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News of November 2018
Curriculum, Progress, and Achievement update
22/11/2018
Curriculum support guide
This guide will present the most useful resources and tools available to support teaching and learning through quality local curriculum design, assessment and aromatawai practices, and reporting to students, parents, and whānau.
Available on New Zealand Curriculum Online from January 22 2019, and will be sent directly to schools from 28 January.
Facilitated support
From Term 1 in 2019, in all regions, there will be facilitated workshop support for schools to develop local curriculum – more updates to come on this.
Focus on the January teacher-only day
The Ministry is suggesting that school leaders use the guidance material to aid discussions with staff on their chosen area of focus at their January teacher only day, and at planning days throughout the year.
Reminder: Feedback on the Curriculum, Progress and Achievement Ministerial Advisory Group’s emerging ideas closes on 30 November. We will update the sector on this work in early 2019.
NZTA education portal : Case studies of teaching and learning
20/11/2018
Find out how teachers integrate road safety and the transport system as contexts for the New Zealand Curriculum.
These stories and videos cover student inquiries, design projects, presentations and other curriculum-aligned experiences in various year levels and learning areas.
Includes primary and secondary school levels.
Digital Technologies and Hangarau Matihiko learning – Resources on the curriculum change
5/11/2018
This web page from the Ministry of Education has a range of factsheets and posters to download and print, research reports, and resources on how to teach the Digital Technologies Hangarau Matihiko curriculum content.