English and Maths
Literacy and numeracy digital resources (websites and apps), reading resources,
English activities and Australian curriculum English information K-12
K-12 Digital Resources
IXL Dynamic adaptive online learning au.ixl.com/
Money Smart MoneySmart https://www.moneysmart.gov.au/mst-digital-resources/money-and-people/start_here.html
MoneySmart - Matching money www.moneysmart.gov.au/mst-digital-resources/money-match/index.html
MoneySmart Primary School Digital Activities (majority are animations) https://www.moneysmart.gov.au/teaching/teaching-resources/teaching-resources-for-primary-schools
ABCya letters, numbers, strategy, skills http://www.abcya.com/second_grade_computers.htm
Study Ladder http://www.studyladder.com.au/ Web based program based on learning through fun!
Public Broadcasting http://pbskids.org/ Educational games and videos from Curious George and more!
Knowledge Adventure http://www.knowledgeadventure.com/age/5-year-old-games/ Games for all ages
Zoodles http://www.zoodles.com/free-online-kids-games/5-year-old_sentence-structure Sentence structure games
Starfall http://www.starfall.com phonemic awareness, systematic phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension (Also has maths programs)
Harcourt http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/sensort/index.html complex, compound, simple sentence
Teach Hub http://www.teachhub.com
Read write think Read, write, think Picture match game
Spelling City for older students learning to read www.spellingcity.com (Good for ideas however it's US spelling).
keyboarding http://www.thekidzpage.com/freeonlinetoys/toys/aquarium.htm
Keyboard Challenge http://www.abcya.com/keyboard.htm
Keyboard skills games http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games/typing_practice1.html
Keyboarding games http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/featured-games/typing-challenge.html
Typing game http://play.bbc.co.uk/play/pen/ghdxbnvx7h
Dance Matt Typing http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6t
Typing Game http://www.abcya.com/kids_typing_game.htm
Typing Game http://www.typinggames.zone/
Numeracy and Literacy apps 2015/16_
Life Cycle app http://www.ipadsforeducation.vic.edu.au/education-apps/apps/99-a-life-cycle-app
Customised spelling test app http://www.ipadsforeducation.vic.edu.au/education-apps/apps/102-a-spelling-test
Money education app http://www.ipadsforeducation.vic.edu.au/education-apps/apps/257-aussie-kids-count-coins
Rocket Speller ipad app
Math Bingo ABCya.com
Bugs and Numbers Little Bit Studio, LLC
Algebra MathHelp.com
MathsLands app Kids logic game and brain builder: Designed to develop mathematical reasoning and problem-solving abilities.
ABC Splash
Autism apps http://www.autismpluggedin.com
Numeracy and literacy Website resources
BBC Skillwise - Words http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/ Age group: Middle and upper primary and lower secondary. This site was developed to help adults improve their reading, writing skills but is also useful for middle to upper primary and lower secondary students. It provides fact sheets, worksheets, quizzes and games in: grammar, spelling, reading, writing, listening and vocabulary.
BBC KS2 Bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/ lower and middle primary. Games and activities in: reading, writing, spelling and grammar.
Read Write Think Parent Resources http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/ Age group: Prep-12. Engaging ways to introduce children to reading or to encourage them to write. Provides age-appropriate book suggestions and rainy day activities. The site is fun, educational, and easy to use outside of school. Published by the International Reading Association.
Woodlands Junior School: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/literacy/index.htm primary. Activities and games in: words and spelling, grammar, punctuation and writing.
Spelling City: http://www.spellingcity.com/ Age group: All ages. This partly-commercial site allows you to enter your child's spelling words to help them enjoy their spelling homework and achieve a perfect score in spelling test. With spelling and word games to play online, SpellingCity.com makes practicing for spelling tests fun and exciting for kids. Children can practice their weekly spelling and take their spelling tests online. They can also play spelling and vocabulary games.
Maths Builder http://www.mathsbuilder.com.au/ ie. http://worksheets.mathsbuilder.com.au/esa/3/ES041917#3D_Space+3_01 - This interactive resource is a game in which the student is required to identify three-dimensional shapes, match geometric shapes to everyday objects or describe key features of the shapes. The student chooses a question and then selects a tile that answers that question. Immediate feedback is given, and, when the answer is correct, the tile turns over to reveal part of a picture
Maths and science resources http://inteleducationresources.intel.co.uk/maths_and_stem_space.aspx
Asia Education: maths resources http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/curriculum/details/counting-games
https://www.jumpstart.com pirate game and many others. Worksheets. Need to log in after registering with an email address.
http://www.kidslearningstation.com/time/telling-time-30min.asp_ Learning to tell the time.
http://www.kidslearningstation.com/phonics/contractions/worksheets/contraction-matching-worksheet.pdf_
Odd and Even Maths Games http://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/number/oddandeven/
Reading Resources
Dust echoes: ancient stories, new voices :http://www.abc.net.au/dustechoes Years 5-9. Animated Dreaming stories have been collected from the Wugularr (Beswick) Community in Arnhem Land. Visually stunning, the stories illustrate and explain the origins of Aboriginal laws and customs, teach respect and morality and entertain. Activities and study guides can be downloaded. Some of the stories are more suited to secondary students.
