Cool Links
Fairfax NiE recommends these websites:
News
Teaching and learning links
Fairfax NiE provides Activboard resources with the help of Promethean classroom technology. Follow the link to find out all about Promethean Planet's interactive technology and resources.
The official encyclopaedia of New Zealand’s people, history, environment, culture and society.
Information and resources about New Zealand’s history.
wickED is a Ministry of Education website providing engaging curriculum-based learning activities in English and te reo Māori.
Statistics New Zealand's web database for up-to-date facts and figures about New Zealand. Click on “Schools' Corner” from the quick links on the right of the homepage.
A web portal with links to learning resources for a variety of subjects and levels.
News and information related to geography, science, culture and the environment. It features a dedicated kids’ page for younger users and an education portal hosting teaching and learning resources.
Riveting talks on a variety of topics by remarkable people.
Provides links to video clips about learning in a variety of subjects.
This blog is about children's and young adults’ literature, literacy research, and ways to get, and keep, kids reading.
This website takes important places, events and things, and overlays them onto a map of where you are, e.g. the Great Wall of China in comparison to New Zealand.
A collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest, e.g. youth literacy, international food aid, births and deaths, carbon emissions, and more.