Educational Resources

Caxton Educational   (www.caxed.co.nz)  

Publishers of the National Curriculum Mathematics series of maths resources.

eLearn   (www.elearn.govt.nz)  

New Zealand's tertiary e-learning portal, aiming to facilitate the sharing of information so that people can more easily access information about tertiary education providers and the e-learning courses that they offer.

Teachers @ Work   (www.treadwell.co.nz)  

Supplying free Internet tools for teachers around the globe. These quality resources are designed to make life in a digital world easier.

Puppetplay   (www.puppetplay.co.nz)  

Selling quality hand, glove and finger puppets, along with masks and cushions. These puppets make an inexpensive gift or wonderful educational resource.

Flexible Learning Network   (www.flexible.co.nz)  

Are you looking for the latest tools, strategies, instructional design and best practices for creating stimulating and effective e-learning and blended learning solutions? The Flexible Learning Network offers you an opportunity to find it all in one place.

Jump Start Kids   (www.jumpstartkids.co.nz)  

Early childcare and learning centre in the heart of Mount Albert.

Captive Communications   (www.captivecommunications.co.nz)  

Professional media produced by experienced personnel. They offer media production, interactive CD's and DVD's, filming, editing, graphic design and Web design for educational and corporate training resources.

Teacher Direct   (www.teacherdirect.co.nz)  

Offers a wide range of quality education resources, for young people from infants to secondary school students.

Hume Fellowship   (www.humefellowship.org.nz)  

The Trust provides for fellowships of up to a value of $30,000 to be awarded when funds are available, or as the Trustees decide. Applicants should be New Zealand citizens, preferably between the ages of 25 and 35, who have a degree in civil engineering.

Education Resources   (www.education-resources.co.nz)  

Free downloads of unit plans and unit plan templates, using the new curriculum and focusing on Moriori and the Chatham Islands. All of the information needed for your next school camp at Kopinga Marae.

ScholarNet   (www.scholarnet.co.nz)  

Covers most of the courses studied at secondary school level in New Zealand. Maths Online is available for subscription for individuals and is free during the school day to registered schools.

Step Up Resources   (www.stepupresources.co.nz)  

Supplying learning centres and schools with supplementary resources to assist in the teaching of numeracy, reading, spelling and writing.

Classmaker   (www.creditscore.co.nz)  

A school-wide lesson planning solution, designed for use by primary school teachers who are in sole charge of a class of between 20 to 40 children.

Future Problem Solving New Zealand   (www.fpsnz.co.nz)  

A year long programme where teams of students learn and apply a six-step problem solving process, which provides them with the tools to tackle problems which they will meet throughout their life.

ABA Books   (www.ababooks.co.nz)  

Producing educational books which are related directly to current school curricula, are student friendly and are appropriately priced for student purchase.

The Answers   (www.theanswers.ac.nz)  

A site where New Zealand university students can buy and sell exam scripts that have scored over 85%.

World Book   (www.worldbook.co.nz)  

Developing exceptional reference materials and educational resources for educators, schools, libraries and familie, enabling creative teaching and independent learning.

Fingerithmatic   (www.fingerithmatic.com)  

A multi sensory technique that uses the memory we all naturally have in our fingers, to help children who have difficulty understanding maths and other learning concepts. New Zealand born systems developer, Frances More, has discovered a simple and fun way to turn the fingers into calculators.

Safe Search (www.safesearch.co.nz)  

A family safe search engine that will filter out sites which contain explicit sexual content and delete them from your search results. Powered by Google Safesearch.

Teachers Work   (www.teacherswork.ac.nz)  

A site designed to support New Zealand early childhood, primary, secondary and tertiary teachers in their work. They aim to disseminate information that teachers might find useful, with a specific focus on the New Zealand context.

New Zealand Schools Debating   (www.debating.org.nz)  

Information on school debating tournament schedules.

Bookgoblin   (www.bookgoblin.co.nz)  

Buy and sell second hand textbooks. The site is 100% free to use and features thousands of used textbooks.

Tessarose   (www.tessarose.co.nz)  

Moving to music is fun and also one of the best ways to stimulate children to learn. A range of song CDs, videos, books and teaching manuals are available to order online.

Learning NZ   (www.learning.ac.nz)  

Available for any individual or organisation in New Zealand to create and run professional online e-learning courses.

Spelling Under Scrutiny   (www.spelling.co.nz)  

The first book, the Teacher’s Resource “Spelling Under Scrutiny”, was the culmination of three years of trial and development.