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Learn from home
The COVID-19 situation has us all adapting to a “new normal”. Staying home gives us time to reflect, but we also know that the brain gets restless and that we like a bit of intellectual stimulation – that’s what this page is for!
Useful links
We’ve gathered below a few links to our favourite learning resources for all ages. Share widely with fellow teachers, parents or to try some of them out yourself!
Wellbeing
- Talking to children about COVID-19
- Child Mind Institute: Supporting families during COVID19
- Helpful videos by Nathan Wallis for parents and whānau
- The Parenting Guide – survival tips for home self-isolation
Science science science
- Nanogirl podcasts for kids, updates weekly
- Science Learning Hub (a variety of topics)
- Curious Minds
- Phet – Free science and math simulations for teaching STEM topics, including physics, chemistry, biology, and math, from University of Colorado Boulder
- Science Experiments for kids
- Geoglossary Update your geological lexicon!
- GNS Science Learning Resources explore the amazing story our country and the earth have to tell!
- British Science Association Crest Awards (at-home science activities for all levels)
The whole whānau
- BBC podcasts (free to download)
- Scratch – program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community
- Amazon Audible books (free whilst schools are closed)
- YouTube Learning – have partnered with Khan Academy and other learning creators to bring parents & families resources and activities to make the coming days as educational and fun as possible
- Audiobooks RNZ – Not for Children (Young Adult reading)
- Learn Coach – a range of resources to support students with NCEA
- Learning from Home (Ministry of Education)
- Khan Academy – a non-profit resource with the mission to provide free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere
- TED ED snackable lessons for everyone
- MENSA daily brainteasers
Something to keep the younger (and young at heart) ones busy
- NZ Geo (updates daily)
- David Walliams (free audiobook every day)
- TIME kids – Digital Library, free for the rest of the school year
- Wheeler’s Ebooks and audiobooks
- Oxford Owl E- library