Resources+for+learning+at+home

=Supporting your child's learning = Support your child’s learning after the Christchurch earthquake. Resources for parents covering ages 1 to 13 and students in kura kaupapa. ==Resources for == At a time of stress and uncertainty, it’s important to try to introduce routine for children and young people. Creating a sense of normality will help them feel some security. One way to do this is to provide familiarity. Going to school and early childhood every day is a familiar routine for children but for many in Christchurch, this has been lost. You can help them at home with familiar activities such as creative play, reading, writing and maths for younger children and encouraging older students to do things like spending time on useful online education resources. Listed below are links to a number of website resources suitable for different age groups. You may find these useful to support your child’s learning while they’re away from school. We will update this material as more and relevant information is available. ==Early childhood education == Young children learn and express themselves through their play. Where possible give children a range of activities and toys to play with and keep their minds active. You may find that some children want to re-enact aspects of the earthquake over and over again. This is their way of trying to make sense of and understand what has happened. There's a range of [|play ideas on our ECE Lead website]. For ideas on early childhood maths activities, [|visit our NZMaths website]. ==Primary school students == ===Years 1 to 3, ages 5 to 8 === For young children, reading and writing is a good way to keep them learning. If possible give them paper and pencils or crayons. Drawing can be helpful for young children to deal with shock and stress. If you have flour and water, make up some play dough because modelling can also help. These resources are appropriate for primary school students and can be the basis for continued learning at home while schools are unable to open. You may wish to seek advice from any teachers available on the best resources to use. ===Years 4 to 8, ages 8 to 13 === Creating a quiet space for children in this age group is important, as many need time out after such a stressful event. Computers can be a good distraction and learning tool. Listening to calming music, while reading or writing, can also be helpful for some students. Creating art is also a helpful activity. > > Help is available to access material and answer questions about what you could be doing with your children: ==Secondary school students == Many secondary students will be anxious about their study and concerned they will fall behind. If they have classmates nearby and it’s safe to meet up, they could study and revise together. Below are resources appropriate for secondary school students. These may be the basis for continued learning at home while schools are unable to open. You may wish to seek advice from any teachers available on the best resources to use. ===Years 9-10, ages 13 to 15 === ===Years 11 to 13, ages 15 to 18 === These sites may also be helpful, although are more targeted at teachers: ==Kura kaupapa Māori == These resources are for all kura kaupapa Māori students.
 * [|Early childhood education]
 * [|Primary school students]
 * [|Years 1 to 3, ages 5 to 8]
 * [|Years 4 to 8, ages 8 to 13]
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 1px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; clear: both; color: #7c3520; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.6; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[|Secondary school students]
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 1px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; clear: both; color: #7c3520; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.6; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[|Years 9 to 10, ages 13 to 15]
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 1px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; clear: both; color: #7c3520; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.6; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[|Years 11 to 13, ages 15 to 18]
 * <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 1px 0.5em; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; clear: both; color: #7c3520; font-size: 0.9em; line-height: 1.6; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 1.75em; margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 12px; text-decoration: none;">[|Kura kaupapa Māori]
 * <span style="clear: both; color: #7c3520; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none;">[|Supporting Reading and Writing and Mathematics]
 * <span style="clear: both; color: #7c3520; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none;">[|Te Kura The Correspondence School]
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|Mathematics activities for families] supports New Zealand students to progress in numeracy and mathematics
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|The NZ Maths site] has open access for a limited time to enable Christchurch families to access these learning objects
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|Digistore is a storehouse of digital content] to support learning across the curriculum from early childhood to senior secondary
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|This organisation] has kindly enabled free access for Christchurch teachers, parents and students to their learning materials until 20 April 2011. Login CCNZP password minus
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|AnyQuestions.co.nz] puts you in touch with a skilled and friendly online librarian. Using interactive software and an agreed information literacy approach, these librarians can help school students identify the information they need, and then guide students to quality online resources
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|BBC schools website ages 4-11] provides learning activities across a range of subject areas that support literacy and numeracy development. The activities can be done with parents/tutors or by students independently.
 * <span style="clear: both; color: #7c3520; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none;">[|Supporting Reading and Writing and Mathematics]
 * <span style="clear: both; color: #7c3520; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none;">[|Te Kura The Correspondence School]
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|WickEd online learning for 7-12 year olds] with learning activities in English and te reo Māori that support literacy and numeracy development. The activities can be worked on with parents/tutors or by students independently. wickED now has a parents’ and a children’s forum for Christchurch students and their families affected by the earthquake.
 * <span style="clear: both; color: #7c3520; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none;">[|Menu of activities]
 * <span style="clear: both; color: #7c3520; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none;">[|Spelling tests and fun]
 * <span style="clear: both; color: #7c3520; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none;">[|Menu by interest topic]
 * <span style="clear: both; color: #7c3520; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none;">[|Mathematics activities for families]
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|This organisation] has kindly enabled free access for Christchurch teachers, parents and students to their learning materials until 20 April 2011. Login CCNZP password minus
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|AnyQuestions.co.nz] puts you in touch with a skilled and friendly online librarian. Using interactive software and an agreed information literacy approach, these librarians can help school students identify the information they need, and then guide them to quality online resources
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|Digistore a storehouse of digital content] to support learning across the curriculum
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|Science Learn] to support science learning
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|Biotech Hub] links modern biotechnology in New Zealand to the school curriculum
 * <span style="clear: both; color: #7c3520; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none;">[|BBC schools website ages ages 11 to 16]
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;">Christchurch students affected by the earthquake can access [|Te Kura The Correspondence School learning resources] as a short-term step to help keep up with their studies
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|Digistore is a digital content storehouse] to support learning across the curriculum from early childhood to senior secondary
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|Science Learn] gives access to a range of learning units and topics aligned to the New Zealand Science Curriculum
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|Biotech Hub teaching resources] for primary and secondary schools.
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|Study It a study support website for NCEA students] . The site has three main sections:
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|Content section] levels 1, 2 and 3
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|Support section] exam advice
 * <span style="clear: both; color: #7c3520; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none;">[|Encouragement]
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|Communicate] access to mentors
 * <span style="clear: both; color: #7c3520; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none;">[|Christchurch Students Forum]
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;">Christchurch students affected by the earthquake can access [|Te Kura The Correspondence School] learning resources as a short-term step to help keep up with their studies.
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|NCEA TKI] has links to the subject matrices for 2011, and the NCEA internal assessment resources for each subject
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|NZQA has NCEA information] . [|NZQA subject resources] has links to standards, past exam papers and schedules etc
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|Science Learn] provides access to a range of learning units and topics aligned to the New Zealand Science Curriculum
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|Biotech Hub teaching resources] for primary and secondary schools.
 * <span style="clear: both; color: #7c3520; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none;">[|Māori Education Community News]
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|Hoatu-Hōmai] a communication for all kura at all educational levels to share resource material that may otherwise be unused or discarded
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|He Kohinga Rauemi ā-Ipurangi] Online Māori catalogue
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|Online Pūtaiao science dictionary] has images, diagrams, audio features in English and Māori languages
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|Mā te Pouako Māori-medium] teachers’ notes
 * <span style="clear: both; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px;"> [|Te Reo Pāngarau] Māori dictionary
 * <span style="clear: both; color: #7c3520; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.6em; margin-left: 17px; margin-top: 0.6em; padding-left: 0px; text-decoration: none;">[|Ngā Rauemi Reo Māori NZ maths]

