SLANZA Awards 2017

SLANZA encourages and rewards excellence in school libraries, recognising the success and achievement of those working in and with school libraries, with a series of annual awards.  Therefore the Slanza National Executive would like to call for nominations for our Awards of Merit, and Life Membership to be presented at the upcoming National Conference in July at King’s College, Auckland. 

Further information about the criteria for each award can be found on the Awards Page on the SLANZA website.

As always, the awards are presented at the discretion of the Awards Committee.

Please send all nominations with all the required documentation to admin@slanza.org.nz no later than Thursday 1^st June 2017.

Trish Webster

Online magazine Collected - call for submissions

Collected 20 Submissions now open

Once again SLANZA is calling for submissions for the latest issue of Collected.

Our theme for the issue is  “Conferences and Professional Development”. We will be  promoting Conference 2017 Fiery Futures. I would  like to encourage submissions from members about SLANZA and non Slanza conferences they have attended. Stories about special or uplifting experiences, speakers, workshops etc. and tips to navigating conferences, making the most of the opportunities, professional development and the collegiality of professional development would all be welcome. We also welcome articles of interest, reviews from members and accounts of local SLANZA or library related activities.

SLANZA members, Collected is your magazine and we want to hear your voice. If you wish to submit something and have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me at collected@slanza.org.nz or greig@tokohigh.school.nz

Guidelines for submissions can be found at slanza.org.nz under the Resources tab. Our deadline for this issue is May 15  2017

Please feel free to contact me at the above address if you have any questions or concerns

Regards

Greig Daniels

Editor, Collected

SLANZA Te Tai Tokerau

Term 2 event, June 2017, Whangarei

A dozen practical strategies to take the "shhh!" out of your school library and get the kids in

• Do you need some fresh ideas for your school library class visits?
• Are you looking to make your library a fun place to be where kids want to hang out?
• Do you want to create lifelong readers?

Enthusiastic, passionate, and creative with a wee touch of crazy, primary school librarian Marama Keyte is always thinking outside the box to encourage her students to use their library.

In this presentation Marama will share a range of easy, practical and fun ideas to get your school library buzzing, including :

using picture books during class visits, story mapping, character book days and special events, makerspace ideas, fun games, using circle time songs with junior classes, promoting books, creative display ideas, using e books and audio books to encourage reluctant readers, shelving by genre, promoting your library school-wide through your blog, creating relationships with your local kindy, working in partnership with your local public library and much more....

This event is for anyone who is interested in enlivening their library time,
whether you wear a librarian or teacher hat!
Though aimed more at primary / intermediate than secondary level, ALL are welcome.

Taking the shhh! out of the library

When

Wednesday, June 28th, 3:30pm

Where

May Bain Room, Whangarei Central Library

More information

• Please RSVP to Jeannie Skinner by 16th June,
  jeannie.skinner@dia.govt.nz

• This is a free event for SLANZA members, and $10 per school for non-SLANZA members.
  To join SLANZA visit the website :-)

3.30 pm Afternoon tea, catch up with colleagues
4.00 pm We'll start with a very brief SLANZA AGM,
followed by Marama Keyte's presentation, finishing by 5.30pm.

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Signing off ... for now

Hello fellow librarians, listservers and school colleagues 

In the words of Suzy Cato that so many of us know and love (and an earworm to set you up for the rest of the day) ... "E noho ra I'm leaving I've really got to run. So Cya cya later it's time for us to end. Cya cya later I'll be back again.  So long. Cya."

Yes that's right, after 13-odd years my time as a super-awesome primary school librarian is at an end this Friday.  I'm off to new and exciting pastures ... still working and advocating for school libraries, just from a bigger picture, and in the big smoke of Auckland.  Extremely excited, and very nervous!

Unfortunately it means I'm also having to step down from the SLANZA National Executive and my role as SLANZA President, a journey that has taught me so much and helped me meet some fantastic people, build really valuable relationships and form some amazing friendships. 

I'm really going to miss the gorgeous young students that come through Taradale Primary School, those relationships we build with them and helping create that passion for reading and life-long learning. 

But I'm not going to miss helping other amazing librarians ... 'cause that's what I'll be doing 😀 

So I am signing off the listserv temporarily, and I'll be back when I have a new email and a new stomping ground. 

Take care.  Keep up the awesome work you do promoting reading engagement and providing fantastic services to our students as school librarians.  Ka kite ano.  

https://youtu.be/5rp2XzBOTIY

Ngā mihi nui

Sandi Faulconbridge Dip ILS

Library Manager (till the end of the week) | Taradale Primary School

SLANZA President (for a while longer) | PD Team Leader

Grant to help attend conference

The 2017 SLANZA Conference, Fiery Futures, is being held in Auckland in the second week of the July school holidays, 16-19 July. Being so close, this is a wonderful opportunity for Te Tai Tokerau members to attend.

SLANZA Te Tai Tokerau would like to offer Conference grants to members keen on attending. This will not be a full registration grant, rather a contribution towards costs. Money awarded will depend on the number of applicants we receive.

Registration fee (earlybird) is $495.00. If you don’t have family or friends in Auckland there is onsite accommodation available which costs between $220-$280 depending whether you stay two or three nights (so attendance from Sunday afternoon or Monday morning). There is an optional bus tour for secondary or primary schools on Wednesday afternoon which is an additional $30.00.

Do check out the Conference website. There is also a conference letter template to encourage your employer to allow you to attend.

This offer is only open to current SLANZA members and the grant money must be used for the conference. Priority will be given to members who haven’t received SLANZA grants before. Recipients will be expected to share their conference experience with other members via a Collected magazine article and a short talk at one of our PD sessions.

Applications close April 30, 2017. The lucky delegates will be announced following a committee meeting Saturday, 6 May. Please submit your email application to the SLANZA Te Tai Tokerau Chairperson, Julia Smith