Sail into summer reading

Thursday 14 September 2023, 9:30am to 10:30am
Online — Zoom
anne.dickson@dia.govt.nz
Free — registration required
Registrations close Tuesday 12 September, 5pm
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Summer reading is an important, enjoyable activity that students can do during the summer holidays to help avoid the summer slide in reading levels. Join this webinar to hear ideas about how to get your school community reading over summer.

Who this webinar is for

This webinar is for primary, intermediate, and secondary school library staff and teachers who'd like to encourage reading over the summer break.

Everyone's welcome. Come along to find out more about summer reading too.

This time or day not suit? We are also offering this webinar at 3:30pm on Wednesday 13 September.

What we'll cover

Join our team for this webinar and hear about:

  • the importance of keeping students reading over the extended break

  • approaches to running an effective summer reading initiative

  • examples of summer reading activities

  • using the National Library's school lending service to support your summer reading — read about our summer lending offer.

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For more information about this webinar, email Anne Dickson at anne.dickson@dia.govt.nz.

Girl doing summer reading in a hammock beside water.

Image credit: Summer reading by Stephen Ondich. Pixabay. License to use.

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