Foundation for Learning and Literacy

Teachific March 24, 2025 Sharon addresses diverse reading challenges with older students. A Year 5 girl struggling with chapter book comprehension learns to apply visualisation effectively by keeping her "mind in the book" paragraph by paragraph. She develops a...

The Conversation 8 April 2025 by Jessica Holloway All Australian schools are required to teach the Australian Curriculum. Commonwealth and state and territory education ministers first approved the curriculum in 2009. It applies from the first year of schooling...

Hello everyone, At the start of April, your Australian Children's Laureate Sally Rippin joined six other International Laureates and Reading Ambassadors at the International Children's Laureate Summit at the Bologna Children's Book Fair. It was an incredible...

The Teachers Toolkit March 17 2025 Part 2: Getting Better at Conferring, Years 3-6 In this podcast, Sharon Callen continues describing her conferring approach, emphasising how giving students space to reflect develops their self-regulation. With a second Year 3...

EduResearch Matters March 31, 2025 Trent Davis As digital technology becomes more ingrained in early childhood education, the debate over its effects on young children’s physical literacies intensifies. While there’s no denying the potential of technology to engage...

Teachific podcast In this podcast, Sharon Callen shares how effective conferring with students in Years 3-6 transforms reading instruction. She introduces the Listening to Reading Protocol that captures the Active View of Reading, guiding teachers through five-minute...