The Minister of Education has launched a new and informative webspace for parents and whānau, designed to help them support children’s learning at home and strengthening the relationship between families, schools and kura.
What is the new webspace and what does it include?
The Parent Portal is an online platform that provides parents and whānau with easy-to-use resources and tools to support their child’s education at home. It allows them to work in partnership with their school or kura and to keep informed about what their child is learning, by including:
• Year-by-year Curriculum Learning Guides: parent-friendly versions of both The New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, detailing what children are learning, why it’s important, and when they’ll be learning it.
• Practice activities: activities that parents and whānau can use to support their child’s learning at home, such as phonics cards with audio files to model correct sounds.
• Informative videos and resources: videos explaining new assessments like the Phonics Checks and Hihira Weteoro, which help identify additional support a child might need, and resources to help parents prepare for the first day of school and parent-teacher interviews.
The Portal can be accessed here:
English
Arabic
Chinese (Simplified)
Dutch
French
German
Italian
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish