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Conference
Secretariat:
Rita Schulz
Conferences & Events Ltd
PO Box 1254, Nelson,
New Zealand
Ph: +64 3 546 6022
Fax: +64 3 546 6020
Email: nzca@confer.co.nz
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Thursday,
9th July
12.00pm
- 4.00pm
4.00pm - 6.00pm |
Exhibitors
move-in
Registration |
Friday,
10th July - Please Note: Recent
multiple programme changes on this day
8.00am
All day
9.15am - 10.15am
10.15am - 10.45am
10.45am - 11.00am
11.00am - 11.30am
11.30am - 12.30pm
12.30pm - 1.30pm
1.30pm - 2.15pm
2.15pm - 3.00pm
3.00pm - 3.30pm
3.30pm - 5.00pm
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Registration
Trade displays
Mihi Whakatau
at SkyCity Convention Centre with Puawai, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori
o Hoani Waititi Marae
Kai
- morning tea
Welcome to conference: Maureen Jehly, Judy Kaa and
Nancy Bell
Keynote Speaker - Dr
Waiora Port, Te Aupouri (Ngāti Pinaki), Te Rarawa (Ngāti Maroki)
Aku
mokopuna, aku
tamariki, ahau: Me pehea toku haerenga e whakarite ana ki a ratou. My
mokopuna, my children, me. How does their life journey compare with
mine?
Keynote Speaker
- Dr Meaola Amituanai-Toloa Ph.D, Associate Dean, Pasifika, Associate
Director, Woolf Fisher Research Centre, Lecturer, School of Arts,
Literacies and Languages, Faculty of Education, University of
Auckland
'Saō
fa'alalelei: "Before you were born I knew you":
Respecting the Born and the Unborn'
Kai
- lunch
Keynote
Speaker - Hon Anne Tolley
Minister of Education
Keynote Speaker
- Dr Anne Meade, Director, Dr Anne Meade Associates
'Allies and Advocacy - activating
policy changes for early childhood education'
Introduction to Korero Sessions
Kai
- afternoon tea
WORKSHOP
SESSION 1 (8
workshops run concurrently) Abstracts here
1 - Being
curious and being
involved: stories of infants at play
Jean Rockel and Julie Peal, University of Auckland
2
- Mauri
tu, Mauri ora, kia tika te oranga
Ana Berry and Tracey Snee-Ngarotata, Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa/NZ
Childcare Association
3
- Exploring
barriers to participation in early childhood education
and here
(45 minutes)
Margaret Hammond, Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa/NZ Childcare Association.
Making
science visible (45 minutes)
Sue Smorti, Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa/NZ Childcare Association
4
- It’s
not just scribble – recognising the
merits of mark making! and here
Helen Wrightson, Gwen Davitt, Julie Plows and Gayleen Taylor,
Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa/NZ Childcare Association
5
- Balancing
the Three P's of UNCROC (United Nations Convention on the
Rights of the Child) - Provision, Protection and Participation
(45 minutes)
Nancy New, Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa/NZ Childcare Association
PS:
Positively Speaking (45 minutes)
Lia de Vocht-van Alphen, Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa/NZ Childcare
Association
6 - Update
on early childhood
education (45 minutes)
Richard Walley, Ministry of Education
Let's
develop leaders for ECE (45
minutes) - Deborah Wansbrough, New Zealand Teachers Council
7
- E-portfolios – what can they offer in an ECE context?
Sue Genefaas, Sharron Eagle and Kim Ireson, Rotorua Girls’ High School
Childcare
8
- Nga arohaehae whai hua: our
journey through self-review and here (45 minutes)
Sharlene I'Anson and Peta Southee, Barnardos Early Learning Centre
Incorporating
the spiritual dimension in early childhood education (45
minutes)
Anna Whitehead, Unitec Institute of Technology
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5.00pm
- 6.00pm
6.00pm |
Members Forum and
Launch of NZTC Resource
Café dining (own
arrangement) |
Saturday,
11th July - Please Note: Recent
workshop numbering changes on this day
8.15am
All day
8.45am - 9.00am
9.00am - 10.00am
10.00am - 10.30am
10.30am - 12.00pm
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Registration
Trade displays
Introduction to day 2
Keynote
Speaker - Corine Rivalland, Lecturer, Early Childhood,
Monash
University, Melbourne, Australia
'They form part of the community
from the first day - exclusionary practices through the sameness
approach'
Kai
- morning tea
WORKSHOP
SESSION 2 - with keynote followup session with Dr Meaola
Amituanai-Toloa
(8 workshops run
concurrently) Abstracts here
9 - Follow-up to
Keynote Address
“Before You Were Born I knew You”: Respecting the born
and the unborn - Dr Meaola
Amituanai-Toloa
10
- Whakawhanaunatanga
as part of self review (45 minutes)
Jenny
Brown, Whaihanga Early Learning Centre
Ngā
rauemi/taonga a Tane Mahuta rāua ko Tangaroa – the resources and gifts
from the forests and seas (45 minutes)
Arapera
Witehira, Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa/NZ Childcare Association
11 - Celebrate
what’s right with your team
Phyllis Briggs,
NZ Preschool Personnel
12
- Do you hear
my signs and gestures: responsive communication with infants and
toddlers (45 minutes)
Natasha
Kibble, COI Project Manager, Childspace Ngaio Infants and Toddlers
Healthy Heart
Award – ECE centres (45 minutes)
Anna Martin
and Ruth Murray, The Heart Foundation.
