Literacy and Numeracy (pdf 842 KB)

Welcome to the National Literacy and Numeracy Week 2015.

This is the 17th NLNW and we are excited to celebrate the importance of literacy and numeracy, the foundations of learning, with schools, teachers, students and parents across Australia.

Throughout this week we recognise and celebrate the achievements of parents, teachers, principals, and members of the community who are doing amazing things to help kids develop their literacy and numeracy skills.

Literacy Ambassador

This year's Literacy Ambassador is Felicity Castagna.

Felicity's latest book is The Incredible Here and Now (Giramondo, 2013), which recently won the Prime Minister's Literature Award (YA) and has been shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literature Awards, the WA Premier's Book Awards and The Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award.

Her work has been produced for radio and television, featured in many newspapers and journals and she is frequently invited to read, teach, perform and tell stories at schools and festivals. She has fifteen years teaching experience as a high school teacher, university tutor and community arts worker and is passionately committed to promoting creative writing and critical literacy among young people.

Get to know Felicity Castagna – see Felicity's answers to some questions we asked her, such as why did you decide to become a writer? How do you choose which topics to write about? Who is your biggest inspiration?

Numeracy Activities