Literacy Forum NZ TE KORERO PANUI TUHITUHI O AOTEAROA Vol.34, No. 1, 2019 is published by The New Zealand Literacy Association (Inc.) which is an affiliate of the International Reading Association Literacy Forum NZ is a peer reviewed journal, the official publication of the New Zealand Literacy Association, which is an affiliate of the International Reading Association. It is published three times per year and is free to NZLA members. Subscription cost for non-members is available on application. Ideas and statements expressed in Literacy Forum NZ are not necessarily the official viewpoint of the New Zealand Literacy Association. Editorial Board Glenice Andrews Sue Bridges Trish Brooking Wendy Carss Sue Dymock Joy Hawke Libby Limbrick Wendy Morgan Mal Thompson Editor: Mal Thompson Local Editorial team: Manawatu Literacy Association, led by Sarah McCord and Mal Thompson. The panel of reviewers are members of the NZLA, plus academics and teachers from New Zealand and overseas. Address for correspondence Dr Mal Thompson (General Editor) 178 Burt Street Wakari Dunedin 9010 [email protected] NZLA website: http://www.nzla.org.nz/ Published March 2019 © Copyright NZLA ISSN 2324-3643 CONTENTS From the President .......................................................................................................4 Advocating for children: Not all literacy interventions, approaches and resources are equal Janet S. Gaffney, Suzanne Smith, Frances Commack, Annabelle Ash, Margot Mackie, Sonia Mudgway ...........................................................................................5 Va‘atele: Enabling Pasifika literacy success Rae Si‘ilata ............................................. 13 Kiwis, Geckos, School Journal, Annuals, Susan Paris, and me, Kate Kate de Goldi ...........................................................................................................25 What to watch out for in children’s publishing in 2019 Rob Southam .......................38 Narrative and nourisment: story and self Barbara Else ..............................................42 Ramping up reading for pleasure Debbie Roxburgh .................................................... 55 Literacy Landscapes - National 41st Conference Report Sarah McCord .................60 NZLA 42nd Conference "The Arts as a Bridge to Literacy" .....................................64 Book Reviews Oi Frog Kes Gray, illustrated by Jim Field ............................................................67 The Old Man Sarah V, illustrated by Claude K Dubois ...........................................67 News from the Councils Southland .............................................................................................................68 Waikato ................................................................................................................69 What were we reading in 2009?.................................................................................71 Cover photograph; Story time with "Poppa". NEW ZEALAND LITERACY ASSOCIATION From the President Kia ora colleagues Welcome to the first issue of Literacy Forum NZ 2019. I hope you all have had a relaxing Summer break and now you will already be full on into term 1. We are pleased to bring you another issue of great professional reading that includes a range of quality articles from our 2018 conference, “Literacy Landscapes” in Palmerston North. This year the Canterbury Literacy Association will be delighted to host “The Arts as a Bridge to Literacy”, NZLA’s 42nd National Conference which will be held in Christchurch at Rangi Ruru Girls’ School in Merivale. Registration details about the conference are up on the website and look out for the ‘Call for Workshop Submissions’ coming soon. The NZLA Executive is very grateful that the extremely generous Marie Clay Literacy Trust has given us $15,000 for the 2019 Conference Awards. $12,000 of this is for Early Career teachers (up to and including six years teaching experience) and $3000 is for Experienced teachers. Every Council will be awarding 1 x $1000 MCLT Conference Award for Early Career teachers and NZLA will be awarding 6 x $500 MCLT Conference Awards for Experienced Teachers across New Zealand to attend the NZLA 42nd National Conference in Palmerston North. To apply for either of these awards please contact your local Literacy Council for more information. Contact details for Literacy Councils are on the back cover of this Literacy Forum NZ or on the NZLA website. The next Regional Leadership Workshop will be held in Christchurch on Saturday 30 March 2019 for Councils in the central North Island. Leadership workshops held in previous years have been very well received with participants gaining a lot from the sharing and discussions. I will be in touch with the local councils in these areas very soon with more details. This is the time of the year when most Literacy Associations are holding their Annual General Meetings. I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank those members who put up their hand and help on their local Association’s committee. Your work is very much appreciated. If you are not a member of a local Literacy Association committee, maybe this is the time you could consider joining. The old saying “Many hands make light work” very much applies to our committees - the more active committee members you have the less work it should be for everyone. Belonging to a well-run committee can be very rewarding and many life time friends have been made from being on committees with your colleagues. Please consider joining your local Literacy Association if you are not currently a committee member. All the best for a wonderful 2019 Joy Hawke, NZLA President 4 LITERACY FORUM N.Z. Vol. 34 No.1 2019 Advocating for children: Not all literacy interventions, approaches and resources are equal Janet S. Gaffney, Suzanne Smith, Frances Commack, Annabelle Ash, Margot Mackie, Sonia Mudgway Advocacy is not separate from teaching The advocacy role of teachers will children, it is what allow us to teach our be discussed along with criteria for children. critically appraising teaching approaches (Amy Smith, 2013, Teacher Leader, and resources that facilitate literacy Madison Country Schools, Kentucky) processing. Empirical research, school and classroom contexts, children’s At the 2018 New Zealand Literacy competences, and teachers’ theories of Association’s (NZLA) National learning guide selection of interventions, Conference in Palmerston North, approaches and teaching resources. the first author (first name) gave a Which resources are worth the effort? plenary presentation titled the same Which ones are worthy of children’s as this manuscript. When invited to time? Why does it matter? In complex submit a manuscript to the Literacy systems, a change in one part of the Forum, NZLA’s journal based on this system has ripple effects at every other presentation, I invited a few educators, level of operation that expands or limits who attended the keynote, to engage optimal learning of each child. Students’ as dynamic thought partners and co- learning is what is at stake. authors. We (F, S, A and M; first names) Educators are quite clear that they offer our reciprocal musings on teachers’ are advocates for the children they teach, roles as advocates for children to prompt the ones in their respective classrooms and extend your thinking, whether or not or in their charge as Reading Recovery, you were able to attend the conference. Resource Teachers of Literacy, Resource Teachers are advocates for children Teachers of Learning and Behaviour, in teaching and selection of literacy or Special Needs. Advocacy casts a interventions, approaches and resources. wider net when teachers join with Teachers serve an essential role as principals, assistant principals, Boards members of an informed school team of Trustees and community members to with responsibility for decision making make resource decisions for the school, about literacy learning within their local Kāhui Ako or school cluster. Literacy context. In the workplace of schools, teams are responsible for selecting colleagues engage with others within and evaluating literacy interventions, a set of shared assumptions that create approaches, curriculum materials and the culture of learning and teaching. commercial resources that are used 5 NEW ZEALAND LITERACY ASSOCIATION across classrooms. These school-wide collective decision-making about decisions are often accompanied by literacy practices that impact the corresponding professional learning sector, school and cluster levels. development (PLD). Resource MM: Being advocates for children is a decisions, therefore, have pedagogical, privilege. It is our role to critically curricular and economic impact on every appraise teaching approaches, student, their whānāu and educators in a programmes and resources that we school or school cluster. use. I ask myself, “Do I?” Teachers are essential contributors Before continuing to read, engage in this to these school teams. Teachers, who targeted reflection: Think of a resource, are leading the way, are often in non- programme, curriculum or approach that positional roles without leadership titles. you have recently chosen to use with a They are the teachers who their peers class, small group, or an individual child seek out for guidance, collaboration and respond to the following questions. and innovation (Gaffney, Price, Abd- • How did you hear about it? El-Khalick, Frericks, & Sundeman, • Why did you