[Janice Marriott]

Hello Karen

I look forward to receiving your  work after Womad has finished. It MUST have finished by now!  Hope all is well with you.

Janice

[Tanea Stoddart]

Hi Janice and fellow students, my name is Tanea and I have just started this course.  It is something I have wanted to do for years but I struggle with time and my many commitments.  I have taken the plunge and will dedicate time to complete this course over the following year.  I look forward to my learning journey.

[Janice Marriott]

Hello Tanea

I’m looking forward to working with you.  I hope you enjoy the course.

Janice

[Chris Ingram]

Hi I am Chris and I too have taken the plunge and begun the Writing for Children study course. Something I have dreamed of doing, and putting off for “when I have more time!”. Nothing has slowed down but I have the realisation that I have to make this happen. I have Assignment one and a sticker in front of me – “Some day Christine will be a famous writer”. So I being.

[Sonia Hotere]

Hi everyone! I’m Sonia from New Caledonia. I’m excited to start this writing course for children stories this year. I haven’t taken a course of this sort since I graduated from College in 2004. I have moved to New Zealand this year to be with my daughter who attends an intermediate school. I have been looking to train myself on writing for children and found thanks to google the NZIBS course. I know it will be a challenge because english isn’t my first language, but I am confident that this course is going to help me develop my skills as a writer for my favorite audience, children. I’m looking forward to it and will enjoy every step of this journey!

[Paula Taylor]

Hello Janice and fellow 2018 students. My name is Paula and I live in Auckland. I have so enjoyed reading to my grandchildren over a number of years that I started to write storybooks that I thought they might enjoy. This has lead to signing up for this course which I am excited about undertaking. I look forward to all that I can learn from all involved. Great to have fellow people on this journey!

[Janice Marriott]

Hello Paula, Sonia and Chris.

I look forward to your stories.

Janice

[Richard Mountford]

Hello, Janice and all WSC students. My name is Richard, I live in Hawke’s Bay and I’m looking forward to sharpening up my fiction over the next 12 months. Good luck to all for the journey ahead.

[Shelley Clements]

Hi Janice and fellow writing students, my name is Shelley and I live in Kinloch, Taupo.  I’m looking forward to working through this course with you all.

P.S. How did some of you add a profile picture? I can’t seem to find where!…

[NZIBS Admin]

Welcome Richard and Shelley! You can upload/change your photo in the student portal by clicking ‘User Profile’ and then ‘Edit Profile’ (screenshots attached).

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[Shelley Clements]

Thanks Julie, I followed your instructions to add a photo and I can see what the problem is now, I don’t have the option of ‘Edit Profile’ in the settings dropdown box, just My Account, Logout, and Cancel

Hmmmmmm…

 

[Dr Liza Pujji]

@Shelley, can you please try again?

[Shelley Clements]

Yay done, thank you! 🙂

[Dr Liza Pujji]

Awesome!

[Kelly Mattock]

Hello Janice and fellow students.  I have enjoyed reading all your posts this morning.  I am excited for this journey but also a little nervous.  I am a teacher in a low decile school in South Auckland and I love to teach writing.  Congratulations everyone for taking the plunge!