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Want to take your students on an engaging and educational excursion in 2017?

The State Library education team creates and facilitates a diverse range of interactive and engaging workshops for students from Kindergarten to Year 12. Our program supports the Western Australian curriculum and promotes information literacy skills at all levels. All workshops are free of charge.

The 2017 Learning at the State Library brochure, outlining workshops, exhibitions and events for the upcoming year, is now available for download. To book a workshop for your students, phone (08) 94273202, email your request to ed@slwa.wa.gov.au or complete an online booking request form on our website.

Join us at the State Library as we live stream Charles Fadel's thought provoking lecture, The New Success: What qualities and skills do our children need to succeed in the 21st Century?

Charles Fadel is the founder and chairman of the Centre for Curriculum Redesign and a global education thought leader. He also chairs the education committee advising the OECD.

Thursday 11 May 2017 from 4:15 - 6:30pm. For further information, phone (08) 9427 3202, email ed@slwa.wa.gov.au or see our Eventbrite website.

27 May to 25 July 2017, Ground Floor Gallery.

Right Wrongs reinterprets our understanding of the 1967 Referendum - its impact on who we are and who we can become - through the stories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Fifty years later, the deeply symbolic victory of the "Yes" vote remains a key moment in the long and ongoing fight for equality. Oral histories, images and stories from the State Library's collection are featured.

Presented in partnership with NSLA, AIATSIS, ABC, the WA Museum and the Department of Aboriginal Affairs. 

Right Wrongs is supported by a self-guided educational trail and other teacher materials. For further information, phone (08)9427 3202 or email your request to ed@slwa.wa.gov.au

What do families do on a day out in Perth?

Did children in the past enjoy the same Perth experiences as today's youngsters? Students delve into a history box to explore the variety of resources the State Library collects, and what stories they tell about the past, in this interactive workshop.

For further information about our workshops, and to book, please complete a booking request form, phone (08) 9427 3202 or email your request to ed@slwa.wa.gov.au

Images, documents and oral histories from the Battye Library are used to tell the story of Federation from a Western perspective.  Organised in three sections, Western Australia and Federation examines WA's reluctant entry into Federation (1890-1910), its popular secession movement (1929-1939) and issues affecting Commonwealth-State relations today.

As exam dates approach, are your students looking for somewhere quiet, convenient and packed full of past papers and study guides?  Visit the WACE Study Space on the 1st floor of the State Library where resources and group study areas are available for senior school students to use.