My firsthand experience, educational expertise and desire to create classroom spaces that support children’s needs while helping teachers create an environment their students want to be in everyday, has seen ClassroomHQ become a trusted source of educationally engaging resources and stylish modern classroom décor for many.
Working as a classroom resource designer allows me to combine my innate design sensibility and love of good fonts to deliver creative solutions that help to celebrate the classroom as a fun and functional space children can thrive.
Founded in 2011, my story started as You Clever Monkey, a site where I was able to share my passion and creativity for early childhood education from my classroom and at home with my own three children.
Having taught in preschool, elementary school and special education, my diverse teaching background sees me creating classroom resources for busy teachers who want to provide engaging hands-on, student-focused activities for their children in a learning environment that inspires teachers and students alike.
I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE HERE
play isn't a break from learning.
It is the learning.
every activity should have a purpose.
learning should build confidence, not just knowledge.
When I started my first blog in 2011, I named it 'You Clever Monkey', something my teacher mum used to say. It was a space for me to share teaching ideas and resources I was using in class and at home with my own three children.
Since I started teaching I've been making resources I needed but couldn't find anywhere for my class. Over time, more and more teachers were asking me for the resources I was creating and our blog shop opened in early 2013.
Fast forward a decade and I'd become increasingly mindful that when not viewed through the same lens, our name, when used as a phrase, may cause some distress, something that made my heart hurt.
So I decided a name change was in order and despite the sentimental attachments to the name since my mum's passing, I said goodbye to 'youclevermonkey' and in 2022 introduced to the world - classroomHQ!
why I changed names
a teacher of the year nomination
4. My career highlight?
Spring time for sure!
3. my favourite season:
travel + visit bookshops
2. Favourite things to do:
Adelaide, Australia
1. I was born in…
a collection of random facts
about me
Living and working in Meru country, I acknowledge and respect the traditional custodians, the Ngawait people, and their Elders past, present and future.
I acknowledge and respect the deep spiritual attachment and the relationship that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have to country.
This land always was and always will be Aboriginal land.
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