Teacher, cognitive assessor, and parent of a dyslexic son Ali Fullick tells us about her publishing project Innerlinks Decodable Books are suitable for anyone learning to read, and are a perfect tool for children with Dyslexia, ADHD and other specific…
Headlines continue to emerge about the state of literacy in our country and the changes taking place in our classrooms. But what do all the terms that are bandied about actually mean? With children newly back to schools around the…
Literacy expert Chris Thornley on how the desire to read must be nurtured by providing learners with books that reflect their cultures, languages and identities Learning to read is high on the list of expectations for children starting school. Their…
Samantha Montgomerie examines New Zealand’s literacy crisis. News of our plummeting literacy rates shadows our long white cloud. It would seem our meadow has not been cultivated to allow the seeds of literacy to thrive. Promises of a structured literacy…
Rochelle Turnbull and Julia Smith share SLANZA’s research on the scarcity of libraries within New Zealand schools, and the impact that has on our children. It may surprise you to learn that not every public school in New Zealand has…
Belinda Whyte, herself an RT Lit, outlines the impact of the disestablishment of the role for students and schools. This article is called a ‘reckoning’ and that feels apt for what I’ve been asked to offer my reckons on. The…
Earlier this month, PANZ announced its withdrawal from the Bologna Guest of Honour programme. Peter Dowling and Julia Marshall, co-leaders of PANZ’s Bologna Guest of Honour Steering Group, provide insight into that decision. The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ)/Te…
National Library staffers Crissi Blair and Tracey Greenwood share ways National Library Services to Schools can support school communities. Building a thriving reading culture As literacy shapes futures and stories cultivate empathy, fostering a culture of reading in schools has…
This week is NZSL or New Zealand Sign Language Week. Many of the books for young children featuring signed languages or Deaf characters or by Deaf authors – though much loved – do come to us from overseas. So to celebrate…
In the wake of various opinions about the state of children’s literature, Hannah Marshall tells us why we should be centring the voices of young people and moving on from the tired rhetoric of PC madness and literary elitism. Two…