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Numeracy Links - Click on these to explore various numeracy games & activities to consolidate your learning.

Guess My Number You are given clues in order to figure out numbers. eg You add 2 to me and you get 50. Guess my number.		Rainforest Maths Great interactive activites organised into year levels.
Illuminations 103 online activities for developing mathematics skills.
Junior High Math Interactives These are really high quality interactives and activities - I enjoyed the fractions smoothie making activity.
Interactivate Maths Activities A HUGE bank of maths activities organised by topic.		Division Tips and Tricks A useful list of tricks to help you divide better.
Factors Game I lost in a big way against the computer. This requires a HUGE amount of strategy.
Math Playground The games index on this comprehensive resource site.		Skillwise - Numbers Designed by the BBC for adults but still some really useful content.
MathZone A problem solving adventure where the two main characters have to solve a number of maths problems to escape from kidnappers.		Maths Zone  A collection of Math games from the UK
Math Magician Try out your basic facts using these drill games.		The Maths File Games Show Play games and do activities with hosts from the ancient world - a BBC site.
Maths is Fun Both online activities and printable worksheets		Placevalue Charts Practice different making different numbers by expanding out numbers.
Woodland School Maths Activities Aimed at 7 to 11 year olds with a huge number of resources		Clock Start from the current time or any other time and ask students what it will be in, for example, 20 minutes time. Then use the 'Add 10' button to add on twenty and see what it will look like.
Multiplication.com A LOT of resources for the teaching of basic fact including printables and really engaging interactive games. Highly recommended.		NZMaths Play Strand or Level appropriate games to learn numeracy.
Literacy Links - Spelling,Writing & Grammer
		Wordsmith A dictionary site that is integrated with a thesaurus and also helps you to generate vocabulary sheets and quizes.
Authors Index from Scholatic Find out about almost any author for children from this database.
Children's Poetry Archive A very well presented site with a large bank of poems. There is also some information about poets.		The Spellits From the BBC and designed for seven to 10 year olds.
Woodlands School Literacy Activities Again there are a huge number of resources in this section.		Read to Feed Part of an organisation where children can participate in readathon type events to help buy animals for people in third world countries. This link leads you to games and activities on their website as well as real stories of the children helped by the project.
Into the Book An awesome resource that explores eight reading strategies for children to use. Very engaging and with a great teacher section as well.		Writing with Writers A site by Scholastic on how to write in various genres with advice from real authors.
Faiground Spells A site built around a Fairground theme where childen can practise their English skills.		Scholastic Games A large number of aciivities for kids. Many are based around specific texts from Scholastic but they can often stand alone as a good activity.
Communicating your Ideas with Newspapers, Comics and Posters An excellent site with great interactive activities to help children learn about features of each of these texts and have a go at designing their own.
Writing Fun Find out about ever genre of writing and use the text organisers (which you can print) to organise your ideas. An excellent resource for the teaching of writing!!		BookBox Find out about authors, get tips from them on how to write, read some stories and texts online, and play some word games.
Visuwords This free online tool enables you to enter a word and see all a visual map of associated words and concepts. It also shows you parts of speech and the types of lines connecting ideas show you the type of connection.		Spellingcity Includes spelling games and spelling tests. Great for working on those weekly spellings/spelling lists!

Inquiry Resources

Learning about the World Use the interactive features on this website to explore the world! Click on ExpediaHall.
Smart Kiddies A generic educational resource suitable for Parents, Students and Teachers.		TKI - Wicked Topic Ideas and Resources. This site is aimed more at Teachers.