Year 9

Welcome to Year Nine English

English is a compulsory subject for all Year 9 to Year 12 students and most students continue to Year 13.

The English programme is varied and interesting.

Taupo-nui-a-Tia's English Department uses the New Zealand National Curriculum to assess our student's progress in the following strands:

Making meaning (listening, reading and viewing)

Creating meaning for yourself and others (speaking, writing and presenting) 

Our students are given clear next steps to help them progress in their English studies.

Currently, our Junior Curriculum has 4 main inquiries - one per term. These have been purposefully selected to tailor our programmes around the context of the learning which allows our students to be local, national and global citizens. These 4 inquiries are Identity, Human Rights and Social Justice, Environmental Sustainability and Peace Building and Conflict Resolution.