NZLA Regional News
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Waikato
Power of the Book- A Rob Southam Event
A first person account from a student teacher who attended the Power of the Book event at Waikato University for Rob Southam
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Waikato
Young Authors and Illustrators Conference 2019
On Saturday 7th of September around 140 enthusiastic and aspiring young writers and illustrators, aged between 9 and 13, arrived at Berkley Intermediate, in Hamilton, to take advantage of the 2019 Young Authors Conference. This biennial event had a fabulous cast of 12 talented authors, illustrators (and entertainers) from near…
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Waikato
Books for Babes 2019
The Books for Babes initiative marks International Literacy Day, celebrated annually on 8 September. A day set by UNESCO to celebrate and highlight the importance of literacy. This year focused on ‘Literacy and Multilingualism’. However, Waikato Literacy Association mobilized a bilingual approach guided by the following whakataukī: He aha te…
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Waikato
President’s Report
The latest news from the WLA President...
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Manawatu
Palmy PNINS Team win Kids’ Lit Quiz NZ Title!!!!
We are thrilled to announce that one of our very own Palmerston North teams, have won the NZ Title at the National Kids' Lit Quiz Champs. They are now off to compete in the Worlds in Singapore next month.
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Tai Tokerau
TTLA Annual Seminar Day – Languages of Literacy
The Tai Tokerau Literacy Association held its 17th Annual Seminar Day on Saturday 18th May. The day was attended by 63 delegates from Ahipara to Papakura. The theme for this year was around the Languages of Literacy.
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Tai Tokerau
Donovan Bixley visits Tai Tokerau
Donovan Bixley is a picture book creator, who has worked on more than 90 books in a broad range of genres, from his best-selling preschool books The Wheels on the Bus (Hodder Moa, 2010) and Old MacDonald’s Farm (Hodder Moa, 2011) to his international illustrated biographies Faithfully Mozart (PQ Blackwell/Hodder,…
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Waikato
LIBRARIES ALIVE
FULL STEAM AHEAD! 2019 Another great WLA 'Libraries Alive' event hosted by Southwell School library.A number of our regions more 'far flung' schools joined us to learn more about STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Mathematics)
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Manawatu
Why Join the Manawatu Literacy Association?
Why join MLA? Head to our 'Newsletters' section and read further to find out!
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Auckland
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Auckland
National Simultaneous Storytime
ALA presents Alpacas with Maracas (Available through Scholastic). Register at www.ala.org.au/nss
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Waikato
Boy oh Boy
Dr Irwin challenged us to look at the way we engage with our boys and think about how our class environment and programmes could be adapted to be more ‘boy friendly.’ He acknowledged that some boys take up a large ‘space’ in the classroom with their noise, movement and energy.…
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Manawatu
Presidents Report – Manawatu 2018
2018 was an exciting and extremely busy year for our roopu. I had the pleasure of working with our amazing MLA team throughout 2018 as we prepared and hosted the 41st NZLA national conference, Literacy landscapes! On 3-5 October 2018 we joined together with over 220 conference delegates here in…
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Tai Tokerau
Tai Tokerau Literacy Association Presidents Report for 2018
TTLA Presidents Report for 2018
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Tai Tokerau
MCLT & TTLA Conference Awards
This is a great opportunity to attend the NZLA Conference in Christchurch.
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Southland
Southland Literacy Association 2019 scholarship opportunities
Southland Literacy Association 2019 scholarship opportunities
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Hawkes Bay
HBLA Scholarships 2019
The Hawke’s Bay Literacy Association is offering sponsorship to 4 teachers in Hawke’s Bay to attend the NZLA Conference in Christchurch.
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Hawkes Bay
2019 Events Calendar
We are proud to offer affordable quality Literacy Professional Development in Hawke's Bay.
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Otago
Otago Literacy Association 2019 Events
Here is Otago Literacy Association's calendar of events for 2019. We are working on the finer details of these events at the moment so like our Facebook page, Otago Literacy Association, to get the latest updates.
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Tai Tokerau
Sheena Cameron & Louise Dempsey – Increasing student talk during reading to enhance comprehension
It was a privilege to have Sheena Cameron & Louise Dempsey come north to lead a very practical workshop
