Curriculum

The Linden School Conceptual Curriculum has been developed from the New Zealand Curriculum and local focus areas. There are four key concepts, each of which has different "big ideas". Each term the school focusses on a selected concept, and classes select one or more key ideas to investigate and make links from and between.

Images used in our curriculum are from the mural painted at school.

Culture and Diversity

Cultures are expressed in many ways
New Zealand has changed over time, and we can learn from the past
Cultures in NZ have similarities and differences
Culture and Heritage needs to be sustained
Migration & movement impacts people, places & environments
NZ is multicultural with bi-cultural foundations
Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles are important for NZ
There is diversity within and between groups of living things

Community

We have rights, responsibilities and laws as members and leaders of a community
People and Places are important for communities and decisions are made to benefit the community and respond to challenges
Trade enables us to get what we need and want
Communities have resources that are used depending on their physical and functional properties, to support wellbeing and protect its members
We can take action for safe and healthy communities and environments
Relationships can be challenging and rewarding
The arts, while having changed over time, serve a variety of purposes in our lives and communities

Causes and Effect

Events have causes and effects
Technology changes society and the environment
Technological & digital products and systems use modelling & prototyping, algorithms and facilitate changes to society and environment
There is a relationship between forces and motion
There are everyday examples of physics all around us, some that change the original states of materials.
Acting responsibly reduces the effects of discrimination
We can use safe practices to minimise the effects of hazards, unsafe situations and risk
We can take action to make our environment sustainable and look after our environment
Systems and processes need to be sustainable
The universe is made up of many components, resources and systems
The living world has changed over long periods of time

Hauora

TAHA WAIRUA (Spiritual - Identity, Self Awareness, Values, Beliefs, Purpose…)
TAHA HINENGARO (Mental & Emotional - Coherent Thinking Processes, thoughts, feelings, responses…)
TAHA WHĀNAU (Social - Family Relationships, Friendships, Interpersonal Relationships, Interactions, Belonging, Compassion, Caring…)
TAHA TINANA The human body is made up of a number of inter-related systems (Physical - Body, Growth, Development, Looking after our bodies, Moving…)
We have personal responsibility for our own, and the wellbeing of others, which can be influenced by different factors
Money management is essential for everyone, including entrepreneurs who create their own businesses.
We make choices to meet our needs and wants
Living things are part of an ecosystem and have requirements to stay alive