Below are links to resources to support Literacy learning at home.

WEBSITES

Digital Storybook - The Lost Yeti - Narrated by Stan Walker

Studyladder - Some students will be provided login information, you can create your own child's account if you do not have one.

Pobble 365 - A writing website

Epic Reading - Reading worlds await! ... Epic is the leading digital reading platform—built on a collection of 40,000+ popular, high-quality books from 250+ of the world's best books.

Reading Eggs - Reading Eggs is the online reading program that helps children learn to read. Hundreds of online reading lessons, phonics games and books for ages 2–13.

Vocabulary.com - Vocabulary.com is a platform for lifelong learning, growing with you every step of the way. As you improve, the words that you learn will become more and more difficult.

Read Works - Improve your students' reading comprehension with ReadWorks. Access thousands of high-quality reading resources.

Christchurch City Libraries 

Instructional Series -  Welcome to the English medium literacy instructional series teaching and learning resources for years 1 to 8. (many texts are downloadable as are audios)

Oxford Owl - Discover expert advice, educational resources and free eBooks to support children's learning at primary school and at home, from Oxford University Press. 

Kiwi Kids News - Kiwi Kids News is New Zealand's leading online news platform for young people. We write safe, educational, and engaging daily news articles.

Kea Kids News - Kids friendly version of 'Stuff'

FreeRice - Free Rice is an online internet game that donates 20 grains of rice to the World Food Programme (WFP) for every word that is correctly defined.

Read Theory - Our ever-growing database of ever-green passages fits every level of reading and guarantees your students will never get bored. ReadTheory has enough texts for year-round reading comprehension practice, including home practice.

Spelling City - Improve knowledge of vocabulary words with spelling practice from VocabularySpellingCity.

APPS

My story

Popwords

Letris 4

Word Warp