At Birkdale North teaching is based on the New Zealand Curriculum Guidelines.  These are supported by Teachers' Handbooks and other documents. 

The school`s  programme puts emphasis on -

    Literacy: Speaking, Reading, Written Language

      AND

 Maths:  Understanding all aspects of number and using number to solve problems, developing knowledge-strategy of mathematics

This programme is delivered by way of an integrated curriculum based on 4 concepts per year.  All curriculum areas are connected through the concepts.-Science, Health, PE, Social Sciences, The Arts, Technology,   Literacy, Maths.

We continue developing Inquiry Learning where students are heavily involved in using learning connections in all curriculum areas to investigate issues that are relevant to them.  The use of information gathering and processing skills (thinking skills) are  planned and taught as part of the students learning `tool kit`.

 

2011 concepts:

Term 1 Turangawaewae          Term 2 Transformation    

Term 3 Citizenship               Term 4 Enterprise