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Lift Ed's Kelly Watson develops learning solutions for organisations and businesses. Read how she became a master at using Elearning software programme Articulate Storyline, and get some practical…

Our CE, Alex, recently reflected on how educational publishing in New Zealand has nurtured a nation of young readers for The Sapling. Check out this excerpt.

April 23 is World Book Day – a tribute to reading and publishing. We’ve marked the occasion by making a compilation of books that have influenced us in some way, great or small.

The Elsie Locke Writing Prize is a narrative writing competition open to year 7 and 8 students. The prize commemorates Elsie Locke’s life. Since 2009, thousands of students have participated in the…

We were thrilled when a NZ student won a Commonwealth-wide short story writing competition (one we were lucky enough to have had a small role in). Meet the winner, James Balston, and read his…

From all of us here at Lift Education – we wish you the warmest of seasons greetings. Have an amazing Christmas, and a wonderful new year! As you'll know, we were evacuated from our building just…

Martin Simpson, a long-time collaborator of ours, sadly passed away earlier this month. Martin was a very talented illustrator, and he will be missed.

Editor Susan Paris talks about the School Journal series and how revisiting the same idea in stories can support teaching and learning in classrooms.

You’ll be aware of the recent earthquake activity in Wellington. Because of it, we're out of our physical office – here's a note about our circumstances.

This week we unearthed a few old copies of The School Journal from our archives. Take a look inside and read one of the stories New Zealand children read in 1942!

Joe and Fay Gock are outstanding Kiwis – we wrote an article about them in Connected Level 2 in 2014. Check out why they're back in the news, and how you might use their story in your classroom.

World Book Day is a celebration of reading and publishing – two things we love dearly at Lift Education. In its honour, we’ve put together a list of books we love. Take a look at our picks and see if…

Need a great writing focus for your year 7 and 8s? Lift Education and the Elsie Locke Trust present the Elsie Locke Writing Prize 2016 – an exciting opportunity for students to write a short story,…

A River of Stories is a four-volume set of stories and poems themed around the four elements – earth, fire, air, and water. The books are illustrated with vibrant, full-colour pictures by…

Have you heard of the "flipped" classroom? Lift Education's Neale Pitches shares his thoughts on it, and shares why his money is still on the in-classroom experience.

Are you ready for Commonwealth Day? There’s a lot for our students to learn – and it's all helping to build their knowledge of the world.

“Typography” is often not the first thing that springs to mind when describing a designer’s role in the creation of educational materials. Often words like graphics, layout, images, colour, and…

Kylie Parry is the author of four Ready to Read titles, Lost, Three Princesses, and her revised takes on the Little Red Hen and Jack and the Beanstalk. Here she reveals just how hard it is to write a…

A River of Stories is an illustrated anthology of poems and stories published by the Commonwealth Education Trust. It's a brilliant resource, designed to engage young readers and add energy to…

If you’ve got students eager for more war-based content, or you’d like to deepen their understanding of what war is, the Ministry of Education’s Instructional Series has you covered.