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A great week delivering training at Kintore remote school!
Margaret had a fantastic time at Walungurru (Kintore) last week with the welcoming, enthusiastic staff and their keen little students. Inspiring to see the HUGE progress being made by students in this very remote corner of our vast country.
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HARs video selected for screening at 5th SNAICC National Conference
We are delighted that our video, made by Joe Relic, of the Jennifer, Dulcie Sharpe and children digging for honey ants was selected for screening at the 5th National Conference of the Secretariat for National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Childcare (SNAICC) in Cairns, June 3rd-7th. Jennifer Inkamala, Marjorie Williams and Margaret will also be…
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Off to Kintore this week..
Marg is looking forward to her week in Walangurru/Kintore, at a school she has previously worked in and always enjoys visiting. She will be delivering professional development on language acquisition to staff and enjoying plenty of fun interaction/singing and reading/writing time with the exuberant children in classes! She will also be introducing them to the…
Read MoreFeatured in the Rhodes University Alumni magazine…
http://www.ru.ac.za/alumni/alumniinthenews/name,79654,en.html
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(Re)recording Warlpiri and Central Arrernte Honey Ant Readers
Yesterday, Joyce Palmer and Fiona Gibson, joined Marg James to record the Central Arrernte and Warlpiri editions of Honey Ant Readers 1-3 at Bill Davis’ studio- Red House Recording studio in Alice Springs. Like seasoned professionals, both …ladies read out the books they had assisted in translating into language with great confidence and skill. The audio…
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Oodgeroo Unit Seminar at QUT
Amongst a stimulating group of people from disciplines as varied as nursing and education (co-ordinated by senior lecturer, Juliana McLaughhlin), Margaret spoke about …the responsibility of teachers to address inequality. To give each highlight the advantages Standard English speakers have over Aboriginal English speakers when they arrive at school. She then described how the…
Read MoreMother tongue education in South Africa yielding promising results
Theres a lot that we here in Australia can learn from the Eastern Cape, South Africa’s poorest province. Last year their provincial government launched a project to advance mother tongue-based education to the first six years of schooling. This policy is being incrementally introduced in 23 school districts and should cover all public schools in the province…
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A new rhyme for book 4
Matt’s Cat: New rhyme to teach the /a/ sound in HAR 4. Cat sat at Matt’s hat, h – a – t; h – a – t. Mat pat-patted cat, c – a – t; c – a – t. … Cat spat at fat rat, r – a – t; r – a – t.…
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3rd editions of HARs 1-10 out this week!
3rd editions of HAR 1-10 are being finalised and printed this week. We apologise for the delayed delivery of orders but we want to send the latest editions to our customers because we think they get better all the time!
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