Literacy Bites

PL # 14840

Subsidy/Grant Applied Curriculum & School Improvement
  • Starting on 4 Aug 2026
  • Cancellation permitted until 28 Jul 2026
  • Registration Close : 28 Jul 2026

Delivery Format : Webinar

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$195.00
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  • AISWA Member Schools

Description

Literacy Bites are a series of workshops focused on Literacy and hosted by experts in the field. Each session will focus on a different aspect of literacy targeted at K-6 education. Workshops are stand alone, you can attend all or one of the workshop series.

Children enter the world of literacy through their play, developing the conceptual understandings, knowledge and dispositions needed for reading and writing. This Literacy Bite will support you to name these foundations and learn how they build early reading and writing.  Lisa will help you gain confidence in your intentional planning and teaching for literacy through play. The webinar will also arm you with practical ideas for creating playful literacy contexts, where children interact with each other and with rich materials, developing the solid foundation they need to become readers and writers. 

Outcomes

  • Provide content and teaching strategies to support the development and implementation of Literacy programs.
  • Provide examples of innovative practice and methodology that can be incorporated into Literacy programs to deliver quality teaching and learning.
  • Share expertise of external presenters to expand participants' repertoire of content, knowledge and strategies for teaching Literacy to improve programs and student learning.

Presenters

Melissa Kennedy (AISWA Staff)

Consultant | Early Childhood

Melissa Kennedy <span>(AISWA Staff)</span>

Melissa Kennedy’s primary role is supporting Early Childhood programs at Aboriginal Independent Community Schools. Melissa is passionate and dedicated to the education profession with almost 20 years’ experience in both Independent Schools and Indigenous education. She has gained extensive experience filling many diverse roles including Early Childhood Classroom Teacher, Early Childhood Coordinator, Deputy of Teaching and Learning and Principal. Melissa brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in addition to an inherent understanding of community school education and Inquiry pedagogy.

Lisa Burman

Lisa Burman

Lisa Burman sees herself firstly as a teacher, which means she is as a constant learner, fascinated with childhood and the power and joy of learning.  She is the Director and Principal Consultant for Lisa Burman Consultants, based in Adelaide, South Australia.  Lisa is the author of “Are You Listening? Fostering Conversations that Help Young Children Learn” and A Culture of Agency: Fostering Engagement, Empowerment, Identity and Belonging in the Early Years. Her pedagogical consultancy specialises in early childhood education and literacy learning, and she is particularly passionate about pedagogies that are playful and build children’s identities as readers and writers.

 

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Segments

Literacy Bites

Date / Time

4 Aug 2026 Starts: 15:45 Finishes: 17:00

Delivery Format : Webinar

Webinar - Online Only

PL Hours : 1.25

Learning Area

  • Early Childhood
  • Literacy
  • Teaching + Learning

School Area

  • Preschool (PK-K)
  • Early Childhood (PK - 2)
  • Primary (P-6)
  • Pre-Primary
  • Kindergarten

Event Contact

AITSL Standards