Waikato Events

  • Past Events

  • Thu 16th May 2019

    Telling Tales with Tanya Batt

    Storying for Drama and Storytelling “I’ve always been a believer of magic - not the trick kind but the sort that suddenly makes visible what you couldn’t see and delights you in the process”— Tanya Batt

  • Thu 14th Mar 2019

    Boy oh Boy Dr Michael Irwin

    Boys make up the majority of the reluctant and underachieving writers in our schools. This majority lag behind girls in written language; they engage in a variety of behaviours to avoid fully participating in the writing process. This presentation will look at some of the reasons for these behaviours and…

  • Fri 1st Mar 2019

    Libraries Alive

    Come along to try out some STEAM workshop ideas that can be run in your library - linked to books/ literacy tasks

  • Thu 18th Oct 2018

    Jane van der Zeyden

    Jane van der Zeyden is the author of the Oral Language Toolkit. Join her and unpack the English Language Learning Progressions (ELLP's).

  • Fri 7th Sep 2018

    Books for Babies @ Te Awamutu Birthing Centre

    50 delicately gift-wrapped children's books kindly donated by Scholastic will be gifted to the Te Awamutu Birthing Centre where they will each be distributed by the amazing centre staff to the mothers of any babies born in the up and coming days or weeks. We like to foster children's love…

  • Thu 17th May 2018

    Emma Nahna

    In this highly interactive oral language workshop you’ll learn... a simple way to pinpoint specific difficulties with oral language so you can give targeted support. A valuable tool to adapt ANY topic or lesson to accommodate all learners from students with learning difficulties, right through to gifted and talented.