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Teacher Jackie Putting Translated Central Arrernte Book to Good Use!
One of our terrific Central Arrernte editors, teacher Jackie Silverton, teaches reading in first language, using the Honey Ant Readers book that she edited, as her text. On the white board behind her are the words from the book, broken down to make reading simpler. Congratulations on great teaching, Jackie!
Read MoreHAR Translator and Elder Benedict Stevens
Elder Benedict Stevens translated the first Central Arrernte Honey Ant Readers and is very proud of the updated editions, which he looks forward to seeing in schools and homes. Also working on the Central Arrernte books were Jackie Silverton, Margaret Heffernan, Alison Furber, Shirley Turner and Joyce Palmer. Our first 18 books in 6 languages…
Read MoreThank You to our newest Graphic Designers!
As with any project, unexpected things happen. With this massive undertaking to re-edit all our HAR resources and develop a few small new ones, to go into our ‘starter packs’, we’ve had a few hiccups too! BUT the most wonderful outcome of these, is that some incredible people have stepped in to help – with no…
Read MoreDiscussion with Federal Minister of Education Christopher Pyne
Marg spent a very lively, interesting and stimulating evening discussing education in remote Aboriginal Communities, in particular the challenges facing non-English speaking students, with the Federal Minister of Education, Christopher Pyne who was open-minded and keen to hear other view points – and a fantastic team of medics from the University of Melbourne’s Indigenous eye health unit…
Read MoreDeveloping new Resources with Local Talent
Several WONDERFUL ladies in NSW have been helping us make our cute little new bags (numbered 1 to 10) for the HAR cards that match books 1 to 10. Barb broke all records. No sooner had she been given a set of bags than she was calling for more! Incredible! THANK YOU! Look at these…
Read MoreRedevelopment of all HAR Resources
Well – these past 2 weeks have broken all ‘worker’ Honey Ant records! The final stages of editing and redeveloping ALL our resources, as well as designing packaging for everything! So many people have been involved, we just want to say a HUGE thank you to you all- From every generation and every corner of…
Read MoreBeautiful new Colours Cover!
The beautiful new cover illustration for our book called ‘Colours’. Thank you Wendy Paterson!
Read More2 talented young artists, Cheryl and Leandra, illustrating their HAR story in Lockhart River.
Read MoreHAR Artwork by Proud Students
It’s National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s day today. Celebrating ‘Kids in Culture – Strong, Proud, Resilient’. Yr 3/4 teacher Cherie, and her proud children enjoy decorating their classroom walls with illustrations from their culturally relevant literacy program. Wow we are impressed by that artwork!
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