Distance Learning

Please find below suggested activities and useful websites for you and your child during this time.

There are many wonderful resources becoming available daily to support children and families around the world who are learning at home. We will therefore regularly update and add to the links below to share these with you.

Please remember, this is a time to be together as a family and it is not an expectation that all work is completed upon returning to school.

Enjoy this time with your family and stay safe.

Year 5 teachers.

Room 5: logins & reflections
Room 6: logins & reflections
Room 7: logins & reflections
Term 1 Week 8 and school holidays
Non-device activities
Term 2 Week 1 (Wed 15th - Fri 17th)
Term 2 Week 2 (Mon 20th - Fri 24th)
Term 2 Week 3 (Wed 29th - Fri 1st)
Term 2 Week 4 (Mon 4th - Fri 8th)
Term 2 Week 5 (Mon 11th - Fri 15th)

Inquiry

Wonderpolis - Similar to Mystery Doug, but with audio and text explanations.
Brain Pop - Meet the BrainPOP gang and go on an animated adventure together.
Mystery Doug - Doug has unlocked all of his previous videos so you can catch up on years of solved mysteries.
Daily 3 - Visit everyday for a new writing, maths and creative challenge.
Kiwi Kids News - Keep up to date with current events in New Zealand and around the world.
#MetKids - Explore The Met... travel through more than 5,000 years of art in a time machine and try out creative projects at home.

Maths

Wild Maths - A collection of mathematical games, activities and stories, encouraging you to think creatively.
Mathletics - Get up to date with your assigned tasks before challenging your friends to a live basic facts battle.
Prototec - Keep practising your basic facts with these quizzes. Try challenging yourself with a time limit!
Maths Playground - Explore hundreds of maths games, logic puzzles and more.
Prodigy - It is a free, Pokemon-style maths game that has been proven to help improve your maths scores and confidence.

Writing

Writing Legends - Try Storyathon or Quick Write tasks added each week. Plan, draft, write and edit your work before receiving feedback.
Pobble 365 - A new picture every day! If the image doesn’t spark a thousand ideas, simply scroll down and use the activities provided.
Story Bird - Become an author and illustrate your story with beautiful artwork! Choose from 10,000 images to bring your words to life.
TopMarks - Improve your spelling and grammar, punctuation, writing, stories, reading or poetry by playing hundreds of games.
Literacy Zone - A variety of fun games and activities to help improve your grammar, punctuation and writing skills.

Reading

RNZ Storytime - A collection of free children's audio books. All written and produced in New Zealand for little kids, kids and young adults.
Read Theory - Improve your reading comprehension skills in a fun way.
Study Ladder - Hundreds of lessons, activities, games, worksheets and videos to help your learning of English, Maths, Science and more!
Fun Brain - online stories eg. Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Sisters Club & Tom Gates.
Online Storytime by Barnes & Noble - Bring Storytime to life wherever you are with a read along and activity sheets.

Languages - French, Te Reo Māori, ESOL

Language Nut - Access 22 languages including French, German and Spanish. Improve your reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.
Duolingo - Select a new language to learn or continue revising French.
Māori Dictionary - Can you create your own A-Z of new Māori words?
Tōku Reo - 100 video lessons for beginners to experts!
French (Bitesize) - Animated videos and real footage of France to support your learning.
Learn English, Kids - Lots of free online games, songs, stories and activities to support children learning English.
Chillola - Learn your first words in 5 languages... You can print the activities and learn more about the countries' cultures and their people.

STEM

Scratch - Code to create your own stories, games and animations.
Code - Keep up your coding skills with access to hundreds of free projects.
The Typing Cat - Practise your typing skills by playing the games and doing the timed tests to challenge yourself.
Mystery Science - Let Doug answer your scientific questions! He many more videos and follow up activities ready for you to do at home.
NASA - Launch rockets, build a hovercraft, create a winning science fair project and more! These science, technology, engineering and math activities are fun for you and your whole family.
Science Bob - Bob encourages you to practice Random Acts of Science by providing instructions and videos for interactive science experiments.

Music

Chrome Music Lab - Simply click on any of the boxes and experiment. Learn by doing and share your compositions with your family.
Isle of Tune - A musical sequencer with a twist… Build roads with houses, trees and streetlights so cars can drive past and make music.
Virtual Piano -Play the piano on your computer. Use the music sheets and keys to play your favourite songs.
Classics for Kids - An introduction to classical music! Learn about composers, instruments, make your own music and listen too!

PE

PE with Joe - Every day Joe does a 30 minute PE lesson in his own living room! Join in with millions of other children around the world!
GoNoodle - Short interactive videos that will get you to move and be more mindful during everyday tasks around your home.
The Kids Coach - Fun, easy to follow fitness and wellness exercise videos. You will superhero squat, stomp jump and gecko walk your way to better motor skills, core strength and coordination.
Kidz Bop - Have a dance party in your living room with these dance routine videos set to your favourite songs.

Art

Bomomo - There are many different options for creating your piece of digital art. Learn to use each tool and see what you can create.
Toy Theatre - Original art activities for you to express your creativity while developing visual skills, expression and problem solving.
How To Draw... - A massive drawing library! You'll find everything from how to draw cupcakes to the sorting hat from Harry Potter. What're you waiting for? Grab a marker and follow along.
Scrap Colouring - Free online colouring pages with variety of colourful patterns and images for hours of fun and creativity.

Other...

National Geographic for Kids - Find amazing facts about animals, science, history and geography, along with competitions, games and more.
Switcheroo Zoo - At Switch Zooyou can make new animals, play animal games, build a biome, learn about animals, and hear animal music.
Disney Pixar - Watch and learn all about the making of your favourite films! Who knows, one day you might end up making movies...
Magic Tree House - Climb up the tree and enter the tree house to find puzzles, games and quizzes on any of the 45+ MTH books.
Typing Cat - Learn touch typing and improve your typing speed and accuracy.

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