Strengthening local curriculum

Curriculum design and review involves making decisions about how to give effect to the national curriculum in ways that best address the particular needs, interests, and circumstances of the school’s students and community.

The New Zealand Curriculum provides an overarching vision for our young people and identifies a number of values that have widespread support. These values are to be encouraged, modelled, and explored by students.

There are eight New Zealand Curriculum principles that embody beliefs about what is important in school curriculum both nationally and locally. They should underpin all school decision making.

The New Zealand Curriculum lists a range of teacher actions that promote student learning and describes the characteristics of effective assessment.

The New Zealand Curriculum identifies five key competencies as capabilities for living and lifelong learning.

The New Zealand Curriculum specifies eight learning areas: English, the arts, health and physical education, learning languages, mathematics and statistics, science, social sciences, and technology.