Pridham's creativity brings Cloudstreet to life for top end teens

Grant Quarry

By Grant Quarry
Published December 7, 2016

Tim Winton’s Cloudstreet might be a classic Australian story, but bringing the play version of the story to life for senior students is a difficult challenge, even for the best of English teachers.

English teacher Yashodara Pridham's imaginative classroom ideas have helped boost students' interest in the play version of Tim Winton's Cloudstreet.

Mindful of their tiredness at this time of the year, and with no live or recorded version of the play ...

This story appeared in the December 2016 edition of Australian Teacher Magazine.

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