Analysing the Draft Curriculum with an Environmental Education Lens
NZAEE Recorded Webinar from February 24th, 2026
This session is aimed at educators working across Yrs 0 - 10 to help support you with the changes and provide guidance for the draft curriculum consultation.
There is a lot of information to cover, but we have summarised the key points including:
- Realities for schools and teachers in 2026
- Proposed timelines and changes
- Analysis of the draft curriculum framework, including comparisions with the 2007 NZC and 2023 Te Mātaiaho
- Analysis of the draft curriculum for the learning areas: Science, Social Science, Health & PE, Technology and The Arts
- Implications for environmental education
Click on the link above to watch the video and use the list of resources and links below to support you with further actions.
Related Resources and Links
We have created a PDF summary of curriculum and assessment changes, aimed at supporting environmental education providers who are working with schools:
Curriculum Change: NZAEE Provider Summary 2026
Watch our recorded secondary webinar for more details about changes to EfS: Sustainability Education in Secondary Schools
Guidance documents to support the consultation process will be shared soon and saved in our News section (link will be added here soon).
During the webinar we also shared some other links related to the content we discussed:
Mātaitipu Vision for Young People video
Science: Bay Science and Sifting through the Draft Science Curriculum - by AEC NZ
Social Sciences: ASSEN
Outdoor Education: EONZ
Technology: TENZ and Spotlight article about Technology and Environmental Education
The Arts: Webinar Unpacking the Arts Curriculum (live webinar has been, but a recording should be available soon)
