Please click on link below to access a very helpful resource by the Department of Education and Training.

Literacy & Numeracy - Tips to help your child

At Home Learning Activities

To access at home activities for French and Art - please click on the links.

Art at Home Activities

French at Home Activities

Online Learning Sites

Websites

• Victorian Department of Education and Training: Learning from home https://www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/Pages/coronavirus-home-learning.aspx
• IXL English: Online English skills to practise
  From phonics and reading comprehension to writing strategies and more.
  https://au.ixl.com/ela 
• IXL Mathematics: Online mathematics skills to practise
  Helps students to gain mastery and fluency of essesntial skills.
  https://au.ixl.com/math 
• Scholastic: Learn at home
  Even when schools are closed, you can keep the learning going. Keep kids reading and thinking.
  https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html
• Australian Government: Learning potential
  Select from a range of learning tasks that may interest your child.
  https://www.learningpotential.gov.au/age-group/primary-school
• nRich: Problem solving tasks
  These tasks are linked to the UK curriculum (which is very similar to the Victorian Curriculum).
  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11h3pSE48lMxcP_839w9EgCdUhDaBixfXOEZNniIGrwc/edit#gid=1970937135 
• Fun Brain
  Play games while practising reading and maths skills.
  https://www.funbrain.com
• Star Fall
  Practise your phonics skills with these read along stories.
  https://www.starfall.com/h/
• Into the book
  Go "into the book" to play games and practise reading strategies.
  https://reading.ecb.org
• Apps to install to support home learning (from Reservoir View PS. Thanks.)
  https://www.williamruthvenps.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/apps_to_use.pdf

General literacy and numeracy tasks

• Victorian Department of Education and Training: 201 Literacy and numeracy ideas (PDF)
  https://www.williamruthvenps.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/201_literacy_maths_tips.pdf 
• National Council of Teachers of English: Book report ideas (PDF)
  https://www.williamruthvenps.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/book_report_ideas.pdf 
• Q-Matrix resources
  Use these resources to take turns, with your child, in asking/answering questions about a text that he/she is reading.
  https://www.williamruthvenps.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/qmatrix_resources.pdf
    YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0zOFyX22so
• Helping your child with counting (PDF)
  https://www.williamruthvenps.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/parents_count_too_helping_your_child_with_counting.pdf 
• Helping your child with mental calculations (PDF)
  https://www.williamruthvenps.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/parents_count_too_helping_your_child_with_mental_calculations.pdf 

Build basic number fact knowledge

• Addition and subtraction number fact wheel template (PDF)
  https://www.williamruthvenps.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/addition_and_subtraction_wheel_template.pdf 
• How to make an addition and subtraction number fact wheel
    YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK3dWX3Rpls
• Multiplication and division number fact template (PDF)
  https://www.williamruthvenps.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/multiplication_and_division_wheel_template.pdf 
• How to make a multiplication and division number fact wheel
    YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_tTj1kcowM
• Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division games (PDF)
  https://www.williamruthvenps.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/addition_and_subtraction_wheel_template.pdf  
• Why children have difficulties mastering the basic number fact combinations and how to help them (PDF, Article)
  https://www.williamruthvenps.vic.edu.au/uploaded_files/media/mastery_of_basic_facts_article.pdf 

Instructional guides for helping your child with the four operations

• Addition: Introduction to the concept using materials
    YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwcr9KQ8te0
• Addition: Traditional Method Guide
    YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jszsw66zE6U
• Subtraction: Introduction to the concept using materials
     YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtyxR-t2FpE
• Subtraction: Decomposition Guide
     YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmK_zDVVJoo
     YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRyL32l3NmU
     YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwi7dNJiGcM
• Multiplication: Expanded Notation Method guide
     YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__KLd8eJpvE
• Multiplication: Traditional Method guide
     YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uj0skOnba1o
• Division: Chipping Away Method guide
     YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iM2W6J6aQdc
   
• Division: Reading the Whole Number Method guide
     YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU8QaTok0z0

General worksheet revision from your child's teacher/s:

• Prep: Literacy worksheets • Numeracy worksheets
• Year 1: Literacy worksheets • Numeracy worksheets 
• Year 2: Literacy worksheets • Numeracy worksheets 
• Year 3: Literacy worksheets • Numeracy worksheets 
• Year 4: Literacy worksheets • Numeracy worksheets 
• Year 5: Literacy worksheets • Numeracy worksheets 
• Year 6: Literacy worksheets • Numeracy worksheets 

Here are some more links to some great educational sites!

Let us know if you have other great sites we can share on our list.

For Parents

Video to watch to prepare parents for report time

Mood Meter Program information

Michael Grose's Parenting Ideas Magazine

Michael Grose's parenting ideas site

Michael Grose's 'Reading Your Child's Report'

Steiner pre-school

Positive Education and Well-being

Bucket Fillers

Maths

A mixture of number and shape activities for grades P-6.

An amusement park of maths which is full of FUN!

A fun way to learn your times tables!

Literacy

Make your own wacky online stories for grades 3-6.

Based on the popular I Spy books. A mixture of activities with links to the magic school bus, Clifford and more!

Magic School Bus homepage

A fun little spelling game for grades P-6.

Other Sites of Interest

A National Geographic site designed just for kids!

A site that makes Science so much fun!

Links to all areas of education including maths, reading and spelling.

Art Attack homepage. Popular television show devoted to Arts and Crafts.

An interesting site where kids can perform virtual knee surgery, become a crash scene investigator or create an odd machine. Grades 3-6.