New this month: the latest PETAA resources (November 2021)

Please see below for the latest teaching resources and teacher support materials created by PETAA to support all educators in providing a meaningful English, language and literacies education to their students. 

This month: new free on-demand webinars for members, key takeaways from the PETAA 2021 Leading with Literacy Conference: Powerful Practices for All Learners, and more!

Some of the below resources are exclusively available for free to PETAA members. Not a PETAA member? Become one today.

PETAA news

New free on-demand webinars

Inside illustrated encylopaedias (with Sami Bayly) 

Member-only. Author and illustrator Sami Bayly talks about the process of creating a non-fiction text for children that’s lively and engaging, and how children’s texts can help to spread important messages about nature conversation.

 Creating new and imaginary worlds (with Katrina Nannestad) 

Member-only.  Author Katrina Nannestad discusses her writing process, what she keeps in mind when writing for young people, and her tips for teachers and students when it comes to reading and writing.

Research into practice conversations: teaching the language of climate change science (with Julie Hayes, Michael Cannavan and Louise Kelly) 

Open to all. PETAA is working in collaboration with leading associations to create a series of conversations connecting research and practice. In this video: teaching the language of climate change science.

Exploring picture book illustrations (with Freya Blackwood) 

Member-only. Illustrator and author Freya Blackwood talks about the process of creating story worlds and meaning through illustrations and words – how the two relate to, and enhance, each other.

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New professional learning courses

 Now available to access on-demand: PETAA 2021 Leading with Literacy Conference: Powerful Practices for All Learners

The annual PETAA conference is the only conference dedicated to primary English, language, and literacies and in this online, on demand conference, our speakers will show how, by embedding inclusive practices in classrooms and schools, we can encourage all students to find their voice, feel connected to the curriculum, and achieve improved outcomes. With a fabulous line up of presenters including Dr Helen Adam, Dr Misty Adoniou, Jacqui Cowell and Prof Robyn Ewing, Prof Helen Graham and Haley Tancredi, Stan Grant, Dr Gill Pennington, Margaret Turnbull, Prof Peter O'Connor, Tim Warwick , Karen Yager and other experts you will find this conference valuable and worthwhile.

Book now at 2021 prices: PETAA 2022 Leading with Literacy Conference: from babble to Batavia and beyond

Join us in Sydney or online in 2022 as we enter an exciting longitudinal journey of literacy development from earliest speech and phonemic awareness, through primary schooling to current expectations as students progress to high school.

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Key takeaways from the PETAA 2021 conference

Session recaps for Days 1 and 2

Get just a taste of the insights, strategies and ideas discussed at the PETAA 2021 Conference.

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