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Curriculum
Design .NZ

Curriculum Design .NZ

designing connected curriculum

English, Years 0-10

What's new?

Curriculum spreadsheet updated to include teaching guidance.

Writing: planning and marking support

Curriculum, 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

Y7-8 Example Texts

Y7-8 Example Texts

suggestions & requirements

Y9-10 Example Texts

Y9-10 Example Texts

suggestions & requirements

English planning templates

English planning templates

updated

MoE glossary

from NZC English

Progress Markers

Progress Markers

Years 0-10

Assessment & MoE resources

Assessment & MoE resources

Handwriting 2025

Handwriting 2025

lesson resources

School Journals

School Journals

Tāhūrangi - finding School Journals

Phonics Checks

updated for 2026

Writing: planning & marking

Writing: planning & marking

support doc

Structured Literacy

Structured Literacy

with school journals

Accelerating progress

Accelerating progress

Y0-3 focus group teaching

Activities, games, videos, website links

writing marking suport

Activities, games, videos, website Links

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

Reading Activity

Reading Activity

Writing summary sentences

videos

punctuation, grammar, spelling

Unit Plans

Unit plans

Matariki theme

resource links

The Stars of Matariki

The Stars of Matariki

English Curriculum Planning

Pania of the Reef

Pania of the Reef

Year 3 Reading Planning Example

Professional Learning

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

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

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