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Conferences & Events Ltd
PO Box 1254, Nelson,
New Zealand
Ph: +64 3 546 6022
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PDF's of the conference presentations can be downloaded by clicking on the presentation.                      

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

Registration

Trade displays

Mihi Whakatau at SkyCity Convention Centre with Puawai, Te Kura Kaupapa M
āori 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


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


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
12.00pm - 1.15pm




1.15pm - 2.15pm





2.30pm - 3.30pm

3.30pm - 4.00pm


Kai - lunch
Maori Members Network Meeting (12.15pm - 1.15pm)
Pasifika Members Network Meeting (12.15pm - 1.15pm)


Keynote Speaker - Dr Gabriella P
üspöki,
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
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



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






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


10.30am - 11.00pm

11.00pm - 12.00pm



12.00pm - 1.00pm
12.00pm - 1.00pm
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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