January 2022

Refreshing The New Zealand Curriculum

INDICATIVE TIMELINE (2021-2025)

As areas are refreshed and curriculum

OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED supports are introduced, they enter
a cycle of continuous improvement.

2018 July 2019 Sept. 2019 Aug. 2020 (term 3 onwards)

• Kōrero Mātauranga | Education Conversation • Tomorrow’s Schools • Prime Minister announces • New Professional Learning
set out to hear the ideas and opinions from all Review Independent Aotearoa New Zealand’s and Development priorities
New Zealanders to improve the education system Taskforce report histories will be available now available
2018 to midway through 2019 to teach in all schools and
kura from 2022 2021 to 2024
• Curriculum, Progress and Achievement Ministerial
• Minister Hipkins • Record of Learning
Advisory Group investigates with sector reference
announces intention design and test
group and provides advice
to refresh the national progressively underway
curriculum for schooling • First release planned
for 2024

TRUST, COHERENCE, EQUITY

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• All other parts of the NZC 2
2022 term 1 onwards refreshed and feedback sought Oct. 2021 Mar. 2021
• Final new ANZH1 curriculum TRUST e.g., Vision for Young People, • New online • Draft Literacy
content available COHERENCE purpose, and principles etc. curriculum hub and Mathematics 2021
EQUITY • Support to schools on the design underway, strategies underway
Mid – 2022
‘Understand, Know, Do’ (UKD) with progressive
• Refreshed Social Sciences and progression models releases
learning area available
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• Minister
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Mar.–May 2022 2022 to 2023 May 2021 national
• NZC 2 Vision for Young People • Learning area design • Curriculum curriculum
design and feedback and feedback: Mathematics Leads refresh

• Learning area testing: and Statistics, and English introduced

2023 Social Sciences Feb.–May 2021
• Draft new ANZH1
curriculum content out
for public consultation
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2023 to 2024 2024 to 2025 2025

• Refreshed learning areas available • Refreshed learning areas available that • All schools using the refreshed
that were tested in 2022 were tested in 2023 New Zealand Curriculum by the end of 2025
• Learning area design and feedback: • Learning area design and feedback: Learning • Implementation and support continues
Technology, The Arts and Science Languages, Health and Physical Education

1 Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories (ANZH)

2 The New Zealand Curriculum (NZC)