Tēnā koutou! 你好! 안녕하세요 Kia orana! Bonjour! Guten Tag! こんにちは。Salvete! Faka’alofa lahi atu! Talofa lava! ¡Buenos días! Mālō e lelei! Malo ni!
A belated happy Term 3 greeting to everyone from the NZALT team. Week 6 is now almost over and we know everyone will be extremely busy. Here are a few updates from NZALT.
Kia kaha - all the best for the second part of the term!
The NZALT Team
Focus for this Newsletter:
In this newsletter you will find information about:
- Conference updates - Conference resources and more
- Congratulations to the 2024 NZALT award winners
- Winners of the student competition
- Nau mai haere mai - Welcome to the new NZALT Exec members
- NZALT Cluster dates Term 3
- NZALT NCEA Level 1 Jumbo marking days
- Tui Tuia | Learning Circle
- NCEA Level 1 support from the NIFs
Conference updates - Conference resources and more
The 2024 NZALT conference was a huge success. A huge thank you to Professor Martin East and Dr Constanza Tolosa who convened such a high quality event. Thank you to the presenters for generously donating time to prepare and present and for sharing their resources with us.
We are delighted to share the link for the conference resources with you. These resources can also be found on our website here.
Congratulations to the 2024 NZALT award winners
At the conference we celebrated Excellence in language education. Congratulations to our award winners this Year.
NZALT Life Members
- Dr Adèle Scott
- Jeni Lemberg
- Professor Martin East
NZALT recognition of long-term service to Language Education
Shirley Bain
The Peter and Eunice Beveridge Award for Outstanding Leadership in Languages
Annabelle Sinclair
Excellence in Language Teaching
- Laura Deng - Chinese
- Janet McCallister - French
- Rasela Lafaele Uili - Gagana Samoa
- Tipalelupe Lala Tu’ua - Gagana Samoa
- Nicole Polke - German
- Philippa Watson - German
- Chitose Izuno - Japanese
- Sue Kim - Korean
- Ma’ata Fusitua - Lea Faka-Tonga
- Lata Langi - Lea Faka Tonga
- Maria Lamberto Calvo - Spanish
- Sue Pommarède - Spanish, French, German
Winners of the student competition
Congratulations to the following classes and schools who won our school video competition:
Year 7: St Mary's College, Auckland
Year 8: Woodford House School
Year 9: Mt Roskill Grammar School
Year 10: Woodford House School
Nau mai haere mai - Welcome to the new NZALT Exec members
We would like to welcome the following new members on our Exec:
- Stephanie Charles - Treasurer
- Michelle Dalley - Secretary
- Monique Anderson - Exec member
We are also delighted to welcome Tihirangi Brightwell as our Mātauranga Māori advisor to the NZALT.
NZALT Cluster dates Term 3
Please find below the details for the upcoming cluster meetings in Christchurch and Dunedin.
If you would like to find out more about the NZALT cluster in your region, you can get in touch with the local cluster coordinator - details are available on our website.
Christchurch: Facilitator Michelle Dalley
- Thursday, 12th September, 3:30pm
- Papanui High School
Dunedin: Facilitator Bronwyn Thomson
- Thursday, 5th September, 4-5pm
- Otago Girls' High School
NZALT NCEA Level 1 Jumbo marking days
A big thank you to all who have hosted, facilitated, and attended these days so far. They have been very successful and have highlighted the value and importance of working together in our language teaching community.
This term there is one remaining marking day in Christchurch which is going to be held on September 12th. More information and the link for registration can be found on our website.
Tui Tuia | Learning Circle
Tui Tuia has many great PLD courses for language teachers running throughout the year. Keep an eye out for the Tui Tuia Grow programmes coming out soon for 2025.
NCEA Level 1 support from the NIFs
We have a super supportive team of NCEA in school support facilitators able to help with the implementation of the NCEA Level 1 standards. Please check out their workshops and the different types of support on offer on our website here.
Posting Notices
If you would like to post any notices in our newsletter or on our website please contact Juliet Kennedy.
NZALT Networks of Expertise Newsletter, Number 6, August 2024
