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Check out our latest resources to enhance VCOP in your Educational Setting.
This resource makes it easy to celebrate and honor the unique friendships formed in buddy programs while developing students’ writing skills, emotional expression, and kindness. Perfect for your end-of-year or transitional activities!
Bring some Halloween fun into your classroom with our FREE Monster Pancake Design Activity!
This Letter Exchange Lesson Bundle offers a unique and personal way to build your students’ writing skills while fostering connections beyond the classroom. Ideal for introducing letter writing in a fun, thoughtful, and meaningful way!
Engage your students with this Letter Writing Lesson Bundle designed to foster meaningful connections and improve writing skills across all year levels.
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Check out our blog - VCOP in Action. It's full of ideas, tips, and in action usage of VCOP!
What is a Connective?
Connectives is the most complex of all the VCOP elements, but it doesn't need to be. Let's learn more about...
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Meet Winston WOW: Bring your WOW Words to life!
Enhance your Vocabulary investigations with Winston WOW and bring new life to your wow words.
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VCOP Top Tip: Give Wow Words a ‘used-by’ date
Vocabulary displays are fluid displays. They need to continue to grow and change throughout the year. Displays need an expiry...
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Dotted Thirds Paper Sampler Pack- Why You NEED this!
In a nutshell, finding the perfect dotted thirds or lined paper size isn’t just a small detail—it’s a game-changer for...
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VCOP Community Question: Higher-order expression explained
Tracey asked for a further explanation of higher-order expression in reference to Level 2 of the criterion scale. Read how...
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Empowering Writers: Student-Teacher Writing Analysis Toolkit
Elevate writing analysis in your classroom with our Student-Teacher Toolkit! Connect student self-assessment with teacher evaluation using the Student-Friendly and...
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Welcome to the VCOP Community
Welcome to the VCOP community of educators! A community dedicated to enhancing writing in an enjoyable way for their students.
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Phonological Awareness, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics- Parent Explainer
What is phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and phonics? Let's understand the crucial foundational skills that pave the way for successful...
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The Importance of Intensive Student Analysis for Writing
Empower your students with the tools and mindset to become reflective, proactive, and motivated learners, driving their academic growth and...
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The Power of Phonic Phones: Enhancing Learning Across Multiple Fronts
A phonic phone is a handheld, acoustical device... BUT ARE YOU USING IT TO IT'S FULL POTENTIAL?
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Unlocking Literacy Success through Talking and Sharing: A Pathway to Brighter Futures
The art of conversation should never be lost. Read about some ways we bring it back into the home and...
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NESA Accredited Professional Learning to Enhance Writing
Do you need NESA accredited PL to maintain your teacher registration? Then we have some exciting news...
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6T – Bringing all the research into one lesson model!
Learn about how the 6T model lesson bundles all the research together, for effective student learning!
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Frightfully Posh Friday – The importance of conversation.
The art of conversation should never be lost. Read about some crazy ways we bring it back into the home...
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Are you teaching Prompt Planning?
A new course has just been added... but just what is Prompt Planning? Read on to find out more.
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What is Breaking News?
A new resource has just been added... but just what is breaking news? Read on to find out more.
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Breakdown Buddies Tips
A question from our VCOP community - Can you give me a few more tips for starting breakdown buddies for...
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Topic Sentences, and more.
Another long car trip means a chance to test new activities I’ve been working on for KidsNews. Jaz blew me...
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What’s in a Big Write Support Tub?
A Big Write Support Tub, or writing caddy, is made up of a variety of resources designed to support the...
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Welcome First Nations VCOP Gang
They are finally live!! Please meet our First Nations VCOP Gang.
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Start With If
Let's start at the beginning... Literally! Varying your sentences openers is a great way to keep the audience engaged.
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Up-level with Emotive Language
We might be on holiday, but a car trip with the VCOP Kids is always an opportunity to throw them...
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Eye Spy Letters
Well we had another long drive consisting of a quite vast landscape where a regular game of eye spy just...
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Start With Deep
We might be on holiday, but a car trip with the VCOP Kids is always an opportunity to throw them...
