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Teacher Jackie Putting Translated Central Arrernte Book to Good Use!

Aug 20, 2014

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!

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HAR Translator and Elder Benedict Stevens

Aug 18, 2014

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…

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Thank You to our newest Graphic Designers!

Aug 14, 2014

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…

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Discussion with Federal Minister of Education Christopher Pyne

Aug 12, 2014

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…

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Developing new Resources with Local Talent

Aug 11, 2014

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…

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Redevelopment of all HAR Resources

Aug 9, 2014

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…

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Beautiful new Colours Cover!

Aug 8, 2014

The beautiful new cover illustration for our book called ‘Colours’. Thank you Wendy Paterson!

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Aug 6, 2014

2 talented young artists, Cheryl and Leandra, illustrating their HAR story in Lockhart River.  

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HAR Artwork by Proud Students

Aug 4, 2014

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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