Boost your students’ speaking and listening skills with this engaging pack of 5 Barrier Game Activities! This resource is a fun, hands-on tool designed to directly target the Oral Language strand of the New Zealand Curriculum for Phase 1 (Years 0-3). It provides a purposeful and playful way for students to express ideas and understand…
Your learners will love our differentiated Minibeasts Shared Reading Activities. This pack includes shared reading passages, follow-up activities, and discussion questions. Learn more about twelve fascinating creepy crawlies! In the Minibeasts Shared Reading Activities pack you receive: 1. 12 shared reading discussion passages in PowerPoint presentations: Native Bees Centipede Cicada Cockroach Dragonfly Flax snail Black tunnelweb…
Our Daily Maths Review Slides are a dynamic and effective tool for enhancing memory, retention, and learning. By incorporating principles of spaced practice, interleaved practice, and retrieval practice, these daily reviews offer a comprehensive approach to reinforcing previously taught mathematics content. A great companion to your structured maths programme. Aligns with the refreshed New Zealand…
Our Emotions Vocabulary Slides and Hands-On Activities are a dynamic and effective tool for exploring word meanings. These slides, flashcards and visual aids are a great companion to your structured literacy programme. Expanding students’ vocabulary is crucial for improving their reading and writing skills. Studies have shown that students with larger vocabularies perform better in school, especially in reading. …
This colourful set of 32 End of Sentence Punctuation Tasks Cards helps students to understand one of the key building blocks of sentences. Print and laminate these adjectives task cards for regular use! These grammar-syntax activities align with the Science of Reading (SoR). This resource is a practical addition to your structured literacy programme. Activities…
Your search for New Zealand curriculum-aligned spelling activities ends here! Explore our comprehensive collection of activity sheets meticulously designed to enhance the instruction of 46 spelling rules at the Phase One (Year 1-3) level. See the full list of included spelling rules below. The resource is organised by spelling rules and phonics concepts, so you…
Save time and know your students are completing follow-up activities that build a range of reading and literacy skills. This resource provides games and activities for the Ready to Read Phonics Plus Kākano Seed Level reader: Pip and Tom, found in New Zealand schools. ***This resource is provided in A4 paper size and British spelling.***…
Save time and know your students are completing follow-up activities that build a range of reading and literacy skills. This resource provides games and activities for the Ready to Read Phonics Plus Kākano Seed Level reader: Sam and Dad, found in New Zealand schools. ***This resource is provided in A4 paper size and British spelling.***…
Level up your morning math routine with these “Number of the Day” slides! Designed specifically for Year 2 (Phase 1), set two of this resource builds on Year 1 foundations and introduces students to 3-digit numbers, rounding, and more complex place-value concepts. What’s Covered in Phase 1 (set two): These daily warm-ups align with…
Transform your daily math block with these “Number of the Day” slides! Designed specifically for students in their first year of school, set two of this resource provides a quick, no-prep 5-minute daily routine to build strong number sense and mathematical fluency. This comprehensive presentation is divided into two distinct phases to grow with…
Explore the traditional legend of the Philippines: ‘The Legend of Mount Makiling’ with our set of reading and literacy activities. We have provided two options for you: a set of whole-class teaching slides and worksheets for small-group or independent use. In this Philippines Legend Reading Comprehension and Literacy Activities pack, you receive: 1….
Streamline your literacy block and keep students actively engaged with independent follow-up tasks designed to reinforce essential foundational reading skills. Crafted specifically for New Zealand classrooms, this supplementary pack supports the Ready to Read Phonics Plus Kākano (Seed Level) reader titled Pop, Pop in the Pot. Formatted for A4 printing using British/NZ English conventions. What…
Transform your phonics instruction with these vibrant, evidence-based -R controlled Vowels Posters. Designed for early readers, this resource provides clear visual anchors, mouth-formation cues, and word examples to help students confidently master the trickiest first-year spelling rules. Perfect for structured literacy classrooms, structured intervention, or home learning! Are you looking for an easy, effective way…
Transform your phonics instruction with these vibrant, evidence-based Vowel Teams Posters. Designed explicitly for early readers, this resource provides clear visual anchors, mouth formation cues, and word examples to help students confidently master the trickiest first-year spelling rules. Perfect for structured literacy classrooms, structured intervention, or home learning! Are you looking for an easy, effective…
Save time and know your students are completing follow-up activities that build a range of reading and literacy skills. This resource provides games and activities for the Ready to Read Phonics Plus Kākano Seed Level reader: Dot to Dot, found in New Zealand schools. ***This resource is provided in A4 paper size and British spelling.***…
Bring the fascinating world of New Zealand’s native creepy-crawlies into your classroom! This beautiful printable set features 24 unique NZ minibeasts, each with its name in English and Te Reo Māori, plus a short poem. It includes full-colour and ink-friendly black-and-white versions. This resource is a must-have for any Kiwi classroom, blending science, literacy,…
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