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Would you like the Story Dogs in your school?

Why not have the perfect non judgmental reading companion in your classroom. Join us and make reading FUN!

Story Dogs school programs in Australia

The Story Dogs program is available to all primary schools – both state and private – and is free to all participating students.

A school generally comes on board when a volunteer comes to us wanting to go to a school near them. If a school requests a dog team, we advertise either in the school newsletter or in that community. However, we do need a Co-ordinator in an area before a dog team can work in that area.

For more information, please download the School Information Pack.

We ask schools to make a financial contribution each year in order to fund the program.

‘Pats not Hugs’ is what we expect from students and staff, thus reducing the stress on our dogs. A happy dog is a safe dog.

See WHY every School

need Story Dogs!

Want to bring the Story Dogs program to your school? See our School Information pack to learn more!

School Information Pack

Click below to see current Story Dogs schools in each state

New South Wales Queensland Victoria Tasmania Western Australia South Australia Australian Capital Territory

What the schools say about us

This is a note we received from a Principal with the program in her school:

"Story dogs is one of the best decision as a school we could have made to support our children.

Thank you all for your hard work and dedication

Kindest Regards"

Deanne Taylor

Principal

Lalor Park Public School

72 Heffron Road Lalor Park 2147

Teachers love us. Merryl Toop was a teacher at Tweed Heads South Public School for many years and was very involved with the program. She said, “Your program is soooo valuable, I love it and am happy to be a part of it.”

Phil Hesse, the principal at St Simon the Apostle Primary School in Rowville, VIC, sent us this note:

“We are re-commencing the program tomorrow and I cannot stress enough how successful the program has been.

The program has been a wonderful initiative with the children WANTING to read to Samson.”

The principal of South Kempsey School said that after the Regional Director and the Area Director from the Department of Education did a tour of the school, while the Story Dogs were conducting reading sessions with their students their comment to the principal was..... ‘ the best thing about South Kempsey School is the Story Dogs’.

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