Home Learning Links
Integrated Learning (Learning across the NZ Curriculum)
Te Kotare Waiata Book – Te Kotare Waiata Songbook with words and music available via Youtube, Itunes, Google Play and Spotify
Matariki – Story about Matariki (would be great to use as we approach Matariki)
Sparklers – Ideas for supporting hauora (health and wellbeing)
Tales from Te Papa – Stories about a range of different topics relating to New Zealand history and society. (Well worth a look)
Te Kura – Learning resources from Te Kura (New Zealand Corrispondance School)
Wonderopolis – Great site for intersting clips to make your tamariki wonder???
The Kids Should See This – another great site of high interest clips about anything and everything. You can subscribe to receive their emails. (Great for young and not to young!)
Reading
Epic – Online Reading Books.
Ready To Read Colour Wheel Audiobooks – select the colour wheel level that your child is reading and it will show you the books available at your child’s level. Choose a book and DOWNLOAD AUDIO
Junior Journals – select the colour wheel level that your child is reading and it will show you the books available at your child’s level. Choose a book and DOWNLOAD AUDIO to hear the story and/or click on TEXT to see the text as a PDF
School Journals – select the Curriculum Level your child is working at (top of their reading goal sheets) and/or your child’s year level to see text available. Choose a book and click on TEXT to read it as a PDF or DOWNLOAD AUDIO to hear the story.
Writing
StepsWeb – Letter sound and spelling online learning programme
Writing At Home with Murray Gadd – Mini writing lessons presented by Murray Gadd (writing consultant)
Mathematics
E-Ako – teachers will share details about how your child can log into this site
Studyladder – Maths site suitable for all ages.
NZ Maths – Maths At Your House. Great ideas for supporting your child’s development of mathematics through everyday experiences.
Science and Technology
Nano Girl's Explanation of the Covid-19 Virus – Useful when talking with your children about the virus
New Zealand National Geographic – Learning From Home resource. It has a new topic added every day with great activities for you to do at home.
School Gen – Online Games, Maker Projects and Ebooks about science and technology
Science Kids – Science Experiments you can do at home
About Us
Rimu School is a Full Primary school, which caters for students from new entrant through to year 8. Our school is proud of the supportive, caring environment which focuses on meeting the individual needs of each and every student. We are a country school only 10 minutes from the city.
