Useful links for students and teachers
- Links for students
- Links for teachers
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New Zealand book links
- As part of the School Journal's 100 year celebrations, children were asked to write about their favourite School Journal author or illustrator. Click here to see the winners.
Bubble Dom Interactive writing workshops for kids
Poetry Zone Created by poet Roger Stevens who is based in Britain. Poetry Zone publishes children's poems and has teacher resources, competitions and interviews with poets.
Sharon Holt's website Sharon pulls a new word from the dictionary every day and makes a meaning up for it. You can vote on your favourite meaning, and check the next day who won. Great fun.
www.bbc.co.uk/arts/books A BBC site dedicated to books and writing.
Cool Reads Hundreds of books reviewed by 10-15 year olds. Users are invited to send in their own reviews or comments. There is an opportunity to play book games and quizzes, or join the cool-talk discussion forum.
Tennyson Street Workshops A two-week summer school for budding writers. All of the tutors have their MA in Creative Writing from Bill Manhire's writing school.
Book Lady A student book club service that provides books and teaching notes for enthusiastic readers in your class.
CWA Digital Conversations This website showcases video conferences throughout the year, including our WordSpace video conferences, two of which are fully accessible online.
Kids Friendly New Zealand A free e-magazine for New Zealand parents with a small section on New Zealand books.
TES One of the world's leading educational newspapers.
Teaching Struggling Readers Glavach and Associates publishes research-based reading programmes for struggling readers.
Te Kete Ipurangi - The Online Learning Centre A bilingual website provided by the Ministry of Education, this is the bible for curriculum, planning and key initiatives.
Poetry for Teachers Contains many ideas and lesson plans for teaching poetry.
International Board on Books for Young People
The National Literacy Trust An independent charity dedicated to building a literate nation and raise literacy standards for all age groups throughout the UK.
Booktrusted.com This section of the Booktrust's website is dedicated to children's books and resources for professionals working with young readers.
The National Reading Campaign Information about promoting reading for all ages and abilities throughout the whole community.
The Reading Agency A charity working to inspire and support libraries in creating the best access to reading for everyone.
