PETAA Literacy Resources Portal for Early Career Teachers

This portal was created as part of PETAA's 50th Anniversary Celebrations in 2022.With subsequent upgrades on our main website, all of the content previously housed here can now be found at https://www.petaa.edu.au

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National Poetry Month

Posted on 2/07/2026
Celebrate Australia's National Poetry Month with curriculum units, mentor texts, professional learning, webinars and classroom resources that strengthen reading, writing and language through purposeful English teaching. Read more

Using narrative structure and language features to understand character and theme in The Wild Robot

Posted on 25/03/2026
A rich Year 5 unit for The Wild Robot that builds vocabulary, comprehension and writing through close study of character, language and theme, while linking English with Science and HPE to explore survival, relationships and adaptation. Read more

Exploring narrative, character and language across connected texts: Andrea Rowe author study

Posted on 25/03/2026
Explore Andrea Rowe’s connected stories through a rich author study that builds character, setting, narrative structure and descriptive language, culminating in students writing their own imaginative story. Features spelling & word word opportunities Read more

Meet Louise Park, children's author and literacy expert

Posted on 11/03/2026
Available for ANZAC writing presentations for your classroom! Learn from Louise Park: multi-award winning children's author, educator, and literacy expert. Read more