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Cards for the Elderly
More text exploring happening in the 3yr old Kinder room today. Has anything exciting been happening in your educational setting?
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VCOP Quickfire
Quick fire activities are great ways to get the mind tuned in, but it will only work when talk is...
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What is a Connective?
Connectives is the most complex of all the VCOP elements, but it doesn't need to be. Let's learn more about...
Read More
Meet Winston WOW: Bring your WOW Words to life!
Enhance your Vocabulary investigations with Winston WOW and bring new life to your wow words.
Read More
VCOP Top Tip: Give Wow Words a ‘used-by’ date
Vocabulary displays are fluid displays. They need to continue to grow and change throughout the year. Displays need an expiry...
Read More
Dotted Thirds Paper Sampler Pack- Why You NEED this!
In a nutshell, finding the perfect dotted thirds or lined paper size isn’t just a small detail—it’s a game-changer for...
Read More
VCOP Community Question: Higher-order expression explained
Tracey asked for a further explanation of higher-order expression in reference to Level 2 of the criterion scale. Read how...
Read More
Empowering Writers: Student-Teacher Writing Analysis Toolkit
Elevate writing analysis in your classroom with our Student-Teacher Toolkit! Connect student self-assessment with teacher evaluation using the Student-Friendly and...
Read More
Welcome to the VCOP Community
Welcome to the VCOP community of educators! A community dedicated to enhancing writing in an enjoyable way for their students.
Read More
Phonological Awareness, Phonemic Awareness and Phonics- Parent Explainer
What is phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, and phonics? Let's understand the crucial foundational skills that pave the way for successful...
Read More
The Importance of Intensive Student Analysis for Writing
Empower your students with the tools and mindset to become reflective, proactive, and motivated learners, driving their academic growth and...
Read More
The Power of Phonic Phones: Enhancing Learning Across Multiple Fronts
A phonic phone is a handheld, acoustical device... BUT ARE YOU USING IT TO IT'S FULL POTENTIAL?
Read More
Unlocking Literacy Success through Talking and Sharing: A Pathway to Brighter Futures
The art of conversation should never be lost. Read about some ways we bring it back into the home and...
Read More
NESA Accredited Professional Learning to Enhance Writing
Do you need NESA accredited PL to maintain your teacher registration? Then we have some exciting news...
Read More
6T – Bringing all the research into one lesson model!
Learn about how the 6T model lesson bundles all the research together, for effective student learning!
Read More
Frightfully Posh Friday – The importance of conversation.
The art of conversation should never be lost. Read about some crazy ways we bring it back into the home...
Read More
Are you teaching Prompt Planning?
A new course has just been added... but just what is Prompt Planning? Read on to find out more.
Read More
What is Breaking News?
A new resource has just been added... but just what is breaking news? Read on to find out more.
Read More
Breakdown Buddies Tips
A question from our VCOP community - Can you give me a few more tips for starting breakdown buddies for...
Read More
Topic Sentences, and more.
Another long car trip means a chance to test new activities I’ve been working on for KidsNews. Jaz blew me...
Read More
What’s in a Big Write Support Tub?
A Big Write Support Tub, or writing caddy, is made up of a variety of resources designed to support the...
Read More
Welcome First Nations VCOP Gang
They are finally live!! Please meet our First Nations VCOP Gang.
Read More
Start With If
Let's start at the beginning... Literally! Varying your sentences openers is a great way to keep the audience engaged.
Read More
Up-level with Emotive Language
We might be on holiday, but a car trip with the VCOP Kids is always an opportunity to throw them...
Read More
Eye Spy Letters
Well we had another long drive consisting of a quite vast landscape where a regular game of eye spy just...
Read More
Start With Deep
We might be on holiday, but a car trip with the VCOP Kids is always an opportunity to throw them...
Read More
Cards for the Elderly
More text exploring happening in the 3yr old Kinder room today. Has anything exciting been happening in your educational setting?
Read More
VCOP Quickfire
Quick fire activities are great ways to get the mind tuned in, but it will only work when talk is...
Read More