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Literacy Acquisition for Pre-primary Students

Locality: Broome, Western Australia

Address: Waardi Limited, 11 Coghlan Street 6725 Broome, WA, Australia

Website: http://www.waardi.com.au

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24.01.2022 Welcome to the fourth instalment of the 2020 Nulungu Talking Heads Seminar Series. Deb Hannagan & Mystique Dia will be presenting: Developing and adapting an early years literacy program for Aboriginal communities Wednesday 23rd September 2020 Venue: UNDA Hall NDB10/101... 12:30pm 1:30pm Also available via Zoom: https://notredame-au.zoom.us/j/92816382788 Passcode: 428613 This is a community driven, free event for everyone to attend. We hope to see you on campus soon.

23.01.2022 There are some fantastic activities to enjoy in Broome these school holidays. Enrich your childs oral language skills by adding to their knowledge and vocabulary with new experiences and expanding their world view. https://www.visitbroome.com.au/events

21.01.2022 Hi listeners... We have a quick survey if you could please fill out for us. Your answers will help us with future funding towards the show and will let us know how to make the show even more 'deadly'. Thankyou https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3827W99

21.01.2022 To me International Day of People with Disability is about recognising different disabilities and breaking down barriers, about meeting different people with disability around the country and bringing them together, giving them a voice. It’s about understanding that everyone is different and has their own identity." Read Sereako and others' stories here.

20.01.2022 This video is a wonderful celebration of Indigenous language from around Australia, presented by children teaching you how to say 'Good Morning'. https://fb.watch/24mpjGkgTC/

19.01.2022 Staff in CEWA schools, looks like some excellent Webinars are on offer here, including tomorrows session on Aboriginal English.

19.01.2022 ALWAYS WAS, ALWAYS WILL BE NAIDOC week - This year's theme is 'Always Was, Always Will Be,' recognises that First Nations people have occupied and cared for this great land for over 65,000 years. We hope all Australians get involved and proudly enjoy celebrating the oldest living cultures on Earth.

18.01.2022 Check out this special, gorgeous socially-distanced performance of I Am Australian led by the students of Broome Primary School and children across Australia singing in Yawuru and Standard Australian English. https://www.facebook.com/ABCKidsCommunity/videos/2645810672304232/

18.01.2022 Professional Learning, physical distance style. Check out the St. Marys staff practicing the LAPS small group explicit teaching procedures yesterday. Next week we will be delivering the same Professional Learning online to our wonderful remote schools. ... We wish you all a wonderful and safe long weekend!

17.01.2022 ABC Kids have produced a fantastic resource ABC Listen with storytime, soundwalks, singalongs and a lot more. See the link below! You can also download ABC Kids Listen as an app. https://www.abc.net.au/abckids/abc-kids-listen-app/11131286/ https://www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/programs/all-shows/

16.01.2022 Some great resources here for those keeping little ones learning at home. Were loving the live streaming story time and rhyme time. Awesome work, Broome library!

16.01.2022 In commemoration of Sorry Day, wed like to share this poignant and important picture book. Sorry Day by Coral Vass and Dub Leffler skilfully portrays the heartache of the Stolen Generations within the safety of a book. This review contains a link to a reading of the story by Trevor Jamieson. https://www.cockburnlibraries.com.au//childrens-book-revi/

16.01.2022 Have a look! We have updated our LAPS website page https://www.waardi.com.au/services/laps/

14.01.2022 Weve been busy preparing lesson scripts for online learning to help teachers explicitly model print concepts using picture books. A series of lesson scripts is now available for our teachers along with an example video (pictured) modelling the use of speech marks in Mem Fox and Patricia Mullins classic, Hattie and the Fox. Special thanks to Scholastic Australia who granted us permission to share this video in closed platforms with our schools during this time. For more of Mem Foxs wonderful work, check out some fabulous audio recordings of her stories on her website: https://memfox.com/books/#memfox.com/books

14.01.2022 For those who missed our first episode, you can catch it here! In our pilot episode, Mystique and Deb share a bit about their literacy journeys, stories, news, a hilarious joke, and a COMPETITION you can enter. Plus, an inspiring chat with Frank Parriman. Thanks, Radio Goolarri!

13.01.2022 Episode 3 is now available on SoundCloud! Don't miss this fun episode, starring writer/director Jub Clerc. https://soundcloud.com/user-901710097/ep-3-25082020 ...Episode 3 Links Feature book: My Home Broome by Tamzynne Richardson and Bronwyn Houston https://www.magabala.com/products/my-home-broome News: Turtles and climate change https://www.abc.net.au//warming-climate-changing-/12550490 News: Re-discovering the elephant-shrew https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/mouse-si/5551742.html Feature songs (radio only): Smoking Ceremony featuring B2M Birdz & Tasman Keith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phIu0xiHIZg Going Back Home by the Pigram Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ism2d6PvDUQ See more

13.01.2022 Our bidialectal storytelling event at Broome library this morning, One Story Two Ways. We had so much fun sharing a story and hearing all the childrens stories too.

