<h2>Mums and dads in Queensland who want to do volunteer reading at schools will undergo training and have to register with the state&#8217;s Ready Reading Program.</h2>
<p>Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has revived the program which has been slammed by the State Opposition as an insult to parents and grandparents who already help in schools.</p>
<p>Opposition education spokesperson Jarrod Bleijie called it a waste of taxpayers&#8217; money and a &#8216;slap in the face&#8217;.</p>
<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t need to go and register, I didn&#8217;t need to get training on how to read Bob the Builder to my son in primary school,&#8221; he scoffed.</p>
<p>Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said it was her government&#8217;s election commitment to reintroduce the reading program which was scrapped by the LNP Government in 2012.</p>
<p>“This program will see up to 3000 reading volunteers, trained by Volunteering Queensland, go into schools across the state to share the love of reading with students,&#8221; said Ms Palaszczuk.</p>
<p>“My Government will invest more than $1.5 million over three years to reintroduce this important initiative.</p>
<p>“We’ll have Ready Reading trainers embedded across the state, benefiting students from Far North Queensland right down to the Gold Coast.”</p>
<p>Ms Palaszczuk said registrations to become a Ready Reading Volunteer would open from 14 May this year.</p>
<p>“We know literacy is a powerful tool which gives children the best start at school, but also builds a solid foundation that shapes every aspect of their lives,” she said.</p>
<p>“A key part of my Government’s focus is giving students a strong start in their early years and that’s one of our key priorities.</p>
<p>“This means we need to look at how we can improve students’ wellbeing before they start school – including their physical health and wellbeing, social skills, emotional maturity, language and cognitive experiences, as well as communication and general knowledge.”</p>
<p>Education Minister Grace joined the Premier to also promote the Premier&#8217;s Reading Challenge.</p>
<p>“We want all children around the state to have a strong foundation in literacy and that’s what the Premier’s Reading Challenge and the Ready Reading Program are all about.</p>
<p>“Last year more than 155,000 young Queenslanders took part in the challenge, reading more than 2.16 million books.</p>
<p>“This included individual readers and participants from 850 schools and 410 early childhood education and care services across the state.”</p>
<p>During the Premier’s Reading Challenge students aim to read a minimum number of books with no limit on the maximum number. The 2018 Premier’s Reading Challenge is supported by QSuper, RACQ, Queensland Ballet, Booktopia and <em>The Courier-Mail</em>.</p>
<p>More information on the 2018 Premier’s Reading Challenge is available at <a href="http://www.education.qld.gov.au/schools/readingchallenge/">www.education.qld.gov.au/schools/readingchallenge/</a></p>
<p>Registrations to become a Queensland Ready Reading Volunteer will open from 14 May 2018: <a href="https://volunteeringqld.org.au/">https://volunteeringqld.org.au/</a> <span class="nongov">(external site)</span></p>
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