Dedicated web page now live for Oratia's growing list of Teacher Resources

A new page on the Oratia Books website is now live with the growing list of free Teacher Resources. 

On https://www.oratia.co.nz/teacher-resources/ teachers can locate and download free resource sheets that include classroom activities and links to The New Zealand Curriculum. 

Developed by teachers and authors, these aim to give ideas and save time when using our books in class.

The page features resources for five of the six books in The NZ Series, with new notes and lesson ideas for Rush to Riches: Kauri and Gold, and First Encounters: New Zealand 1642–1840 developed by Clementine Fraser, Head of History at Avondale College, Auckland.

Resources are also available for a range of children's books, including the Sharing Our Stories books The River in our Backyard, The Taniwha in our Backyard and The Tunnel in our Backyard (all now back in print). 

Further resources are under development for the new Moana Oceania Series (Pasifika books) and other NZ Series titles. 

We hope that teachers find these resources useful. 

Thanks to Daisuke Hirata of Box Media and Alessandra Zecchini, Oratia's media director, for their fine mahi on the new page.

Oratia's library of Teacher Resources now extends to The NZ Series

Helping time-pressured teachers to use our books in classrooms is a long-term goal of the Oratia Books team. 

So we're pleased to have just launched free Teacher Resources for three of our NZ Series books.

The resource sheets are available for free download from our website for the latest addition to the series, the stunning Weather and Climate New Zealand, along with The New Zealand Wars and Pioneer Women. Links to each resource are on the respective book pages.

The NZ Series introduces New Zealand society, history, science and geography to intermediate- and high-school age readers

Teacher Resources will be out for the other three titles currently in the series — Volcanoes and Earthquakes, Rush to Riches: Kauri and Gold and First Encounters: New Zealand 1642–1840 — in February 2023. 

The resources provide a range of student activities linked to the books, along with guidance for use in line with the New Zealand Curriculum. Retired teacher Sandra Carrod, author of Weather and Climate New Zealand, put together the resource for her book, while the other two are the work of Clementine Fraser, Head of History at Avondale College, Auckland. 

From The River in our Backyard Teacher Resource

We have a range of resources at a more junior level for other books, among them two just-released bilingual picture books: The River in our Backyard/Te Awa e Pātata Rawa Ana and The Grandmothers of Pikitea Street/Ngā Kuia o te Tiriti o Pikitea.

A page from The Grandmothers of Pikitea Street Teacher Resource

Other titles with resources include the Nanny Mihi series, Blimmin' Koro, Captain Cat, Home Child, The Forgotten Wars, The Longdrop, The Water Bottle, When Dad Came Home, and Dawn McMillan's nature series. 

For more detail, refer to our website, or contact Peter Dowling, Publisher.