We Welcomed Rob Southam to HNS
on Tuesday April the 27th at 7pm
Wine and Cheese
in our Stan Boyle Library
We are sorry if you missed hearing from our guest speaker Rob Southam,
it was a great night for our community of parents and teachers.
Fixing the odds for every child as a reader
Rob Southam speaks on some of the latest thinking around recreational reading from around the world. She explores strategies that work to develop children as life-long readers, regardless of gender, age or ability. Rob outlines the skills and characteristics that good readers have, in order to promote reading achievement for all children.
Rob has particular expertise in the area of literacy for boys, and will include strategies that work for boys.
Rob introduces practical, simple ideas and tips that will help enthuse all readers, even the most reluctant, highlights the latest publishing trends and recommends books for all ages and interests. Rob will highlight the danger times for our children as readers, and summarise what it is that the world's best readers have in common.
Rob Southam has teaching experience across a variety of age groups. She is a trained Reading Recovery Teacher and has edited a book for NZ Teachers called Simply Starting. Rob has presented many workshops and seminars to principals, secondary and primary teachers, the Education Review Office, and parents, on children's books and ways to increase reading achievement. Rob's work around Boys and Reading is well known throughout all sectors of NZ Education, and she has presented at two International Literacy Conferences.
Rob is currently working at Scholastic New Zealand.
Here's what parents say about Rob's talks:
Very easy to listen to, I'm so glad I made the effort to come… practical ideas I will definitely try at home
Rob really struck a chord with me about how I could inspire my ten-year-old son.
I felt much more confident about helping my children choose books after Rob's talk.
It was great to be updated and informed about books and boys. Everyone felt inspired and energised about our children's reading.
I tried what you said, and the books you recommended and now my son is a reader…thank you
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