Word Mania 2018 Round 1 is about to start!
Don’t miss your chance to win a share in $350,000 in prizes and take part in the word-building fun that is Word Mania 2018! Australia’s biggest online literacy competition is just around Read more…
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Word Mania is back for 2018!
It’s that time of the year again! Australia’s biggest online literacy competition is back, with LiteracyPlanet’s Word Mania 2018. Close to half a million students around Australia are expected to take Read more…
Update to writing concepts
Writing skills are one of the most important literacy skills to develop and can also be one of the most difficult to teach. That’s why we have added new curriculum-aligned Read more…
Word Mania Boosts English Skills Around the World!
Almost 400,000 school students from 100 countries improved their English literacy skills by participating in the world’s biggest school literacy competition, Word Mania International. Run by LiteracyPlanet for Years 1 Read more…
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…
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…
