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Supporting Your child's Learning At Home
Supporting Your child's Learning At Home
We have included a number of links for whānau who want to find out more about supporting their child's learning at home. You might find it useful to look at the suggestions above and below your child's year level too.
Please see your child's whānau teacher if you have any questions.
Insights from Pacific & Māori Parents
Insights from Pacific & Māori Parents
Meet Maria Mitimeti
Maria shares how her family supports her child’s learning journey at home. From reading and singing together to everyday conversations in Vagahau Niue, Maria shows how language and culture can be woven into daily routines to strengthen learning and identity. Her story is a beautiful reminder that when families nurture language at home, they are passing on pride, confidence and belonging to the next generation.
You can find more videos here - Insights From Whānau - supporting your child's learning journey
'School Shorts' Podcast
'School Shorts' Podcast
New Zealand journalist and mum Melissa Chan-Green presents podcast about learning in NZ schools.
These 'school shorts' provide some really useful insights for whānau about what is happening in schools and why.
"As a parent, I was frequently thinking "huh?" when my son came home talking about terms being used at school that just didn't sound familiar anymore.
With a movement to a new way of learning being rolled out in schools around such countries as NZ, Australia, the U.K, U.S and Canada - I have turned my investigative experience to helping parents decipher it all.
Keen to help your child thrive in reading, writing, spelling and maths? School Shorts has you covered."
Literacy At OPS
Literacy At OPS
Ideal Structured Literacy - Activities for whānau can do at home
Ideal Structured Literacy - Activities for whānau can do at home
These activities relate to the resources we use at OPS.
These activities relate to the resources we use at OPS.
Bite-sized activities with Learning MATTERS
Bite-sized activities with Learning MATTERS
Providing bite-sized and practical foundational literacy activities you can do with your children.
These activities are based on the Building Blocks of Reading Success, which highlight the key elements that must be taught for reading success. We encourage you to view the videos in the progressive order we have listed below.
Year 1 - Reading & Writing and Maths
Year 1 - Reading & Writing and Maths
One of the tips for reading is to break unknown words into sounds. The link here takes you to a video which outlines the sounds we use.
When we talk about reading and spelling words we focus on sounds (there are 44-45), rather than the letter name (there are 26).
The Sounds of New Zealand English - Emma Nahna - NZ Speech Language Therapist
Reading at Home _Writing at Home Year 1.pdfMaths at Home (Year 1)Oct 24.pdfYear 2 - Reading & Writing and Maths
Year 2 - Reading & Writing and Maths
One of the tips for reading is to break unknown words into sounds. The link here takes you to a video which outlines the sounds we use.
When we talk about reading and spelling words we focus on sounds (there are 44-45), rather than the letter name (there are 26).
The Sounds of New Zealand English - Emma Nahna - NZ Speech Language Therapist
Reading at Home _Writing at Home (Year 2)Oct 24.pdfMaths at Home (Year 2)Oct 24.pdfYear 3 - Reading & Writing and Maths
Year 3 - Reading & Writing and Maths
One of the tips for reading is to break unknown words into sounds. The link here takes you to a video which outlines the sounds we use.
When we talk about reading and spelling words we focus on sounds (there are 44-45), rather than the letter name (there are 26).
The Sounds of New Zealand English - Emma Nahna - NZ Speech Language Therapist
Reading at Home _Writing at Home (Year 3)Oct 24.pdfMaths at Home (Year 3)Oct 24.pdfYear 4 - Reading & Writing and Maths
Year 4 - Reading & Writing and Maths
One of the tips for reading is to break unknown words into sounds. The link here takes you to a video which outlines the sounds we use.
When we talk about reading and spelling words we focus on sounds (there are 44-45), rather than the letter name (there are 26).
The Sounds of New Zealand English - Emma Nahna - NZ Speech Language Therapist
Reading at Home _Writing at Home (Year 4)Oct 24.pdfMaths at Home (Year 4)Oct 24.pdfYear 5 - Reading & Writing and Maths
Year 5 - Reading & Writing and Maths
Reading at Home _Writing at Home (Year 5)Oct 24.pdfMaths at Home (Year 5)Oct 24.pdfYear 6 - Reading & Writing and Maths
Year 6 - Reading & Writing and Maths
Reading at Home _Writing at Home (Year 6)Oct 24.pdfMaths at Home (Year 6)Oct 24.pdfMinistry of Education Parent Portal
Ministry of Education Parent Portal
Minister of Education Erica Stanford announced on Sunday 4 May a new parent portal. It is linked here...
"Education is a partnership of what happens in the classroom and what happens at home. Parents, caregivers, and whānau play an important role in supporting their child’s learning and development. The new webspace is designed to make it easier for parents, caregivers, and whānau to access clear and up-to-date information on the school curriculum, assessment practices, and ways they can complement their child’s learning."
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