<span style="color: #060909; font-family: National,Verdana,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: normal;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(http: //www.correspondence.school.nz/__data/assets/image/0009/81/p2_bottom.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px; width: 635px;">

<span style="color: #8b1300; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Christchurch students
<span style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-right: 12px;">Christchurch students affected by the earthquake who cannot return to their regular school in the meantime can access learning resources from Te Kura as a short term step, so you can keep up your studies. There is no need to enrol – just select the level of study from the links below, then the subject you are studying. <span style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-right: 12px;">Students in years 1-6 or 7-10 can go straight to the links at the bottom of this page.

<span style="color: #8b1300; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Students in NCEA courses
<span style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-right: 12px;">Have a look at the Course and Assessment Guide for the course on the links below first, to see how to work through the course. <span style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-right: 12px;">Some resources are on-screen PDFs, some are on OTLE, some on subject websites and some are in print. OTLE is our online teaching and learning environment. To log into the OTLE and have ‘read only’ access to this course content, go to our [|login] page, click on the link to log into the OTLE and type in ‘guest’ as your user name, and 12345678 as your password. <span style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-right: 12px;">Visual arts and horticulture are available as online courses via our Te Kura subject website. To log into the [|visual arts] website, use ‘ar1000’ as the username and password for NCEA Level 1, and ‘ar220z’ for NCEA Level 2. [|Horticulture] does not require a password. <span style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-right: 12px;">If you have questions as you are working through any of the resources, call us on 0800 65 99 88 and select ‘0’ to speak to the receptionist. If you tell her which resource you are working on she will be able to put you through to someone who can help. <span style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-right: 12px;">If you are already enrolled with us continue with your work as usual. <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #ffffff; url(http: //www.correspondence.school.nz/__data/assets/image/0008/80/p2_top.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; height: 13px; margin-left: 20px; margin-top: 10px; width: 660px;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(http: //www.correspondence.school.nz/__data/assets/image/0009/81/p2_bottom.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: 0px 100%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; padding-left: 20px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 0px; width: 635px;">
 * <span style="url(http: //www.correspondence.school.nz/__data/assets/image/0013/67/list_item.gif); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: -21px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px;"> [|Year 1-6 Resources]
 * <span style="url(http: //www.correspondence.school.nz/__data/assets/image/0013/67/list_item.gif); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: -21px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px;"> [|Year 7-10 Resources]
 * <span style="url(http: //www.correspondence.school.nz/__data/assets/image/0013/67/list_item.gif); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: -21px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px;"> [|NCEA Level 1 Resources]
 * <span style="url(http: //www.correspondence.school.nz/__data/assets/image/0013/67/list_item.gif); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: -21px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px;"> [|NCEA Level 2 Resources]
 * <span style="url(http: //www.correspondence.school.nz/__data/assets/image/0013/67/list_item.gif); margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: -21px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 0px;"> [|NCEA Level 3 Resources]