Local Curriculum Plan and Procedures
All New Zealand Primary Schools develop their own documentation, based on the Ministry of Education curriculum which has:
An emphasis on literacy and numeracy
Flexibility for schools to focus their programmes according to needs
Clear directions for teaching and learning
Key competencies
Values education
8 learning areas – English, the Arts, Health & PE, Learning Languages, Mathematics & Statistics, Science, Social Sciences, Technology; Digital Technologies is a new area being implemented in 2020