Curriculum

The school curriculum details how a school, its staff and Board of Trustees will plan for, teach and assess its students through the implementation of the New Zealand Curriculum. The main components of the school curriculum are the vision, principles and values (at Carlton these are embodied in the Habits of Mind); the Key Competencies and the 8 core learning areas.(English, Mathematics & Statistics, The Arts, Health & P.E., Science, Social Studies, Technology and Learning Languages).

Guideline statements detail how each component of the curriculum will be implemented.

Curriculum Delivery

All students are supported in their learning to be creative, display intellectual curiosity, seek challenges, reflect and adapt to constant change in the 21^st century. The curriculum will provide learning which students see as relevant, meaningful and useful to them. read more…

Inquiry Learning

An old adage states: "Tell me and I forget, show me and I remember, involve me and I   understand."  This is the essence of inquiry-based learning. read more…

Learning Areas

Learning Areas are not viewed as separate, or distinct from one another, but as connected. Our curriculum planning makes use of the natural connections that exist between learning areas, and that link learning areas to the values and key competencies.  read more…

The Arts

The Arts explore, challenge, affirm, and celebrate unique artistic expressions of self, community, and culture. Learning in, through and about the Arts stimulates creative action and response by engaging and connecting, thinking, imagination, senses, and feelings. By participating in the Arts, students’ personal well being is enhanced.  read more…

Health & P.E.

The five cornerstones to the delivery of our Health and Physical Education programme are:- Physical Well Being covering physical skill development, movement and motor skills; Health covering mental health, healthy lifestyles and relationships; Health Promoting Schools covering initiatives such as Fruit in Schools, vegetable gardens, school lunches and community involvement, Fair Play covering sport and team games, E.O.T.C  covering day trips and camps.  read more…

Te Reo

By learning Te Reo Maori it enables students to appreciate that Maori language and culture extends their cultural understanding. Interaction in another language introduces them to new ways of thinking about, questioning, and interpreting the world and their place in it. It also enables students to become more effective communicators in our multicultural society. read more…

National Standards & Reporting

In November of 2009 the Ministry of Education published the National Standards documents for Literacy and Numeracy as a follow on from the New Zealand Curriculum. The National Educational Guidelines were altered to legalise the implementation of the standards. These standards are effective from 2010. read more…

Habits of Mind

Art Costa developed 16 Habits of Mind which are thoughtful behaviours that allow us to cope with a complex and rapidly changing world. They also serve as guiding principles to promote successful lifelong learning.

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