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Colour image of the whetu (stars) of Matariki (also known as the Pleiades) shining brightly in the night sky.

Matariki (junior)

Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

Matariki is the Māori name for the star cluster also known as the Pleiades or Seven Sisters. The Matariki cluster can be seen in the sky near the end of June...

Colour photo 3 african elephants walking around a watering hole in Addo Elephant National Park (South Africa).

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

The world of animals has been divided into different groups or classifications based on their characteristics. While some species of animals have been domest...

Colour photo overlooking the Aotearoa NZ parliament buildings in Wellington (including Parliament House, the Beehive and Bowen House).

Government (New Zealand)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

New Zealand has a democratic system of government, with elections taking place every three years. The head of government is the Prime Minister. The system of...

A laptop sitting open on a table, showing a range of numbers, graphs and charts.

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

Statistics is how we explore and use patterns and relationships in data to help explain the world around us. This involves collecting, analysing, and interpr...

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Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Christianity is the biggest religion in the world. It is based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth, or Jesus Christ. People who follow the religio...

Entry last updated: 5/12/24

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Computer programming

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Computer programming is a way of giving computers instructions about what they should do. These instructions are known as code or software. Computer program...

Entry last updated: 6/12/24

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Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Soccer (also called Football) is a team sport of 11 players each trying to score points by moving a ball into a goal using their feet.

Entry last updated: 12/12/24

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Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

The Stone Age was a period in prehistoric times that lasted millions of years. Prehistoric means a time before people created writing to keep records of even...

Entry last updated: 14/04/26

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Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

The Sun is at the centre of the Solar System. It is a round ball of hot plasma. The Earth orbits around the Sun, which gives us warmth and light. The Sun is ...

Entry last updated: 7/07/25

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Food chains (junior)

Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

A food chain refers to the order in which living things, such as plants and animals, depend on each other for food. For example, an eel eats a small fish, wh...

Entry last updated: 2/12/25

Image: Tour of the carving and weaving school at New Zealand Māori Arts and Crafts Institute at Te Puia (https://gg.govt.nz/file/27636) by Government House on The Governor-General of New Zealand. Public domain (https://gg.govt.nz/copyright-and-licensing). Image cropped.

Ngā toi Māori (Māori arts and crafts)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

The term Ngā toi Māori covers a very large range of different kinds of Māori art, from traditional practices to contemporary art. Some forms of Māori art sha...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

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Arctic (junior)

Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

The Arctic is at the top of Earth around the North Pole. The area is made from an ocean, different countries and floating ice that does not melt.

Entry last updated: 10/03/26

Image: Rome (Italy), Piazza della Rotonda, Hub of a Coach -- 2013 -- 10 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rome_(Italy),_Piazza_della_Rotonda,_Hub_of_a_Coach_--_2013_--_10.jpg) by Dietmar Rabich on Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en). Image cropped.

Inventions (junior)

Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

Inventions are anything new a person has made. People who invent things are called inventors. Inventions make it easier for people to do things. Everything w...

Entry last updated: 10/07/25

Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

Stars are giant balls of hot gas that light up our night sky from very far away. They are mostly made up of the gases helium and hydrogen. There are so many...

Entry last updated: 25/07/25

Six cartoon characters site around a table using a tablet, laptop and books.