Congratulations to new teachers on choosing such a rewarding inspiring profession. This is when you will see what a profound impact you will have on the lives of those young humans you will be responsible for in the coming months. But how can you keep learning too?

Wonderful opportunities await, new learning and sadly for many learners, it can be more of the same obstacles and limitations. As the excitement of the new year at school ahead unfolds, be sure to take some time to prepare for and prevent some of the traps and brick walls that have presented themselves in the past.

At this time of the year, there is always a stream of emails and phone calls from desperate and confused parents, trying to make sense of the muddy area that surrounds our solutions to support struggling readers…

A big thank-you goes out to Mem Fox for recently opening the debate about reading and her controversial and rather flippant comments about the reading process. They have given us an excellent opportunity to raise awareness about dyslexia and provide some much needed factual information about the process of learning to read…

I’ve prepared some tips about learning to spell and how to remember some of those words that trick you every time! Which one always tricks you?

Since the commencement of my journey as an educator, the most significant turning point for me was understanding what dyslexia is. Although I had taught children of all ages for more than 25 years, I had no training or knowledge to help me to understand dyslexia. It didn't take long to realise that I was not alone in this cloudy, foggy and very muddy area of awareness….

Imagine if we had measures in place for developing reading skills in the prep and year one classrooms, that would prevent the need for intervention later in schooling. Could this be possible? If we look at current research, evidence of successful practices and neuroscience, then the answer is YES!

In October, we'll be celebrating Learnersaurus' 10th Birthday! Over the last 10 years, Leslie Keast-Patch has changed the lives of hundreds of students, teaching them to read, write and spell. Here's how she did it…