Home Learning
NZ Education Information Website for Parents
| Website Link | Notes |
|---|---|
| Learning and Development at Home | Ideas to help with reading, writing and maths |
| Supporting School Maths | Supporting your child’s maths learning at home |
| Maths at our House | This section provides some ideas for how you can raise awareness and share mathematics |
| Maths Kete | The kete will include materials that are helpful in learning about maths through making and finding things and playing games together |
Websites for Children
| Website Link | Notes |
|---|---|
| Time for Kids | TIME for Kids has published a weekly magazine for elementary school students |
| Kiwi Kids News | Kiwi Kids News is the news website for New Zealand students and teachers |
| Seesaw | Seesaw creates a powerful learning loop between students teachers and parents via student driven digital portfolios showcasing students learning and allowing teachers, students and parents to provide feedback on activities. |
Maths
| Website Link | Notes |
|---|---|
| Cool Maths | Where basic numbers start to get interesting |
| ict games | This site provides educational activities |
| Study Ladder | Build a strong educational foundation with fun and engaging activities |
Literacy
| Website Link | Notes |
|---|---|
| Storyline Online | Reading aloud to children has been shown to improve reading, writing and communication skills, logical thinking and concentration, and general academic aptitude, as well as inspire a lifelong love of reading. |
| ict games | This site provides educational activities |
| Study Ladder | Studyladder has thousands of engaging learning resources for children; including games, video tutorial and printable activity sheets |
| Duffy Books in Homes | Reading aloud to children has been shown to improve reading, writing and communication skills, logical thinking and concentration |
Useful Websites
| Website Link | Notes |
|---|---|
| Scholastic | Day by day projects to keep kids reading, thinking, and growing |
| Hei Hei | HEIHEI is a bright and cheerful streaming platform filled exclusively with safe, age-appropriate content. It is packed full of stuff that speaks to those young at heart. |
| House of Science | Science builds key skills like critical thinking, questioning and problem solving |
| Mindfulness for Children | Through breath techniques and visualisation, tamariki gain a sense of presence |
| GoNoodle | Movement Powers Change – Exercise |
| Scratch | Create stories, games, and animations |
| Kiwi Conversation Club | Our quarterly Wild Things magazine. The magazines are aimed at ages 5-13 years and make topics like wild rivers, marine reserves and worms understandable, engaging and fun using a range of articles and activities. |
| Department of Conservation | Nature is everywhere – learning can be done in the backyard garden, on your balcony, from the window and around your property. |
| The James Dyson Foundation | We want to inspire the next generation of engineers and scientists and we want to do this by hands-on learning and experimentation. |
YouTube
| Website Link | Notes |
|---|---|
| House of Science | Colour Wheel, Puzzle Me This, Lets Make Cheese, Te Bag Rocket |
| KapaHaka | With Matua Whaitiri Poutawa |
| 5 Minute Crafts | Survival hacks and skills are essential for anyone who lives in the city or in wildness |