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Mathematics and Statistics

Phase 4 · Years 9–10 · Year 9

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

  • Index laws, standard form and surds
  • Scientific notation, estimation and multi-step number
  • Recurring decimals, percentage change and reverse percentages
  • Simultaneous linear equations and rearrangement
  • Right-triangle trigonometry (SOH CAH TOA)
  • Similar figures, scale drawings and bearings
  • Box plots, scatter graphs and informal inference
  • Tree diagrams and independent events
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English

Phase 4 · Years 9–10 · Year 9

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

  • Rhetoric in speech: audience, purpose, tone
  • Literary tradition: how stories echo other stories
  • Non-fiction and media: how texts position you
  • Crafting sentences for effect: rhythm, emphasis, economy
  • Literary and transactional writing for audience
  • Stylistic analysis: how grammar creates voice
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Science

Phase 4 · Years 9–10 · Year 9

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

  • Investigative design, validity and communicating science
  • Genetics, variation and natural selection (introductory)
  • 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 9

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 9

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 9

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 9

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 9

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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