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New online learning module - Exploring Ata and Oho
13/9/2023
The new online learning module Exploring Ata and Oho is a 30-minute self-directed learning module to support teachers and kaiako in delivering the Ata and Oho social-emotional learning resource in their classroom.
What are Ata and Oho?
A collection of cards and activities for teaching and learning social and emotional skills, knowledge, and strategies.
What is the module about?
It will help you use the Ata and Oho activities with your ākonga, demonstrating six examples of how to use social and emotional learning to get to know your ākonga better and design a meaningful local curriculum with them.
Who is this module for?
It's designed for kaiako who work with students in years 4-10, but is relevant to all ākonga and can be used flexibly across all year levels. We welcome and encourage all kaiako to get familiar with using Ata and Oho.
Start today
To learn more, or to start Exploring Ata and Oho (you can go at your own pace), head over to the Ministry of Education Learning Management System.
More information on TKI
Health and Physical Education - Understanding social and emotional learning.
Social Sciences Online - Ata and Oho within Social sciences | Te ao tangata
Cyber Skills Aotearoa - Information Privacy and Security course available now
19/5/2023
Grok Academy and CORE Education have created Cyber Skills Aotearoa, a programme to develop cyber security skills and dispositions in ākonga in Years 6-13.
Cyber Skills Aotearoa consists of classroom-ready activities and challenges that could be used within Hangarau Matihiko | Digital Technologies programmes and to raise awareness of cyber security careers.
The first course from the Cyber Skills Aotearoa programme: Information Privacy and Security is out now.
The Information Privacy and Security course covers:
- purposeful sharing
- password security
- password reuse and multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- phishing and scams
- careers in cyber security.
The course is free for Years 9-13 and is available in both English and te reo Māori.
Access the course here:
- in English - Information Privacy and Security (9-13)
- in te reo Māori - Te akoranga whakamaru mōhiohio (9–13)
The Year 6-8 course is coming soon.
Kaiako can also request sets of professionally printed cyber cards - a useful classroom resource to engage ākonga in rich discussions about online privacy and security.
For more information visit Cyber Skills at Grok Academy
English and maths learning areas released
15/5/2023
English and mathematics and statistics are the second and third learning areas to be released as part of the wider refresh of The New Zealand Curriculum.
They are now available for you to explore and use on the Curriculum Refresh website.
Schools have until the beginning of 2027 before they must use them.
Refreshed learning areas now available:
The supports for Te ao tangata | social sciences learning area (released in 2022) have also been released:
- Te ao tangata | social sciences - Learning area content and implementation supports for te ao tangata | social sciences
Support for English and maths will be available later in 2023.
A self-guided module on the Progressions Model in Te Mātaiaho is also now available here:
Changes to legislative requirements for school boards
28/4/2023
The New Zealand Curriculum is being refreshed, and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa redesigned. The mathematics, English, te reo Māori and Pāngarau learning areas in each curriculum will need to be implemented in 2026. The remaining learning areas will need to be implemented in 2027.
School boards have new legislative requirements that took effect on 1 January 2023. The Ministry of Education has provided guidance to help you manage the transition period until the new curricula are in place.
For more information and documents, please see NZ Curriculum Online - Changes to legislative requirements for school boards.
Curriculum and NCEA rollout slowed
19/4/2023
On 19 April 2023 Minister of Education, Jan Tinetti announced the Government is prioritising maths, literacy, te reo Māori and pāngarau learning while shifting the timeframes of other changes to NCEA and the national curriculum.
Read the Minister’s press release here.
This decision is about listening to what kaiako and leaders have told us they need and making sure they are fully prepared to implement the changes confidently.
You can read more about the impacts of the updated implementation timelines here - Curriculum and NCEA rollout slowed
If you have any questions about the changes, you are welcome to email enquiries.national@education.govt.nz
Minimising the use of physical restraint in New Zealand schools and kura - Mandatory learning module
12/4/2023
New rules and guidelines on understanding ākonga distress and minimising the use of physical restraint in schools came into effect on 7 February 2023. The new guidelines were created in response to changes in the Education and Training Act 2020 and schools' requests for clearer rules around physical restraint and contact.
Download the two documents:
Education (Physical Restraint) Rules 2023
(PDF 390 KB)
Mandatory learning module
All kaiako and authorised staff must complete the online learning module Physical Restraint - Understanding the Rules and Guidelines by 7 February 2024.
To complete the training, kaiako and authorised staff will need an Education Sector Logon (ESL).
- So far, almost 4,000 school staff have completed the module.
- The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, with more than 90% of people giving the module a 4- or 5-star rating.
More online modules will be delivered throughout 2023 and 2024.
Cyber Skills Aotearoa Term 2 2023
23/3/2023
Grok Academy and CORE Education have created Cyber Skills Aotearoa, a programme to help develop cyber security skills and dispositions in ākonga in Years 6-13. The programme provides free resources and support to teachers and kaiako.
Cybersecurity posters and other offline activities are also available to help students learn about information security. In Term 2 of 2023, free online courses will be released that will delve into cybersecurity topics in more detail. The courses and offline resources are available in both English and Te Reo Māori.
Teachers can also request sets of professionally printed cyber cards - a useful classroom resource to engage students in rich discussions about online privacy and security.
For more information visit Cyber Skills at Grok Academy
Cyber Skills Aotearoa - CyberComp 2023
26/1/2023
Cyber Skills Aotearoa is a programme to develop cyber security skills and dispositions in ākonga in Years 6-13. The programme provides free resources and support to teachers.
Cyber Skills Aotearoa opens with CyberComp - an online competition designed to take around 45 minutes. CyberComp will be open between 27 February and 24 March 2023.
Cybersecurity posters and other offline activities are also available to help students learn about information security. Free online courses will be released in Term 2 that will delve into cybersecurity topics in more detail. The resources are available in both English and Māori Medium.
Teachers can register their students for CyberComp now and can also request sets of professionally printed cyber cards - a useful classroom resource to engage students in rich discussions about online privacy and security.
For more information visit Cyber Skills at Grok Academy
Redesigning Te Marautanga o Aotearoa
20/10/2022
E whakahoungia ana Te Marautanga o Aotearoa ki te whakaata i te marautanga nō konei, kua hua mai i te ao Māori, kua ara mai i te anga huatau nei ko Te Tamaiti Hei Raukura. Ka haere tēnei whakahou ā ngā tau e 5 e tū mai ana.
Te Marautanga o Aotearoa is being redesigned to reflect a more indigenous curriculum, grounded in te ao Māori, based on the conceptual framework Te Tamaiti Hei Raukura. The redesign will take place over the next 5 years.
Cyber Skills Aotearoa
8/11/2022
At a special launch event hosted by Naenae College, Grok Academy and CORE Education introduced Cyber Skills Aotearoa, a programme to develop cyber security skills and dispositions in ākonga in Years 6-13. The programme provides free resources and support to teachers. Cyber Skills Aotearoa opens with CyberComp - an online competition designed to take around 45 minutes. CyberComp will be open between 27 October and 11 November 2022.
Cybersecurity posters and other offline activities are also available to help students learn about information security. In 2023 free online courses will be released that will delve into cybersecurity topics in more detail. The resources are available in both English and Māori Medium.
Teachers can register their students for CyberComp now and can also request sets of professionally printed cyber cards - a useful classroom resource to engage students in rich discussions about online privacy and security.
For more information visit Cyber Skills Aotearoa at Grok Academy