New Zealand Curriculum updates
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.
NZC Update 16 - The New Zealand Curriculum Treaty of Waitangi principle
(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.
NZC Update 15 - The future focus principle
(Published November 2011)
This Update looks at the New Zealand Curriculum's principle of future focus and at resources to support its implementation.
NZC Update 14 - Creating educationally powerful connections
(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.
NZC Update issue 14 (PDF, 863 KB)
NZC Update 13 - Levelling the School Journal
(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.
NZC Update issue 13 (PDF, 942 KB)
NZC Update 12 - Understanding teaching as inquiry
(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.
NZC Update issue 12 (PDF, 525 KB)
NZC Update 11 - Monitoring and evaluating the implementation of the NZC
(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.
NZC Update Issue 11 (PDF, 917 KB)
NZC Update 10 - Engaging with families from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds
(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.
NZC Update issue 10 (PDF, 1,011 KB)
NZC Update 9 - Effective learning pathways
(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.
NZC Update issue 9 (PDF, 2 MB)
NZC Update 8 - Network learning communities
(Published May 2011)
This Update focuses on findings from the recent evaluation of the Network Learning Communities (NLC) initiative.
NZC update issue 8 (PDF, 1 MB)
NZC Update 7 - Te Kotahitanga
(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.
NZC Update issue 7 (PDF, 1 MB)
NZC Update 6 - Illustrations supporting the National Standards
(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.
NZC Update Issue 6 (PDF, 4 MB)
NZC Update 5 - Integrating key competencies and reading
(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.
NZC Update Issue 5 (PDF, 1 MB)
NZC Update 4 - Literacy, numeracy, and the key competencies across the curriculum
(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.
NZC update Issue 4 (PDF, 1 MB)
NZC Update 3 - Teaching and learning with the instructional series
(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.
NZC Update Issue 3 (PDF, 2 MB)
NZC Update 2 - Supporting literacy learning
(Published October 2010)
This update is addressed to the school leadership team and describes the current range of literacy interventions in New Zealand schools.
NZC Update Issue 2 (PDF, 3 MB)
NZC Update 1 - Family and community engagement
(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.
NZC Update Issue 1 (PDF, 2 MB)
Previous updates
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What it looks like in schools when it's going well (Sept 09)
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The National Standards with the New Zealand Curriculum (Nov 09)
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The role of the principles in designing and reviewing the school curriculum (March 2010)
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Ongoing school curriculum review (June 2010)
Updated on: 03 Oct 2011