SLAV’s Professional Learning forecast for 2019
Welcome back to the new school year. The team at SLAV has planned another exciting year of professional learning with something for every member of staff, teachers and school leaders. The conference program for the year will commence 29 March…
Reading forum series – podcast
The third of four SLAV Reading Forums planned for 2018 was held 6 September at Kew Primary School. These events are proving to be very popular with school library staff, teachers and parents. This month’s program featured a panel discussion…
Brand new, refurbished or still planning! – New school libraries
To be confident in having a say in the planning and design of your new or refurbished school library you need to be informed. To this end, SLAV is once again providing an opportunity to explore the possibilities and share…
Readers, reading and authors -it’s all happening in 2018
On March 1 SLAV held the first of the Reading Forum Series for 2018. This forum, held at Melbourne Grammar School, focused on books for primary students with six publishers sharing their new titles for 2018 with the audience. Authors…
Real libraries vs Fake News – SLAV Conference
School Library Assoc of Vic commenced 2018 by welcoming Dr Susan La Marca to the helm as Executive Officer of the Association. Susan, a well known and respected member of the school library community both within Australia and internationally, has led the…
Citizen Science – involving students in real world activities
Involving students in active projects during the closing weeks of the school year is not only a productive use of the closing weeks, it’s also an opportunity to introduce students to Citizen Science and kindle a fire of enthusiasm they…
SLAV Conference – Choose, Read, Succeed!
One hundred and seventy delegates enjoyed a brilliant series of contributions from the presenters at last week’s School Library Association of Victoria Conference, Choose, Read, Succeed: Partnerships of Practice, the last professional learning event for 2017. From the amusing Opening…
2017 Victorian Schools Games & Apps Challenge
With great excitement, the School Library Association of Victoria is proudly managing the delivery of the 2017 Victorian Schools Games & Apps Challenge. The Challenge is a Victorian Department of Education initiative with the support of Microsoft and is open…
Screen It 2017 – ACMI Competition
ACMI presents Screen It 2017, a national competition of school-aged filmmakers, animators and game developers. To be in the running for the great prizes you’ll need to produce a live action film, animation or video game in response to the…
ClassAct 50 Task Challenge for digital citizenship
The ClassAct 50 Task Challenge, a digital literacy challenge sponsored by the Office of the Children’s eSafety Commissioner. ClassAct consists of 50 challenges that schools are encouraged to work through with students to develop a culture of respect and positive interaction…
