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Mathematics and Statistics

Phase 4 · Years 9–10 · Year 10

Number, algebra, measurement, geometry, statistics and probability.

  • Number fluency for algebra, finance and measurement
  • Financial maths, GST, rates and compound number problems
  • Proportional reasoning in compound and financial contexts
  • Quadratic expressions, factorising and simple parabolas
  • Surface area and volume of prisms and cylinders
  • Deductive habits, circle language and loci ideas
  • Evaluating claims, outliers and bivariate relationships
  • Conditional language and relative frequency
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English

Phase 4 · Years 9–10 · Year 10

Oral language, reading and writing (structured literacy), then text and language studies in Years 9–10.

  • Oral texts: speeches, podcasts and performance
  • New Zealand and world literature: context and craft
  • Critical reading of digital, visual and print media
  • Style, voice and editing for a public audience
  • Crafting texts across written, oral and visual modes
  • Critical literacy: who is speaking, who is silenced
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Science

Phase 4 · Years 9–10 · Year 10

Nature of science plus living, material, physical, and Planet Earth and beyond — with Aotearoa contexts.

  • Investigative design, validity and communicating science
  • Ecology, human impact and biodiversity in Aotearoa
  • Atoms, elements, simple reactions and conservation ideas
  • Motion, energy conservation and electrical circuits
  • Earth systems, climate change science and space beyond the solar system
  • Socio-scientific issues: climate, water, and informed citizenship
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Social Sciences

Phase 4 · Years 9–10 · Year 10

People, places, histories and citizenship in Aotearoa New Zealand.

  • Identity, diversity and stereotypes
  • Geographic thinking: scale, sustainability, urban/rural
  • Colonisation, Te Tiriti, and contested histories
  • Parliament, law, and active citizenship
  • Economic choices, inequality and sustainability
  • Globalisation, media and Aotearoa in the world
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Technology

Phase 4 · Years 9–10 · Year 10

Design, digital technologies and making solutions that help people.

  • Design thinking: empathise, ideate, prototype
  • Algorithms, data and digital citizenship
  • Resistant materials, food tech or textiles for purpose
  • Decomposition, debugging and patterns in code
  • Systems: electronics, networks or production lines
  • Impacts on people, equity and the environment
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The Arts

Phase 4 · Years 9–10 · Year 10

Visual art, music, drama and dance exploration.

  • Visual language, composition and media choices
  • Rhythm, melody, dynamics and ensemble
  • Character, tension and dramatic structure
  • Motif, energy, choreographic devices
  • Responding with evidence: I notice… because…
  • Māori, Pacific and NZ arts — see, hear, participate with respect
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Health and Physical Education

Phase 4 · Years 9–10 · Year 10

Hauora, movement skills and healthy communities.

  • Specialised movement sequences and game sense
  • Hauora: taha tinana, hinengaro, whānau, wairua
  • Consent, communication and healthy relationships
  • Risk, first aid basics and online safety
  • Inclusion, fair play and belonging in games and kura
  • Health promotion: changing a setting, not only a person
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Learning Languages

Phase 4 · Years 9–10 · Year 10

Te reo Māori and communication skills for additional languages.

  • Audience and occasion: mihi, pepeha and public talk
  • Precise kupu for academic and everyday topics
  • Oral texts: interviews, podcasts and classroom debate
  • Reading longer te reo and bilingual non-fiction
  • Publishing a short text for a real audience
  • Language and tikanga together — mana, occasion, audience
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