Government to rephase NCEA Change Programme

Minister of Education Hon Erica Stanford has today announced a delay of Level 2 to 2028 and Level 3 to 2029.

“The coalition Government is making significant changes to the NCEA Change Programme, delaying the implementation by two years, Minister of Education Erica Stanford announced today.”

“During this time key actions will support the more effective implementation of our National Qualification;

• A review of the new NCEA Level 1 will be undertaken by the Education Review Office documenting key learnings
• Additional review of other aspects of the NCEA Change Programme, including the methods for external assessments, periods of study leave, and moderation practices
• The senior secondary curriculum for Year 11-13 students will be developed
• An implementation plan will reflect learnings from ERO’s evaluation of Level 1
• NCEA Level 1 (revised) and NCEA Level 2 will be fully implemented by 2028
• NCEA Level 3 will be fully implemented by 2029 “

Read the full beehive press release here:

https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/government-rephase-ncea-change-programme

Visit the Tāhūrangi website here: https://tahurangi.education.govt.nz/

 

MoE Notice – 23rd February

Tāhūrangi has been designed to house content that supports effective teaching and learning across Te Whāriki: He Whāriki mātauranga mō ngā mokopuna o Aotearoa Early Childhood Curriculum, Te Marautanga o Aotearoa, and The New Zealand Curriculum.

Tāhūrangi is full of the features you would expect of a modern online curriculum hub, making it easy to find, organise, download, and share curriculum content.

We’re currently moving content from more than 70 different education websites onto this new ‘one-stop-shop’ for curriculum content, teaching resources, and news.

As we move content, we’re undertaking a peer review to check it is fit-for-purpose, relevant and adheres to accessibility criteria as much as possible.

As we move content onto Tāhūrangi, the website that previously housed the material will no longer be publicly available. Teachers will still have access to relevant and up-to-date content – it will simply change location and be housed on Tāhūrangi. Some things may look or feel a little different, but we think you’ll find them easier to use.

The good news is that, once content from our 70+ websites has been moved, all the quality teaching resources you need will be right here.

Read more here

After enquiries from members about the new cellphone policy and how that impacts NCEA Subjects that require large quantities of photographic evidence. Building, Hospitality, the new NCEA Achievement Standards, and more all require photographic evidence, and in previous years ākonga would use their own cellphones to take regular evidence.

When looking on the Ministry of Education guidance there is (as of 1 February 2024) a list of what must be in the rules. This includes “a teacher requires students to use phones for a specific educational task or purpose (for example, for a class assignment)”. As the Ministry’s guidance is that this must be in the school rules, all kaiako should have the ability for ākonga to use their cellphones for this valid and necessary specific educational purpose.

https://www.education.govt.nz/school/digital-technology/cellphones

 

From the MoE Website

What must be in your school rules

The regulations require that schools must ensure students do not use or access a phone while they are attending school, including during lunch time and breaks. This includes students who are on a school course or visit outside the school grounds.

This must be in effect no later than the start of Term 2, 29 April 2024.

Schools must allow students to use or access a phone when:

• a phone is needed for health reasons (for example, to monitor insulin levels); or
• a phone is needed to help a student with a disability or learning support need (for example, to assist with impaired communication); or
• a teacher requires students to use phones for a specific educational task or purpose (for example, for a class assignment); or
• the principal decides that they are needed for special circumstances (for example, the student is a teenage parent).

 

 

Update from The New Zealand Curriculum Refresh Team

The NZ Curriculum refresh – science, technology and the arts learning areas available for feedback from October

Tēnā koutou, 

As you will be aware, the Ministry is progressively refreshing The New Zealand Curriculum. The social sciences learning area was the first refreshed learning area to be released in 2022, followed by English, and mathematics and statistics in May this year.   

As with the approach we have taken to refreshing other learning areas, earlier this year we released an initial draft of the refreshed science learning area for fast testing, to help us develop the draft for wider testing. Clear concerns were raised about the need for the next draft of the science learning area to be clearer, more comprehensive and provide visibility to the core science disciplines.

We had been intending to release the next draft of the science learning area for feedback later this month. However, we want to make sure the next draft accounts for the concerns raised so far. For this reason, we are now aiming to release the next draft of the science learning area in term 4. We recognise that term 4 is a busy time and so will make sure that the feedback timeline remains open into term 1 next year.  We will release the next drafts of the arts and technology learning areas at the same time, recognising that for many schools this will help with feedback timing.

We will be in touch again when the feedback period opens. In the meantime, I want to acknowledge and thank those of you who have provided us with your time and advice. Your ongoing commitment in sharing your thoughts and feedback has been instrumental in the development of our mahi. 

Ngā mihi, 

The New Zealand Curriculum Refresh Team

What this means is the next drafts of the science, arts and technology learning areas will be available on this website in Term 4. The feedback timeframe will stay open until March 2024, so schools, kura, students, and whānau will have five months to engage with, review, and provide feedback on these learning areas.

Find out more here

TENZ are proud to announce our second design competition for 2023 which celebrates the release of another authentic contexts teaching resource!

Encourage your students to be creative by designing a postage stamp inspired by your school, local communities and people. Open to all year levels across ECE, primary and secondary schools students will learn about the different considerations when designing postage stamps in Aotearoa New Zealand.

A big thank you Forest & Bird (Kiwi Conservation Club) and NZ Post for their support with both the competition and the teaching resource.

Further information

For further information about this competition please contact Sarah Washbrooke, [email protected]

Link to download

Click on the following link to access the teacher information and resources for the competition: https://go.tenz.org.nz/TENZStampCompetition2023