Resources for Learning

Resources, guidance and information for parents, whānau, teachers and leaders from early learning to senior secondary

Kiwi Kids News

https://www.kiwikidsnews.co.nz/

News about our world for our kids.

Auckland museum:

https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/your-museum/at-home/kids

Take a virtual tour of the museum and have a browse at the games, videos and activities they have on this very cool site

Kiddle is a visual search engine for kids, offering safe kids web, image, and video search.

Don't forget to use kiddle for all your research!!

Auckland zoo

https://www.aucklandzoo.co.nz/kids

Lots of downloadable activities for kids


Cbeebies Radio

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio

Listening activities for the younger ones.

Nature Detectives

https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives/

A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location!

British Council

https://www.britishcouncil.org/school-resources/find

Resources for English language learning

Oxford Owl for Home

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/

Lots of free resources for Primary age

Read Theory

https://readtheory.org

quick, free reading comprehension exercises. Students begin by taking a quiz (a few sample texts with questions) which automatically puts them into a reading level. Students then read fiction and non-fiction texts and answer comprehension questions about the texts. It tracks the progress of the entire class and gives you feedback on student reading progress.

Prodigy

takes gamification to the next level. Students play through a mythological game while answering math questions can be set to the student’s level and continue learning the current classroom math programme, whether that’s add/sub, shapes, fractions or whatever you were learning in class.

Blockly

https://blockly.games

Learn computer programming skills - fun and free.

Tinkercad

https://www.tinkercad.com

All kinds of making.

Mystery Science

https://mysteryscience.com

Free science lessons

The Kids Should See This

https://thekidshouldseethis.com

Wide range of cool educational videos

Crash Course

https://thecrashcourse.com

You Tube videos on many subjects

Crash Course Kids

https://m.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids

As to your left but for a younger audience

Red Ted Art

https://www.redtedart.com

Easy arts and crafts for little ones

The Imagination Tree

https://theimaginationtree.com

Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.

Toy Theater

https://toytheater.com/

Educational online games

DK Find Out

DK Findout

Activities and quizzes