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Black and white photo from WW1 of a group of Aotearoa NZ soldiers in a field. One is pointing a machine gun and another is helping with ammunition while the others watch.

World War One (junior)

Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

World War One, also called the First World War, took place between 1914 and 1918. It is called a 'world war' because so many different countries were involve...

Colour photo of native trees and plants in a bush in Aotearoa NZ.

Native plants (New Zealand)

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Native plants are plants that are indigenous to or originate from a specific country. New Zealand has a wide variety of native plants which are unique as the...

Black and white photo of Parihaka showing the whare (houses) and Taranaki Maunga (Mount Egmont) in the background.

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

Parihaka was a Māori settlement in Taranaki around the 1860’s when New Zealand was a British colony, and land was being divided up and given to European sett...

Colour photo of an exhibit showing copies of 3 sheets of He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni (the Declaration of Independence of the United Tribes of New Zealand). It shows signatures on 2 of the sheets.

Declaration of Independence (New Zealand)

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga – The Declaration of Independence was signed on 28 October 1835 by 34 northern Māori chiefs. The document declared the in...

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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.

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: 16/10/23

Image: DSCN1217 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/161826707@N08/42764261591/) by Chani Goering on Flickr

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Tsunamis are destructive surges of water or waves in a sea, or large lake. They are caused by a significant movement on the sea bed, from an earthquake, a vo...

Entry last updated: 12/10/23

Image: Earthquake Collapse House (https://pixabay.com/en/earthquake-collapse-house-rubble-1651716/) by cobain86 on pixabay.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Earthquakes are a natural phenomenon. They happen because of the movement of tectonic plates on the earth's surface. When a sudden slip between two plates ha...

Entry last updated: 12/10/23

Image: Quiet beauty (https://unsplash.com/photos/YDeQtjjTz5g) by Tanja Zöllner on Unsplash.

Lakes (New Zealand)

Junior Secondary (Years 7 - 10)

New Zealand is a land of lakes. Lakes are home to birds, native fish, and small creatures such as worms, mites, dragonflies, snails, and mussels. Pollution o...

Entry last updated: 12/10/23

Image: Children's number blocks being used for learning to count - 51069936953 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Children%27s_number_blocks_being_used_for_learning_to_count_-_51069936953.jpg) by perpetual.fostering on Wikimedia Commons.

Mathematics (junior)

Junior Primary (Years 1 - 4)

Maths (short for mathematics) is all about numbers, patterns and shapes, and how you can learn to use them to solve math problems in everyday life.

Entry last updated: 4/10/23

Image: Biology and Bioengineering (33748001300) (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Biology_and_Bioengineering_(33748001300).jpg) by astro_matt on Wikimedia Commons.

Biology (junior)

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Biology is a branch of science that studies organisms (living things) and their changes. It includes the study of cells, plants, animals and the human body. ...

Entry last updated: 4/10/23

Image: Lenin Square, Novosibirsk (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lenin_square_-_panoramio.jpg) by L-BBE on Wikimedia Commons.

Russian Revolution 1917

Senior Secondary (Years 11 - 13)

The Russian Revolution which lasted from 1917 to 1923 marked the end of the Romanov dynasty or Russian Imperial Rule. The Bolsheviks, led by Vladimir Lenin s...

Entry last updated: 4/10/23

Image: Bachelor Students - Chemistry Lab (https://www.flickr.com/photos/92416586@N05/12188423293) by NTNU, Faculty of Natural Sciences on Flickr.

Scientists (New Zealand)

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

New Zealand has many great scientists that work in a lot of different areas of science. Their research and discoveries have a big effect on our world. In thi...

Entry last updated: 4/10/23

Image: Orange buoy in water (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orange_buoy_in_water.jpg) by W.carter on Wikimedia Commons.

Floating and sinking

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Floating and sinking are about weight and the force or upthrust of water. When an object is put into water the force of the water pushes it up. If the weight...

Entry last updated: 4/10/23

Image: Airplane in midair at daytime by Emanuel Alexandru (https://unsplash.com/photos/AKYjr-kmYtQ) on Unsplash.

Senior Primary (Years 5 - 8)

Flight is about being able to leave the ground and fly or move through the air. Birds fly, some insects fly and people use machines like planes, helicopters ...

Entry last updated: 4/10/23