If you would like to help your child develop their literacy and numeracy skills these links below are child (and parent) friendly. They reinforce and build on the concepts your child will encounter in the classroom to support your child’s learning.
Information for Parents/Carers
Literacy
Dear diary, writing to you is so good for me (5-11 years)
Get a grip on your child's pencil grip (4-8 years)
Bookworms devouring books together (5-9 years)
Learning to read 1: phonemic awareness (5-8 years)
Learning to read 2: phonics (5-8 years)
Learning to read 3: vocabulary (5-8 years)
Learning to read 4: fluency (5-8 years)
Learning to read 5: comprehension (5-11 years)
Numeracy
Helping with primary school maths homework (5-11 years)
How good is your child with money? (5-11 years)
Maths problem, no problem (10-11 years)
Activity ideas to do with your child
QLearn
The Early Years Count (0-8 years)
The adventures of education kid (5-11 years)
Word of the Week (5-11 years)
BBC Bitesize (5-11 years)
Spelfabet (5-9 years)
ICT Games (5-8 years)
Boredom buster board game (5 -11 years)
Math Prodigy (5-11 years)
Math Playground (6-11 years)
ABC Education (4-12 years)
Australian Children's Television Foundation (4-12 years)
Aussie Educator (4-12 years)
Learning Potential (4-12 years)
ABCYa
Study Ladder
The Great Outdoors
Fluency and Fitness
Free educational subscriptions
Twinkl (Use code AUSTRCODE for a month free)
General wellbeing
Bullying. No Way!
Human rights education
Healthier happier Qld
Reach out
Department Apps
Our useful range of mobile device apps includes school information finders, a language development app, and an iPad story app to help children with their social and emotional development.
Look out for news additions as we continue to develop interesting and relevant apps for both children and adults.
Sally and Possum app
Sally and Possum Season 1 (ipad only version)
Sally and Possum Season 1. The world's first app exclusively in Australian Sign Language (Auslan). Join TV's Sally and Possum as they combine Auslan and game-based learning to improve literacy and numeracy in deaf and hearing-impaired children aged 4-6.
Sally and Possum Season 2 (ipad only version)
Sally and Possum Season 2. Sally and Possum are back! Join them as they continue their quest for knowledge and adventure using Australian Sign Language (Auslan) in a series of challenging and rewarding games.
SPEAK app
SPEAK app (Speaking Promotes Education And Knowledge) provides lots of fun, free activities, ideas and information for parents, carers and educators to support and nurture language development in children from 0 to 6 years of age.
Take a Stand
Read up on tips and advice about bullying through the
Take a Stand browser-based app.