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05/09/2024

News from the Children’s Laureate

Celebrate six months with Sally Rippen. It has been an incredible six-months for the Laureate program and our amazing Laureate Sally Rippin. We thought we would use this milestone to

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03/09/2024

Indigenous Literacy Day 2024: September 4

This year, we’re celebrating the theme ‘Be A Proud Voice for Country’. We’ll be sharing some of the deep and diverse ways children, Elders and families connect with Country; and

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26/08/2024

2024 CBCA Book Of The Year Awards

We congratulate the 2024 CBCA Book of the Year Award Honours, Winners, and Sun Project: Shadow Judging Book of the Year Award Winners. Join Matthew Pieri and Gloria Hanna from the

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26/08/2024

Teenagers’ motivation dips in high school. But research shows supportive teachers can really help

The Conversation August 16, 2024 by Andrew J. Martin Rebecca J. Collie Adolescence is often characterised as a time of “storm and stress”. Young people are dealing with physical and cognitive

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21/08/2024

‘We all read like hell!’ How Ireland became the world’s literary powerhouse

The Guardian 20 August 2024 by Kate McCusker ...The country’s public libraries are alive and well, with loans up 31% in 2022 on the previous year. Ireland has just launched a

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20/08/2024

Part 3: Education Great – Garth Boomer

This speech by Garth Boomer is a call to action for educators to engage in critical, reflective teaching. Continue

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16/08/2024

Read Michael Morpurgo’s beautiful paean to reading, books and the power of education

tes Magazine Michael Morpurgo 21 September 2016 Speaking at the inaugural Book Trust Annual Lecture, one bestselling author says there has been a growth in reading and literacy, but it has

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14/08/2024

Phonics isn’t working – for children’s reading to improve, they need to learn to love stories

The Conversation April 10, 2024 Willem Hollmann, Cathie Wallace Gee Macrory... And we know from a study that has examined the findings of many research papers that a phonics-led approach is

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11/08/2024

Latest Australian Children’s Laureate news

Well, another month has sped by and it’s hard to imagine where the time has gone! I have been busy writing and dreaming up new ideas with my publishers, as

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08/08/2024

Behavioural research into Australian readers underway

Australia Reads August 5, 2024 New research by Australia Reads and BehaviourWorks Australia looks to understand the motivations and barriers around reading for pleasure – and how we can get more

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