NZLA Regional Events

Fri 6th Sep 2019

Year 7-10 Student Librarians’ Day

Librarians' day offered to year 7-10 Southland students.

Thu 5th Sep 2019

Year 5/6 Student Librarians’ Day

Librarians' Day offered to year 5/6 Southland students.

Wed 28th Aug 2019

Dr Christine Boocock Directions for change in early literacy teaching: New Zealand children’s progress

Christine Boocock is the Director, National Reading Recovery, The University of Auckland.

Thu 22nd Aug 2019

TTLA Biannual Mystery Bus Trip

Our bus trip will visit 3 great schools who are doing great things. Come along to hear and what they're doing. Bring a camera!

Sat 17th Aug 2019

Dr. Rae Si’ilata and Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith

Rae will share findings from her PLD projects focused on the use of bilingual and additional language acquisition pedagogies, and provide examples from the use of Pasifika dual language books to facilitate Pasifika children’s biliteracy development. Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith will share about the journey to publishing her multi-award winning book…

Sat 3rd Aug 2019

Heather McQuillan – ‘I’ve got nothing much to write about ….’

For a long time, Heather McQuillan was a teacher who wrote, now she is a writer who teaches. Through her work as Director at The School for Young Writers in Christchurch, she works with hundreds of young writers, every year and also helps teachers to develop their understanding of the…