Home Learning Activities

At Willow Park School, we believe that learning at home should support our children to develop a life-long love of learning. Children do not receive weekly homework sheets as research indicates this does not generally improve outcomes for primary children and has the potential to create negative, stressful situations for children and their families.
 
Instead our teachers promote children reading regularly with the support of their parents. We also expect children to practise their basic facts as deemed appropriate by their teacher. Children will, at times, be asked to find information or complete work at home related to their unit of inquiry. We also encourage parents to explore the following websites that provide a fun way for children to learn at home.  

Click here to view our Home Learning Policy

Senior

 

Play these exciting mathematic games to improve your basic fact recall.	Complex and everyday calculations are addressed in this section. See how to use them in relation to money and different types of numbers	Play multi-player and single-player games to practise basic facts recall

 

A range of games and activities to consolidate different areas of maths	A variety of games and resources to support learning of basic facts.	Interactive maths games

 

Literacy
Junior

Fun games and activities to practise Literacy skills	Interactive stories	Fun games and activities to practise Literacy skills

   Senior

A phonic approach to reading	Interactive spelling and word games.	Fun games and activities to practise Literacy skills

Inquiry

AnyQuestions.co.nz helps you find useful, accurate, online information.  It’s not a ‘quick answers service’ - instead our online librarians are trained to help you work out the sort of information you need, then begin searching with you.