The Foundation for Learning and Literacy is concerned with the role literacy plays in ensuring our children become compassionate, confident, competent and creative citizens in an increasingly complex world.
Our aim is to support teachers, early childhood educators, parents and caregivers with tools that empower them to work with kids to build joy and confidence in reading and writing.
Our resources are also useful to the broader community, including educational policymakers, politicians, business leaders, and the media.
Vale Peter Freebody
Members of the Foundation for Learning and Literacy Committee were very sad to learn that Peter Freebody had passed away on 30th August, 2026. We extend our deepest condolences to the Freebody family and Peter’s many friends and colleagues. The education community has benefitted so much from Peter’s research, writing and teaching.
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October 2026 Newsletter
News and updates from the Foundation for Learning and Literacy and our Partners.
This month we focus briefly on some of the important legacies of P. David Pearson and Peter Freebody and the benefits of their research and scholarship for teachers. We also offer some new resources and share a new partner video in our 2026 Symposium - #We all like a good story: School Libraries are places to discover stories.
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Wangka Wakaṉutja: The Story of the Papunya Literature Production Centre
National Library of Australia Explore the decades-long, remarkable efforts of the Papunya community to record language and culture and keep it alive. The exhibition, Wangka Wakaṉutja: The Story of...
LitUp brings the love of reading to communities
September 2026 Australia Reads has announced the 31 successful communities who will host events with Australian authors and illustrators in their local areas in 2027, as part of an expanded LitUp...
Ideas before AI: Why learning to write matters more than ever
SchoolNews October 2026 by Kathleen Killick In a recent survey of nearly 3,400 NSW teachers, fewer than one in ten primary teachers said their students use AI for schoolwork. In secondary schools,...
Public school primary class sizes unchanged for a decade
The Educator October 2, 2026 by Jonalyn Cueto Average class sizes in Australian public primary schools have not changed in a decade and remain above the OECD average, according to the OECD's...
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The Foundation for Learning and Literacy regularly partners with other professional associations to advocate for the importance of literature in our lives and in literacy learning.
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