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LITERACY

NZ has a national curriculum that guides what your child learns at school. Your child will develop a range of values and key competencies, or capabilities, that they need to succeed in life. These are all woven into the teaching of learning areas, or subjects.

The National Curriculum is the term used to refer to The New Zealand Curriculum and Te Marautanga o Aotearoa. These set the direction for student learning and guide schools and kura as they design and implement a curriculum that meets the needs of their students.

There is a big focus on reading, writing and maths in the primary years, as these are really important foundation skills that everyone needs in order to be able to do well in life. Children need strong reading, writing and maths skills to progress through the levels of the National Curriculum and be able to achieve NCEA Level 2 or above at secondary school.

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Wāhi noho | Address

Avalon Intermediate School
1041 High Street
Lower Hutt 5011New Zealand  

Ngā wāhanga 2025 | 2025 dates

Term 1: 3rd Feb - 10th April

(school closed for instruction Friday 11 April)

Term 2: 28th April - 27th June

Term 3: 14th July - 19th Sept

Term 4: 6th Oct - 16th Dec

Ngā haora | Hours

Office hours:     8.00am – 3:30pm​

School hours:    8:45am - 2:50pm

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