Ministry of Education

Anti-racism roundtable brings voices together June 6, 2023
More than 30 students, representatives of community organizations, and Indigenous and education partners participated in the fourth community roundtable on anti-racism in education to discuss the K-12 Anti-Racism Action Plan and work to address racism in education.
Minister’s statement for Pride 2023 in K-12 education June 1, 2023
Rachna Singh, Minister of Education and Child Care, has issued the following statement to mark Pride 2023 and celebrate the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in B.C.’s education system:
Child care providers celebrated at 2023 ChildCareBC Awards of Excellence May 28, 2023
Child care providers who provide outstanding care, connection and learning environments for B.C. children were recognized at the ChildCareBC Awards of Excellence ceremony held on Saturday, May 27, 2023.
Students benefit from seismic upgrades at David Livingstone Elementary May 24, 2023
Students and staff at David Livingstone Elementary school are safer at school with a newly finished seismic upgrade.

Intermediate Learning Resources (Grades 4-7)

Explore some of these great resources!

Websites

Wide Open School – Hosted by Common Sense Media, this is a collection of learning opportunities for families and for teachers.

CBC Kids – Information, videos, and games

PBSKids.org – Videos and games

Lego: Let’s Build Together – Fun and games with Lego online!

Scholastic Learn at Home

Entertain Kids On a Dime –100 activities to do at home; includes crafts and games

National Geographic for Kids – Most of the site is accessible at no cost.

Oxford Owl for Home – Literacy and numeracy activities and games, plus free ebooks!

Fresh Air Learning – Outdoor activities and crafts

Funbrain.com – Games, videos, reading, playground, mathzone

Storytime from Space – Astronauts read to you from space!

Audible Stories – Free audio stories right now

Brainpop.com – Activities for all academic areas

Highlights Kids – Articles, games, and cool science experiments

Time For Kids – Register here for Time’s online magazine for kids. It contains news, worksheets, and quizzes.

The Measured Mom – Learning at home

Vancouver Island Regional Library – VIRL now has online library card requests. With your card you can unlock the ebook/audiobook collection as well as other digital resources. They are also offering free Wifi outside of their branches.

Free Videos

Dav Pilkey at Home – The author of the popular Captain Underpants and Dogman books, invites kids to draw and have fun with him.

P.E. With Joe – Get moving with this Youtube series!

Haunted Canada Stories – Author Joel Alexander Sutherland is reading a story a day on his Youtube channel.

Storytime with Ryan & Craig – Also available on Youtube, Facebook, and other social media platforms.

Mystery Doug– Science info and videos for K-5. Also available on Facebook.

The French Experiment – Read-alongs in French

Storyline Online – A large collection stories read by celebrities. Also available as an app.

Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems – Children’s book author/illustrator Mo Willems helps children be creative.

Draw with Rob – Artist Rob Biddulph posts draw-along videos.

Kenneth Oppel reads – Canadian children’s author Kenneth Oppel reads from his novels.

For more read-alouds by authors and celebrities, search #savewithstories on Instagram and #operationstorytime on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Youtube.