the TV remote or a child’s book. This project can be used to assist students in learning the hands on skills of: measuring and cutting simple square and rectangular patterns iron-on fusible fleece interfacing pinning fabric understanding the terms right sides together, wrong sides together, raw edges, seam allowance, back stitching, press and overlock overlocking or zigzagging raw edges to prevent fraying insert a dress zipper (the easy way!) adjusting sewing machine feet (standard & zipper) matching threads to fabric trimming corners adding a handle The first page of the instructions consist of a checklist of materials each student will need to collect or purchase and a glossary of the specific sewing terms they need to understand in order to be able to follow the instructions and produce their cushion cover. Subsequent pages in the instructions PDF include a step-by-step process for making the pattern to the finished end product, each task with its own check box for students to tick off as they complete - making it easy for them and you to know where they are up to. Photos are incorporated into the instructions to assist with showing students how to complete the task or to compare their attempt at the relevant step, making it easier for the more advanced sewing students in the class to move ahead on their own, while the teacher can be left to help other students in need. Depending on the required number of set practical lessons each week and combined with theory, this project can take students up to 10 weeks to complete!

These Voice Level posters are a quick and easy way to refer to the noise levels in your classroom. The following voice levels are included: Movie Theatre mode - no voices Library mode - whisper Restaurant mode - partner voices Coffee shop mode - table talk Public Speaking mode - whole class voice Sports Team mode - outside voices Print A4/A3, laminate and post at the front of the classroom, using a peg to show students which level they should be using OR print A5/A6, laminate, hole punch and place onto card rings to have them around the classroom in various locations! These Voice Level posters have brief dot point descriptions of the expectations at each volume level and are quick and easy to refer to, making them a great classroom management strategy!

Experienced sewing teachers and students can often create their own designs and patterns off the top of their heads to create amazing items. Less experienced or beginner sewing students (or non-sewing teachers needing to teach a sewing class!) need in-depth and easy to follow/understand instructions to create their sewing/textiles projects. These instructions are for a standard size zippered cushion cover and can be used to assist students in learning the hands on skills of: measuring and cutting a simple square pattern pinning fabric understanding the terms right sides together, wring sides together, raw edges, seam allowance, back stitching, press and overlock overlocking or zigzagging raw edges together to prevent fraying insert a dress zip (the easy way!) adjusting sewing machine feet (standard & zipper) matching thread to fabric The first page of the instructions consists of a checklist of materials each student will need to collect or purchase and a glossary of sewing specific terms they will need to understand in order to be able to follow the instructions and produce their cushion cover. Subsequent pages in the instructions PDF include a step-by-step process from making the pattern to the finished end product, each task with its own check box for students to tick off as they complete - making it easy for them and you to know where they are up to. Photos are incorporated into the instructions to assist with showing students how to complete the task or to compare their attempt at the relevant step, making it easier for the more advanced students in the class to move ahead on their own, while the teacher can be left to help other students in need. Depending on the required number of set practical lessons each week, capability of the students and when combined with theory lessons, this project can take students 8-10 weeks to complete.

Chores are important for kids because the foster responsibility, independence, and valuable life skills, contributing to a child’s self-esteem and helping them learn teamwork. Sometimes as teachers we need to encourage and assist parents (mainly of unruly students!) in setting routines at home. This chore chart provides a simple way to help them without being condescending. It could be set as a homework task in a child development or running a household/life skills unit of work or given to parents during personalised learning plan meetings. Studies show that children who participate in household tasks at a young age are more likely to be successful and have positive mental health in adulthood. This chore chart contains a list of daily (unpaid!) chores that contribute to the everyday running of the household, as well as paid chores for pocket money. Also included is a blank chore chart ready for parents to add their own paid and unpaid chores suited for the specific environments of their family.

For first time parents knowing what and how much to pack in preparation for a hospital stay can be a daunting task. This trifold brochure provides a handy in-depth checklist for mum, baby and support partner with all the items needed for the hospital bag. Suitable for a pregnant staff member, student, community member or even an example poster or task item for a child development class.

Setting aside time to do some mindful colouring can be a great way for students to relax and focus while boosting wellbeing and reducing stress and anxiety, particularly during stressful exam, testing or assessment weeks, or even on a Friday afternoon to get everyone through, calmly, to the weekend. This mindful colouring book is all about keeping an attitude of gratitude in life and is filled with a wide range of gratitude and positivity quotes ready for students to fill in.

A simple little project that can be done as an intro to woodwork task, a filler (using scrap) task or even as a school gift to a pregnant teacher or community fundraiser task. This DIY timber baby playgym can be produced by anyone regardless of their woodworking skills and only requires hand simple tools and cheap materials. There are two sets of instructions provided. One that contains all the required materials, tools, directions and links to hardware products, and the other as a set of images.