Membership Subs are due by the end of June for the period July 2013 – July 2014. The Membership form has just been posted on the site and can be found here as well Membership Form

Please remember to list all those teaching History in your school on your membership form. We often have people asking for us to check if their school is a member as they do not receive emails from us, and this is due to us not knowing that they teach at that school. If you have changed schools and not let us know, then please contact us so we can change your details. Finally, if you have moved schools, please remember to change your details on your Members Area profile. At the end of July we will once be doing an audit of this Area and deactivating accounts of those people whose schools are no longer financial members.

The latest newsletter from the National and Regional Facilitators is now available online. This has been uploaded in the side bar to the right under the heading Curriculum Newsletters.

Happy New Year everyone! NZHTA Exec hope you’ve had a refreshing break and that your planning is well underway for the new school year, if not already completed. The NZHTA Journal History Teacher Aotearoa is well on it’s way to being completed and will be in your Inboxes, we hope in the next week, the image on this post gives you a sneak peak of the cover which features the winning poster by Anna Chen of Pakuranga College. We hope you enjoy reading this and if you have any ideas or contributions for further publications then please contact us NZHTA Exec

NZHTA would like to wish all our members and people involved with teaching History in New Zealand and around the world a safe and merry Christmas and New Year. We are looking forward to working with you all in 2013!!

Be a Gallipoli Volunteer – ANZAC Day 2013

Volunteers are sought to assist with Visitor Services at ANZAC Day commemorations at Gallipoli in 2013. Conservation Volunteers, under the supervision of the Australian Department of Veterans’ Affairs and Veterans’ Affairs New Zealand, manages the Gallipoli Volunteer team at the commemorative services. Join this amazing 12-day experience as we explore the Gallipoli Peninsula and Istanbul as well as assist with important duties in caring for visitors to the commemorative services.  For more information and to apply for this unique volunteer experience, go to www.gallipolivolunteer.org.nz

To find out more about Conservation Volunteers and the Gallipoli programme go to: http://www.conservationvolunteers.com.au/get-involved/volunteer/world-conservation/gallipoliprograms

Gallipoli Program Notes 2013

Become a Gallipoli Volunteer 2013

Media Release NZ

NZHTA is currently asking regions for expressions of interest in hosting and running the 2014 Conference. We would like to this opportunity to thank again the Wellington Conference Committee of Mark Sheehan, Gregor Fountain, Rena Day, Shane Wilson and Haidee Westwater for running two superb Conferences for us in 2010 and 2012. Expressions of interest need to be received by the NZHTA Executive by November 16th, 2012.

There are still a large number of NZHTA posters available for people to request. There will be a small charge for postage, but the posters themselves are free of charge. Please contact us if you would like to obtain an additional set of these for your department. Contact NZHTAExec

History workshops, provided by the Te Tapuae Consortium, start this week. These workshops cover the following, review L2 programmes and standards, effective practices in History,  unpacking the new L3 achievement standards, and designing a L3 programme.

A list of dates and places for these workshops can be found below:

South Island

21st August  Dunedin  EG1, Education Centre, 157 Union St
24 August  Invercargill,  Southland Campus, 100 Nelson St
28 August  Christchurch DA01, Dovedale Huts, College of Education, Dovedale Ave
29 August  Nelson  Lecture Room 1, UC Education Plus, 319 Hardy St
31 August Timaru Craighead Diocesan School, Wrights Ave

Central South

4 September New Plymouth New Plymouth Girls’ High School, Scotland’s Hostel, 60 Northgate St
5 September  Palmerston North  The Cooperage, 723 Main St
7 September  Wellington  Petone Working Men’s Club, 47 Udy St

If you haven’t registered and wish to do so, then please download a form and return it to Vanessa asap.

South Island Registration Form                           Central South Registration Form