Indigenous Literacy Day - Reports and Photos

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Indigenous Literacy Day at The Melbourne Writers Festival

ILP Ambassadors Kaz Cooke and Andy Griffiths with Kevin Sheedy and students from St Paul's Anglican Grammar School

State Library of NSW

ILP Ambassador David Malouf, The Fred Hollows Foundation Literacy Development Facilitator, Debra Dank and ILP Chair at The State Library of NSW.

Marrickville High, NSW

Indigenous Literacy Day 2010 at Marrickville High was a wonderful celebration of the spirit of The Indigenous Literacy Project with over 400 kids from seven schools. The event included song, dance and the launch of 'Our Westside Story', a beautifully crafted 40ft long book written by the entire school of Marrickville West Primary School. The book will be given to a remote school in Western Australia.

Manly Village Public School, NSW

"We had our Book Swap day on Monday. The children really enjoy the experience and we all felt it was such a worthwhile activity." - Christine Neill, Teacher Librarian.

Mataranka School, NT

"We had a fabulous day. We have over 150 books from 45 students to swap." - Nicola Clode, Junior Class Teacher.

Siena College, VIC

Today, during lunchtime and after school, Siena College participated in the Great Book Swap. The Social Justice Captain Alana Arfi and the Social Welfare Captain Madeleine Humphris took responsibility in leading the SRC Team in promoting, organising and running the Great Book Swap sessions. These Captains did a wonderful job and were happy with our first experience in using this fundraising activity to raise awareness of Indigenous literacy issues.

Anne Girolami, Head of Resource Centre.

Weetangera Primary School, ACT

Weetangera Primary School has just had another successful ‘Book Bazaar’ to raise funds for The Indigenous Literacy Project. Our lunchtime ‘Book Bazaar’ was held today, Indigenous Literacy Day, 1 September 2010. Students were invited to donate unwanted books, ranging from early readers to chapter books, and then purchase a new book for $1.00. Our Student Representative Council (SRC) did a fantastic job assisting with book sales and money collection'.

Lynn Price, ESL Teacher and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Contact Officer.

All Saints Primary School, VIC

Photo from Great Book Swap. Thanks to Kathie Menzies, Year 1 Teacher.

Xavier College Kostka Hall, VIC

Our swap was a great success and we have raised nearly $500.00. The kids really got on board and are already talking about when we do it next year. One of the Prep children told me it is the best book swap they've had in their whole life! (A whole 5 years).

Yvonne Langford, Teacher Librarian.

Kambala Junior School, NSW

The Kambala Junior School participated in The Great Book Swap on Indigenous Literacy Day. It was an exciting event and great fundraising idea.

Jo Laretive, Teacher Librarian.

St Monica’s College, VIC

St Monica’s College in Epping has been busy raising money for the Indigenous Literacy Project during our Book Week activities. The Pamela Coyne Library’s Reading Club students along with volunteer staff and students have been selling raffle tickets during lunchtimes for over a week.

Angela Anderson, Senior Librarian.

Fitzgerald State School, QLD

At Fitzgerald State School students had a fun day trying to guess who the teachers were behind the mask! The teachers were asked to hold a book in each hand depicting what they like to read in Fiction and Non-fiction. Students guessed many from clothing or jewelry but also because '... oh that must be Mr A he is always talking about fishing!' The entry fee of $1 in the competition went to the Indigenous Literacy Project.

Laurel Shaw, Teacher Librarian,

Hillbrook Anglican College, QLD

Thanks to Loris Phair

Darebin Library, VIC

Thanks to Janet Neilson, Librarian

Kenthurst Preschool, NSW

During The Great Book Swap week some of the classes have enjoyed learning about Indigenous culture through dot painting, singing songs about the Aboriginal Flag and stories from Indigenous related books. The children decorated signs and boxes for the Book Swap using dot painting. The children enjoyed deciding which book to choose when they put their tokens in the box.

Roslyn Peoples, Teacher

Avid Reader, QLD

Avid Reader held a successful Great Book Swap