For many of us, teaching has always been about the *light bulb moments*. Seeing our kids engaged and enjoying what they’re doing. Growing. Learning. Developing.
Getting a buzz when they finally connect to a new concept.
The indescribable joy on their faces that shows, “Wow, I’ve got it!”.
And that infectious excitement that creates a snowball effect in everyone; for you and your students.
Creating activities that DON’T exclude any students at any learning level.
Organising unique resources that *all* students can be proud to display in the classroom or share online.
And it’s so easy to get overwhelmed by the sheer number of online resources currently available (most of which exclude many New Zealand children, misunderstand our local culture and history, and lack te reo Māori.
Even with resources you find, each one needs to be:
Kia ora!
Top Teaching Tasks has a simple beginning:.a teacher creating resources to use with my own children at home. As those resources were made available online we soon realised that in-depth, trustworthy, and creative resources specific to (and inclusive of) all our New Zealand students were desperately needed.
We don’t create one page worksheets and call it a “resource”.
Our activities are thorough, comprehensive, and unique.
Teachers’ plates are overflowing with day-to-day teaching, extracurricular activities, and time with families. Real talk: Teachers simply don’t have time to research and create resources every single week.
As the need for high-quality resources increased, Top Teaching Tasks has grown from a family-owned business to include several local teachers collaborating on fun learning collections for our classrooms.
Our backgrounds are varied, but our mission is the same: to create relevant, interesting, curriculum-aligned activities on a wide range of topics and subjects for students from new entrants through to Year 8.
Our teachers depend on resources that they don’t need to spend days creating, hours scouring the internet, or having to check every page for accuracy.
There’s something to suit every level in your classroom. Available in print-out PDFs and online digital activities, so you have the freedom to teach in the way that suits you and your learners best.
That’s our team’s forever commitment to you!
Out-of-the-box resources that give you your weekends back
Reclaim your time with ready-to-use, multi-level digital & printable teaching resources.
Teachers, help your students:
Plus join like minded local teachers in our private community where we share examples of unique ways to use your resources, highlight *new* resources, and help you find useful activities for current events.
“I would highly recommend getting a Top Teaching Tasks Membership. There are so many wonderful resources and they just keep coming! I like how thorough these resources are, and the range of activity types. My students love them! The membership has saved me so much time!”
– Lisa S.
Gain unlimited access to our entire resource library (over 500 PDF and online digital resources).
As well as our existing resources, we release multiple new activities each month. Members get these resources first, too!
We look after our members and that means providing exclusive benefits and resources available nowhere else.
“My membership has exceeded my expectations and I will definitely be renewing next year. I have also recommended you and your resources to a number of other teachers at our school. Thank you so much for your resources, they are fantastic, excite the students, and enable them to develop researching skills and to embed knowledge. They have saved me time, allowing me to be able to focus on addressing the growing social/emotional needs of a number of students that I have had this year. And importantly to be able to claim back some family time on weekends.”
– Karen P.
“I have just signed up for your membership and I want to thank you for the top quality resources you produce. You have saved me so much time and allowed me to get on with teaching higher order thinking rather than spending all my time creating activities for tamriki to do. Keep up the wonderful work. You are a legend.”
– Phillipa F.
“Super excited to be a member of Top Teaching Tasks Reading Membership. It has been fantastic to be able to easily navigate myself around the Dashboard and find relevant activities for my students. Amazing, relevant and refreshing resources at the tip of my fingers, just what every busy teacher needs. Thank you for giving me back my weekends.”
– Mel Doney
Our Membership gives you access to more than 500 resources, with new resources being added each month. Members also get access to additional exclusive member content and perks and a chance to vote on new resource topics and ideas for the future
New Entrants to Year 8. Many of our Year 7 and 8 resources are also suitable for Year 9 and 10 classes.
No. The copyright on our resources means they are for single use only. We are a small, family-owned business, and we’d really appreciate it if you could refer other teachers to our website. We have team memberships available that allow multiple teachers from a school to become members at a discounted rate.
Yes. We will create a custom membership plan for you based on the size of your school and the number of teachers that will be using the resources. Simply send us an email with your details and we can get the ball rolling.
No. Whether you’re a parent or caregiver homeschooling your children, or a tutor looking for extra activities, our resources are made for everyone.
We currently have three payment options:
Once you are logged in as a member, head to the Resource section and find a resource you would like to download. Click the download button and the resource will download directly onto your device.
A ZIP file is a compressed folder containing multiple files. It allows you to transfer many files at once, and takes up less storage space than the files would if they were not compressed. It’s also an easy way for us to distribute many files together, like discounted bundles.
Opening a ZIP file using Microsoft Windows:
Right-click on the unopened ZIP folder.
Choose “Extract All” from the menu that opens.
Choose a destination. This is the place where you want to keep the unzipped files. You can choose “My Documents,” for example.
Click “Extract.”
You can also locate the file and extract it after downloading from Google Chrome by following these steps:
After downloading the file, locate it using the download bar at the bottom of the Google Chrome browser, and click to open the Extraction Tool.
Click on the button at the top of the page that says “Extract All.”
After extraction is complete, a new folder window will open containing the files inside the ZIP. If you see a folder named _MACOSX, you can delete or ignore it. Those files are created when the ZIP is made on a Mac, and are not used by Windows.
If your computer runs Mac OSX:
For a simple solution that works on Windows and Mac OSX, we recommend extracting ZIP files online using one of these free websites:
For any other Zip file related issues, or for further assistance, please contact us.
Make sure you’re using the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader – it’s free to download here
1. Open the PDF file with Adobe Acrobat Reader.
2. Click ‘File’ then scroll down to ‘Print’.
3. In the ‘Page Sizing & Handling’ section, select “Shrink Oversized Pages” if needed.
4. Print the document – make sure to check the settings if you want colour print outs.
No. All of our resources are PDF digital downloads for you to print out.
Great question! We value our fellow teachers’ input and we’ve worked directly with members in the past to create resources specific to their needs. If there’s a resource that you need and it’s not already provided, simply send us an email with your details and we can go from there.
“So, I joined up to the Top Teaching Tasks Membership and today alone I’ve told at least 376 people about how flippen’ amazing it is. Top Teaching Tasks you rock my world and save my time and sanity.”
– Melissa Snowden
“If you buy this membership you will not regret it. This has saved me hours of planning! I love that although I teach Year 7-8, I need differentiated resources for some students, and this makes that so easy. This started with my love for the school journal activities and now is the first palace I turn to when I need something! Heaven sent in lockdown too!
– Melissa P.