Draft English Curriculum — available for your information
Thank you to everyone who took the time to share their feedback on English for Years 0–6. The consultation period for this learning area is now closed. Your insights and expertise will play a crucial role in shaping the final learning area content, due to be released in October 2024. In the meantime, the draft remains available for reference. Please note this will be removed when the final content is published on Tāhūrangi.
About this resource
Following consultation, the English draft learning area within Te Mātaiaho | The New Zealand Curriculum remains available for your information.
This learning area is a draft and will be further refined before the final version is released in October ahead of being used from the start of 2025.
We have made significant progress so far, thanks to the hard work of many people. Thank you to everyone who provided their feedback and perspectives during the consultation.
English for Years 0-8 Learning Area
The updated English for Years 0-8 draft learning area content will remain available for your information following the consultation period. The final version of this content, incorporating the feedback we’ve heard is due to be released in October 2024.
As part of supporting the great work you do every day as teachers and leaders, we have built on and improved previous versions of the English learning area, incorporated feedback and engagement undertaken over the last four years and added year-by-year teaching sequences.
We have also completed and combined the work of the Common Practice Model into the English learning area to ensure you can access all key curriculum material in a single document.
What you will see in the updated English learning area is a clear teaching sequence, something that has been missing in the current curriculum to date.
This change means that schools will not have to create teaching sequences themselves, freeing up teachers to focus on building exciting teaching and learning programmes that bring the content to life.
The updated learning area will sit within The New Zealand Curriculum framework (Te Mātaiaho). We will continue to refine this framework alongside the development of all the other learning areas.
A summary of Te Mātaiaho is included to provide context, alongside the learning areas.
You will also recognise:
The Understand Know Do (UKD) model
Phases of learning
Progress outcomes
Previously seen elements of the Common Practice Model
Viewing the draft curriculum content
The draft English learning area is currently presented in PDF format. From October 2024, you can expect the final product will be designed to bring the national curriculum to life in a way that is interactive, easy to navigate, and connected to valuable resources that we will build on over-time.
A Glossary is provided to accompany the English Years 0-6 learning area content. This can be found here:
For viewing online
In the English learning area, the tables in the teaching sequences for phases 1 and 2 are spread across two pages. Therefore, on screen, the curriculum is best viewed using the link below so that each double page spread is viewed.
Te Mātaiaho framework and English learning area combined
For printing
If you intend on printing the document print the below versions double sided. Then staple or bulldog clip the left-hand side of the printout, so that as you go through the document, each double spread is visible when you turn the pages
Questions and Support
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