Foundation Curriculum Policy Statements and National Curriculum Statements

The National Curriculum for schooling is being updated to make explicit the expectation that all primary and intermediate schools are teaching 10 hours of reading and writing (or pānui and tuhituhi) and 5 hours of maths (or pāngarau) in a typical school week.

For The New Zealand Curriculum, a new foundation curriculum policy statement ‘Structuring teaching time for reading, writing, and maths’ is being added. For Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, a new foundation curriculum policy statement ‘Structuring teaching time for pānui, tuhituhi, and pāngarau’ is being added.

E whakahoutia ana te Marautanga ā-Motu kia hāngai te tino kawatau mō ngā kura tuatahi, ngā kura takawaenga hoki ki te whakaako kia 10 hāora mō te pānui me te tuhituhi (or reading and writing) me te 5 hāora mō ngā mahi pāngarau (or maths) ka kitea i ngā rā o te kura i ia wiki.

Mō te taha ki The New Zealand Curriculum, ka uru mai he kaupapa here tauākī tūāpapa marautanga hou ka tāpirihia, arā, te ‘Structuring teaching time for reading, writing, and maths’. Mō Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, ko te tauākī tūāpapa ritenga marautanga hou ka tāpirihia ko te ‘Whakarite wā whakaakoranga mō te pānui, me te tuhituhi, me te pāngarau’.

Foundation Curriculum Policy Statements | Ngā Kaupapa Here Tauākī Tūāpapa Marautanga

Pursuant to section 90 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (incorporating all amendments), the Minister of Education hereby publishes the Foundation Curriculum Policy Statements for ‘Structuring teaching time for reading, writing, and maths’ in The New Zealand Curriculum and ‘Structuring teaching time for pānui, tuhituhi, and pāngarau’ in Te Marautanga o Aotearoa.

Each school board, through the principal and staff, must choose to implement the foundation curriculum policy statements based on either The New Zealand Curriculum or Te Marautanga o Aotearoa.

These Foundation Curriculum Policy Statements provide direction for school boards’ implementation of the National Curriculum Statements effective from the date of publication of this notice.

Pursuant to section 90 of the Education and Training Act 2020 (incorporating all amendments) the Minister of Education hereby publishes amendments to all national curriculum statements for The New Zealand Curriculum and for Te Marautanga o Aotearoa:

E ai ki te Wāhanga 90 o te Education and Training Act 2020 (me te katoa o ōna whakahounga), tēnei rā te tuku o te Minita o te Mātauranga i ngā kaupapa here Tauākī Tūāpapa Marautanga mō te ‘Structuring teaching time for reading, writing and maths’ ki roto i te New Zealand Curriculum me te ‘Whakarite wā whakaakoranga mō te pānui, me te tuhituhi, me te pāngarau’ ki Te Marautanga o Aotearoa.

Kei ia poari ā-kura, kei ngā tumuaki me ngā kaiako, me mātua kōwhiria ko tēhea o ēnei kaupapa here tauākī tūāpapa marautanga ka whāiatia, arā ko te New Zealand Curriculum, me Te Marautanga o Aotearoa rānei.

Ko tā ngā Kaupapa here Tauākī Tūāpapa Marautanga, he whakarite i te whāinga mātāmua hei whai mā ngā poari ā-kura ki te whakatinana i ngā Tauākī Marautanga ā-motu ka whai mana ā te rā nei i tukuna atu tēnei pānui ki te motu.

