2012+National+Year+of+Reading


 * 2012 National Year of Reading** is a focus year for //all// libraries, school and public.

There is a website, wiki, Facebook page and soon-to-be-launched iPad app. The app will contain a calendar of events; free reads; and how to find the nearest library. [] http://love2read2012.wikispaces.com/ [] Political funding and interest and public support and momentum is already engaged. Objectives: Three main functions:
 * Guest speaker: Sue McKerracher –** Director, The Library Agency sue@thelibraryagency.org.au
 * 1) 1. Draw political attention to libraries and what they can achieve
 * 2) 2. Seek out advocates/ambassadors/partner organizations
 * 1) 1. That Australians understand reading is not only pleasurable but it’s also good for their sense of well-being – public library membership drive; improve adult reading; workplace literacy; teen reading; younger children reading
 * 2) 2. To foster a culture of reading in every home
 * 3) 3. To encourage parents and caregivers to share the experience of reading a book with their children, ten minutes daily/one hour weekly
 * ‘Why is this important? ** ** [ ** http://love2read2012.wikispaces.com/FAQs Accessed 4.3.12]

Nearly half the population of Australia (46%) struggles without the literacy skills to meet the most basic demands of everyday life and work. It is a particular concern among Indigenous communities.

Inability to read puts people at a serious disadvantage in our society. People from low socio-economic backgrounds are less likely to complete secondary education and undertake further education and more likely to be unemployed and face long term economic disadvantage. Typically, 60% of offenders in prison cannot read or have low levels of literacy.

If we can improve the level of literacy in our society, we can help to break the cycle of disadvantage.

'It is a collaborative venture by Australian libraries who have commissioned the Library Agency to scope the project, initiate the design and identity, create an online presence, establish a community and develop the partnership framework.’ There are many founder-partners, see http://love2read2012.wikispaces.com/FAQs Posters, ideas, quotes, all freely downloadable from website. [] http://love2read2012.wikispaces.com/Resources+for+everyone There is also merchandise to purchase: http://love2read2012.wikispaces.com/Merchandise Coincides with end of Children's Book Week and start of Literacy/Numeracy Week. [] || __Upcoming__ = ABC/The First Tuesday Book Club - new campaign - 10 Aussie Books to Read Before you Die. To be announced in Nov 2012 __“It's never too late … to learn to read__" is a short story competition for unpublished, new, emerging and established Australian writers in Adult Learners Week. __Our story__ - voters have identified a set of eight books, which together describe what it's like to live in, be from, visit or in some other way connect with the eight different states and territories. .. a collection of books which, if read together, articulates the Australian experience - remote, regional, suburban and metropolitan. Now join Australia's biggest book group, based on the Our Story collection. The winning titles were Smoke and Mirrors, by Kel Robertson (ACT); The Idea of Home, by John Hughes (NSW); Listening to Country, by Ros Moriarty (NT); The White Earth, by Andrew McGahan (QLD); Time’s Long Ruin, by Stephen Orr (SA); Wanting, by Richard Flanagan (TAS); Well Done, Those Men, by Barry Heard (VIC) and Jasper Jones, by Craig Silvey (WA). [] || __‘Read this’__ Competition - $40,000-worth of prizes! From 1st March to 31st May, online entry. Partnered with insideadog.com.au, spineout.com.au and Madman Entertainment to create this fantastic competition. To enter, teens can nominate the one book they think their peers must read in 2012 and then provide a convincing argument in the form of a creative response to the story. This will be a book review, but it could be in the form of words, pictures, film, song, or something even more avant garde. downloadable poster: https://love2read2012.wikispaces.com/Read+This Your favourite book's 'the best', but can you convince your friends? Here's your chance to get really creative. Produce a film trailer, draw a picture, write a song, print a T-shirt - whatever works for you. Enter your creation in our competition and you could win one of our amazing prizes. [] || __Are we There Yet?__ a fun, educational activity for under 12s and their families, based on award winning author and illustrator Alison Lester's book Are We There Yet? Provides all kinds of opportunities for creative reading events at a local level, in addition to the national competition. National display of Lester's art work concludes in Victoria in December [] ||
 * Who owns the National Year of ****Reading? **
 * Activities and ideas -** not meant to be ‘extra’ work or burden – you can rebrand something you already do as ‘National Year of Reading’. CLANS ideas below; love2read ideas summarized in table below.
 * Ideas - Focus areas: Adult; teen; younger children, incl. focus on home and reading**
 * **The Reading Hour -** our call to action for the National Year of Reading - establish the idea that everyone will benefit from reading for at least an hour a week.
 * Saturday 25 August 2012.** The time is nominally 6pm to 7pm, but this will vary across the country. **Schools may choose to do Reading Hour at any hour on any day during the school week, doesn't have to be on the Saturday.**
 * **Adult reading:**
 * **Teens** 12-18 year olds
 * **Younger children**

