The Updates are provided by the Ministry of Education to support English-medium schools with implementation. Further Updates will continue to be published on this site as well as in the Education Gazette.
(Published September 2014)
This Update describes some outcomes of the review of Ready to Read and the Junior Journal, including the text-levelling process.
(Published November 2012)
This Update shares messages from research about classroom practices that make a difference to Pasifika student achievement in literacy.
(Published October 2012)
This Update looks to the future in education.
(Published September 2012)
This Update introduces the new Writing Hub on Literacy Online.
(Published August 2012)
This Update is designed to help schools ensure positive transitions, with continuity and clear direction, for learners in years 7–10.
(Published July 2012)
This Update focuses on the languages, texts, and literacy practices of the different curriculum learning areas.
(Published June 2012)
This Update supports schools to explore and enact the curriculum principle of high expectations.
(Published May 2012)
This Update focuses on the New Zealand Curriculum principle of students learning to learn.
(Published April 2012)
This Update focuses on the place of school planning within school-wide self-review.
(Published April 2012)
This Update introduces the new guidelines Selecting Texts for Students in Years 4 to 8.
This Update focuses on inclusion. It highlights presence, participation, and achievement as key aspects for success for all students, in particular those with special educational needs.
(Published February 2012)
This Update is for the school leadership team. It discusses initiatives designed to support student achievement in mathematics and illustrates how schools are addressing the needs of students who are not progressing as expected. It will help you as a team to review how your school currently addresses underachievement in mathematics.
(Published January 2012)
This Update focuses on the New Zealand Curriculum principle of the Treaty of Waitangi and its implications for teaching, learning, and the school curriculum.
(Published November 2011)
This Update looks at the New Zealand Curriculum's principle of future focus and at resources to support its implementation.
(Published October 2011)
This Update explores educationally powerful connections in the digital world through case-studies of how such connections are enabling and enriching students’ learning.
(Published September 2011)
This update explains the recent changes in levelling processes for items in the School Journal and in the other instructional series for year 4-8 students.
(Published August 2011)
This Update describes observations made by the Education Review Office (ERO) in a recent evaluation of how New Zealand schools were using the teaching as inquiry process.
(Published July 2011)
This Update focuses on an evaluation of progress in the implementation of the New Zealand Curriculum, using data collected in 2008 and 2009. When considering these findings, it is important to keep in mind that curriculum implementation is ongoing. Research shows that substantial change takes several years.
(Published June 2011)
This Update focuses on partnerships between schools and diverse families and communities. It builds on Update 1 (September 2010), which focused on engaging with whānau and Māori communities.
(Published June 2011)
This Update is designed to help secondary schools review their curriculum to ensure that all students experience effective pathways throughout their learning.
(Published May 2011)
This Update focuses on findings from the recent evaluation of the Network Learning Communities (NLC) initiative.
(Published April 2011)
This Update focuses on findings from Te Kotahitanga and highlights how this programme is producing positive gains for Māori students by influencing leadership, teaching, and learning in participating schools.
(Published March 2011)
This Update focuses on the illustrations that support the National Standards for reading, writing, and mathematics and how teachers can use them.
(Published February 2011)
This Update focuses on a research project that explored how the key competencies might be integrated with and developed through the teaching of reading.
(Published December 2010)
This Update focuses on the key competencies and the framework they provide for developing knowledge, skills, and attitudes in literacy and numeracy.
(Published November 2010)
This Update focuses on the various English-medium instructional series published by Learning Media for the Ministry of Education and on the critical role of teachers in the use of the series.
(Published October 2010)
This update is addressed to the school leadership team and describes the current range of literacy interventions in New Zealand schools.
(Published September 2010)
This update focuses on engagement with whānau and Māori communities. Future Updates will include examples of building relationships with Pasifika, special education, and refugee and migrant communities.
What it looks like in schools when it's going well (Sept 09)
The National Standards with the New Zealand Curriculum (Nov 09)
The role of the principles in designing and reviewing the school curriculum (March 2010)
Ongoing school curriculum review (June 2010)
Updated on: 15 Jan 2012