E ai ki te Wāhanga 90 o te Education and Training Act 2020 (me te katoa o ōna whakahounga) tēnei rā te tuku o te Minita o te Mātauranga i ngā whakahounga katoa ki ngā tauākī marautanga ā-motu katoa mō te New Zealand Curriculum me Te Marautanga o Aotearoa:

Amendments to the National Curriculum Statements for The New Zealand Curriculum

Each of the National Curriculum Statements for The New Zealand Curriculum is amended by adding the following text:

“The teaching and learning of reading, writing and maths¹ is a priority for all schools. So that all students are getting sufficient teaching and learning time for reading, writing and maths, each school board with students in Years 0 to 8 must, through its principal and staff, structure their teaching and learning programmes and/or timetables for delivering the National Curriculum Statements, including this one, to provide:

• • • 10 hours a week of teaching and learning focussed on supporting their progress and achievement in reading and writing in a typical school week, recognising the important contribution oral language development makes, particularly in the early phases of learning.
    • 5 hours a week of teaching and learning focussed on supporting their progress and achievement in maths in a typical school week.

Where reading, writing and/or maths teaching and learning time is occurring within the context of National Curriculum Statements other than English or mathematics and statistics, progression of students’ reading, writing and/or maths dispositions, knowledge and skills at the appropriate level must be explicitly and intentionally planned for and attended to.

While the terms reading and writing are used, these expectations are inclusive of alternative methods of communication, including New Zealand Sign Language, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and Braille.

Amendments to the National Curriculum Statements for Te Marautanga o Aotearoa | Ngā whakahounga ki ngā Tauākī Marautanga ā-Motu mō Te Marautanga o Aotearoa

Kua whakahoutia ia o ngā Tauākī Marautanga ā-Motu mō Te Marautanga o Aotearoa mā te whakauru atu i ngā kupu e whai ake nei:

“Ko te whakaako me te ako i ngā mahi pānui, me te tuhituhi, me te pāngarau te whakaarotau matua mō ngā kura katoa. Kia rawaka ai ngā wā whakaako me ngā wā ako i ngā mahi pānui, me te tuhituhi, me te pāngarau. Ko ngā poari ā-kura kei a rātou ngā ākonga Tau 0 ki te 8 mā roto mai i ngā tumuaki me ngā kaiako e whakarite hōtaka me ngā wātaka whakaako me te ako i ngā Tauākī Marautanga ā-Motu, tae atu ki tēnei nā, mā te aha ki te whakarato:

• • • kia 10 hāora i ia wiki e aro ana ki ngā mahi whakaako me te ako ki te tautoko i te whanaketanga me tutukitanga i roto i ngā mahi pānui me te tuhituhi ka kitea i ngā rā o te kura i ia wiki, me te mōhio anō ki te mana o te kōrero, e pā ana ki ngā akoranga tau tōmua.
    • kia 5 hāora i ia wiki e aro ana ki ngā mahi whakaako me te ako ki te tautoko i te whanaketanga me te tutukitanga i roto i ngā mahi pāngarau ka kitea i ngā rā o te kura i ia wiki.

Kei ngā wā ka whakahaeretia ngā mahi whakaako me ngā mahi ako i te pānui, i te tuhituhi, me te pāngarau ki te horopaki o ngā Tauākī Marautanga ā-Motu i tua atu i te reo Māori me te pāngarau. Me āta whakaritea, āta whakatinanatia, āta tautokotia te whanaketanga a ngā ākonga i roto i ā rātou mahi pānui, mahi tuhituhi, me te pāngarau hoki/rānei, ngā aronga, ngā mōhiohio me ngā pūkenga hāngai tika.

Ahakoa ko ngā kupu pānui me te tuhituhi e whakamahia ana, ka taka mai anō ko ngā momo whakawhitinga kōrero, tae atu ki te Reo Rotarota, ki ngā momo whakawhiti kōrero kē rānei me te Tuhi Matapō.”

Transition for application of amendments to the National Curriculum Statements

The National Curriculum Statements are hereby amended with effect from:

• 1 January 2024 for all schools and kura, except for specialist schools and kura run by a specified kura board
• 22 July 2024 for kura run by a specified kura board
• 1 January 2025 for specialist schools.

A specified kura board means the board of any of the following:

1. A kura kaupapa Māori.
2. A designated character school with a character that is hapū- or iwi-based or that affiliates with Ngā Kura ā-Iwi o Aotearoa.
3. A state integrated school with a special character that is hapū- or iwi-based.

