OUR LEARNING
Key Competencies
The New Zealand Curriculum identifies five key competencies:
We use these competencies to live, learn, work, and contribute as active members of our communities. More complex than skills, the competencies draw also on knowledge, attitudes, and values in ways that lead to action. They are not separate or stand-alone. They are the key to learning in every learning area.


Learning through an inquiry approach provides opportunities for students to develop a range of skills:
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Thinking, creating and communicating skills
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making connections between ideas
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interpreting and making meaning
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asking rich questions
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thinking critically about ideas and information
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checking for relevancy, bias and accuracy
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forming opinions based on evidence
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drawing conclusions
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conveying ideas, opinions or messages to an audience
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Strategic problem solving skills
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developing and following a plan
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identify challenges and problems
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applying an inquiry process
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selecting appropriate strategies
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making decisions
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innovating on the ideas of others
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transferal of knowledge and skills
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managing time constraints
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Attitudes, qualities and dispositions of powerful learners
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understand and demonstrate the school values
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being imaginative and creative
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being resilient self-managers, focused and persevering
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being rational evaluators, analysers and evidence seekers
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being empathetic, cooperative and collaborative
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being inquisitive, questioning and flexible thinkers
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being reflective goal setters, revisers and self-assessors who learn from mistakes
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