Teachable moments: Commonwealth Day
Are you ready for Commonwealth Day? There’s a lot for our students to learn – and it's all helping to build their knowledge of the world.
Creating fonts for young readers
“Typography” is often not the first thing that springs to mind when describing a designer’s role in the creation of educational materials. Often words like graphics, layout, images, colour, and…
Ready to Write a Ready to Read
Kylie Parry is the author of four Ready to Read titles, Lost, Three Princesses, and her revised takes on the Little Red Hen and Jack and the Beanstalk. Here she reveals just how hard it is to write a…
A River of Stories: An education resource from the Commonwealth
A River of Stories is an illustrated anthology of poems and stories published by the Commonwealth Education Trust. It's a brilliant resource, designed to engage young readers and add energy to…
War themes in the NZ School Journal
If you’ve got students eager for more war-based content, or you’d like to deepen their understanding of what war is, the Ministry of Education’s Instructional Series has you covered.
Get our new open-source font for early level readers
Lift Education was contracted by the Ministry of Education to produce an open-source font that is suitable for students in the early stages of reading. Aronui is the result!
Teaching science is easy with Connected+
Connected+ can help you change the way you teach science to your students. Find out more about this resource and how to make the most of the digital material.