Calling all budding young writers!
Hello young writers! LiteracyPlanet is excited to announce the inaugural Intrepizine Writing Competition. Open to students from years 3 to 10, the competition has been created to encourage students Read more…
Ethan Wiseman
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Igniting students’ interest in storytelling
Introducing Storyverse The LiteracyPlanet Storyverse is the next evolution in our platform’s history. Teachers needed to expand their students’ learning experience. Students needed to be engaged in their learning in Read more…
2022 Word Mania Champs Crowned
Word Mania 2022 was our biggest one yet. For participation, activity and scores! What other competition has students building over 103 MILLION words!? We have been blown away, dazzled and Read more…
The Wordle on the street about literacy
There’s a new game in town. And at LiteracyPlanet we love it! Wordle has taken the world by storm with it’s oh-so-simple interface, one primary driving concept, and a tasty Read more…
Competition’s the word. Word Mania 2022 begins.
It’s time to sharpen those word-building skills! The planet’s biggest, funnest* online literacy competition for schools, WORD MANIA, has begun. Compete against other schools to share in $150,000 worth of Read more…
Students complete 7 million missions in 2021!
And that’s a wrap! Well, almost. 2021 has been a year for the record books in many parts of life, including at LiteracyPlanet. We had almost 7 million missions completed Read more…
Winners announced in the 2021 Educator Wall of Fame
It was an exceptionally difficult process sifting through the hundreds of entries we received from all corners of the globe in our 2021 Educator Wall of Fame. We already knew Read more…
5 ways LiteracyPlanet brings joy to teaching
Teaching can be an impossible task. Between curriculum standards, school administration, leadership, colleagues, students and parents, you’re balancing a lot of stakeholders. Varying interests. Conflicting opinions. Unending demands. And with Read more…
An update from your Customer Success Team
It’s been a really challenging year for everyone, so we’d like to pass on our gratitude to all of our schools and Educators for being there for all students. Read more…
LiteracyPlanet featured on the Check It Out! Show
Last night, our UK Literacy Development Manager, Mark Nicholls, was a guest on the Check It Out Show, produced by the team at NetSupport. Here’s what Mark, and the hosts Read more…
How Literacy brings Maths and English together
Maths and English. They tend to be considered two opposite sides of a teaching equation. But the truth is, when combined, they make a formidable team in developing students’ understanding Read more…
LiteracyPlanet Turns 12!
Today marks 12 years since the brainchild of LiteracyPlanet’s Founder, Shane Davis, became a reality. Where were you in 2009? 2009 was the year of Lady Gaga’s Paparazzi, Barack Obama’s Read more…
Auckland’s Holy Cross Catholic School wins Intergalactic Challenge!
We’re so excited to announce that the winner of our recent Intergalactic Challenge is Auckland’s Holy Cross Catholic School! 28 Year 2 students from the Papatoetoe-based Holy Cross Catholic School Read more…
Building literacy skills in the far reaches of Namibia
Proving it’s possible to rethink education and transform the lives of children in rural Africa, Nakayale Academy for Orphans and Marginalised Children is substantially improving the prosperity of its community. Read more…
What’s New With LiteracyPlanet? July 2021 Update
Here at LiteracyPlanet, our team is always looking to make the program even better. We also love hearing from our customers about things you’d like to see in there too. Read more…
Hello Intrepizine! The magazine for intrepid readers.
It’s been the talk around the virtual water cooler at LiteracyPlanet, but we’re finally able to announce the introduction of Intrepizine to the LiteracyPlanet community. This is a completely new Read more…
‘My Words’ is here!
We’re so excited to announce the launch of My Words in LiteracyPlanet. As an extension of the ever-popular custom spelling lists for teachers, students can now create their own word Read more…
Released: New report features for teachers
New addition to the Group Strand Report In addition to viewing your students’ results across literacy strands in LiteracyPlanet, teachers now have the ability to see assignment status of missions Read more…
Elevating learning experiences with South African NPO, Jinda Child Care
LiteracyPlanet has joined forces with Jinda Child Care (Jinda), a South African non-profit organisation (NPO), to help improve the life chances of children who had endured harmful living conditions. Jinda Read more…
LiteracyPlanet is a proud supporter of WONDER Foundation
LiteracyPlanet and WONDER Foundation truly believe education helps to transform lives and create an everlasting positive impact. Since early 2021, LiteracyPlanet has provided more than 100 free student subscriptions to Read more…
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