Distance Learning

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.