Ministry of Education

New Zealand Curriculum

As we all know this document is what underpins everything we do in our curriculum program. This Online site offers information, resources, news, advice, and guidance, inspiring school stories, practical ideas, research reports, how to get support, at a click of a button.

An inclusive classroom culture values and recognises the contributions of all students, their families/whānau, and communities.

Inclusive Practice and the School Curriculum

Information for school leaders and teachers to help support inclusion and deliver an inclusive classroom curriculum. Tools for building inclusion into the school curriculum and to build professional knowledge. Guides with practical strategies and suggestions that take the mystery out of meeting the needs of diverse learners. Modules to support teachers and teacher aides to work effectively together. Information on effective Individual Education Plan processes.

Inclusive Education

John Robinson, HoD Learning Support at Onslow College, reflects on how inclusive practice is developing across the school.

An introduction to UDL (Universal Design for Learning) and how it can help us realise the vision of The New Zealand Curriculum.

UDL Guidelines

UDL is a framework to improve and optimise teaching and learning for all people based on scientific insights into how humans learn.

UDL Principles

Environments can be designed with all three learning networks in mind. The UDL principles help us keep these in the front of our thinking.

Design learning to meet the diverse and variable needs of all students in your classroom.

A rationale for UDL based on findings from neuroscience. This PDF is a 5 minute read to help you understand Universal Design for Learning. UDL was inspired by such advances in cognitive neuroscience research and offers a framework that integrates what we know about the learning brain to inform the design of environments that support all learners.

This online resource provides suggestions and resources aligned to the UDL framework. Each checkpoint in the guidelines has a photo and description. These guidelines help you to select strategies that remove barriers in instruction so that all students can achieve their learning goals. An excellent resource.