National Reading Day 2009

National Reading Day will be held on 2 September 2009. National Reading Day is a key event of National Literacy and Numeracy Week in 2009.

The Australian Literacy Educators’ Association (ALEA) and the Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE) are developing activities for National Reading Day in conjunction with DEEWR.

The theme for National Reading Day this year is: A Story Sharing Safari.

The website http://nationalreadingday.nlnw.edu.au is currently under development for schools to register and to access a range of activities. The National Reading Day website will provide:

• ideas and support for ways of sharing children’s work within the school and to a wider community through websites, podcasts, e-books and more traditional mediums; and

• links to find out about authors and the recommended books for 2009.

Schools that participate in A Story Sharing Safari on National Reading Day will be eligible to win a range of great prizes that will be featured on the website.

An important part of the success of National Reading Day is the early promotion of the event so that schools can build it into their planning. A pamphlet is now available giving more information about National Reading Day - click here to download it (417Kb pdf file).