This resource is designed for teachers of NCEA Level 1 in the Arts. This includes Visual Arts, Dance, Drama, and Music. Its key purpose is to provide teachers with a possible framework for inquiry. This resource uses an inquiry approach for planning, teaching and learning in the classroom. 

This resource is designed for teachers of English. Its purpose is to enable teachers to see mātauranga Māori in process as well as content.

This resource is designed for teachers of NCEA Level 1 Health Studies and Level 1 Physical Education. Its key purpose is to provide teachers with key information about the concept of hauora. To use this resource, teachers need to be familiar with the Big Ideas and Significant Learning that relates to hauora. This resource is intended to be a starting point as it provides links to further reading.

This resource is designed for teachers of NCEA Level 1 Health Studies. Its key purpose is to provide teachers with an overview of rongoā and how it is related to hauora. This resource is intended to be a starting point as it provides links to further reading and ideas for activities.

This resource is designed for teachers of NCEA Level 1 language subjects but will also be relevant for teachers of additional languages at all levels of the curriculum. Its key purpose is to provide suggestions for ways in which teachers can strengthen the development of their students’ spontaneous interaction skills in language programmes. The ability to participate in unrehearsed and unscripted spoken or signed interaction is the key competency assessed by Achievement Standard 1.1 for all language subjects in NCEA.

This resource includes a series of videos explaining the key ideas.

Te Reo Māori Written Text Resources

This is a collection of 10 written texts in Te Reo Māori at Curriculum Level 6 or NCEA Level 1.

Te Reo Māori Written Text Resources - NCEA Level 1

Te Reo Māori Spoken Text Resources

This is a collection of 10 spoken texts in Te Reo Māori at Curriculum Level 6 or NCEA Level 1.

Te Reo Māori Spoken Text Resources - NCEA Level 1

These resources are designed for teachers of NCEA Level 1 Pacific languages and New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL). They support the development of listening and reading comprehension skills in Pacific languages, as well as comprehension and interaction skills in NZSL. These resources include:

1. Pacific Languages: 10 downloadable spoken texts and 10 written texts for each Pacific language.
2. NZSL: 10 downloadable signed texts and 10 interaction resources.

Teachers can integrate these texts into their existing programs and use them for comprehension-focused activities in language teaching and learning.

Gagana Sāmoa Written Text Resources

This is a collection of 10 written texts in Gagana Sāmoa (Samoan language) at Curriculum Level 6 or NCEA Level 1.

Gagana Sāmoa Written Text Resources – NCEA Level 1

Gagana Tokelau Written Text Resources

The collection features Gagana Tokelau texts on 10 different topics and includes an English translation for each. The texts can be used for reading comprehension related activities in a language teaching and learning programme.

Gagana Tokelau Written Text Resources - NCEA Level 1

Gagana Tokelau Spoken Text Resources

The collection features audio passages in Gagana Tokelau on 10 different topics and includes a written transcript and English translation for each. The texts can be used for listening comprehension related activities in a language teaching and learning programme.

Gagana Tokelau Spoken Text Resources - NCEA Level 1

Lea Faka-Tonga Written Text Resources

This is a collection of 10 written texts in Lea Faka-Tonga (Tongan language) at Curriculum Level 6 or NCEA Level 1.

Lea Faka-Tonga Written Text Resources – NCEA Level 1

Lea Faka-Tonga Spoken Text Resources

The collection features audio passages in Lea Faka-Tonga on 10 different topics and includes a written transcript and English translation for each. The texts can be used for listening comprehension related activities in a language teaching and learning programme.

Lea Faka-Tonga Spoken Text Resources - NCEA Level 1

Reo Māori Kūki 'Āirani Written Text Resources

Reo Māori Kūki 'Āirani Written Text Resources - NCEA Level 1

This is a collection of 10 written texts in reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani (Cook Islands Māori) at Curriculum Level 6 or NCEA Level 1.

Reo Māori Kūki 'Āirani Spoken Text Resources

This is a collection of 10 spoken texts in Reo Māori Kūki ‘Āirani (Cook Islands Māori) at Curriculum Level 6 or NCEA Level 1.

Reo Māori Kūki 'Āirani Spoken Text Resources - NCEA Level 1

This is a collection of 10 written texts in Vagahau Niue (Niue language) at Curriculum Level 6 or NCEA Level 1.

Vagahau Niue Written Text Resources – NCEA Level 1

NZSL Single Presenter Resources

The collection features single presenter videos in New Zealand Sign Language on 10 different topics and includes a written NZSL gloss and English translation for each. The videos can be used for comprehension related activities in an NZSL teaching and learning programme.

NZSL Single Presenter Resources – NCEA Level 1

NZSL Interaction Resources

This is a collection of 10 signed texts in New Zealand Sign Language at Curriculum Level 6 or NCEA Level 1.

NZSL Interaction Resources - NCEA Level 1

This resource provides a complete overview of the four situations that align with and cover the content and concepts for statistical investigations for NCEA Level 1 — comparisons, time series, relationships and probability. To use the resource, teachers need to be familiar with the big ideas and the companion unpacking document from the NCEA Level 1 Learning Matrix that are statistics based.

This resource provides an accompanying activity document to the Teaching and Learning Guide of the four situations that align with and cover the content and concepts for statistical investigations for NCEA Level 1 — comparisons, time series, relationships and probability. To use the resource teachers need to be familiar with the big ideas and the companion unpacking document from the NCEA Level 1 Learning Matrix that are statistics based.

This resource is designed for NCEA Level 1 Teachers of Science. Its key purpose is to exemplify a learning first approach to course design. This resource focusses on design from the starting point of the Science Subject Big Idea 1: Science knowledge is contested and refined over time. To use the resource, teachers need to unpack learning opportunities from the Big Idea and associated Significant Learning, assign appropriate content learning and consider assessment opportunities.

This resource is designed for NCEA Level 1 Teachers of Science. Its key purpose is to exemplify a learning first approach to course design. This resource focusses on design from the starting point of the Science Subject Big Idea 3: Science uses subject-specific literacy to communicate knowledge. To use the resource, teachers need to unpack learning opportunities from the Big Idea and associated Significant Learning, assign appropriate content learning and consider assessment opportunities.

The resource is designed for teachers of NCEA Level 1 Commerce. Its key purpose is to provide teachers who may not have a comprehensive understanding of the Supply Demand (SD) model with a resource that enables them to include SD analysis in their Level 1 Commerce course. By utilising the numeracy knowledge students can make sense of the SD model and then use it to make predictions about how an event impacts on markets and the NZ economy generally.

The resource is designed for NCEA Level 1 Religious Studies teachers. Its key purpose is to unpack the Learning Matrix to teach creation narratives. It offers a suggested sequence of activities that show how the Big Ideas, Significant Learning, and Achievement Standard 91917 Demonstrate understanding of how a significant narrative relates to a religious or spiritual tradition connect together. 

This resource is designed for teachers of NCEA Level 1 Technology. Its key purpose is to exemplify authentic contexts in the Technology Learning Area that encourage greater student self-determination in terms of outcome development and creation. To use this resource, teachers need to unpack authentic contexts, how outcomes are developed within an authentic context, and consider outcome development and creation opportunities that have real life meaning for students. 

This resource is designed for teachers of NCEA Level 1 Technology. Its key purpose is to provide teachers with ways to incorporate the consideration of student pathways into programme planning. To use this resource, teachers need to understand the impact a specialist classroom teacher has on the decisions students make as they consider their future pathway. This resource is intended to be a starting point as to how teachers can support students.