Check out our most recently released online teaching resources – perfect for in-class and distance learning. We have a range of both print and digital resources to engage your students and save you valuable time.
Develop your students’ history content knowledge, reading comprehension, writing, and literacy skills with this comprehensive whole-class teaching resource, centered around early whalers and sealers in New Zealand. This resource is a perfect addition to your structured literacy program. It offers rich historical content and effective learning strategies. This teaching tool engages students through…
Develop your students’ reading comprehension with this comprehensive resource, focused on Running Wild from the Level 4 November 2024 School Journal. Great as an addition to your structured literacy program. This teaching tool engages students in deep comprehension strategies, vocabulary building, grammar, syntax, sentence structure, verbal reasoning, and content knowledge—key elements of the Science of…
This resource provides follow-up activities and home-learning tasks for five new (June 2026) Ready to Read Phonics Plus readers found in New Zealand schools. An engaging format is used to develop your students’ sense of agency and independence – perfect for your reading rotations. Texts Covered in this resource: Sam and Dad – Kākano Fun…
These 40 slides cover a mix of math concepts suitable for year 7-8 students, focusing on the material they should be familiar with in phase 3 of the New Zealand maths curriculum. Each number includes both a slideshow version and a printable version, which students can use to answer the questions shown on the slide. Perfect…
Elevate your daily math block with these Year 5 (Phase 2) “Number of the Day” slides. Designed to challenge upper-primary students, this resource moves beyond basic whole numbers to tackle millions, decimals, and algebraic thinking. These 80 daily warm-ups are designed to build fluency with larger numbers and rational numbers, helping students switch seamlessly between…
This Ready to Read Phonics Plus bundle provides simple, practice activities to send home to readers who follow the Ready to Read Phonics Plus scope and sequence. It covers all readers in this series, from Kākano through to Rākau. These resource sheets can be printed and glued in a home learning book to accompany the…
The Whaling and Sealing in New Zealand Scavenger Hunt is an engaging cross-curriculum reading comprehension activity. Allow your students to move around the room, visit reading passages and answer questions. Solve the mystery of the First Mate’s Peril! The task card scavenger hunt is designed so students must visit/read each of the ten fact…
We’ve put together a set of reading response activities for the Connected Phase 3 Year 7-8 2024 – The Land of Taniwha text. This resource has everything you need to dive into the articles within this publication. Connected supports Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories and Tīkanga ā-Iwi, social sciences, inclusion, and well-being – within integrated literacy…
These Punctuation Power-Up activities are a great boost for those who need some extra practice of punctuation skills. This bundle includes the following resources: Punctuation Power-Up Activities | Capital Letters Punctuation Power-Up Activities | End of Sentence Punctuation Punctuation Power-Up Activities | Commas Punctuation Power-Up Activities | Speech Marks Punctuation Power-Up Activities | Apostrophes…
Save time and deliver an outstanding descriptive writing unit with this resource, fully aligned with Phase 2 of Te Mātaiaho: NZ English Curriculum. This pack contains everything you need to guide your Years 4-6 students from initial concept to polished final piece. Everything You Need in One Resource Pack: Teaching and Learning: Full teaching…
This resource is designed to give students extra fluency practice. Project the slides on your classroom projector or TV, and you are ready to go! A full teacher script is built into the slides to help guide you through the resource. The words used in this fluency resource are aligned to the scope and…
Enhance Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with the Science of Reading Principles. This comprehensive resource, focused on the story “After the Fire” from the Level 3 November 2019 School Journal, will help you develop your students’ reading comprehension. It is a great addition to your structured literacy program and perfect for a study of the Sāmoan…
Enhance Your Students’ Reading Comprehension with the Science of Reading Principles. This comprehensive resource, focused on the article “Hine-o-te-Rangi: The Adventures of Jean Batten” from the Level 3 November 2018 School Journal, will help you develop your students’ reading comprehension. It is a great addition to your structured literacy program and perfect to integrate with…
This resource is designed as a decodable text for older readers (year 4 – Year 8). It focuses on storms and contains factual information about what you may see in a storm, what to do and what could happen afterwards. Focus Phonemes and Graphemes: It has a particular focus on: /or/ represented by or…
This resource is a comprehension, discussion and activity guide to accompany the novel The Dragon Defenders by James Russell. Paddy and Flynn live on The Island that holds an incredible secret: dragons live there! This book is action-packed, with themes of family, resourcefulness, problem-solving, teamwork and standing up for others and your own beliefs….
This resource is designed to give students extra fluency practice. Project the slides on your classroom projector or TV, and you are ready to go! A full teacher script is built into the slides to help guide you through the resource. The words used in this fluency resource are aligned to the scope and…
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