You are not currently logged in.
Logged in members of the Greater Shepparton website can store a collection of commonly accessed web links here.
Log in here, or if you are not yet a member, you can sign up here.
City of Greater Shepparton
URL: http://www.greatershepparton.com.au/residents/family/newbeststart/communityliteracy/readingday/
Community Reading Day
Reading and storytelling is such an enjoyable activity and it is important that we are promoting this to our children and their families on a regular basis.
A Community Reading Day involves groups of children and staff from local early childhood services (kinders, childcare centres and primary schools) dressing up and making their way along the main street of town or another appropriate area. At pre-arranged times the small groups of children and adults will stop at various places (businesses) to have stories read to them by local identities and business people. The event usually last for 2 hours.
The aim of the day is to share the enjoyment of reading stories with children and to promote awareness of the importance of reading in everyone’s lives and our local community.
The Community Reading Day is a core activity of the ELF (Early Learning is Fun™) program and in 2008, the first Shepparton Community Reading Day was held in and around the Maude Street Mall. In Mooroopna, such an event has been running for the past 5 years along the main street, thanks to a committed workgroup, with much success.
If you would like your business to be part of the next Mooroopna or Shepparton Community Reading Day please contact Belinda Whitelaw at Greater Shepparton City Council on 58 329 790.