Curriculum materials in 2007
The New Zealand Curriculum
(book)
Incorporating the feedback from the consultation round in 2006, this national, outcomes-focused curriculum will set the direction for learning in eight essential learning areas at eight levels of achievement. The education sector, boards, principals, and teachers, years 1–13.
Te Marautanga o Aotearoa
(book)
This draft discussion document will consist of a national framework and sections for the different learning areas, each including an essence statement of what is unique to that area and a compact set of whainga paetae (achievement objectives). Te Marautanga o Aotearoa will have a strong focus on Māori pedagogical practices and learning contexts. The education sector, boards, principals, and teachers, years 1–13.
Te Reo Māori in the New Zealand Curriculum: Draft for Consultation 2007
(book)
This curriculum document will be designed to help teachers to plan and deliver flexible Māori language programmes in English-medium schools, at eight achievement levels. The curriculum, which includes suggested learning contexts, aims to suit the varied needs and interests of students learning te reo Māori in mainstream settings. The education sector, boards, principals, and teachers, years 1–13.
Pasifika language curricula
(books)
Draft curriculum guidelines are being developed for learning the languages of Tonga, Niue, and Tokelau in New Zealand. Boards, teachers, years 1–13.
Oral Language: A Teacher Resource
(book)
A planned companion to Effective Literacy Practice in Years 1 to 4 and Effective Literacy Practice in Years 5 to 8, the Oral Language handbook will focus on the underpinning theory about oral language in a range of contexts and on the implications of this theory for effective teaching and learning. Teachers, years 1–8.
Te Reo Māori for mainstream students
(print, audio, video, DVD materials)
This equivalent to the multi-media Learning Languages series is linked to levels 1 and 2 of Te Reo Māori in the New Zealand Curriculum: Draft for Consultation 2007. Teachers, students, years 7–8.
Figure It Out
(books)
This set of three student books, each with an associated Answers and Teachers’ Notes focuses on financial literacy for levels 2–3, 3, and 3–4. Teachers and students, years 4–6.
Māori Visual Culture: Years 1–6
(book, three A3-size posters)
This teachers’ book includes background information on customary and contemporary Māori visual culture, teaching suggestions, and six units with examples of students’ work at levels 1–3. This is a companion book to He Wakahuia Toi Māori: Māori Visual Culture in Visual Arts Education: Years 7–10. Teachers, years 1–6.
101 Kiwi Kidsongs
(DVD-ROM)
The new Kiwi Kidsongs DVD-ROM will collect 101 MP3s of teachers’ and students’ favourite kidsongs together with PDFs of teachers’ notes, scores, and lyric sheets. Teachers will be able to search for songs to suit their programme by genre, composer, or culture. Students and teachers, years 1–8.
Kei Tua o te Pae: Assessment for Learning: Early Childhood Exemplars: Books 10–19
(books)
Kei Tua o te Pae offers authentic examples of assessment practice and learning in early childhood settings, in relation to Te Whāriki. Each primary school will receive one reference copy of Books 10–19 so that they can better understand the learning that young children experience in early childhood settings. Principals, teachers, years 1–4.