Here are some resources to help get your child ready to start school, and to assist in choosing a school.
- First day of school - books for kids
- Readiness for school - books for parents
Preparing your child for school
- Ready for reading
- Activities to help develop the skills that lead to reading.
- Learning Parties
- We arrange for our Outreach librarian to come and host a learning party - at home, our early learning centres. We present stories and Ready for reading packs to the children and teach you how to play fun games together that encourage early literacy skills
- Building literacy skills at home
- Tips for supporting your child’s reading development.
Choosing a school
- School finder service
- The Ministry of Education’s School Finder service.
- Early childhood and school reports
- Search for Education Review Office ERO reports on schools.
- Ministry funding deciles
- A school’s decile indicates the extent to which it draws its students from low socio-economic communities and determines how much funding they get. From the Ministry of Education.
Find a school
- Primary schools in Christchurch and Canterbury
- Contacts for Christchurch and Canterbury in CINCH.
- Kura kaupapa in Christchurch and Canterbury
- Contacts for Christchurch and Canterbury in CINCH.
- School choice – New Zealand
- Resources on school choice in New Zealand in our collection.
Alternative schooling and special education
- Home schooling
- Contacts for Christchurch and Canterbury in CINCH.
- Canterbury Home Educators
- Organizes shared activities and resources for parents home schooling in the Canterbury region.
- Special education
- Contacts for Christchurch and Canterbury in CINCH
