A national celebration! 5 September 2018 Indigenous Literacy Day is a national celebration of Indigenous culture, stories, language and literacy. It is organised by the Indigenous Literacy Foundation which aims to reduce the disadvantage experienced by children in remote Indigenous communities across Australia. The day aims to focus attention on the disadvantages experienced in remote … Read more
Did you hear about the Western Downs Language to Literacy Conference, held in May this year? On a cool weekend back in autumn, early childhood professionals from near and far, representing libraries, early childhood centres, schools, health and other organisations came to Dalby to learn, share and discuss all things early literacy. A motivated group … Read more
Are you interested in learning about the basics of LEGO MindStorm? Why not sign up for a free webinar? The LEGO MindStorm EV3 webinar is for absolute beginners. We will explain the basics of building and programming the EV3 kit using a tablet, and introduce you to each sensor and how it can interact within … Read more
Monday 5 to Friday 9 November 2018 (includes travel), Cairns The biannual IKC workshop will be held in Cairns in November 2018 for all IKC staff and their managers. This biannual workshop brings together staff from 24 IKCs situated in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities as Far North as Boigu Island in the … Read more
CBCA Children’s Book Week 18-24 August It’s not long now until the start of Children’s Book Week 2018. Each year across Australia, the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) brings children, families and books together celebrating CBCA Book Week. This year’s theme is “Find your treasure”. The First 5 Forever team are celebrating book week … Read more
Applications close Friday, 14 September 2018. The funding round for multicultural events under the 2018-19 Celebrating Multicultural Queensland (CMQ) program is now open. The CMQ program promotes multiculturalism and supports communities to celebrate diversity and connect and welcome migrants and refugees into a wide range of community activities. What funding is available? Funding of up … Read more
Tumble Book Library is a database especially for children and available for free for all Queensland public libraries, Indigenous Knowledge Centres and State Library of Queensland members. Tumblebooks is another great featured resource for Queensland Multicultural Month with more than 120 ebooks in Spanish and French. There are over 1000 titles for grades K-6, including animated, talking picture … Read more
Kanopy is available for all Queensland public library, Indigenous Knowledge Centre (IKC) and State Library of Queensland members. Offering what the New York Times calls a garden of cinematic delights, Kanopy showcases more than 30,000 of the world’s best films. The world in film With the motto of “thoughtful entertainment,” Kanopy provides patrons with access … Read more
Join in the fun with Children’s Book Week from 18 – 24 August, 2018 with the theme Find Your Treasure. Each year at this time across Australia, the Children’s Book Council of Australia (CBCA) brings children and books together for CBCA Book Week. Schools, libraries, booksellers, authors, illustrators and children will be celebrating Australian children’s … Read more
The annual Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) QLD mini conference aims to encourage first-time presenters to have a go, so if you have an idea and would like to see what it’s like to be standing up front at a conference why not submit a proposal? The ALIA QLD Mini Conference 2018 theme takes … Read more
