APT8 kids in review

21 APT8 KIDS ON TOUR 20 APT8 KIDS ON TOUR SELECTED VENUE PROFILES BARALABA STATE SCHOOL 24th February 2016 Attendance: 34 students and adults Baralaba is a small town and rural locality in the Shire of Banana in central Queensland. Approximately 60 per cent of enrolled students at Baralaba State School are Indigenous. Most of these students reside in the community of Woorabinda and travel 45 kilometres (one way) to school each day. Local families source their incomes from the land. GLADSTONE REGIONAL ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM 23 January 2016 (Family Fun Day) Attendance: 184 children and adults The Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum was established in 1985 and is housed in the heritage-listed old Gladstone Town Hall. The current gallery and museum buildings are linked by a glass bridge walkway purpose‑built to accommodate the nineteenth- century marble statue of the region’s namesake, William Ewart Gladstone. APT8 Kids on Tour at Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum / Image courtesy: Galdstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum Children with their completed APT8 Kids on Tour activity templates at Baralaba State School / Images courtesy: Baralaba State School ‘The afternoon was really good. All the students were very engaged in all the activities (also the parents). We have continued to offer the activities at school breaks and this has been really popular. We will do so until the material has been used. Thank you so much.’ ‘ The Woman and the Parrot was recorded as the favourite program of the day, closely followed by Play with Your Birds and I Prefer... ’ ‘Staff and volunteers enjoyed the diversity of the programs on offer and admired their simplicity and effectiveness. We found that the activities engaged the public for a long period of time with families often staying for one to one-and-a-half hours.’