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Assessment Resource Banks News, Winter 2018

Submitted by jonathan on Fri, 08/24/2018 - 10:06

Talofa lava, Kia orana, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Talofa ni, Mālō e lelei, Ni sa bula.Welcome. 

Nau mai, Haere mai.

We have some handy new online-interactive assessment resources for your classroom that will help get you through winter.

It is great to see so many of you using the online-interactive assessment resources with the Student URL and the My folder feature. For those of you who haven’t tried, make sure that you share the Student URL with your students so you can see their results in the Completed resources tab.

This update includes:

Autumn 2018 ARB formative assessment trials

Submitted by jonathan on Tue, 02/20/2018 - 15:28

Get involved in the Level 1 ARB resource trials
12th March- 6th April 2018
 
Talofa lava, Kia orana, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Talofa ni, Mālō e lelei, Ni sa bula and Welcome.  
Kia ora 
Nau mai, haere mai,
 
We are looking for a few more classes to trial our new upcoming Level 1 assessment resources.
 

When we develop new resources, we pilot and trial our items with groups of students. Trials are conducted online, with students working individually or small groups. 

They involve students working online with whatever devices they usually use in class or at home (desktop, laptop, tablet). 

ARB newsletter | April 2017

Submitted by jonathan on Mon, 04/10/2017 - 17:23

Talofa lava, Kia orana, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Talofa ni, Mālō e lelei, Ni sa bula.Welcome. 

Nau mai, Haere mai.

Welcome to 2017

 
It's great to offer you a selection of new assessment resources that explore:
  • punctuation and grammar, comprehension and inference in English, with some resources being suitable for ESOL learners;
  • observations, explanations, classification, and exploring patterns in science; and
  • interpreting graphs, properties of shapes, patterns, position and orientation, and a number of the additive and multiplicative operations in maths.

New resources

New ARB resource trials 2017

Submitted by jonathan on Thu, 11/17/2016 - 17:11

Talofa lava, Kia orana, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Talofa ni, Mālō e lelei, Ni sa bula and Welcome.  
 
Kia ora 
Nau mai, haere mai,
 
We are looking for a few more classes to trial our new assessment resources.
 
We have a range of resource collections across different curriculum areas for you to trial before Thursday, March 9th, 2017. 
 
Follow the link below to the collections
 
or if you would like to access the trial collections directly:

Recycling Week: 7-13 November 2016

Submitted by jonathan on Tue, 11/08/2016 - 11:57

Kia ora
 
Recycling Week aims to raise awareness about recycling and help people improve their recycling habits. Now in its 5th year, an increasing number of businesses and schools are  proactively taking part in Recycling Week. Check out: Recycling week.
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On the ARB website there are a number of assessment resources that you might like to use during Recycling week.
Here is a selection.
 
Science (Level 3)

ARB newsletter - August 2016

Submitted by jonathan on Wed, 08/10/2016 - 08:42

Talofa lava, Kia orana, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Talofa ni, Mālō e lelei, Ni sa bula.
Welcome.  Nau mai, Haere mai.

Welcome to our mid-year, 2016 newsletter.
 
Here are the topics we’re highlighting in this newsletter:
  • Our resource developers have been busy and have recently added 36 new online-interactive assessment resources to the banks.
  • A selection of ARB resources that explore Poetry (for the upcoming National Poetry Day).
  • Assessment resources for Conservation week 10th-18th September.

ARB newsletter - Welcome to February 2016

Submitted by jonathan on Wed, 02/03/2016 - 16:09

Talofa lava, Kia orana, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Talofa ni, Mālō e lelei, Ni sa bula.
Welcome.  Nau mai, Haere mai.

Welcome to term one 2016
Kia ora everybody!
A very warm welcome back to the new school year.  We hope you had a good break and are ready for 2016.
Here are the topics we’re highlighting in this newsletter:
  • Our resource developers have been busy and have recently added 27 new online-interactive assessment resources to the banks.
  • Seaweek begins on 27 February with the theme: Toiora te Moana – Toiora te Tangata – Healthy Seas, Healthy People.  Check out the links to related ARB resources below.

ARBs with spring and summer themes - November 2015

Submitted by jonathan on Thu, 11/05/2015 - 09:09

Kia ora koutou
Spring is now well upon us.
We’ve put together a list of ARBs with spring and summer themes.
You will need to be logged in to view the resources (don't have a teacher login? register)
 
For those of you with your feet in spring,
germinating seeds, life cycles, etc, may be your thing.
And
For those of you leaping into summer,
water safety, the beach, etc, may be sunnier.

 

Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week

Submitted by jonathan on Wed, 09/02/2015 - 18:06

Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week is 14th-20th September.
 
This includes Clean Up Events in local areas.
 
If your school is participating, why not take advantage of these activities to include a bit of science?
The following ARB resources can provide some ideas.
 
Level 2
Level 3
Levels 3 and 4
Level 4

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