Paint Inner West REaD
A early literacy program run by the local community getting young kids and their parents in the Inne
26/08/2024
Garranga Bumarri and Gadi had an amazing birthday celebration Friday thanks to all the wonderful support and the many families that attended. THANK YOU!
23/08/2024
Happy birthday Garranga Bumarri ! The children from Plumtree Children's Services did a heartfelt Acknowledgement to start the program. Thank you for coming!
19/08/2024
What a way to launch ! Thanks for storytime! Next one is 16 Sept at 1pm
https://www.marrickvillemetro.com.au/what-s-happening/it-s-story-time
17/08/2024
Birthday celebrations Friday!
MP Jo Haylen, Cslr Mat Howard and MP Jenny Leong will be reading stories 💗📖📚
Bumarri
12/08/2024
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Thanks for including Garranga Bumarri in your celebrations!
01/07/2024
Do you play lottery and want to support a good cause at the same time?
Paint the Town REaD has joined with Community Lottery. Grab your chance to win a car or a solar package:
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23/05/2024
To the volunteers to keep PIWR moving, we thank you.
Special shout out to Sylvia and Abbie for significant ongoing contributions of time and expertise. 🤩
23/05/2024
Connect Marrickville SaCC invited us for a pop up storytime to celebrate National Simultanous Storytime. Garranga Bumarri loved reading Bowerbird Blues by Aura Parker!
21/05/2024
A song to go along with the story being read around the nation this week.
Bowerbird Blues Song with Lyrics Based on Aura Parker's whimsical and beautifully illustrated storybook, Bowerbird Blues, Nerida Cuddy's song version of the story carries on the themes of lo...
18/05/2024
Champions at Connect Marrickville SaCC are having a pop up story time Wednesday at 12:30 for National Simultaneous Storytime!
19/04/2024
Paint Inner West REaD is currently working with UTS students completing a Business Management course. One group of students has devised a quick survey for parents and families so they can gain a better understanding of how our community engages.
Please consider completing this survey in the next week: https://forms.gle/6aVoaQJH4qX4d3dZ9
Thank you in advance for your time!
NB: Paint Inner West REaD is not currently seeking any monetary donations, this is an initiative of the business class students gaining an understanding of the Inner West community and engagement with community programs in general as well as investigating what the community know
Paint Inner West REaD - Community Engagement Survey Paint Inner West REaD (PIWR) is dedicated to promoting early childhood literacy and community engagement within the Inner West community. Your feedback is invaluable as we strive to enhance our initiatives and build stronger community engagement, especially with parents and caretakers. This survey a...
02/03/2024
Happy birthday Dr Seuss!🎉📚
2nd March 🥳
02/03/2024
Tips for reading aloud
Want to make storytime more engaging? Check out these tips for reading aloud to your child!
17/02/2024
Join us at Inner West Kids Fest at Enmore Park
Lots of books to share today.
13/01/2024
Are you ready for ?!?
We will be there with a reading mat so be sure to pop by, say hi, and share a story.
Saturday 17th Feb at Enmore Park
3-7pm
Thanks Inner West Council!
More info at: www.innerwest.nsw.gov.au/innerwestkidsfest
08/01/2024
Did you know that singing with your baby helps their brain to grow! Such a simple everyday activity can set them up for success with literacy and academic success!
08/01/2024
Did you know early literacy starts with singing?
What are some favourites in your home?
08/01/2024
It's happening again!
Join us Saturday 17th Feb from 3-7pm for some family fun including stories 📖📚🤩
05/01/2024
And 2023 continues to build the Paint family and another conference. Happy 25 years Paint the Town REaD !
Look forward to reading morestories in 2024.🥰📚
04/01/2024
2022 Gadi the Pup joined the family 😻
03/01/2024
2021 was another conference, this time hybrid for those at home and those that could travel
02/01/2024
In 2020 we did READ WITH ME AT HOME because Covid had us isolating physically from our neighbours and groups.
30/12/2023
2019 the Book Relay crossed Australia from Perth to Wollongong
29/12/2023
Look at all the new communities 2018 brought!
29/12/2023
More reasons to share a story!
28/12/2023
The 6th conference was in Katoomba in 2017
26/12/2023
2016 we joined the Paint the Town REaD family 🥰📖
23/12/2023
2015 the 5th conference in Wollongong had Marrickville's Vivi Martin attention as well as our neighbour in Canterbury start with Paint the Town REaD
Our Story
Paint Marrickville REaD is a whole of community approach to read, talk, sing and draw with children from birth so that they will be ready for reading and writing by the time they start school.
Paint Inner West REaD grew from Paint Marrickville REaD which has been active from 2016 creating awareness and opportunities for the whole community to get involved with the promotion of early literacy. We have a pelican mascot called Garranga Bumarri that begun as a tiny egg found by our Cooks River. Children in the area read to the egg over many months at various services across Marrickville South. The egg, like children, benefited from the reading and soon grew into a very large egg that was delivered to a hatching celebration last year. MP Linda Burney named our mascot Garranga Bumarri which means ‘pelican’ in the area’s First Language during the naming ceremony.
Garranga Bumarri continues to love reading and enjoys attending local events and services to encourage and support reading, singing, and talking.
The Paint Inner West REaD initiative is part of Paint the Town REaD that has chapters across Australia. Our local chapter focuses on the local needs and activities that support reading throughout the community.
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