NZ Curric, Key Comps, Capabilities & Values Wall Display

Description

Create a meaningful and visually engaging classroom display aligned with the refreshed New Zealand Curriculum – Te Mātaiaho 🌿

This Learning Tree display brings together NZ Curriculum Values, Key Competencies, and Capabilities in a clear, student-friendly way that helps tamariki understand how they learn and what matters in your classroom.

This bright wall display organises the above concepts into an eye-catching pōhutukawa tree, with the values as the roots (what grounds us), the key comps as the trunk (skills that hold learning together) and the new capabilities as the branches & flowers (what grows from learning). Each concept is illustrated with a quirky little Kiwi-Character and linked to the main display!

This resource includes:

✔ Large Central Learning Tree (tiled poster)
Print and assemble a stunning A1-sized tree (prints across multiple A4 or A3 pages)

✔ NZ Curriculum Values (8 mini posters)
Excellence, Innovation, Diversity, Equity, Community, Sustainability, Integrity, Respect (with student-friendly wording)

✔ Key Competencies (5 mini posters)
Thinking, Managing Self, Relating to Others, Participating & Contributing, Using Language, Symbols & Text

✔ Capabilities (6 mini posters – Te Mātaiaho aligned)
Thinking (problem solving), Communicating, Collaborating (relating to others), Creativity, Understanding Cultures (*embedded idea), Using Digital Tools (*embedded idea), Making Responsible Choices (self-management)

✔ Student-friendly “We…” wording and fun kiwi-characters
Supports discussion, modelling and classroom expectations

✔ Wall display banner + ‘understand, know & do’ icons

Why Teachers Love This Resource:

• Aligns with the Te Mātaiaho curriculum refresh
• Makes abstract curriculum concepts visual and accessible
• Encourages student ownership of learning
• Flexible layout – works in small or large spaces
• Doubles as both decor and teaching tool

Perfect For:

• NZ primary classrooms
• Beginning teachers setting up their learning space
• Curriculum-aligned wall displays
• Inquiry and learning conversations
• Back-to-school classroom setup

Display Options:

• Build a large collaborative wall tree
• Use posters individually around the room
• Create a growing learning display across the year

NZ Curriculum Alignment:

• This resource supports the refreshed New Zealand Curriculum (Te Mātaiaho), including: NZ Curriculum Values, Key Competencies & Emerging Capabilities framework

Bring your classroom walls to life with a display that reflects how learning grows in Aotearoa 🌿