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Aotearoa histories books for schools and kura

<h2 class&equals;"intro">The Ministry of Education is inviting schools and kura to order up to &dollar;200 of high-quality history books for their libraries to promote Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories&period;<&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Orders will open on<strong> Monday 24 May<&sol;strong><b> <&sol;b>and close<strong> Friday 25 June <&sol;strong>for a collection of books that aim to stimulate interest&comma; discussion and engagement with Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories&period; Principals&sol;tumuaki can choose the books they want from a list of recent publications and can be made from the Ministry of Education&&num;8217&semi;s online catalogue of teaching and learning resources&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thechair&period;co&period;nz&sol;login&sol;moe-thechair" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Down the Back of the Chair&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote>&NewLine;<p>In a statement this week&comma; the MoE said&comma; &&num;8220&semi;This list is not comprehensive but provides a taste of some of the high-quality publications that are available in te reo M&amacr;ori and in English&period;&&num;8221&semi; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Orders will be distributed from June&period; Schools that have not received their orders by the end of July can contact us at <a title&equals;"Histories books for schools and kura email contact" href&equals;"mailto&colon;orders&commat;thechair&period;minedu&period;govt&period;nz&quest;subject&equals;Histories&percnt;20books&percnt;20for&percnt;20schools&percnt;20and&percnt;20kura" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">orders&commat;thechair&period;minedu&period;govt&period;nz<&sol;a> or on 0800 660 662&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h2><b>Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories in the curriculum<&sol;b><&sol;h2>&NewLine;<p>Aotearoa New Zealand is on a journey to ensure that all &amacr;konga in all schools and kura learn how our histories have shaped our present-day lives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>From 2022&comma; Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories will be taught in all schools and kura&period; This is part of a wider refresh of our national curriculum to ensure it is fit for purpose now and in the future – and supports the language&comma; identity&comma; culture&comma; and wellbeing of all students in Aotearoa New Zealand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A suite of resources to support the implementation of Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories in the curriculum will be available to schools and kura in Term 4&comma; 2021 and Term 1&comma; 2022&period; Information on these resources will be published on Social Sciences Online&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;ssol&period;tki&period;org&period;nz&sol;Aotearoa-NZ-s-histories" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories – Social Sciences Online<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"box-wrapper related-info">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"inner">&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;education&period;govt&period;nz&sol;our-work&sol;changes-in-education&sol;aotearoa-new-zealand-histories-in-our-national-curriculum&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Aotearoa New Zealand’s histories in our national curriculum<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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