Achievement Objectives
Within each discipline, achievement objectives are expressed at eight levels in accordance with The New Zealand Curriculum Framework.1 Achievement objectives describe the scope and parameters for learning, and identify the particular skills, knowledge, and understanding to be developed, in each strand of each discipline.
Learning in each discipline is spiral in nature and, at each level, it includes and builds on learning from previous levels. Opportunities to revisit, make connections with, and extend existing skills, knowledge, and understanding assist students to learn in depth.
Teachers should take account of achievement objectives in previous and subsequent levels when planning programmes and identifying learning outcomes. They should also bear in mind that students learn at different rates. Those of the same age may be working towards objectives at different levels within the same discipline or strand.
1. In the strand Understanding the Arts in Context, levels 1 and 2 share the same achievement objective, as do levels 3 and 4.
