Reggio Emilia Aotearoa New Zealand

We are delighted to offer an inaugural event for teachers in the Hamilton area who are  interested and inspired by the pedagogy of Reggio Emilia.

This seminar day will be an opportunity to learn more about the notion of the pedagogy of listening through presentations and discussion groups.

This seminar day will be facilitated and presented by REANZ trust members Lesley Pohio, Helen Aitken & Glenys Waller along with our guest presenters Shelley Jolly & Tracey McAllister from St James Kindergarten in Auckland

The day will include a range of presentations, discussions and visual examples of visible listening within our work with children.

Central to our discussion will be how as teachers in Aoteraoa New Zealand we can be inspired by pedagogy from Reggio Emilia Italy, whilst simply avoiding replication.

Key Presentation:

GUEST PRESENTERS – SHELLEY JOLLY & TRACEY McALLISTER

In this presentation we will open our door and welcome you to share a visual feast of how our physical and social environment strives to reflect responsive, reciprocal and meaningful listening. The presentation will also provide practical ideas and inspiration through documentation and discussion. Links will be made to the pedagogy of listening from Reggio Emilia, and how we have used this knowledge to create our own unique Whāriki.

REANZ’s Commitment to connect with Regions outside of Auckland: We are hoping that this Seminar day will also be an opportunity to form a Waikato network group who can continue to foster & disseminate information relating to REANZ and Reggio inspired practice. Could this be you?

Thoughts on the Waikato Seminar Day:

‘Connecting with Reggio through the pedagogy of listening’

Seminar facilitated & Presented by Helen Aitken, Lesley Pohio & Glenys Waller

with guest  presenters Shelley Jolly & Tracey McAllister (St James Kindergarten, AKA

Seminar review written by John Menneer                                                                              

Explorers Early Learning Centre
185 Grey St, Hamilton East                      
www.reggioinspired.co.nz      

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Lorraine Manuela, Therese Visser, Prue Crarer, Wendy Larmer, Chris Bayes, Glenys Waller, Julianne Exton, Denise Heald, Helen Aitken, Diti Hill, Lesley Pohio.

We are a group of eleven educators who have formed the REANZ Trust and we have over 300 ‘Friends of REANZ’. We welcome new ‘friends’ and look forward to meeting up with you at the many professional learning opportunities we are planning.

Our Trust deed states that our purpose is to share information about the educational practice of Reggio Emilia with teachers. This deed also sets out the rules of the Trust. The Trust members are in place for a five-year term. As a charitable trust, all profit will be used for the promotion of the Trusts purpose and aims.