Children's Book Council of Australia. Children's Book of the Year Awards http://cbca.org.au/awards.htm Age group: Years P-12. Award-winning books from Australian authors and illustrators are listed here. Reviews can be obtained from their published guides such as Notable Australian Children's Books 2010.
BookHive: your guide to children's literature and books http://www.cmlibrary.org/bookhive Age group: Years P-12. This guide to children's literature, from a public library in the USA, contains hundreds of reviews and recommended reads.
Money Smart MoneySmart https://www.moneysmart.gov.au/mst-digital-resources/money-and-people/start_here.html
MoneySmart - Matching money www.moneysmart.gov.au/mst-digital-resources/money-match/index.html
MoneySmart Primary School Digital Activities (majority are animations) https://www.moneysmart.gov.au/teaching/teaching-resources/teaching-resources-for-primary-schools
ABCya letters, numbers, strategy, skills http://www.abcya.com/second_grade_computers.htm
Study Ladder http://www.studyladder.com.au/ Web based program based on learning through fun!
Public Broadcasting http://pbskids.org/ Educational games and videos from Curious George and more!
Knowledge Adventure http://www.knowledgeadventure.com/age/5-year-old-games/ Games for all ages
Zoodles http://www.zoodles.com/free-online-kids-games/5-year-old_sentence-structure Sentence structure games
Starfall http://www.starfall.com phonemic awareness, systematic phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension (Also has maths programs)
Harcourt http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/sensort/index.html complex, compound, simple sentence
Teach Hub http://www.teachhub.com
Read write think Read, write, think Picture match game
Spelling City for older students learning to read www.spellingcity.com (Good for ideas however it's US spelling).
keyboarding http://www.thekidzpage.com/freeonlinetoys/toys/aquarium.htm
Keyboard Challenge http://www.abcya.com/keyboard.htm
Keyboard skills games http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/keyboarding_games/typing_practice1.html
Keyboarding games http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/featured-games/typing-challenge.html
Typing game http://play.bbc.co.uk/play/pen/ghdxbnvx7h
Dance Matt Typing http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/z3c6t
Typing Game http://www.abcya.com/kids_typing_game.htm
Typing Game http://www.typinggames.zone/
Numeracy and Literacy apps 2015/16_
Life Cycle app http://www.ipadsforeducation.vic.edu.au/education-apps/apps/99-a-life-cycle-app
Customised spelling test app http://www.ipadsforeducation.vic.edu.au/education-apps/apps/102-a-spelling-test
Money education app http://www.ipadsforeducation.vic.edu.au/education-apps/apps/257-aussie-kids-count-coins
Rocket Speller ipad app
Math Bingo ABCya.com
Bugs and Numbers Little Bit Studio, LLC
Algebra MathHelp.com
MathsLands app Kids logic game and brain builder: Designed to develop mathematical reasoning and problem-solving abilities.
ABC Splash
Autism apps http://www.autismpluggedin.com
Numeracy and literacy Website resources
BBC Skillwise - Words http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/words/ Age group: Middle and upper primary and lower secondary. This site was developed to help adults improve their reading, writing skills but is also useful for middle to upper primary and lower secondary students. It provides fact sheets, worksheets, quizzes and games in: grammar, spelling, reading, writing, listening and vocabulary.
BBC KS2 Bitesize: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/ lower and middle primary. Games and activities in: reading, writing, spelling and grammar.
Read Write Think Parent Resources http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/ Age group: Prep-12. Engaging ways to introduce children to reading or to encourage them to write. Provides age-appropriate book suggestions and rainy day activities. The site is fun, educational, and easy to use outside of school. Published by the International Reading Association.
Woodlands Junior School: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/literacy/index.htm primary. Activities and games in: words and spelling, grammar, punctuation and writing.
Spelling City: http://www.spellingcity.com/ Age group: All ages. This partly-commercial site allows you to enter your child's spelling words to help them enjoy their spelling homework and achieve a perfect score in spelling test. With spelling and word games to play online, SpellingCity.com makes practicing for spelling tests fun and exciting for kids. Children can practice their weekly spelling and take their spelling tests online. They can also play spelling and vocabulary games.
Maths Builder http://www.mathsbuilder.com.au/ ie. http://worksheets.mathsbuilder.com.au/esa/3/ES041917#3D_Space+3_01 - This interactive resource is a game in which the student is required to identify three-dimensional shapes, match geometric shapes to everyday objects or describe key features of the shapes. The student chooses a question and then selects a tile that answers that question. Immediate feedback is given, and, when the answer is correct, the tile turns over to reveal part of a picture
Maths and science resources http://inteleducationresources.intel.co.uk/maths_and_stem_space.aspx
Asia Education: maths resources http://www.asiaeducation.edu.au/curriculum/details/counting-games
https://www.jumpstart.com pirate game and many others. Worksheets. Need to log in after registering with an email address.
http://www.kidslearningstation.com/time/telling-time-30min.asp_ Learning to tell the time.
http://www.kidslearningstation.com/phonics/contractions/worksheets/contraction-matching-worksheet.pdf_
Odd and Even Maths Games http://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/number/oddandeven/
Reading Resources
Dust echoes: ancient stories, new voices :http://www.abc.net.au/dustechoes Years 5-9. Animated Dreaming stories have been collected from the Wugularr (Beswick) Community in Arnhem Land. Visually stunning, the stories illustrate and explain the origins of Aboriginal laws and customs, teach respect and morality and entertain. Activities and study guides can be downloaded. Some of the stories are more suited to secondary students.
