Ako i te Kainga - Learning at Home

Understanding Your Childs Learning:

The Parent Portal is a Ministry of Education provided collection of guidance and resources for parents, families and carers.This year-by-year learning guide covers the New Zealand Curriculum and covers Years 1 to 8.The guide is structured by year level. Choose your child's level and find ways to understand what they do at school, and how you can support them to achieve what they need to this year. Click the images below to see what each year looks like.

The New Zealand Curriculum

The New Zealand Curriculum sets out what your child is expected to learn at school each year and the level they should be achieving for the year they are in.

The New Zealand Curriculum is for all English-medium state and state-integrated schools in New Zealand.

Year by Year Learning Guides

By the end of the first 6 months at School

The first few months at school are an exciting and challenging time for children. Find out what they'll be learning and how you can support them at home.

By the end of year one.

Understand what your child will have learned by the end of their first year of school. See suggestions for simple things you can do at home to help them learn.

By the end of year 2.

Understand what your child will have learned by the end of their second year at school, and how you can support this learning at home.

By the end of year 3

Information to help you understand what your child learns in Year 3 at school, and ideas for helping them with their learning at home.

By the end of year 4

Information to help you understand what your child will have learned by the end of their fourth year at school, and ideas or activities to help support their learning at home.

by the end of year 5

Information to help you understand what your child will have learned by the end of their fifth year at school, and guidance on how you can support this learning at home.

by the end of year 6

Information to help you understand what your child will have learned by the end of their sixth year at school, and ideas for activities to help them with their learning at home.

Guide to your child's reporting and progress

Find out how the new New Zealand Curriculum reports work and what they show about your child’s progress.