Great Books Guide 2017
Reading is an essential skill for learning and life, and stories take children on wonderful adventures. As Dr. Seuss wrote in I Can Read With My Eyes Shut!, “The more that you Read more…
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Early Literacy a Key Focus for Gonski Funding
Amongst the talk and debate around how schools should use the additional Federal Government funding they will receive following the Gonski review, there is a broadly accepted priority: early literacy. Studies Read more…
Scientific Study Shows LiteracyPlanet Improves Reading Outcomes
A study by leading reading researchers at Macquarie University’s Department of Cognitive Science has found that using LiteracyPlanet with children who are classified as poor readers has significant treatment effects. Read more…
Experienced Teachers Share Advice for New Teachers
A while ago, we asked this question on our Facebook page: what advice would you give to a new teacher? The answers we got were so great, we thought we’d Read more…
11 Classroom Games for Teaching Kids About Adjectives
Traditional language teaching often focuses on repetition and rote learning, but children want to learn through experience and engagement. Discover how you can make learning fun with these exciting and Read more…
9 Expert Tips for Differentiating your Teaching Style
Differentiation is fundamental to modern teaching standards. By acknowledging the diversity of the learning experience, educators can provide a better learning environment for their students. Discover what the experts have Read more…
8 Fun Ways to Teach Spelling
Student engagement is essential for any learning experience. In order to keep your students active and attentive during spelling lessons, it’s important to mix-up your teaching methods. Discover how to Read more…
9 Ways to Help Students Learn through Gamification
Gamification involves the application of game-related principles and to non-game contexts such as education in order to improve outcomes. Gamification can keep students engaged throughout the semester, with studies finding an up to Read more…
LiteracyPlanet named one of the ‘Best 50 Edtech’ resources for secondary
LiteracyPlanet has been named by leading education media publisher, The Teach Company, as one of the ’50 Best Edtech’ resources for secondary schools. The Teach Company group provides teachers in the Read more…
How to Engage the 7 Types of Learners in your Classroom
It’s generally accepted that there are seven different learning styles. While most of us fall across the spectrum of each of these styles, facilitating lessons that are engaging on all Read more…
12 Lesson Plans for Teaching Writing to Secondary Students
It can be tough to think of ways to keep things interesting when teaching writing to high school students. Fortunately, there are so many great lesson plans out there to Read more…
13 Little-Known Grammar Rules
The English language is complex, and it’s difficult for even native speakers to know all of the intricacies of its grammar rules. Here are a few of the more difficult Read more…
5 Reasons Gamification Works in the Classroom
Worldwide, we spend over 3 billion hours every week playing video games, and it’s estimated that by 2018, the global gamification market will reach $5.5 billion. Gamification is seen everywhere from the workplace to Read more…
Word Mania 2017 Boosts Students’ Literacy Skills!
School students in Australia and New Zealand have spent the equivalent of 30 years practising their literacy skills during Word Mania 2017. Run by LiteracyPlanet for Years 1 to 9, Read more…
How to Determine Differences Between Learners in Your Classroom
Whether you’re new to teaching or are a seasoned professional, you’ll understand that each class and every student is unique. Where some students excel in writing activities, others struggle to Read more…
New Gonski-inspired funding model
The Turnbull Government has initiated a plan to transition to a more equitable, needs-based funding model for Australian schools. Announced as part of the Australian Government’s 2017-18 budget plans, after heated debate Parliament Read more…
How to Correct 5 Common Punctuation Mistakes in the Classroom
There’s nothing worse than reading through one of your most promising student’s assignments, and it’s riddled with punctuation errors. Commas placed after every second word, misplaced apostrophes, or perhaps no punctuation at all. Their Read more…
Teaching Children to Read: 7 Creative Ideas for Your Classroom
There’s no one best way to teach young students how to read. Learning to read is a developmental process that takes time. Every child learns differently, so it’s important to incorporate different teaching Read more…
LiteracyPlanet schools at top end of 2016 NAPLAN results
The 2016 NAPLAN results show again that LiteracyPlanet is boosting literacy outcomes. LiteracyPlanet reviewed the published NAPLAN results of its most active school subscribers and found they achieved on average Read more…
Our biggest grammar update
At LiteracyPlanet, we understand that grammar can be one of the most confusing aspects of literacy – for the students as well as the teachers. That’s why we’ve been working Read more…
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