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 26 - Future-oriented learning and teaching

(Published October 2012)

This Update looks to the future in education.

NZC Update 26 (PDF, 1 MB)

NZC Update 24 - Supporting learners in years 7–10

(Published August 2012)

This Update is designed to help schools ensure positive transitions, with continuity and clear direction, for learners in years 7–10.

NZC Update 24 (PDF, 1 MB)

NZC Update 22 - The principle of high expectations

(Published June 2012)

This Update supports schools to explore and enact the curriculum principle of high expectations.

NZC Update 22 (PDF, 1 MB)

NZC Update 21 - The learning to learn principle

(Published May 2012)

This Update focuses on the New Zealand Curriculum principle of students learning to learn.

NZC Update 21 (PDF, 1 MB)

NZC Update 20 - Raising student achievement through school planning

(Published April 2012)

This Update focuses on the place of school planning within school-wide self-review. 

NZC Update 20 (PDF, 1 MB)

NZC Update 18 - The inclusion principle

(Published March 2012)

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.

NZC Update 18 (PDF, 2 MB)

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 16 (PDF, 1 MB)

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 15 (PDF, 943 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 12 (PDF, 525 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 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 9 (PDF, 2 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 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 4 (PDF, 1 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 1 (PDF, 2 MB)

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