Curriculum 

The Rawene School curriculum stems from the New Zealand Curriculum and Te Mātaiaho, the Refreshed NZ Curriculum and reflects our Ngā Pou Angitu.

Te Mātaiaho is designed to give practical effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and be inclusive, clear, and easy to use. Three refreshed learning areas

 have been released so far: Te ao tangata | social sciences,  including Aotearoa NZ Histories, English, and mathematics & statistics.

The other five learning areas, the arts, health and physical education, learning languages, science, and technology including digital technology, are also being refreshed, and will be released in 2024 and 2025. Schools and kura have until 2027 to begin using the complete refreshed curriculum, although mathematics & statistics and english must be used from 2025.

Where possible, classroom programmes are enriched with trips, guest speakers, performances, hands on activities and learning in real life contexts.

Rawene School students are engaged in learning through a rich curriculum, thinking deeply, critically and logically – always striving to be better than before. Teachers closely monitor the progress of children, encouraging and supporting them as active learners, so they have every opportunity to reach their full potential.

One hour a day reading, writing and doing mathematics for students years 0-8

From the beginning of Term 1 2024, schools and kura with students in years 0-8 will spend an average of one hour a day teaching each reading, writing, and maths, pānui, tuhituhi, and pāngarau. This could be in dedicated lessons and in other learning areas as students read, write, and engage with maths in a variety of purposes and contexts.

Teachers will deliberately and purposefully dedicate time to teaching these core skills. Teaching techniques like investigations, collaborative learning, and games will continue to be used so students stay engaged with their learning.

This change sets a clear expectation that all year 0-8 students should receive regular, focussed instruction in these core areas. Many schools and kura are already teaching an hour of reading, writing, and maths each day.

Learning to read, write, and do maths is important in everything we do. Daily teaching has been shown to lift student progress, when coupled with a high-quality curriculum taught using evidence-informed teaching practices.