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Mathematics and Statistics

Phase 1 · Years 0–3 · Year 3

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

  • Place value to 1,000 and grouping by tens and hundreds
  • Adding and subtracting to 1,000 and equal groups
  • Halves, thirds and quarters — numerator and denominator
  • Growing patterns and true or false number sentences
  • Metres, kilograms, litres and perimeter
  • Polygons, quarter turns and simple maps
  • Bar graphs and reading a scale
  • Listing outcomes of simple games
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English

Phase 1 · Years 0–3 · Year 3

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

  • Group discussion: building on others' ideas
  • Longer words: morphology beginning (un-, -ing, -ed)
  • Main idea and key details in short texts
  • Spelling patterns and sentence boundaries
  • Simple explanations and descriptions
  • Adjectives, commas in lists and agreement
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Science

Phase 1 · Years 0–3 · Year 3

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

  • Fair tests: change one thing
  • Life cycles of familiar animals and plants
  • Solids, liquids, gases and melting/freezing
  • Friction, magnets and simple machines
  • Seasons, the Moon, and land/water around us
  • Mātauranga Māori and careful observation of te taiao
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Social Sciences

Phase 1 · Years 0–3 · Year 3

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

  • Whānau, class and belonging
  • Our place: natural and built features
  • Then and now in our community
  • Rules that help us live together
  • Needs, wants and jobs people do
  • Cultures of the Pacific and our connections
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Technology

Phase 1 · Years 0–3 · Year 3

Design, digital technologies and making solutions that help people.

  • Who is it for? A brief for a real user
  • Steps a computer (or a person) can follow
  • Choosing materials and making safely
  • Breaking a job into steps
  • Input, process, output in a recipe or machine
  • Did it meet the brief? Test with a user
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The Arts

Phase 1 · Years 0–3 · Year 3

Visual art, music, drama and dance exploration.

  • Line, colour, shape and texture
  • Beat, pitch and singing with others
  • Role, body and voice in a simple scene
  • Body shapes, levels and travelling
  • 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 1 · Years 0–3 · Year 3

Hauora, movement skills and healthy communities.

  • Locomotor, stability and object-control skills
  • Hauora: taha tinana, hinengaro, whānau, wairua
  • Friendship, sharing and asking for help
  • Water, road, sun and asking an adult
  • Inclusion, fair play and belonging in games and kura
  • Healthy kai, sleep and being active most days
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Learning Languages

Phase 1 · Years 0–3 · Year 3

Te reo Māori and communication skills for additional languages.

  • Kia ora, tēnā koe, tēnā koutou — greetings that fit
  • Tahi–tekau, colours, kai and classroom kupu
  • Kei te pēhea koe? Short exchanges you can really say
  • Reading labels, signs, waiata lines and simple sentences
  • Writing or performing a caption, greeting or waiata line
  • Tikanga: pōwhiri, manaakitanga, and using te reo with respect
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