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How a Silly Idea became an Aussie Chomp

How a Silly Idea became an Aussie Chomp

Most ideas come from everyday events and occurrences and iHarry is no exception. But one day that regular event sparked an idea and that idea became a book. This presentation takes students through the spark process, the research and development,...
$100.00

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The Story Game

The Story Game

The Story Game is a fun, interactive exercise between participating schools. It involves creating a character, brainstorming complications and pitching the perfect place for a story. Students then use these components to write a story with an...
$100.00

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Funny Bones - Drawing Australian Museum Characters

Funny Bones - Drawing Australian Museum Characters

Join children's book illustrator Nina Rycroft and learn how to create fun animal characters from the Australian Museum exhibits. Students learn how to gather visual information from the skeletons or preserved animals from the museum, look closely...
$100.00

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The Australian Museum Dinosaur Hunt

The Australian Museum Dinosaur Hunt

The Australian Museum Dinosaur Hunt is fun, interactive story play between participating schools. Using simple thumb-nail prints students will create their own dinosaur character and then develop a story using mystery items from the Australian...
$100.00

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Book Covers and Persuasive Text

Book Covers and Persuasive Text

From its eye-catching images, arresting design and evocative blurb, the book cover is a potent selling document. It convinces the reader that this is the story for them. Students will break down the components of a cover and discuss how each...
$100.00

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Drawing Dinosaurs at the Australian Museum

Drawing Dinosaurs at the Australian Museum

Join children’s book illustrator Nina Rycroft and learn animation techniques, using dinosaurs from the Australian Museum. Learn animation techniques that will transform dinosaur skeletons from the Australian Museum into picture book characters that...
$100.00

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Superheroes & Villains Workshop One

Superheroes & Villains Workshop One

$200.00 TOTAL FOR BOTH WORKSHOPS $200 per 30 students for Workshops one and two. By night Laurine Croasdale is the mild mannered mother of two, quietly preparing dinner and worrying about feeding the fish but by day she morphs into the champion of...
$100.00

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Superheroes & Fantastic Worlds Workshop Two

Superheroes & Fantastic Worlds Workshop Two

It is all very well to have a super pumped, lycra-clad, handsome superhero but they need somewhere appropriate to live – like their own planet for example, or a specially designed eco system to assist their powers or a super fortified underwater...
$100.00

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Creating Persuasive Characters

Creating Persuasive Characters

Some characters stand out in a story more than others. They can lead the action or be in the background yet both have the ability to change the direction of the story or influence other characters. Persuasive characters have attitude, secrets, hopes...
$100.00

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Puggles Rule!

Puggles Rule!

Learn all about Australia’s very own puggles – baby platypuses and baby echidnas – with two Australian picture book creators who know them best.   Nina Rycroft is the illustrator of Little Platypus (CBCA Notable Book, NSW Premier’s Reading...
$100.00

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Australian Animals - What is a puggle?

Australian Animals - What is a puggle?

Join children’s author, Aleesah Darlison, as she talks about her picture book, Puggle’s Problem . Aleesah explains about echidnas and puggles and also talks about other Australian animals. She talks about the inspiration behind her book, Puggle’s...
$100.00

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Developing and Writing your HSC English Major Work

Developing and Writing your HSC English Major Work

Coming up with an idea, and developing it into a fully fledged story with structure, strong characters and believable dialogue can be a daunting task. In this six-part program, students can discuss how to develop their ideas and characters, learn...
$120.00

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The First Paragraph and How to Hook Your Reader

The First Paragraph and How to Hook Your Reader

The first paragraph of a story is make or break - when you convince the reader that your story is for them. Children’s writer, Laurine Croasdale, deconstructs the first paragraph, and with help from the students, analyses why some work and some...
$100.00

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