Useful links
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Useful links to educational sites for parents and students.
Please contact fiona.ross@ashborough.school.nz if you find useful websites that are worth adding for our parents or students to visit.
For links to class wikis and blogs please visit 'Kids Zone' page (top right tab. |
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Students Links
Studyladder is a highly effective, logically organised, Mathematics and Literacy program. http://www.studyladder.co.nz
Christchurch City Libraries Site: Very useful portal to reviewed eduational links and relevant educational material for childrens school based research. http://christchurchcitylibraries.com/Kids/
Fact Monster is a free reference site for students, teachers, and parents. Get homework help and find facts on thousands of subjects. http://www.factmonster.com/
Teaching spelling and vocabulary is easy with VocabularySpellingCity! Students can study and learn their word lists using vocabulary and spelling learning. http://www.spellingcity.com/
Reading Eggs makes learning to read interesting and engaging for kids, with great online reading games and activities. http://readingeggs.co.nz/
School tube: A useful alternative to youtube - educational video site to upload to and find suitable material to download or link to. http://www.schooltube.com/
Ministry of Education site for students: Provides links to websites and interactive games relating to Maths, Science, and Technology. Also features a student newspaper and a weekly challenge poll. http://www.wicked.org.nz/
Go Animate - create free animated cartoon style movies to load to blogs and wikis. http://goanimate.com/
Parents Links
Ministry of Education parents portal; http://www.minedu.govt.nz/Parents.aspx
NZ Maths site: Curriculum support http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/
Cybersafety information; http://www.netsafe.org.nz/
http://kiwifamilies.co.nz/ for parents with children of all ages covers everything from education and nutrition to parenting challenges,
http://www.parentingteensonline.com/ This website provides resources that improve communication between parents and their teenagers.
http://www.parent2parent.org.nz/ is an information and support network for parents with children that have special needs.
