ALEA - Australian Literacy Educators' Association

🌑 GRAMMAR IN PICTURE BOOKS
Have you seen the news about this important PL event? Libby will teach you all about the grammar knowledge that underpins the Australian Curriculum: English! https://www.alea.edu.au/eventdetails/39298/grammar-in-picture-books

An important distinction!

What do we mean by ROOT?

Roots are the etymological ancestors of a word. When we look at the word’s journey through time, the roots are the words that were stops along that journey. In the example here, the words on the tree all evolved from motus, the past participle of the Latinate root movere, or from movere itself.

What do we mean by BASE?

Every word is or has a base. A base is an element in Present Day English that carries the primary meaning of a word. A base is considered “free” if it can stand alone as a word. If it only surfaces attached to one or more other elements, it is considered “bound”. The bound base is found in many English words, while the free base can stand alone as a word or have other elements attached to it.

🌑 Do not miss this event! 🌑 Tickets are selling fast 🌟 Free copy of Jess Vance’s latest book included with registration.
🔆 Early Bird pricing EXTENDED for one more week to 26 June 2026 🔆
ALEA ACT and the Museum of Australian Democracy are pleased to present International speaker Jessica Vance live in person.
DATE and TIME: Friday 7 August 2-6 PM
🔆 Find out more and register at https://www.alea.edu.au/eventdetails/39637/evidence-with-inquiry-exploring-questioning-and-documenting-with-learning-walls-presented-by-jessica-vance

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The animated award-winning cartoon series Bluey has been translated into Yolŋu Matha, from north-east Arnhem Land, for NAIDOC Week.

Read more: https://ab.co/4uzkjFH

A reminder for all ALEA 2026 delegates!

Have you secured your place at our Conference Cocktail Function yet?

Join us on Saturday 11 July at the beautiful Bathers Beach House, Fremantle, for an evening of great food, drinks, conversation, and connection with literacy educators from across Australia. The Cocktail Function runs from 6.00pm–11.00pm and is always one of the highlights of the conference.

Places are limited, so if you haven’t booked yet, now is the time!

Register here: https://eventandconfco.eventsair.com/2026-alea-conference/cocktail-function-only/Site/Register

We can’t wait to celebrate with you in Fremantle. ✨

We are proud to acknowledge Edith Cowan University as a sponsor of the ALEA 2026 National Conference and our international keynote speaker, Chin Ee Loh.

Through their support, delegates will have the opportunity to engage with Chin Ee’s internationally recognised work exploring literacy, reading cultures, and education across diverse contexts.

ECU’s commitment to advancing educational research and supporting professional learning continues to make a significant contribution to literacy education in Western Australia and beyond.

Thank you to Edith Cowan University for helping us bring leading international voices to Fremantle as we prepare for ALEA 2026: Lighting the Way for Literacy – Empowering Voices, Thinking Critically, Creating Communities.

🌑 On Thursday 11 June, the School Libraries Association of South Australia SA School Libraries held an afternoon conference - details of which can be found at https://www.slasa.asn.au/event-6572161
🌑 Our South Australian, State Director, Frankie Roberts reports: A few of our SA local council committee members attended the event. It was a fabulous afternoon of learning and networking. The theme was Leading Literacies for Future-Ready Schools. Keynotes were Dr Margaret Merga (Leading school reading cultures to promote and sustain student literacy), Dr Stephanie Smith (The future is media literacy), Dr Kay Oddone (Leading ethical AI integration across policy, pedagogy and technology) and Megan Daley (Reading for pleasure and the Science of reading). … The photo below shows: Dr Margaret Merga, Katie (SLASA council member), Sally van Leuven and Lauren Haggis (ALEA SA local council members) and me, Frankie. Also there but not in the photo were Dr Jill Colton and Rachel Bishop (from the ALEA SA Local Council).

🌑 The Australian Journal of Language and Literacy (AJLL) Volume 49, Issue 2 is published. All articles are Open Access at https://link.springer.com/journal/44020/volumes-and-issues/49-2
We thank our wonderful editorial team and publisher Springer Nature 🙏🏼