Resources and Services for Primary School Teachers

Services

Visit The Library

See how you can bring your class to visit us.

Host The Travelling Roadshow at your school!

The Travelling Roadshow is an interactive programme of story reading and storytelling for junior classes, years 1 - 3 only. It is presented by library staff at your school. Early bookings for the year are essential. Contact the Centre for the Child.

Membership

It is free to join the Library.

• Two forms of ID are required: name ID e.g. a passport, and address ID
• Children under 16 years must have a parent’s or legal guardian's signature
• Library enrolment form [PDF]

If you intend to bring a group of students in for enrolment, it is a good idea to ring the library beforehand to arrange a time - see our Contact Us page for contact details.

Resources

Teachers' resources

Christchurch City Libraries has created a Matariki learning resource pack for teachers of pupils in Years 1 to 8. Full of practical examples and ideas, this resource can be used to incorporate Matariki into subjects such as art, dance, English, science, social science and social studies.

Download the Matariki learning resource pack [146Kb].

Online guides for kids

• Children’s collections
• Good reads for kids - including a list of interactive reading guides and read-alikes of favourites
• Homework – see how many ways we can help you with your homework
• Kids fact sheets - Early Christchurch, Famous New Zealanders, New Zealand Disasters and more
• New Zealand Children's Authors - interviews with over 90 authors plus original stories from many of them

Internet Gateway web links

• Kidstuff - selected websites for kids
• Education sites
• Primary and intermediate schools

Resources in Our Catalogue

• Education, primary
• Primary school teaching
• Primary schools