Central+North+Workshops+and+Clusters


 * **2014 **


 * These PLD opportunities are available to all HODs and TICs of Learning Languages **
 *  . This also includes teachers[[image:https://cdncache-a.akamaihd.net/items/it/img/arrow-10x10.png link="home#13312307"]] who have sole responsibility for programme planning and assessment design and implementation in their schools. ** ||
 * **January** || **February**

Venue: TBC || **March **

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 * **May**

Welcome to **New Zealand Sign Language Week **! This **week ** is being held between Monday 9th to Sunday 15th May **2016 **. Deaf Aotearoa has produced a webseries of seven, one-minute videos to celebrate NZSL **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Week 2016 **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">. The series, “My Life in **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sign **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">”, features ' **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Sign **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> Boy', played by Destyn, the face of NZSL **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">Week **<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-align: center;">**Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa** <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5px; vertical-align: baseline;">**Tālofa lava! Afio mai!** Samoa language week / Vaiaso o le gagana Sāmoa takes place this year between 29 May and 4 June. The theme for 2016 is E felelei manu, ae ma’au i o latou ofaga – Birds migrate to environments where they survive and thrive.

|| <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">**June** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">**July** **<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">NZALT Conference **

**Nelson 10 - 13 July 2016**

<span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px; text-align: center;">@http://www.nzalt.org.nz/conference/

**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 15.6px;">Te Wiki o te Reo Māori **<span style="background-color: #fdfdfd; color: #4d4d4f; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.5px;">Te Wiki o te Reo Māori takes place this year between Monday 4 July and Sunday 10 July. The kaupapa for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori 2016 is te reo tautoko – behind you all the way, which is about using te reo Māori to support people, to inspire, and to cheer on. <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: center;">[] [] || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">**August**

**<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">International Languages Week ** <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px; text-align: center;"><span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: center;">15 - 19 August 2016 <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 19.2px;">@http://www.nzalt.org.nz/events/ilw.shtml <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 14.4px; text-align: center;">

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 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">**September** <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">

|| <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">**October** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">**November** || <span style="display: block; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%; text-align: center;">**December** ||