May 12
14
NZHTA Conference Change of Venue
Our Conference Committee has had to move the venue for this year’s Thinking Historically Conference from Wellington College to the St John’s Conference Centre in downtown Wellington. As this is a smaller venue numbers have been limited to 130 delegates, so register now to avoid disappointment. Our apologies for any inconvenience caused by this change of venue
Registrations are now open for History’s most significant professional learning event of the year – The NZHTA Conference. This will be held in Wellington on 1st & 2nd October, which is the first Monday and Tuesday of the October school holidays. You can view the live draft programme as it comes together via this link and you can register for the Conference online by following this link. Alternatively, you can use the 2012 Conference Registration Form. The Conference poster can be viewed here. Please print it out (in colour!) and put on your Department noticeboard.
We are delighted with the way in which the programme has started to come together and hope that you will be able to join us. For more information, please email the Conference Committee @ nzhta2012@gmail.com.
When we receive your registration we will email you some further information about the conference including suggestions for accommodation in Wellington.
Mar 12
11
Thinking Historically 2012
A Facebook page has been set up for teachers planning to attend the NZHTA Thinking Historically Conference 2012 and can be found at here 2012 NZHTA Conference Facebook Group. It is hoped that this will become a forum through which members of our History teaching community can have some input into the planning for the Conference. Please add other facebookers who might be interested.
Feb 12
2
Subs 2012 – 2013
Membership Subscriptions are now due for the 2012 – 2013 year. The form can be found on this link and also on the Members Area blog. Payments for this year can be made either by cheque or by internet banking. Access to Members Area section of the site is dependent upon being a financial member, so please ensure that your sub is up to date. Payments should be received before the start of Term 2.
Haidee has very kindly put together some options for accommodation for the NZHTA Conference in Wellington in October. Bookings need to be made soon as the Conference is being held at the same time as the Wearable Arts Festival.
Margaret Leamy has been appointed as the new National Co-ordinator of Social Sciences. The focus of this position is to ensure there are consistent and coherent messages about Social Science teaching across the country. Two regional facilitators have also been appointed, they are Shirley Beazley in Auckland and Derek McLauchlan in Christchurch. The first newsletter is attached here, and can also be found to the right of the page.
Apr 12
5
GSM Assessment Schedules
Grade Score Marking Assessment Schedules are now up on the NZQA History Subject page. This, in conjunction with the Judgement Statement will help with teachers understanding of the GSM process and the marking of their students work in the 2011 examination round. If you do have any questions then remember the forum is there for this purpose.
Feb 12
14
Exemplars
We are updating our exemplars pages at present and moving them into the Members Area, there will be no charge for members to access these resources. If you have any exemplars your students’ wouldn’t mind sharing anonymously with the community for teaching and learning purposes, could you please send either scanned copies through to NZHTAExec or hard copies to Lara Hearn-Rollo, Queen’s High School, 195 Surrey St, St Clair, Dunedin 9011. All student contributors will go into the draw for two $50 book vouchers.
Feb 12
13
Contact Details
We are currently having difficulty getting in touch via email with the following schools: Aotea College, Auckland Diocesan, Viard College, Wellington High School, Auckland Grammar School, Upper Hutt College, James Hargest, Baradene. If you are not receiving emails or teach at one of the losted schools please contact us so we can update our records.
NZHTA is a professional association representing history teachers in New Zealand