The transition time for specified kura boards is to allow time for the Crown to engage with Kaupapa Māori education providers through their representative bodies in advance of these decisions affecting their kura.

During the transition period between the publication of this notice and requirements coming into effect for specialist schools, those schools should be working towards implementing the amended National Curriculum Statements as far as practically possible.

Te whakawhitinga i ngā tono whakahounga i ngā Tauākī Marautanga ā-Motu

Kua whakahoutia ngā Tauākī Marautanga ā-Motu ka mana ā te:

• 1 o Kohitātea 2024 mō ngā kura auraki me ngā kura akomanga rumaki, reo rua katoa rānei, i tua atu i ngā kura motuhake me ngā kura e whakahaeretia ana e tētahi poari ā-kura kua kōwhiria
• 22 o Hōngongoi 2024 mō ngā kura e whakahaeretia ana e tētahi poari ā-kura kua kōwhiria
• 1 o Kohitātea 2025 mō ngā kura motuhake.

Ko te kura motuhake he poari rite ki tētahi o ēnei momo e whai ake nei:

1. Te kura kaupapa Māori.
2. He kura motuhake e hāngai ana ki te hapū, te iwi rānei, kua taka mai rānei i raro i te maru o Ngā Kura ā-Iwi o Aotearoa.
3. He kura tūmatanui e noho motuhake nei ki te hapū, ki te iwi rānei.

Ko te wā whakawhitinga i whakaritea mā ngā kura motuhake kia whai wāhi ai te Karauna ki te noho tahi, te kōrero tahi me ngā kaiwhakarato Mātauranga Kaupapa Māori mā roto mai i ngā momo rōpū kua tohua hei māngai mō rātou kia mōhio rātou i mua ki ngā whakataunga ka pā ki ō rātou kura.

I roto i ngā mahi whakawhitinga nei i te wā e whakaputaina ana tēnei pānui me te whakauru mai i ngā herenga ka whai mana ki ngā kura motuhake, ko te whakaaro kei te whakatinanahia e ngā kura nei i ngā whakahoutanga o ngā Tauākī Marautanga ā-Motu ki tā rātou e taea ai.

Where to Find Them

The Foundation Curriculum Policy Statement for ‘Structuring teaching time for reading, writing and maths’ within The New Zealand Curriculum and updated National Curriculum Statements are available online at: New Zealand Curriculum (education.govt.nz).

The Foundation Curriculum Policy Statement for ‘Structuring teaching time for pānui, tuhituhi and pāngarau’ within Te Marautanga o Aotearoa and updated National Curriculum Statements are available online at: Te Marautanga o Aotearoa (education.govt.nz).

Kei Hea Ngā Tauākī

Ko te kaupapa here Tauākī Tūāpapa Marautanga mō te ‘Structuring teaching time for reading, writing and maths’ i roto i te New Zealand Curriculum me ngā whakahounga ki ngā Tauākī Marautanga ā-Motu e wātea ana i runga ipurangi ki: New Zealand Curriculum (education.govt.nz).

Ko te kaupapa here Tauākī Tūāpapa Marautanga mō te ‘Whakarite wā whakaakoranga mō te pānui, te tuhituhi me te pāngarau’ i roto i Te Marautanga o Aotearoa me ngā whakahounga ki ngā Tauākī Marautanga ā-Motu e wātea ana i runga ipurangi ki Te Marautanga o Aotearoa (education.govt.nz).

Dated at Wellington this 19th day of December 2023.

Hon ERICA STANFORD, Minister of Education.

Te rā i whakamanahia ki Te Whanganui-ā-Tara i te 19th o ngā rā o December 2023.

Hon ERICA STANFORD, Minita Mātauranga.

Endnote

1. For simplicity, ‘maths’ is used as an all-encompassing term to refer to the grouping of subject matter, dispositions, skills, competencies, and understandings that encompass all aspects of numeracy, mathematics, and statistics.”