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SLANZA Wellington Term 3 meeting

12/9/2019

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The meeting took place at Girvan Library, Wellington College on a wet afternoon. Liz Mason made us feel very welcome and had arranged for us to use a room above the library. As always, we shared an excellent afternoon tea.
Our special guest was Fleur Beale. She spoke to us for an hour or so, about her work. She talked about the things she has learnt about writing, and gave examples from her work. She spoke about her latest book and the background to its being written. Fleur also shared the proposed title she had chosen for the book, and that the publisher wanted something different. Fleur asked for our opinions and an interesting discussion ensued.

Our AGM followed, during which we farewelled Christine Cross for her ten years’ work on the Wellington Committee. Next year the national SLANZA conference will be held in Wellington, so 2020 will be a busy time for the committee.
After the meeting we went to Ozeki Restaurant for dinner. This was a cheerful time of networking and friendship.

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SLANZA Term 3 Professional Development Saturday 15 September

14/8/2018

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Please RVSP using this Google Form indicating which workshop you would prefer: a Creative Commons Workshop or a Hands On Book Covering Activity (bring a book along you want to repair or cover).Email hmuxlow@kwns.school.nz for more information.

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Wellington SLANZA AGM

28/5/2018

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Term 1 Event 2018 - Book buying at Paper Plus Lower Hutt

6/5/2018

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SLANZA Wellington repeated its successful book night at Paper Plus Lower Hutt again in Term 1 this year. Thanks to the generosity and enthusiasm of manager John Vallely

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Term 4 2017 Wellington event

30/11/2017

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Luckily this year Wellington SLANZA members managed to avoid earthquakes and floods and actually have a lovely Term 4 get together.
After a good catch up and some yummy food we had a presentation from Phil Clarke and Ros Booker, librarians from the IHC Library. This library is a wonderful resource for families and schools alike - it's free to join for anyone over the age of 18 and the only cost involved is getting the books back to the library in Willis Street in Wellington.
Phil and Ros talked about the many sorts of resources they have and that they were happy to be rung and asked about what might be useful for all different areas of disability.
I would highly recommend people check them out and use them.
We also heard from our two recipients of the SLANZA Conference scholarships - Estelle Henrys from Cardinal McKeefry School and Kristy Wilson from Porirua College. It was wonderful to hear how much this

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November 1st, 2017

1/11/2017

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Wellington PD Day 9 September

15/9/2017

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Our event was an enjoyable time of learning and discussion, held at Tawa College’s library.
We had twenty-nine people attending, who came from a range of libraries.

Our opening speaker was Philippa Antipas from Connected Learning Advisory, a free service provided by the Ministry of Education to help New Zealand schools and kura make the most of digital technologies for learning. Philippa shared her personal love of reading and libraries, and related how she often refers school staff to their librarian for information, particularly regarding digital literacy.
The next presentation was led by Clare Forrest, with contributions from other librarians on the SLANZA Regional Committee, and presented tools and websites which may be useful in school libraries, for us as librarians, and for staff and students.

After a sumptuous morning tea, our last session reflected on Rachel Van Riel’s presentations at the 2017 SLANZA Conference. Rachel kindly granted us permission to use her slideshow, which formed the basis for the discussion. Many librarians who attended Conference shared ways in which they were challenged, and some of the changes they have subsequently made to their libraries. Some were big changes, others small. The key question we asked ourselves was: “Why do we do what we do? Is it only because we have always done it this way?”

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