Useful Information
Chinese Language Week
New Zealand Chinese Language Week is on from September 26 to October 2, and there are lots of free resources in English, Mandarin Chinese, and Te Reo Māori available on www.nzclw.com – take a video of teachers or students giving Chinese a go, post it on social media, and be in to win.
NZ Chinese Language Week is a Kiwi-driven initiative to encourage Kiwis to give learning Chinese a go. A growing part of our school system, Chinese language is a significant part of New Zealand’s story, with some Chinese families having lived here for over 150 years.
Each year, New Zealand Chinese Language Week helps people around New Zealand with events and activities to celebrate Chinese language and culture, including National Dumpling Day.
Food and hospitality are important to our cultures. Sharing delicious dumplings is a great way to include people and make them feel welcome – and it’s great fun!
Ministry-funded PLD for the Aotearoa-NZ Histories’ Curriculum 2022
In 2022 the compulsory Aotearoa-NZ Histories’ Curriculum will come into effect. NZHTA and ASSEN have been funded through the Ministry's Networks of Expertise programme to provide (free) PLD for teachers, as well as for Principals and Boards of Trustees. Two of the team who will help to deliver PLD were part of the Working Group who wrote the curriculum, so have a deep knowledge of it. Guidance for Principals and Boards can be provided in these areas:
- Document overview: Understand, Know, Do
- What you can do now
- Mātauranga Māori
- Rohe/local area histories
- Colonisation overview
- Pedagogy (‘Do’)
- Curriculum progressions
- Difficult conversations and well-being
Linked here is a Google Form in which you can signal your interests in terms of PLD delivery.
For further information, please contact: Graeme Ball, Chair and Kaiarahi, NZHTA: nzhta@gmail.com