Useful+websites

**Below are useful websites and a brief description of what they are about** ** If you have useful educational websites please add them to this page and give a brief description of what to expect. ** [] An excellent site for parents and students to learn about staying safe while using the internet.

[] This site is great for practicing weekly spelling words. Put your words in and it will give you games, activities and test you

[] Use this site to practice times tables. You can do them in your own time or try and beat the clock. Click on interactive games to play times tables games. Does not have division questions

[|www.**tutpup**.com] A fun site where children can compete against children from NZ and around the world in mathematics and spelling. Children will need the class code from their teacher to log on as part of the class.

[] Magic Pen- Pretty much the most awesome physics based educational game to play on your whiteboards (if you have them) or just on the computer. Hard to explain, but great.

[] An outstanding website where famous people read books online. Your students will watch and listen in awe while Froddo and Darth Vader and other folk like that share great books on the computer. I highly recommend it as this site has good resources to download also.

[] Explore the wickEDly cool things on this site! [|Quizzes], [|crosswords], [|interactives] and games in English and [|te reo Māori], a [|gallery of student artworks], [|profiles of inspirational New Zealanders], an [|information station], and [|activities and games based around topics] – it’s all here – on wickED!

[] **Are you ready to become a VISY Enviromaniac?** Play the games in this site that are linked to a fun study module at school, learn how to look after the environment and make the world a better place. By signing up and playing the games, you earn Enviropoints. The more points you earn, the more you can make positive changes to your online world, making it a better place. Sign up now!

[] BeFunky Photo Effects allow everyday people to easily create photographically rich and artistic results from their digital images without the need for any technical knowledge. These "one-click" photo effect options produce desired results effortlessly and each effect comes with the option to make simple adjustments.

[] A govt website giving facts and information about native fresh water creatures.