The wiki includes some great **reports about reading** http://love2read2012.wikispaces.com/Research+and+information

https://love2read2012.wikispaces.com/Media - you can edit the document 'National Year of Reading featureV2' to your requirements - excerpts could be useful for College Newsletters, with logos downloadable here https://love2read2012.wikispaces.com/Resources+for+everyone
 * promoting**


 * Sue McKerracher –**reports weekly to government agencies about what is happening for National Year of Reading. **If you wish, you can email her about what your school is doing** sue@thelibraryagency.org.au

Library quotes are on the Ambassadors/Friends pages. I couldn’t find a list, but here is the list of SLV **reading wall quotes:** []

14 &15 July – parties, biggest Dymocks stores, **pledges for parents/kids reading and more** || **Scholastic Reading Heroes** – open to children 14 years or under - name your reading hero, someone who reads. By 3 Aug [] Winner announced 25 Aug. Great prizes [] "A Reading Super Hero knows the awesome power of reading and loves to read for at least 10 minutes every day. The Reading Super Hero could be your mum, your dad, your teacher, your grandma or it could even be you... Tell us in 25 words or less who your Reading Super Hero is and you could win an amazing Super Hero prize! The most creative and fun answers will win." || Can do on Aug 25, Reading Hour, Gold Coin Donation || **KUMON – ESL groups in libraries** || Family Day Aug 25 (2nd day Melb Writers’ Festival) || **ABC 774** Child reading ambassador ||
 * Other Partnership initiatives:**
 * **Dymocks & Disney**
 * **MS READATHON**
 * **FEDERATION SQUARE**

Thanks to Heather McPhee for emailing – Academy of Mary - Term One -Launched 14th February – give sts chocolate & book mark as they come into school; Morning tea for teachers and lucky dip; Posters around school; Readers’ Cup for Year 7s Term 2 -NYR Quiz; Screen a movie once a fortnight in Fiction Library; Sts to create a video clip about a book or reading & display winner at assembly; Inform sts about writing competition at Term 2 assembly Term 3- Book Week: Penny Russon & Adam Bandt to visit; Mad Hatters’ tea party; Writing competition about books and reading Term 4 -Final Reader’s Cup; Reading in unusual places display; Announce winner of writing competition
 * CLAN IDEAS/POSSIBILITIES FOR NATIONAL YEAR OF READING**

CRC St Albans – activities include annual pancake breakfast to entice parents and students to eat and read – organized as Book Taste by Genre – 1st chapter of several books - copied and left on a genre table, along with pancakes for reading and feasting.

Assumption – activities include Milo and Mad Hatters annual reading event http://clans.wikispaces.com/Reading+-+Milo+%26+Mad+Hatters%21

Several schools incl. Parade - guest speakers, share cost with English Dept. – authors, poets, storytellers, illustrators (or try publishers, or VIPA for long-standing customers, for any ‘freebies’ going) Guest speaker information: http://love2read2012.wikispaces.com/Authors%2C+illustrators%2C+storytellers%2C+poets+and+performers

Loyola - staff reading ambassadors esp. Male - posters around the school featuring male staff role models e.g. P.E., Science / maths staff reading; Reading tips included in 'The Ignatian'; guest author/ illustrator's workshops; PJ Party for Year 7/8 between 4 and 6pm one night after school featuring activities and guest author; Students create promotional Book trailers to be viewed on wide screen TVs around the school; Living Books: staff as living books available for loan; BBQ for Fathers and sons reading together; Book Bites: Staff running regular story times in library over lunch to share favourite books, short stories, etc.

Salesian – activities include using lists of ‘banned’ books and locating some of the ‘banned’ books in the library collection – e.g., ‘Alice in Wonderland’ banned in China in 1931 because it anthropomorphised animals – wrap them in brown paper – students lucky dip them and read, providing feedback about why they should/not be banned…

OLMC – activities include creative writing competition, perhaps Yr 7-10; workshop with author – [Archie Fusillo highly recommended by other CLANS members []

Parade College - Premiers' Reading Challenge - House points, Awards, Trophy

CLC – activities include weeded book sale – gold coin donation for Indigenous Literacy [] CLC is using the National Year of Reading themes for each month as a book display and basis for monthly competition with iTunes cards prizes

The twitter Reading Group has organised a theme for each month in 2012. Below is the list of themes and a link to more information
 * Themes for each month** http://love2read2012.wikispaces.com/Calendar

January – The Amazing Read

February – Laugh

March – Think

April – Feel

May – Escape

June – Dream

July – Discover

August – Question

September – Grow

October – Explore

November – Cry

December – Love2Read