This resource includes 25 under the sea themed writing prompts in three formats: PowerPoints, Journals, and Worksheets. You can choose the ones that suit your class best. Great for sea week! You will receive 25 writing prompts: – Nine Explanation prompts – Eight Narrative prompts (story starters) – Eight Photo Prompts When you purchase this…
This resource provides follow-up activities and home-learning tasks for a new (March 2026) Ready to Read Phonics Plus Rākau Level reader: A Party for Eight 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…
This resource teaches the skill of paragraphing in writing. This resource introduces younger students (working at levels 1 and 2 of the curriculum, or years 1-3) to what paragraphs are, why we use them, and when we use them. It is designed to help students learn, remember and practice when to separate their sentences…
This colourful set of 32 Antonym Tasks Cards helps students to understand the meanings of words and how words function in sentences. Print and laminate these antonyms task cards for regular use! These semantics activities align with the Science of Reading (SoR) and are a practical addition to your structured literacy programme. This set of…
Go paperless with our Winter Digital Writing Prompts! Encourage independence with this easy to use writing activity pack featuring 30 winter writing prompts. This Google Resource will have your students writing persuasive arguments, narratives and explanations using Google Slides in no time! You can get this pack as part of a discounted bundle here. ***This features…
The Day I… Creative Writing Activities Year 2-3 This activity focuses on creative writing, particularly on writing to entertain. This resource includes: six creative writing prompts a planning guide (graphic organiser) self-assessment activities an exemplar creative writing text Students complete engaging writing prompts, focusing on sharing what, where, and why something happened, and…
Practice blending and reading CVC words, CCVC words, and CVCC words using our Snakes and Ladders game. Children roll the dice and move their counter around the board. They read the word they land on (and can practice writing it down on a whiteboard as well). If they land on the red ladder, they…
Stop struggling with curriculum overload. Get our brand-new, curriculum-aligned mapping matrices – completely FREE! Planning for the refreshed August 2026 New Zealand curriculum doesn’t have to drain your weekend. We’ve done the heavy lifting for you! These comprehensive, cross-curricular matrices map our growing library of 70+ whole-class School Journal and Junior Journal teaching packs directly –…
Practice decoding and spelling CVC words, CCVC words, and CVCC words using our car park game. Use this resource as a reading activity, with your guided reading group, or as a whole class activity to practice decoding and spelling CVC words, CCVC words, and CVCC words. This resource contains: 132 CVC words across…
Learn about the country of France with these print-and-go worksheets. In this set of reading comprehension and literacy activities, pitched at Year 2-4 learners, students will learn about the country of France – great in the lead-up to the 2023 Rugby World Cup and the 2024 France Summer Olympics. In this France Country Study…
These Punctuation Power-Up activities are a great boost for those who need some extra practice of punctuation skills. This pack focuses on eight comma rules. We’ve provided two levels, easily identified by the handwriting or standard lines on the worksheet. These worksheets have a food theme. This resource includes 26 activity sheets:…
Our Type of Sentences Grab and Go pack helps you to teach four sentence types (based on function): statement, command, question, and exclamation. We’ve included vibrant posters, ready-to-go activity sheets, and interactive digital resources. These activities have been crafted to engage New Zealand students with sentences brimming with Kiwiana, te reo Māori and…
Practice decoding and spelling CVC words, CCVC words, and CVCC words using our Plant or Compost? game. This is a game to practice blending sounds into words. After reading the words, students decide if they are real or nonsense (made up). They ‘plant’ the real words in the soil, and place the nonsense words…
These Phonics and Structured Literacy teaching slides have been created to specifically support the teaching and learning of five consonant digraphs: ch, sh, th, -ck, -ng. This teaching tool could be used as a warm-up at the start of a structured literacy session, as revision or as a whole class lesson. Both PowerPoint and…
These Phonics and Structured Literacy teaching slides have been created to specifically support the teaching and learning of the nine target sound and letters: l, e, c, f, u, b, g, r, h. This teaching tool could be used as a warm-up at the start of a structured literacy session, as revision or as a…
This pack features 235 New Zealand Sight Words PowerPoint Slides based on the New Zealand (NZ) curriculum High Frequency Sight Words from the colour wheel. These PowerPoint presentations can be used with a small group or with your whole class. At any time in your day that suits, put these presentations up and get your…
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