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Curriculum
Design .NZ

Curriculum Design .NZ

designing connected curriculum

English, Years 0-10

What's new?

Fact Finders & Fact Explorers - decodables for older students

Writing acceleration supports for Years 0-5

Curriculum, tracking & planning templates

Curriculum, tracking and planning templates

English curriculum Years 0-10

English curriculum Years 0-10

updated 20 October 2025

Curriculum structure

Curriculum structure

an overview of the phases

Curriculum spreadsheet

Curriculum spreadsheet

includes tracking

English printable pdf

English printable pdf

updated version

Composite classes

Composite classes

Teaching statements

English planning templates

English planning templates

updated

NZC English overview

NZC English overview

introduction from NZC English

MoE

suggestions & requirements

MoE

suggestions & requirements

Composite Classes

MoE example plans & supports

MoE example plans and supports

Assessment

Writing Acceleration Supports

Writing Acceleration Supports

Years 0-5 (MoE)

Accelerating progress

Accelerating progress

Y0-3 focus group teaching

Handwriting 2025

Handwriting 2025

lesson resources

Glossary (MoE)

for NZC English curric

Y7-8 English Learning Kits

Y7-8 English Learning Kits

MoE unit & lesson plans

English Y9-10

MoE unit & lesson plans

Assessment

writing marking suport

student speak

Booksearch

Reading Rubric

MoE Years 0-10

Writing Rubric

MoE Years 0-10

Progress Markers

Progress Markers

updated 10 April 2026

Phonics Checks

updated for 2026

Student speak progressions

Student speak progressions

'I can' statements

Writing: planning & marking

Writing: planning & marking

support doc

Book-search tools

Unit Plans

school & junior journals

school & junior journals

search by topic or year level

The Bookshelf

digital Phonics Plus series

Tāhūrangi

instructional series link

Fact Finders & Fact Explorers

Fact Finders & Fact Explorers

MoE decodables for older students

factfinders

Unit plans

Māia, manaaki & ako

Māia, manaaki & ako

Y4-8 writing unit

Images of Aotearoa

Images of Aotearoa

Year 7-8 writing unit. descriptive writing

My Place, Y4-6

writing, research, presentation

Journey of a Waka

Journey of a Waka

Reading: Years 4-6

Perspective Matters

Perspective Matters

Year 7-8 writing unit. Theme: perspective. Writing focus: paragraphs

Tales: writing to entertain

Tales: writing to entertain

Y4-6, paragraphing, speech marks

Activities, games, videos, digital tools

The Stars of Matariki

The Stars of Matariki

English Curriculum Planning

Pania of the Reef

Pania of the Reef

Year 3 Reading Planning Example

Matariki theme

resource links

Activities, games, videos, digital tools

Teaching vocabulary

Teaching vocabulary

Games, templates and activities

sentences

teaching slide set

Handwriting Repeater

Handwriting Repeater

digital tool

Cloze/fill in the blanks

Cloze/fill in the blanks

digital generator

Colourful Semantics

Colourful Semantics

by Sound Foundations

Phonics Plus songs

Phonics Plus songs

short songs for letters & sounds

Pobble 365

free writing prompts & questions

Curipod

digital writing lessons (free)

Reading Activity

Reading Activity

Writing summary sentences

videos

punctuation, grammar, spelling

Zip and Mac

early literacy videos

Music with Michal

Music with Michal

Y0-1 literacy activities

Professional Learning

Professional Learning

Structured Literacy

Structured Literacy

PLD 2026

Y0-3 Focus Group teaching

Y0-3 Focus Group teaching

Accelerating progress

NZ Literacy Association

NZ Literacy Association

Louise Dempsey webinar

A blogpost

with practical ideas

Staff PLD

Implementing English

Unpacking English MoE video

Unpacking English MoE video

November 2025

The Science of Learning

The Science of Learning

A3 explainer poster

Writing Acceleration Supports

Writing Acceleration Supports

Years 0-5 (MoE)

Structured literacy

Structured literacy

with school journals

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