The+NZC+Principles

The Principles of The NZC are: high expectations, learning to learn, community engagement, Treaty of Waitangi, cultural diversity, inclusion, coherence, future focus Please see Page 9 of the curriculum for the "intent" of these principles and note that they are stated as being the "foundations of curriculum decision making" and "should underpin all decision making."

At a recent staff meeting the teachers analysed each principle as follows. Please add any more ideas you have

====****||  || What we do now || What we could do || || high expectations || Students set personal goals  Next steps  Articulate success criteria formative assessment - to group, challenge, differentiate Set school-wide expected standards i.e. the target  ID special needs including Differentiated Programmes in the Classroom i.e. GATE, ESOL  competition reinforce with special character || be sure students are involved in setting success criteria be sure children understand the targets have a strong ID programme familiar to all formalise appropriate programmes make comparisons || || learning to learn || involve students in planning programmes students use formative assessment learn ways to access helpful information challenge e.g. Achievement Based Learning || upskill teachers more resources have more involvement ot students in planning programmes peer and self evaluation || || community engagement || parents speaking/helping in classrooms visit parents places of work BBQ's, picnics end of year performance celebration assemblies fund-raising e.g. catering, market coffee morning consultation engage with research e.g. sanitisation sports opportunities e.g. bowls Sample Books pre-school || share info in friendly environment between sch & home How we share learning between cultures TL Jnr Sch visit preschool || || Treaty of Waitangi || Marae visits Te Reo Maori/Music Include in themes   e.g. tech, Soc Science, Science, Art Opportunities to develop/acquire knowledge Teach in February || Maori prayer Tikanga More staff training Specific class lessons to the chn Celebrate Waitangi Day || || cultural diversity || studying minority cultures in NZ learning other languages throughout the school enrolling many students of diverse ethicities teaching Christianly becoming multicultural cultural days celebrate x cultural links || use it more citizenship || || inclusion || recognising and using gifts & talents teaching Christianly ORRS || be careful of language used when talking with chn learn about education of boys sports for ORRS || || coherence || links to better reading/writing/speaking/presenting cross curricula planning, teaching & learning liaise with the CSN, || have more  more units of learning holistic learning experiential learning x curricula || || future focus ||   || looking at ways to learn in the future || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   || ||   ||   ||   ||**** **future focus**====