NZLA Regional Events

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…

Wed 24th Jul 2019

Digital Fluency with a Literacy Focus

Discover how you can integrate your literacy programme across all curriculum areas and into inquiry via a digital medium.

Thu 20th Jun 2019

Teaching and Learning Literacy for the 22nd Century and Beyond – Juliet Revell & Toni Westcott

Check out the new digital curriculum and how to encourage our students to be digitally literate. Bring your own device!

Wed 19th Jun 2019

Awesome Writing Workshops for Children! Open to MLA Member Schools ONLY.

Check out our upcoming literacy workshops for our MLA MEMBER Schools; writing workshops for Y4-8 children with well-known storyteller and author, Zebong.

Thu 13th Jun 2019

Fifi Colston

Taking a Different Route - Creative Adventuring Through Words and Pictures