"The Language Specialist in Bilingual Education provides curriculum advisory support at the whole school and classroom level on implementing best practice bilingual education approaches (immersion, two way literacy/pathway and Maintenance Heritage) and biliteracy across the curriculum.  This has included one on one and whole school work with Principals, teachers and their communities in the Southern and Northern group schools in the Cook Islands".

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Chris Story Language Advisor

The Cook Island Maori curriculum is founded on the following aims to develop a sense of belonging to the culture and understanding of the language, values, beliefs, traditions and customs that form our Cook Islands culture, secure in the knowledge that they make a valued contribution to society. To grow up as able and confident learners and communicators, healthy in mind, body and spirit.

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Henrica Wilson Secondary Maori Advisor/Rei Programme Facilitator

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Tutere Moetaua Primary Maori Advisor

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Outer islands students have traditionally undertaken Distance Education courses because their schools have difficulty employing secondary teachers.  Rarotongan secondary schools now also offer distance courses to their senior students to expand their subject options. The Correspondence School (TCS) in Wellington, New Zealand provides learning programmes over a range of subjects and levels - from Year 9 to NCEA. There are currently 138 Cook Island students engaged in 411 TCS distance courses.

Teresa Tararoa Distance Education Manager 

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Early Childhood Care and Education in the Cook Islands covers the years from birth to school age. The early years, of a child’s life is a very significant time for growth, development and learning. Early childhood draws and builds upon the language and cultural experiences of the child, and reflects the nature, values and aspirations of the family and community, as it prepares the child for lifetime learning.

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The English Language Curriculum shares the notion that cultural knowledge is the foundation for learning.  It is through Cook Islands Culture, values, practices and knowledge that we are offered a unique view that can be taught to our children and shared with the world. As educators, it is important that we start with the world that was left for them by their ancestors.

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Chris Story Language Advisor

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Guidance refers to the growth, development and learning of the whole person – cognitive, emotional, social, spiritual and physical. It is the individualising, the personalizing and the socializing element of a young person’s life and is shared by families and communities with educators.

Rhona Poutu Shaw

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Eli David Careers Information Officer

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The Health and Physical Wellbeing Curriculum takes a holistic approach to wellbeing, and is based on the four holistic dimensions of social, spiritual, mental and emotional, and physical wellbeing.  
The curriculum aims for students to gain the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values to make informed decisions and actively contribute to their own wellbeing, the well being of others, and of society as a whole.

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Katie Rogers Health & Physical Well-Being Advisor

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Ministry policy aims to achieve an education system that identifies and includes students with special learning needs, implements appropriate programs and monitors their progress within a culture of understanding. The policy applies to all students who are at risk of not developing to their full educational potential or at risk of not achieving the major objectives of the curriculum. It recognizes and provides support for students with disabilities, specific learning and behavioural difficulties as well as those who are gifted and talented.

Laisiasa Merumeru

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Literacy learning encompasses knowledge about literacy as well as knowledge about literacy acquisition. Literacy is the ability to understand, respond to, and use those forms of written language that are required by society and valued by individuals and communities.

Kathlene George Local Literacy Advisor

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Mathematics is a body of knowledge that has been created by humans and which is constantly being refined and increased by ongoing enquiry. It is also a basis for scientific study and an essential tool for everyday life. It has contributed to and is reflected in all cultures of the world. The Cook Island Mathematics Curriculum document divides Mathematics knowledge and learning into five strands but there are areas where these overlap and this should be reflected in the teaching programme.

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Strickland Upu Maths Advisor/Numeracy Facilitator

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Science has been part of Cook Islands culture for many generations. Knowledge for conservation such as the raui or fishing and planting by the Arapo express scientific knowledge and practice. The changing of material properties through soaking, stripping and dying, the preparation and cooking of food in an umu are also reflections of scientific knowledge. 

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Jane Taurarii Science Advisor

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Social Science is an evolving subject which questions the very essence of who we are, where we come from and where we are going to. The Social Sciences are one of the essential learning areas of the Cook Islands curriculum, and it reflects the country’s own dynamic existence.

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Danielle Cochrane Social Science Advisor

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