Children's Book Council of Australia. Children's Book of the Year Awards http://cbca.org.au/awards.htm Age group: Years P-12. Award-winning books from Australian authors and illustrators are listed here. Reviews can be obtained from their published guides such as Notable Australian Children's Books 2010.
BookHive: your guide to children's literature and books http://www.cmlibrary.org/bookhive Age group: Years P-12. This guide to children's literature, from a public library in the USA, contains hundreds of reviews and recommended reads.
English Activities
Word Hunt: Take a piece of paper and write a word at the top of the page. Give your child a magazine to cut up. How many words can you find that come after the word at the top of the page? Cut out the words and paste them on the paper.
Alphabet Hunt: In an old magazine or catalog, have your child find a word for each letter of the alphabet. Paste them on a sheet of paper in ABC order.
Tic Tac Toe spelling game
Alphabet Hunt: In an old magazine or catalog, have your child find a word for each letter of the alphabet. Paste them on a sheet of paper in ABC order.
Tic Tac Toe spelling game
Maths Activities
Tic Tac Toe Maths game and sports warm-up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRDp5HcZyVA
Odd and Even game: Two players, both players clench right fist. On the count of three each player extends either one or two fingers. If both players extend the same number of fingers then it's 'even'. If one player extends one finger and the other extends two fingers - they are 'odd'. Just before the fingers are extended Player A calls 'odd' or 'even'. If player A's call proves correct that player wins a point (can be marked on a table with a pencil) and gets another turn at guessing. If the guess is incorrect Player B calls the next round.
Odd and Even game: Two players, both players clench right fist. On the count of three each player extends either one or two fingers. If both players extend the same number of fingers then it's 'even'. If one player extends one finger and the other extends two fingers - they are 'odd'. Just before the fingers are extended Player A calls 'odd' or 'even'. If player A's call proves correct that player wins a point (can be marked on a table with a pencil) and gets another turn at guessing. If the guess is incorrect Player B calls the next round.
Australian Curriculum Maths
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Australian Curriculum Early childhood: English/Writing
Scope and Sequence
Students write for a range of purposes and in a range of forms using conventions appropriate to audience, purpose and context. Kindy to pre-primary
Curriculum Scope and Sequence: Writers create texts for different purposes including: Typical sequence of content:
o to entertain through rhymes
o to recount through captions and diaries
o to describe through labels and captions
o to socialise through notes and electronic cards
o to instruct through shopping lists and lists of things to do
o to explain through routines and classroom rules
o to inquire through notes and telephone messages
o to persuade through posters and catalogues (http://det.wa.edu.au/curriculumsupport)
Students write for a range of purposes and in a range of forms using conventions appropriate to audience, purpose and context. Kindy to pre-primary
Curriculum Scope and Sequence: Writers create texts for different purposes including: Typical sequence of content:
o to entertain through rhymes
o to recount through captions and diaries
o to describe through labels and captions
o to socialise through notes and electronic cards
o to instruct through shopping lists and lists of things to do
o to explain through routines and classroom rules
o to inquire through notes and telephone messages
o to persuade through posters and catalogues (http://det.wa.edu.au/curriculumsupport)
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The Foundation to Year 10 Australian Curriculum: English
- Foundation Year Achievement Standard Receptive modes (listening, reading and viewing) By the end of the Foundation year, students use predicting and questioning strategies to make meaning from texts. They recall one or two events from texts with familiar topics. They understand that there are different types of texts and that these can have similar characteristics. They identify connections between texts and their personal experience.
They read short, predictable texts with familiar vocabulary and supportive images, drawing on their developing knowledge of concepts about print and sound and letters. They identify the letters of the English alphabet and use the sounds represented by most letters. They listen to and use appropriate language features to respond to others in a familiar environment. They listen for rhyme, letter patterns and sounds in words.
Productive modes (speaking, writing and creating)Students understand that their texts can reflect their own experiences. They identify and describe likes and dislikes about familiar texts, objects, characters and events.
In informal group and whole class settings, students communicate clearly. They retell events and experiences with peers and known adults. They identify and use rhyme, letter patterns and sounds in words. When writing, students use familiar words and phrases and images to convey ideas. Their writing shows evidence of sound and letter knowledge, beginning writing behaviours and experimentation with capital letters and full stops. They correctly form known upper- and lower-case letters. http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/english/curriculum/f-10?layout=1
- Senior secondary subjects
- English, English as an Additional Language or Dialect,
- Essential English, Literature.
Yr 11 English - Foundation Course Syllabus
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Yr 12 English Foundation Course Syllabus
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Yr 11 English General Course Syllabus
Yr 12 English General Course Syllabus
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