Education, especially literacy, computer literacy and numeracy underpins a healthy and vibrant society.

Post is a supporter of National Literacy and Numeracy Week. Post provides the Excellence Award winning schools with 50 Personalised Stamp sheets in recognition of their outstanding achievement.

Parents can make a child's learning part of every day. Here are some tips to encourage your child's literacy and numeracy learning:

• read to your child often
• let them read to you
• visit the library together
• talk about their favourite story, character, hero
• start a diary together
• talk about what they did at school
• make shopping lists together
• write letters and stories together
• make bath time learning play-time with everyday containers of different shapes and volumes and objects that float or sink
• when cooking, let your child help
• when driving, play counting, reading and guessing games

To find out more visit www.literacyandnumeracy.gov.au

The Australia Post education website contains easy-to-access information and fun activities for students. It is ideal as a resource for teachers and educating students about communication and the role of Australia Post within the Australian community.    Australia Post has a range of resource materials for students and teachers which are available free of charge and can be ordered on-line or downloaded from the education website.

Taking Science to the Outback

Retired university science lecturer, Phill Higgins and his wife Suzanne, power up a small plane once a year to give flight to his travelling "fun with science" visits to children in remote areas.  Read more about "Phiggles the Flying Scientist", sponsored by Australia Post.

• Resources and materials for schools.
• See what exhibitions are happening at the Post Masters Gallery