The NZ curriculum isonline at :
http://www.minedu.govt.nz/index.cfm?layout=document&documentid=3561&data=l
Here are some other helpful websites in preparing the exemption.
Te Whâriki is more relevant for a six year old?? since it is widely accepted that Early Childhood ranges from 0?? 6 years.http://www.minedu.govt.nz/web/downloadable/dl3567_v1/whariki.pdf
It could also be useful to take note of development documents like this one:
http://www.nncc.org/Child.Dev/ages.stages.6y.8y.html
tags: MOE payment homeschool nz; supervisory allowance; child turns 6; MoE; ERO;as regularly and well as in a registered school; To apply for a Certificate of Exemption;
Your child does not need to be enrolled in any school until s/he turns six.
A couple of months before this, in order to legally home educate, you need to contact the Ministry of Education to obtain an application for a “Certificate of Exemption” from the legal requirement that all children in NZ aged 6 to 16 be both enrolled and attending a registered school.
After six months of home educating with a Certificateof Exemption, you qualify for an annual “supervisory allowance” from the Ministry of $743 for the first child, $632 for the second, $521 for the third, and $372 for each one after that.
This is paid in two installments by direct credit to your bank account twice a year as long as you also sign a statutory declaration document sent to you by the MoE every six months affirming that you are still teaching the child(ren) “as regularly and well as in a registered school”.
There may also be another check up on you in the form of a review of your home education programme by the Education Review Office (ERO), but not every home educator has this experience.To apply for a Certificate of Exemption, contact the Ministry of Education. https://hef.org.nz/2008/moe-management-centre-offices-to-which-one-must-apply-for-exemption-certificates/ (or to find their phone number, look under “Education” in the blue section at the begining of your phone book)
Here is a letter from the Ministry saying Home Educators do not need to follow the National Curriculum Guidelines, the list of subjects on the Exemption Application. Use them if you like, but you are free to change them around to quite an extent. Dennis Hughes and Derek Miller of the Ministry of Education in Wellington answered the following question for me on 15 June 2000:
Question: Are any of the National Curriculum objectives required for home educators in order to get their exemptions? My understanding is that none of them are?
Answer: You are correct. There is no requirement that homeschoolers follow the National Curriculum. The only requirement is that homeschooling students are taught ‘at least as regularly and well as in a registered school.’
The Ministry’s interpretation of this phrase is contained in the statement which forms part of the information pack that accompanies the homeschooling application form. Among other things, this says that. Ministry officers will look for some evidence of planning and balance that we would expect would be a feature of curriculum organisation in any registered school.
The National Curriculum is useful to the Ministry as a standard reference when determining whether a homeschooler’s programme is a balanced one. Homeschooling offers an opportunity for greater organisational flexibility than is possible in many schools, and Ministry staff would normally be understanding if a homeschooler adopts a holistic approach to curriculum management. But if, for example, a homeschooling programme gives free reign to a student’s interest in computer-related studies but appears to give limited time to the development of communications skills and physical skills, then a Ministry official would be right to ask for a more balanced programme.