Humanities and Social Sciences Links

Twinkl - content for all year levels

Twinkl are offering a one month free membership for parents to access their resources from home. Head to www.twinkl.com.au/offer and enter the code CVDTWINKLHELPS.

There is also support for parents to learn how to navigate the site and resources at

https://www.twinkl.com.au/blog/how-to-utilise-twinkl-during-the-coronavirus-shutdown-a-guide-for-schools.

TeachStarter - content for all year levels

TeachStarter is offering a free one month subscription to its premium service, TeachStarter Plus. You just need to sign up for a free account, then go to the following link to access the free month membership https://www.teachstarter.com/freeplus/

The site also has some put together ‘learning from home packs’ that can be found here

https://www.teachstarter.com/au/blog/covid-19-teach-starters-support-for-schools-teachers-parents-students-affected/#section-2

Education.com - content for all year levels

Education.com is offering additional resources from its premium section to all free tier members. These include stay at home work packs, interactive games and other activities across all curriculum areas.

You can sign up for a free account at www.education.com, then browse their library for resources.

There are also stay at home kits available at https://www.education.com/workbooks/independent/?cid=10.174                                         

ABC’s Behind the News (BTN) - upper primary level activities

Behind the News offers a short, weekly 20 minute video highlighting news and current affairs from the past week, with language and stories aimed at primary school children. The videos are updated on every Tuesday during the school term and can be found here https://www.abc.net.au/btn/classroom/

There is also a teacher resource section that contains activities related to each week’s video here https://www.abc.net.au/btn/teachers/

Scholastic - content for all year levels

The Scholastic books website has a resource section for parents who have children at home over this period, which can be found at www.scholastic.com/learnathome. The site has prepared 20 days of stories, videos and activities that can be searched by student year level.

Topmarks.co.uk - content for all year levels– Interactive Games

This site hosts a huge range of free resources, but in particular a strong bank of interactive educational games.