Rhonda Brain (PTTR Creative Director), Shonel Redfern (Paint Parkes REaD committee member), Barbie Bates (PTTR Executive Director) and Robyne Harrison (NSW PTTR Co-ordinator) are looking forward to have the 9th National PTTR conference in Parkes next year.
The theme for this year’s annual Paint Parkes REaD Day is Rhymingly… traditional nursery rhymes, contemporary rhymes, ditties, and made-up rhymes!
The annual community reading day will take place on Friday, 26th August to celebrate literacy and spread the ‘read, talk, sing and rhyme to children from birth’ message to the community.
Schools and preschools will be doing craft and artwork based on the theme and create banners for the art exhibition at the Parkes Show.
Parkes is recognised as the town that knows how to stage a great reading day among the Paint The Town REaD (PTTR) communities.
Some more exciting news is that Parkes has been chosen to hold the 9th National Paint The Town REaD Conference in September next year with delegates coming from all over Australia. The conference will also mark the 25th anniversary since the first Parkes Community Reading Day, and a huge silver and red celebration will be held in conjunction with the Conference.