Section outline


  • EXPLORE / TŪHURA

    EXPLORE / TŪHURA learning intentions:

    • We are EXPLORING Aotearoa's natural environment... by investigating its geography.

    • We are EXPLORING Aotearoa's natural environment... by researching its native plants and animals.

    • We are EXPLORING Aotearoa's natural environment... by recognising the landscape and resources it had to offer its earliest settlers.

    • We are EXPLORING Aotearoa's natural environment... by displaying what we know about the environment using maps


    • Kia ora...
      Success Criteria: I can/have...

        1. Identified key aspects of Auckland on a map

        2. What is my prior geographical knowledge of NZ

        3. Describe features of Auckland

        4. Learn how to read a map and its key features

        5. Understand the changes in the Environment that have occured because of Human migration and its effects



    • Activities:

    • ABL activities

    • Expectations of the class with class buy in

    • Negotiable Class treaty

    • Researching historical events 



    Follow Up Tasks: complete the google classroom readings.