PUBLICATIONS | WeavingCulturalStory

Over her career, Ranu has developed, written and published a number of resources, from children's story books, journal articles, educational teaching resources and online learning modules.

This is another service that Ranu can offer, please contact her via our contacts page if you would like to discuss her developing your resources.

Tep Tok

Ranu is one 4 researchers, researching the tattoo art of our grandmothers.

For many a Pacific Islander, a tattoo is a marker of one's identity - a reminder of one's heritage and a visual story to carry on outside their traditional origins. The art of tattooing has travelled the world over and while it's popularity has continued strongly into contemporary culture today, the awareness of the traditional practices of tattooing is dwindling. Tep Tok is a documentary aimed at changing this situation.

2016

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Pacific Stories

A film project exploring Pacific Islander identities.

This is my culture - Author

2011

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Passing the Spark

Only available at Gowrie Victoria.

This documentary is a tool for sharing inspirational stories from a select number of Early Childhood Professionals in Victoria as they explore and implement the Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework. It is hoped that their stories will light a spark of desire in their colleagues to begin their own journey of change.

Filmed and produced by Ranu James.

2011

Embrace Culture in Kindy

Filmed and produced 11, 2 – 5 minute vignettes of Educators sharing best practice stories concerning cultural competency. The following links will take you to these clips:

2015

Singing our way to safety

This book is not available for purchase.

Caritas Australia's Early Childhood Education Disaster Risk Reduction Program:

Facilitators Guide for the Early Childhood Education Disaster Risk Management Program Workshop
Songbook
Flashcards

These resource designed for Early Childhood Educators in Tonga, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. This guide is a tool to support the Workshop Facilitator responsible for teaching Caritas Australia's Early Childhood Education Disaster Risk Management (DRM) program, Singing our Way to Safety, to early childhood educators in the Pacific. This guide will help the Facilitator Plan, Implement, Follow Up and Evaluate a workshop to teach Early Childhood Teachers how to successfully implement the Singing our Way to Safety program in their school or community.

Author

2014

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Singing our way to safety

Caritas Australia's Early Childhood Education Disaster Risk Reduction Program.

This resource designed for Early Childhood Educators in Tonga, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. The resource is about using nursery rhymes and games to teach disaster risk reduction, health and hygiene, communication skills and time management in the classroom.

Author

2014

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Belonging, Being & Becoming
Remote Indigenous Professional Development Package for the Early Years Learning Framework for Australia

This resource aims to provide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff with a place to start their discussions about how they work with each other, children, families and the community. These ideas were developed by Chris Tayler while working with Indigenous people in their communities. We hope it will help begin the thinking and discussions about how you can, and already do implement the EYLF in your services. This resource is closely linked to the National document.

Co-Author with Chris Tayler

2011

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Certificate III in Children's Services
Remote Area Teaching Products

Working in partnership with Chris Tayler trialled and developed student workbooks, support resources, games, activities and teaching manuals appropriate for Remote Indigenous Students in the NT for the Certificate III in Children's Services.

Developed and written by Ranu James using concepts and designs developed by Christine Tayler. Trialled and edited by Christine Tayler. Illustrated by Marissa Clausen.

2009 - 2010