Weblinks

This page has some links to websites we can use to help with our Maths and Literacy learning and some websites we want to share for our topic research. Click on the written link or the picture/icon to get taken to that site.

Here's our school homepage 

__Writing__ [] Jenny Eather is an Australian teacher based in northern NSW who has created some wonderful sites. In this one children can explore all the text types we'll be focusing on this year. It includes detailed breakdowns as well as examples for each year level, and you can even use the templates to write directly online.

__ Reading __ This is a web cache of interesting and fun learning sites for kids literacy skills particularly reading. Open it up and explore! (Although ther is a slight glitch with the icons and font on this version, you can still use it to get to all the sites- float above anything, and if a hand appears as the cursor you can click that link.)



__Math __

[] This site from woodlands primary has LOADS of great interactive maths games

Here are some web links to games and activities based around place value:
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And heres some fun addition games: **__ MATHS ADDING GAMES __** Add up the ladybird dots to make addition sums [] Use tens frames to make numbers and addition sums (choose 4. add on the left side)- [] Two player addition car race- - click on the people in the flying ship, then click on the planet, then click on yes- choose 2 players and put in your names. Click lets race then take turns answering the questions- [] Reveala mystery picture by dragging the number to the right spot on the grid - []
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Save the whale by making ten- [] Use pairs to ten to save the aliens- [] Use pairs to ten in this very tricky but fun game of shooting the numbers that make ten- [] Pairs to ten match up game- just press start and read the instructions (or choose another number from up the top that you can add up to)- []
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Use near double to save the dinosaur from its toothache- [] Use doubles to help you make numbers and answer addition sums in this dartboard game (starts easy but gets hard as you go up levels)- []
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Two player game-blow up the other player’s submarine by adding 10- []
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Using a number line for big addition sums- [] Put in your name and choose what you want to practise- you get timed on this one! []
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Choose how hard you want your addition problems on this site(can get incredibly difficult!) []

Get the frog across the river by adding or subtracting to the right number- []

Tricky addition pyramid puzzle- you choose how hard! - []

TOPIC This website from Yarra valley water links with our __**Environmental Footprints**__ topic in term 2. It has some great activities for kids and is linked to our incusion last term from Cloudia raindrop!

As part of our term 2 topic "biodiversity" we have been looking at food chains. These websites have some fun interactive activities that the kids did with food chains in various biomes []

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