Call for Sponsorship for our 2015 Conference
An Invitation to be a sponsor at our 5th National Early Literacy Conference, to be held in Wollongong in March 2015.
Call for Conference papers
Do you have a great workshop or poster that you’d like to present at our 5th National Early Literacy Conference in 2015?
Download, fill out and send us our Call for Papers Paint the Town REaD 2015 Conference form.
Please have all submissions to us by Friday 18 July.
Some great ideas are already coming in.
Advance Notice Fifth National Early Literacy Conference
Making Waves: Early Literacy and Collective Impact
25–27 March 2015 in Wollongong
Put these dates in your diary now!
Come and join us — whether you’re from the city or the country, work in early childhood, libraries, child and family services, volunteer in a Service Club, or you’re a strategic planner in your government position. Or if you just want to learn about how to get started painting your community REaD.
We’ll share great ideas, have fun, plan new strategies, as well as enjoy the Gong’s seaside hospitality. So start thinking about whom you’d like to invite, what you’d like to find out and what you’d like to share.
Your hosts are Bright Spark the Mascot with Paint the Gong REaD
and Paint Shellharbour REaD.
To register your interest email conference@paintthetownread.info
Enquiries
Tracey Kirk Downey 0409 849 463
or Barbie Bates 0487 887 008
Fifth Early Literacy Conference
Our Fifth Early Literacy Conference will be taking place in March 2015 in Wollongong NSW. Watch this space for dates and details.
During 2014 we will hold Regional Training Days. Again, watch this space for dates and details.
And in case you’re wondering, our Fourth Annual Early Literacy Conference was held across two venues — Warren in country NSW and Merrylands, Sydney in September 2013.
3rd Annual Early Literacy Conference
12–14 September 2012
Download the Advance Notice (PDF, 127 KB) and Call for Conference Papers (Word document, 370 KB).
Download the Registration Form here. (PDF, 885KB) Note: Print it out form and fill it in by hand, then post it to us — or scan and email it.
Paint the Town REaD wins ZEST Awards
Two of our Paint the Town REaD teams, in Auburn and Penrith, took out two of the 2012 ZEST awards. These are service awards for the greater Western Sydney community sector.
The Auburn group, led by Himali Wettasinghe, won the Outstanding Project in a CALD Group/Organisation award.
The Penrith group, led by Julie Jasprizza-Laus, won the Exceptional Partnership Project award.
We were particularly pleased that that these were the only awards recognising community work benefitting young children.
To see pictures of the event, and more information, go to the ZEST website.
Partners with the National Year of Reading
Barbie Bates and Rhonda Brain attended the National Launch of the National Year of Reading 2012 in Canberra on 14 February.
Paint the Town REaD is a partner in this initiative, which aims to encourage reading and literacy in Australia — at all ages.
Paint the Town REaD on Radio National
On Australia Day 2012, Life Matters on ABC Australia’s Radio National covered the National Year of Reading.
Himali Wettasinghe, from Auburn Paint the Town REaD, fielded questions from Natasha Mitchell.
To hear Himali, go to the Life Matters website, start at 36:40 in the audio’s timeline and listen through to 45:05.
Himali is the Family Services Manager at Auburn Diversity Services.