The department partnered with Channel Nine to deliver reading@home TV to support language and literacy development for children in Kindergarten to Year 3.
In collaboration with the
Reading and Writing Centre External link, the program featured reading coaches and children’s authors, who read books aloud and facilitated interactive learning experiences.
The show encouraged students to get involved in the
2020 Premier's Reading Challenge External link.
reading@home TV aired on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 8.30am–9.00am on
Channel 9Now External link.
The final episode of reading@home TV aired on Thursday 4 June 2020.
Episodes are available on the department’s YouTube channel External link so they can continue to be used by teachers, students and parents.
Episode reruns
All 10 episodes of reading@home TV will rerun across Australia on 9Go at
6am on Saturdays and Sundays, commencing in July 2020. Find episode details in the schedule below.
Saturday 4 July
| Episode 1: rhyming words |
Sunday 5 July
| Episode 2: alliteration and prediction |
Saturday 11 July
| Episode 3: retelling a story and new words |
Sunday 12 July
| Episode 4: sounds and letters and comprehension |
Saturday 18 July
| Episode 5: letter sounds and illustrations |
Sunday 19 July
| Episode 6: action words and rhyming word families |
Saturday 25 July
| Episode 7: patterns and repetition |
Sunday 26 July
| Episode 8: characters and lists of words |
Saturday 1 August
| Episode 9: action words and rhyming words |
Sunday 2 August
| Episode 10: new words and pictures |
Previous episodes
Episode 1 (Tuesday 5 May)
Join us as author Chris Collin reads his book,
Funky Chicken: A bushy tale of crocs and chooks, and Amy Hennessey reads the book,
The Flying Orchestra by Clare McFadden. In this episode, we learn about rhyming words.
Episode 2 (Thursday 7 May)
Join us as Michelle Worthington reads her book,
Glitch and Dimity Powell reads her book,
Pippa. In this episode, we learn about alliteration and prediction.
Episode 3 (Tuesday 12 May)
Join us as Reading Coach Wendy Doyle reads the books
Young MacDonald by Giuseppe Poli, and
Oliver's Grumbles by Yvonne Mes. In this episode, we learn about retelling a story and explore new words.
Episode 4 (Thursday 14 May)
Join us as Reading Coach Wendy Doyle reads the books
No Place for an Octopus by Clare Zorn and
A Quiet Girl by Peter Carnavas. In this episode, we explore sounds and letters, and learn how to understand a story.
Episode 5 (Tuesday 19 May)
Join us as Michael Balk reads the book
Young Engineers by Andrew King, and Reading Coach Amy Hennessey reads the book
Leonard the Lyrebird by Jodie McLeod. In this episode, we learn about letter sounds and illustrations to support the meaning of a text.
Episode 6 (Thursday 21 May)
Join us as Michael Balk reads the book
Scragpie by Chris Shelton, and Reading Coach Amy Hennessey reads the book
A Fish with a Wish by Katrina Logan. In this episode, we learn about action words and rhyming word families.
Episode 7 (Tuesday 26 May)
Join us as Michael Balk reads the book
Where's Lucky? by Jacqui Halpin, and Reading Coach Wendy Doyle reads the book
Scribbly Gum Secrets by Dannika Patterson. In this episode, we learn about patterns and repetition to help remember a story and some new vocabulary.
Episode 8 (Thursday 28 May)
Join us as Michael Balk reads the book
Annabel's Dance by Diane Jackson Hill, and Reading Coach Wendy Doyle reads the book
Dad's wishing the rain would come by Martine Miller. In this episode, we learn about characters in books and making lists of words.
Episode 9 (Tuesday 2 June)
Join us as Michael Balk reads the book
Amazing by Steve Antony, and Reading Coach Amy Hennessey reads the book
Oi Duck-Billed Platypus by Kes Gray. In this episode, we learn about action words and rhyming words in stories.
Episode 10 (Thursday 4 June)
Join us as Dave Hartley reads the book
Respect by Aunty Fay Muir and Sue Lawson, and Michael Balk reads the book
Little Wing by Katherine Battersby. In this episode, we learn new words from a story and how the words and pictures go together to help us connect and understand a story.