Leap into Literacy

Practice makes perfect with school holiday classes

  People often think that sending kids off to a class during the school holidays is crazy! Whilst kids definitely need down time to recover from a busy school year, attending a class is a great opportunity to spark creativity and continuous learning as they are removed from their usual daily routine. At Leap into Literacy we are excited about our upcoming …

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Building Mind Maps for Descriptive Writing

This week’s blog explores a recent Leap into Literacy class Building Mind Maps for Descriptive Writing and focuses on the modified class for our younger students in Years 1-2. Before we delve into the lesson, let’s remember what is so important about descriptive writing? When writers do a good job of describing a person, place …

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Leap into Literacy supports the joy of reading and helps improve literacy levels with The Great Book Swap!

Let’s Improve literacy levels and help spread the joy of reading. Leap into Literacy is fundraising for The Indigenous Literacy Foundation via the Great Book Swap. They are helping to raise awareness and improve literacy for students who may not be given the opportunity of learning to read and are missing out on this lifelong …

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An Inner West Mums Interview with Allison Greenland from Leap into Literacy

Getting to know…Allison Greenland of Leap Into Literacy: An interview with Inner West Mums, Sydney found here: Getting to know… Allison Greenland of Leap Into Literacy Tell us about yourself I’m from Atlanta, Georgia in the USA and my husband is from New Zealand. We met 15 years ago and have lived in NZ for …

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