13.01.2022 Good morning! Two amazingly talented authors Hakea Hustler & Carl Merrison- YA Authors put together this little video story for AICS STORY TIME. Follow Ailee as she tracks the Kimberley! ... What a fantastic home learning idea to support oral language and early literacy development. Create, draw or record your own story. Be sure to tag us or share it to our page. We cant wait to see your stories!

10.01.2022 Need some more learning from home ideas ? Scholastic has released some great online resources https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com//learnathome.html

10.01.2022 Theres nothing like love to build a strong foundation for learning. To all the storytellers out there, weaving love into their yarns, we wish you a wonderful day. Share and tag someone special in your life.

09.01.2022 We may not be able to visit our schools right now, but that hasnt stopped us from supporting them. Its been a busy week of remote video-coaching with schools across the Kimberley. Here, Early Years Literacy Specialist Deb Hannagan is modelling some guided reading strategies with Yiyili Aboriginal Community School. Were thankful for the technology allowing us to stay connected, the opportunity to learn new skills, and the flexibility of the wonderful staff and students we are working with.

09.01.2022 Looking for some school holiday reading? The Childrens Book Council of Australia released their shortlist for the annual CBCA book awards last month. The Book of the year: early childhood and Picture book of the year categories are good places to look for reads for Pre-primary aged children. https://cbca.org.au/shortlist-2020

09.01.2022 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eej82NKUEAA8vGY HAPPY NATIONAL ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER CHILDRENS DAY

09.01.2022 Happy Wednesday All! Were excited to announce that we are returning to the Corrugated Lines: Festival of Words with our event One Story, Two Ways. Tickets can now be booked through eventbrite. (see link below) One Story, Two Ways... Story time, Broome style, with Mystique and Deb. About this Event Broome is a melting pot of languages and language varieties, each worthy of celebration. Come and hear a story told two ways by Mystique and Deb. Then draw and tell your own story your own way. Suitable for children aged 3-9. All ages welcome. Due to physical distancing requirements, tickets are limited. If you make a booking and are not able to attend, please cancel your ticket to allow others on the waitlist to attend.

07.01.2022 A notebook can be The start of an adventure, A place to leave your worries, A time capsule of your life, Somewhere to draw and dream.

06.01.2022 We were saddened to hear last week of the passing of Professor Farzad Sharifian. Through his research in linguistics, Sharifian has contributed greatly to our understanding of Aboriginal English (AE) and best practice in supporting Indigenous students literacy learning at school. His work on reschematisation of Standard Australian English (SAE) stories through a lens of AE has helped many teachers weve worked with experience a light bulb moment in terms of understanding their Indigenous students perspectives and learning needs. In honour of Sharifians outstanding contribution to linguistics and education, were sharing a link to this research with the Education Department of Western Australia below. http://det.wa.edu.au///detcms/cms-service/download/asset/

06.01.2022 Looking for a literacy project for the school holidays? The CBCA Make Your Own Story Book Competition is open now for children from Pre-primary to Year 8. See the link below to enter and check out some YouTube tips from author Sean Avery. Entries close 24th July. Good luck! https://wa.cbca.org.au/myosb

05.01.2022 One more sleep! We are excited present our journey of "Developing and Adapting an Early years literacy Program for Aboriginal Communities." Join us at Notre Dame Tomorrow @ 12.30pm or click the link to join us online.... We look forward to sharing this conversation with you soon.

04.01.2022 On this day 20 years ago!

04.01.2022 We created this fun finger rhyme demonstrating the recommended handwashing procedure, performed here by the talented Ava. Songs and finger rhymes are a great way to promote childrens oral language development, and this one has the added bonus of keeping kids healthy. We hope you enjoy the Shark Handwashing Song! Feel free to share.

04.01.2022 Our presentation at Notre Dame University on 'early years literacy in the Kimberley' made the Broome Advertiser this week.

03.01.2022 To all the amazing Teachers in the Kimberley and across Australia. Your resilience during this time of uncertainty is truly inspiring. We are grateful for the digital platforms that will allow us to continue to support our schools across the Kimberley. This unusual time of physical distancing has also propelled us into unchartered areas to strengthen our community connection. Watch this space... Image: A successful first Teams meeting.

03.01.2022 Episode 4 of Deadly Literacy Show live now

03.01.2022 Tune in to Radio Goolarri 99.7FM today at 3PM for the first Deadly Literacy Show!

03.01.2022 Covid19 Limerick by Mystique Dia There was a day in Twenty Nineteen, When a man dined at the wet market scene. He ate the bat, and that was that.... Now the whole world is in quarantine. Have a go at creating a limerick with your family and friends.

01.01.2022 Thank you Broome! Aboriginal Teaching Assistants from some of the remote communities we work with, asked if we could source some engaging young readers to read to their children at home and school. We put the call out and Broomes generous community delivered. We are incredibly grateful for all the donations we received, they are en route to our remote community schools now.... You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax, all you need is a book. Dr Seuss See more

01.01.2022 HAPPY MONDAY We love seeing posts like these. Thank you for sharing your amazing work St.Josephs Wyndham. Katie