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National Literacy and Numeracy Week 2008
The Department of Employment, Education and Training (DEET) receives funding from the Australian Government through the National Literacy and Numeracy Week (NLNW) grant to support a range of activities involving students, teachers, parents, community groups and businesses during National Literacy and Numeracy Week.
National Literacy and Numeracy Week will be held this year from 1 to 7 September 2008 as part of Education Week in the Northern Territory. From this year, additional funding opportunities to states and territories have replaced the Schools Excellence Awards.
This year’s theme is Partnerships in Learning. DEET, Independent Schools Association, Catholic Education, Joint Council of Professional Associations, and NT Libraries will contribute to promoting and showcasing learners, teachers, schools, parents and communities working together in literacy and numeracy learning.
National activities and events
Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards
| My Country I love a sunburnt country, /A land of sweeping plains, Of ragged mountain ranges, /Of droughts and flooding rains. I love her far horizon, /I love her jewel-sea, Her beauty and her terror - /The wide brown land for me! By Dorothea Mackellar |
All NT school students are encouraged to enter the 2008 Dorothea Mackellar Poetry Awards, Australia’s biggest and oldest poetry writing competition. Entries for the awards should be posted on or before Monday 2 June.
National Reading Day
National Reading Day is a mass participation literacy event for primary and secondary school students. This national activity encourages schools to select their own texts and to become involved in activities where they share their reading.
The activity is developed and managed by the Australian Association for the Teaching of English (AATE) and the Australian Literacy Educators’ Association (ALEA) with funding from the Australian Government. Participating schools can win one of seven prizes:
- Two libraries of 500 books, valued at $7000 each, from Scholastic Australia
- Five packs containing ten electronic Macquarie School Dictionaries, valued at $999.50 each, from Franklin Electronic Publishers
Reach for the Stars
Reach for the Stars is a free numeracy-oriented, mass-involvement activity for schools that culminates during National Literacy and Numeracy Week.
Reach for the Stars is a national numeracy activity that has been part of National Literacy and Numeracy Week since 2003. The activity aimed at pre-school to junior secondary school students (Kindergarten to Year 9) is developed and managed by the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT), with funding from the Australian Government.
The activity provides an opportunity for students across Australia to get involved in a single event with a numeracy focus. Participating schools can win one of seven prizes:
- Two MacBook laptop computers, valued at $2,218 each, from Apple
- Five packs containing ten electronic Macquarie School Dictionaries, valued at $999.50, from Franklin Electronic Publishers
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Northern Territory activities and events
NT Libraries displays and activities
Darwin, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Nhulunbuy and Katherine libraries will host displays of local student work, and offer activities linked to the themes and national activities.
School cluster events and activities
Seven DEET clusters, Catholic schools and Independent schools may apply for grants of up to $2,000 to develop and/or participate in events and activities during National Literacy and Numeracy Week.
Professional Associations events and activities
Joint Council of Professional Associations will make available to regions literacy and numeracy professional learning opportunities, including nationally recognised speakers.
* Further details of NT activities and events, and how to be involved will be available on this website and through Principals Weekly Update.
Contact
Manager, Literacy and ESL
Teaching Learning and Standards
t: (08) 8999 4296
e: NLNW@nt.gov.au