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Exciting feedback from Sydney Mum
We had 3 lovely emails from an excited Mum, Holly, from Sydney, who bought our writing books for her son, which we’d love to share: “I can’t tell you how grateful we are for your Honey Ant products. Without a word of a lie my 7 year old went from illegible writing to almost perfect…
Batchelor Institute of Indigenous Tertiary Education Colleagues reunite!
Marg and bilingual education PhD student, Janine Oldfield, who worked together as Education lecturers, meet to discuss and brain storm around the irrefutable benefits of learning to read in first language.
‘Thank you’ @ Uluru, Central Australia
A little traditional owner of the country around Uluru in Central Australia, reads the HAR book ‘Thank you’ and gives her approval.
Transcript of QSA video, Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s learning: intentional teaching
In this video, Honey Ant Readers author, Margaret James discusses intentional teaching from her experience developing literacy resources for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children. To view the video, click here: http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/20403.html To read the transcript, download the pdf here: http://www.qsa.qld.edu.au/downloads/p_10/qklg_pd_transcript_atsi_intentional_teaching.pdf
Honey Ant Readers feature in Let’s Read August newsletter
Honey Ant Readers are featured in Let’s Read August newsletter! To read the article, click here:http://www.letsread.com.au/Resources/Newsletters/2013/August
Puliima Conference
Jennifer Inkamala will be speaking about the beginning of the Honey Ant Readers, at the Puliima Conference in Melbourne this week. Her mother, Trudy, spent many happy afternoons recording traditional stories which were then used in some of the books. Jennifer is the cultural mentor of the program and the senior translator.
HAR in action on NITV last week
Honey Ant Readers featured on Move it Mob Style, Episode 5 on NITV last week. To watch the video, click here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R784LH_bO0Q Thank you to all the wonderful children, to Yassie Laughton and to Joe Relic for their interviews and willingness to appear in this TV episode. Yassie is such a great advocate…
Teaching HAR songs with the fantastic Jessica Mauboy!
It was wonderful teaching the children HAR songs and reading with the fantastic Jessica Mauboy this week. What a terrific role model for the children, and an inspiration for us all. Apart from her natural aptitude as a teacher and her extraordinary voice – one of her greatest legacies will be the way in which…
Tim Fairfax congratulating QUT Faculty of Education 2012 alumni, Margaret James on her keynote address at QUT faulty of education graduation
During this speech Margaret spoke compellingly about the importance of creativity, courage to be different, finding your passion and following it in the teaching profession and life more broadly. She spoke about the importance of mother tongue education and described her journey developing the Honey Ant Readers as one that was a conglomerate of her many life…