Jacqui Sharp

17/04/2026

Progress rubrics are here.

NZC - Resource

15/04/2026

And here is one for the Seniors

Teacher’s Notes PDF of text Level 3 June 2014 Reading : Comprehension: Vocab: Knowledge: Knowledge of meaningful parts of words (morphemes) and word origins (etymology) can help with working out a word’s meaning. Practice: using knowledge from other learning areas and topics to determine the mea...

15/04/2026

And here is one for the juniors.

Teacher Notes Reading: Making use of stated and implied information or ideas in a text to make connections with their own knowledge, make predictions, and build understanding Art: Explore different materials to make Poppies PDF of text Shared Book January 2014 © Jacqui Sharp updated 2026 Music: M.....

15/04/2026

Here are a couple of ANZAC resources you might find useful. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1i7mflDH1IvgJQYB4G5t-0RDOCW8ghyouQi8KZzSyL_c/edit?usp=sharing and https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1qGOyIXXwwagamuY6OT3lPxKrt-x0ZjIgVBAD3TNuoHI/edit?usp=sharing

The ANZAC Biscuit Reading Learning Intention: We are learning how to notetake on websites and movie Writing Learning Intention: We are learning how to write ideas in a graphic organiser. © Jacqui Sharp updated 2026

16/03/2026

An oldie but a goodie, I have used Free Rice for years in classrooms as a warmup for Literacy and Maths in particular. But they also have Science and Social science categories as well. Students love playing Countries of the World under the History tab as well. https://play.freerice.com/categories

15/03/2026

New Financial Maths guidance on Tāhūrangi providing scope and sequence from Year 0 to 10. Has links to resources https://newzealandcurriculum.tahurangi.education.govt.nz/5637328329.p

12/03/2026

Tāhūrangi have also added Handwriting lessons for Year 0-8

Teaching Handwriting

12/03/2026

New Ministry approved fonts for handwriting for Google. Go to Fonts and More fonts, type in Playwrite NZ and tick all the boxes. You will be able to use these in Google Docs, Slides and Sheets.

29/11/2025

It's Christmas time again! I have updated the Christmas site.

NorthPole.com

27/11/2025

My next favourite Maths manipulatives to use is https://toytheater.com/category/teacher-tools/virtual-manipulatives/ There is something there for all levels. Some of them are Fraction, Decimal and Percentage strips, Area, Perimeter explorer, arrays, number lines, graphs of all kinds, number frames and charts, protractor, angles, dice and spinners, rulers, scales, Place value, Number bonds and so much more. I suggest adding this as a bookmark as you will use these manipulatives many times in your teaching.

19/11/2025

Digital Manipulatives are a great resource for teaching maths. Over the next few posts I will be showcasing some of the best. Today is Math Learning Centre apps. https://www.mathlearningcenter.org/apps There are 13 apps, some examples are Number Frames, Math Clock, Fractions and many more. They can be used from Year 1-6. There is a function where you could create a maths activity in the app and students can receive that activity on their Chromebook or iPad by typing in a code. These are great apps to use in small group work and for students to show their understandings.