School libraries will be engaging in events and activities to celebrate NYR 2012. 
The following teaching units, activites and resource list have been prepared by the Australian School Library Association NYR 2012 Project Team.

pdf Teaching unit - Postcards Around Australia (Years 3 & 4 -- adaptable for different year levels)

pdf Teaching unit - Picture map of Australia (Year 3)

pdf Teaching unit - Board game for Are We There Yet (Year 6)

pdf Journeys in and around Australia resource list

pdf Crossword Australian Capital Cities

pdf Crossword Wildlife in Are we there yet?

pdf Word Search based on the picture book Are we there yet?

pdf Word Search Places

Get Caught Reading - Can you catch your students in the reading act?

Lilydale Support the National Year of Reading and demonstrate the role of school libraries and qualified school library staff in promoting literacy practices through reading.

  • Take snaps of students and staff absorbed in reading related activities in the library and beyond.
  • Put the focus on Reading - run an in-school competition for the 'most absorbed reader' or 'most interesting reading space'.
  • Discover how your students engage with a text.
  • Display on bulletin boards in your library, publish in your school newsletters.
  • Send in to the Australian School Library Association for an ongoing advocacy campaign and support of the NYR2012.

Permission forms for ASLA submissions are available:
doc National Year of Reading permission form for a child
doc National Year of Reading permission form for an adult

Completed forms must accompany submitted images.

Photos will be uploaded on the ASLA website with a selection also published in Access, the national journal of ASLA.

Try a “Get Caught Reading” campaign. Take your camera with you when you walk the halls.  Snap shots of students absorbed in reading related activities.

Are we there yet? Display Kit

In this kit you will find an A2 map of Australia, showing the route that the Are we there yet? family travelled, plus seven A3 posters, with images from their journey.

This display kit has been produced so you can celebrate the National Year of Reading by creating your own display around the theme book and in doing so promote the importance of reading for everyone, wherever you are in Australia.

doc Display kit order form

The following competition has been prepared by the Centre for Youth Literature.

pdf National Year of Reading 2012 Creative Reading Poster -- The Read This! Competition for readers aged 12-20 is based on the Centre for Youth Literature's annual Creative Reading Prize, associated with the Inky teen choice awards. It aims to encourage teen reading through a creative response to a book readers love and want to recomment to others. Responses will be uploaded to a purpose-built website, hosted by Spineout (Good Reading) in collaboration with, and linked to and from CYL's insidedog.com.au website. Entries may include a range of traditional and multi-media activities, such as fan fiction, poetry, craft, mashups, book trailers and performance. A prize pool of $40,000 will be allocated to team and individual winners from each state and territory.

Visit the National Year of Reading 2012 web site for more information.
Download the pdf National Year of Reading poster

Last updated March 2012