The Foundation for Learning and Literacy is concerned with the role literacy plays in ensuring our children become compassionate, confident, competent and creative citizens in an increasingly complex world.
Our aim is to support teachers, early childhood educators, parents and caregivers with tools that empower them to work with kids to build joy and confidence in reading and writing.
Our resources are also useful to the broader community, including educational policymakers, politicians, business leaders, and the media.
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May 2026 Newsletter
News and updates from the Foundation for Learning and Literacy and our Partners.
The focus for this e-newsletter is on the Advocacy work undertaken by the Foundation, and in particular:
Touchstone 1: A fair and equitable society depends upon every citizen being able to speak, listen critically with confidence, read and write.
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grow in 2026
aitsl February 2026 Welcome back to a new school year! A new year brings new learners, new challenges and new chances to grow. During Term 1, you build the routines, relationships and quiet systems that make your classroom, school or early childhood setting feel…
Tasmania trials new school model; hopes to lift student achievement and ease pressure on teachers
School News February 2026 by Gemma Easton Tasmania has begun the 2026 school year with Australia’s first government-led Multi-School Organisation (MSO) trial, based on a model that has lifted performance in thousands of schools in the United Kingdom. The five-year…
Australia Post extends partnership with Indigenous Literacy Foundation to support aspiring First Nations storytellers
School News February, 2026 Australia Post has extended its partnership with the Indigenous Literacy Foundation (ILF) after celebrating the delivery of over 600,000 books to more than 400 remote First Nations Communities across Australia. Australia Post and the ILF…
Have your Say on Reading Australia
The Reading Australia team is busy preparing new resources for the year ahead. I Next month, they will be inviting you to take part in a Reading Australia survey. Your feedback is incredibly valuable and will help them improve the site to ensure it continues to meet…
Meet Our Partners
The Foundation for Learning and Literacy regularly partners with other professional associations to advocate for the importance of literature in our lives and in literacy learning.
The Foundation for Learning and Literature acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and recognises their continuing connection to lands, waters and communities. We pay our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures; and to Elders past and present.