Vanessa Collins

Curriculum Coordinator at Queenwood Junior School, New South Wales

Vanessa Collins is the Curriculum Coordinator at Queenwood Junior School, an independent girls’ school on Sydney’s Lower North Shore. She is highly experienced in curriculum implementation and is passionate about program design to support student engagement. Vanessa leads professional development initiatives in teaching, learning, assessment and reporting. She has extensive knowledge around data analysis to inform classroom practice. Vanessa is an advocate for literacy and the benefits of reading for pleasure.

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School-based action research – igniting a love of reading for pleasure

July 07,2021

Reading for pleasure has been shown to have a powerful influence on children’s learning. In our latest reader submission about learning during lockdown, Junior School Curriculum Director Vanessa Collins shares details of the ‘Just Read’ action research project to build a culture of reading at Sydney’s Queenwood School for Girls, and ignite in students a love of reading for pleasure.

reading, literacy, school culture, action research, reader submission, long reads

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