news from the island
2024 newsletters
October 2024
This term, we’re excited to be working with Bayview Secondary College for the first time. Find out about all the shenanigans at our Funky Fundraiser, and our new collab with our friends at Kickstart Arts! …Read more
September 2024
A final wrap of our Term 3 workshops, more details on our upcoming Funky Fundraiser, and a good-news story (our favourite kind!) from one of our volunteer tutors… Read more
August 2024
’A creative chaos of stories, ideas and editing’. That’s how Story Leader Bonni describes the first six weeks of our Term 3 school storytelling workshops. Read more about our Clarendon Vale Primary workshops, and check out your invitation to our upcoming Funky Fundraiser!… Read more
July 2024
It’s Trunk time at Clarendon Vale! Find out how our Term 3 storytelling workshops are going so far. Join us in saying farewell to Volunteer Coordinator Jen, and hello to Volunteer Coordinator Amy. We also check in with Megan, who’s just finished her first term as a Story Island volunteer… Read more
June 2024
This term, Story Island delivered our brand-new ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ workshop program at Rokeby Primary, which was an exciting challenge for our Story Leader, Bonni Que. So we sat down and had a chat with her about it. Also, read an update from our Board following their 2024 AGM… Read more
May 2024
At Story Island, we acknowledge our volunteers all year round for their incredible work, supporting and nurturing students in our school storytelling workshops. But as this month included National Volunteers Week, we thought it was worth giving them some extra recognition, in a few different ways… Read more
April 2024
Program development news! Award-winning news! Writing competition news! And which one of our volunteers owns a yacht? So much news to catch up on in our latest monthly newsletter… Read more
March 2024
Have a look at our brand new book—with fantastic cover art and titles by student Izzy C! Also some great grant news, and how we're helping to make Story Island more inclusive for everyone... Read more
February 2024
For Story Island, Term 1 is all about program development! This means Bonni, Jen and Astrid have been spending most Tuesdays with their thinking caps on, creating an exciting new storytelling program to launch in our Term 2 school workshops. Find out about our program-in-development, and how YOU can step up for Story Island… Read more
January 2024
2024 promises to be an action-packed year, as we continue our mission to help Tassie kids harness the power of their imaginations. We've got lots to look forward to! But as always, the more people involved, the better. So we're devoting this newsletter to sharing a few different ways you can be part of Story Island in 2024. Have a read, then take your pick... Read more