We want every child to experience the magic that happens in the space between you, someone you love and a great story. We want every child to grow up able to read for themselves so they can learn, explore, understand, and access the world around them.

Jane Vaughan

Welcome to Big Sky Stories’ February Newsletter

This month has been one of new faces, new funding and new workshops. We are delighted to share the highlights with you in our monthly newsletter.

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Country Arts Grant

Our application to West Darling Arts for funding through the 2023 Country Arts Grant has been successful!

In partnership with the Outback Mobile Resource Unit, we will be taking fibrecraft opportunities to people across far west NSW.

We’ll being kicking of with a visit to Miparinka in March to meet the community. Watch this space for regular updates.

'Writers on the Road' Holiday Program

Our partnership with WestWords continues and this holiday it brought expert filmmakers and writers, Glenn Fraser and Amelia Foxton to Broken Hill to work with young writers over 3 days. They honed their creative writing skills, developed excellent pieces of work and enjoyed the opportunity to work alongside other creative writers.

Learn more by clicking here

Circular Weaving with CWA

We swapped macrame knots for weaving wonders at the recent workshop with the Broken Hill branch of the CWA. You can see more pictures of their beautiful creations on Tie the Knot Macrame social media pages.

If you’d like to try your hand at some circular weaving, we have kits for sale with all materials and instructions in-store at Big Sky Stories, 360 Argent Street, Broken Hill.

New faces at Big Sky Stories

We are very excited to introduce you to early childhood teacher Rachel Dowd who has joined our volunteer team. You can read all about Rachel on our website.

If you too would like to help Big Sky Stories reach our goals, then please get in touch. We have lots of volunteer roles for you to consider.

Volunteering

Please meet our second new face!

Ellyn is a Bachelor of Social Work Student from Victoria, completing her final field education placement. Ellyn will be with us until mid May.

You can read all about Ellyn on our website.

Thank you both for the valuable work you are doing.

Pay it Forward

Thank you everyone - the books keep rolling in!

You can participate in this initiative by purchasing a book in-store at 360 Argent Street, Broken Hill or online on the One More Page Book Emporium website.

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Coming Up

Hurry! There are still a few places left for this workshop.

Register below.

Creative Teaching Workshop

What does it mean to teach creatively? In this practical workshop Robyn Ewing will draw on current research to explore integrating creative arts strategies with the teaching of English and literacy to ensure learners are engaged and actively involved in their literacy learning.

Formerly a primary teacher, Robyn Ewing AM is Professor Emerita, University of Sydney and Co-Director of the CREATE Centre, University of Sydney. She is passionate about the role of the arts in our lives and learning.

For both early career and experienced teachers.

Date: Wednesday March 1

Time: 6.30-8.30pm

Venue: Big Sky Stories, 360 Argent Street, Broken Hill

Cost: $50 per person

Adult Macrame Workshops

Dates for March will be locked in very soon and advertised through our mailing list.