Foundation for Learning and Literacy

December 29, 2021

Creative Choices from Cover to Cover: How Student Agency Drives the Process

by Jessica Tran and Brendan Ternus, 100 Story Building This is an extract from an article published in the Australian Literacy Educators Association Journal. Literacy Learning: the Middle Years Volume 29,

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

November 14, 2021

Writeon Competition

Celebrate with the winners of the NSW Writeon competition and be inspired by the writing of these students selected from 600 entries. WriteOn is an annual writing competition open to all

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

November 11, 2021

What Matters? Writing Competition

Read about the 2021 winners here. What Matters? is a 'catalyst for young thinkers and young writers to develop a perspective, a point of view, on where we're heading as a

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

November 1, 2021

Write with Ursula

Every month Australian Childrens' Laureate shares ideas for writing. Check out this month's ideas here on the ACLF website.

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

October 18, 2021

Teaching writing in Australian classrooms

This Foundation for Learning and Literacy Fact Check is responding to recent misinformation being spread about the teaching of writing in both primary and secondary classrooms in Australia. These misinformed

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

September 8, 2021

Enter the 2021 Kids News Short Story Competition

Kamahl Cogdon, August 22, 2021 The Kids News Short Story Competition is back for 2021. The competition has four age groups: Kindergarten to Year 2; Years 3-4; Years 5-6 and Years 7-9. A

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

August 23, 2021

5 ways to teach the link between grammar and imagination for better creative writing

Brett Healey in The Conversation August 11, 2021 Fiction authors are pretty good at writing sentences with striking images, worded just the right way. We might suppose the images are striking because

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

August 15, 2021

Modelling Effectively in the Writing Workshop

New podcast from Cue Learning Many teachers want to improve student writing but feel like they're drawing on the same routines to teach - what’s the text type, what’s the structure,

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

August 3, 2021

A Question of Balance

Education Review Issue 5 July-August 2021 Wade Zaglas interviews Beryl Exley on unpacking the importance of phonics for early readers (page 20). ...I think that we've got to remember at the heart

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Foundation for Learning and Literacy

August 1, 2021

The SBS Emerging Writers’ Competition returns for 2021

29 July 2021 SBS The competition aims to uncover bold new voices that reflect the diversity of contemporary Australia by inviting aspiring writers to share their stories and have their voices

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