13
- Celebrate
cultures, empower children: affirming cultural identities of Indian
children and families in your early childhood setting
Anu Mysore and Chitra Deshpande, My Desh
14
- Creating
language resources for children and their families using ICT
(45 minutes)
May Crichton, Ene Tapusoa and Lucy Tulia, Aoga Fa'a Samoa
15 - Korero
Session 1
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12.00pm
- 1.15pm
1.15pm - 2.15pm
2.30pm - 3.30pm
3.30pm - 4.00pm
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Kai
- lunch
Maori Members Network
Meeting (12.15pm - 1.15pm)
Pasifika Members Network Meeting
(12.15pm - 1.15pm)
Keynote
Speaker
- Dr Gabriella Püspöki,
Paediatrician, Deputy Director, Emmi Pikler
International Public Foundation, Pikler Institute Foster Home,
Training
and Research Center
'Well-proved
ideas,
new tasks and new experiences in the Pikler Institute'
46th Annual General Meeting
Kai
- afternoon tea |
4.00pm
- 5.30pm
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WORKSHOP
SESSION 3 - with keynote followup session from Corine
Rivalland
(8 workshops run
concurrently) Abstracts here
16
- Follow-up to Keynote Address “They
form part of the community from
the first day – exclusionary practices through the sameness approach"
Corine Rivall Lecturer, Early Childhood,
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
17
- Ko
te reo te
mauri o te iwi: Māori language is the life force of the people
Drina
Paratene, Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa/NZ Childcare Association
18
- Korero Session 2
19
- Supporting a seamless education system (45 minutes)
Karin Shaw, Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa/NZ
Childcare Association
Perceptions and use of
non-contact time in education and care services
(45 minutes)
Rosemary Searle, Auckland Kindergarten
Association
20
- Listening With Your Eyes – photos as one of the 100 Languages of
children (45 minutes)
Hanna Faletaupule and Sue Whiddett, Tots Corner
Ko wai ahau? Who am
I? Through the use of Photo Story 3
(45 minutes)
Julianne Exton and Shirlene Murphy, Kids
Domain Early Learning Centre
21
- What builds ‘meaningful’ settings to live and learn in? (45
minutes)
Lorraine Sands and Melissa Osmond, Educational Leadership Project Ltd
Insuring your Centre has never been easier (45
minutes)
Lesley Scher, The Insurance Brokers
22
- Developing cybercitizenship in the very young: what is it,
and how do we educate towards it? (45 minutes)
Lee Chisholm, Netsafe
Be
honest with me
(45 minutes)
Tama Te Ora Kepa, Te Tari Puna Ora o
Aotearoa/NZ Childcare Association
23
- Exploring
issues with
Kei Tua o Te Pae in Pasifika centres ... the beginnings of a search (45
minutes)
Pauline Luafutu-Simpson, Aiolupotea Norah
Stevenson-Tuuga, Hana Sei Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa/NZ Childcare
Association and Tiana Fauolo, Malamalama Moni Aoga Amata
Puppet Skills
and Storytelling (45 minutes)
Erin Devlin, The Kiwi Puppet Company
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| 7.00pm |
Conference
Dinner at SkyCity Convention Centre |
Sunday, 12th July
- Please Note: Recent
workshop numbering changes on this day
8.30am
All day
9.00am - 10.30am
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Registration
Trade displays
WORKSHOP SESSION 4 -
with keynote followup sessions from Dr Gabriella Püspöki
(8
workshops run concurrently) Abstracts here
24 - Follow-up to Keynote Address
‘Well-proved ideas, new tasks and new experiences in the Pikler
Institute’
Gabriella
Püspöki, Paediatrician, Deputy Director, Emmi Pikler International
Public Foundation, Pikler Institute Foster Home, Training and Research
Center
25
- “Overlapping
realities” (45 minutes)
Christine Healy, Te Tari Puna Ora o
Aotearoa/NZ Childcare Association
Stories
about teaching practice: perceptions of first year student teachers in
a field-based programme (45 minutes)
Caterina Murphy and Jenny Butcher, Te Tari
Puna Ora o Aotearoa/NZ Childcare Association
26
Ko ngā tamariki o enei ra, hei rangatira mo āpopo - the children of
today are leaders of tomorrow
Sharon
Carlson, CORE Education Ltd and Mere Ngapo and Lara Ransfield, Te Rau
Oriwa Early Learning Centre
27
- Fostering
positive attachment and primary caregiving
Katherine Bussey, The Learning Centre
28
- Te
Tiriti o
Waitangi in action
Kathie Rifle, Te Tari Puna Ora o Aotearoa/NZ
Childcare Association
29
- Registering
teachers - some issues for discussion
Marnie
Hainsworth and Deborah Wansbrough, New Zealand Teachers Council
30
- Celebrating diversity in early childhood through ICT
Valma
Willis, Sarah Spence and Sheena Hanson, Meadowood Community Creche and
Linda Flavell ECE ICT Professional Learning
31 - Korero
Session 3
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10.30am
- 11.00pm
11.00pm - 12.00pm
12.00pm - 1.00pm
12.00pm - 1.00pm
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Kai - morning tea
Keynote Speaker -
Ann Milne,
Principal Te Whanau o Tupuranga and Clover Park Middle
School
Ssshh!
My
mokopuna don’t know they are “diverse.” They think they are
Maori. and here
Conference closing
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