Founded in 2000 by family duo Nicola Smith and Geraldine Sloane, Essential Resources is a successful and innovative educational publisher. Today over 90% of New Zealand schools and over 50% of Australian schools use our resources.
On board is an extensive team of authors, designers, editors and IT experts committed to producing best-quality products and services that meet the demands of the 21st century classroom. Through their dedication and expertise, we produce innovative and well-designed supplementary teaching materials that are relevant to today’s learning environment.
Freshness, innovation and relevance characterise the wide range of classroom resources on offer, as well as our teacher support and professional practice books for early childhood centres and primary and secondary schools. These forward-looking resources support teachers in challenging students to develop higher-order thinking skills and strong problem-solving strategies to equip them for today’s fast-paced, changing world.
Each curriculum-specific and often cross-curricular publication covers one or more core subjects such as English, mathematics, science and ICT. For constructive teacher support, topics include SOLO Taxonomy, special needs, behaviour management, assessment, sustainability and more.
Many resources from a catalogue of over 1000 titles are sold throughout the world (United States of America, United Kingdom, Denmark, South Africa, Canada, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, Malaysia, Cook Islands) in multiple languages.
For more information, please visit our Essential Resources NZ or Essential Resources Australia website.
iUgo
iUgo is cloud-based planning solution available to New Zealand and Australian teachers, empowering them to plan effectively. It includes a unit planner, daily, weekly and long-term planners and is directly linked to national and local curriculums. The tool allows for collaboration between colleagues, and integrates seamlessly with Google Drive. It is also a great resource management system, allowing easy storage and sharing of resources.
iUgo is boldly transforming teaching and learning, leading the way as an intuitive, flexible curriculum planning solution. It continues to evolve – becoming simpler and smarter, with development based heavily off best practice and user feedback.
For more information, please visit our iUgo NZ or iUgo Australia website.
Teaching Solutions
Teaching Solutions has a wide and growing catalogue of informative, practical resources written by highly experienced educators and authors. Their well-designed and easy-to-use style helps educators teach and children learn. Each high-quality title is strongly grounded in what works in an early childhood setting and the classroom, giving educators tools and strategies they need to make a positive impact on the way children learn.
Designed to maximise young children’s potential and extend educators’ professional practice, each title offers essential information, guidance on management and professional development, advice, innovative ideas and inspiration.
For more information, please visit the Teaching Solutions website.
