Social Studies | Te ao tangata

Haere mai and welcome to Social Studies | Te ao tangata at Epsom Girls Grammar School for 2024. We are excited to deliver an engaging course that has a focus on people, place, and stories. The heart of our programme has been refined with input from  Te Mataiaho: The Refreshed New Zealand Curriculum | Social Sciences. This incorporates the Aotearoa New Zealand History Curriculum which we incorporated from 2023. 

Social Studies has continued to be as relevant and important as ever for our Year 9 and 10 students as national and international current events capture the interest and help our students to understand more about different societies and cultures. Our refreshed programme adds a richness to the learning experiences of our students as they learn about the history and tikanga of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei. This year all Year 9 students will focuss on Maungawhau and Bastion Point, and all Year 10 student will focus on Maungakiekie as places of significance as a way to practise key social science skills, for our starting unit Taurangawaewae. 

Our programme is rounded out by investigating current events  alongside our planned course. This helps students to make connections between what they learn in the classroom to what is currently evolving and happening in real life. This two year course aims at developing students' Literacy, Numeracy, critical thinking, and research skills. These fundamental skills will be assessed over the year in a variety of assignments. 

As a department each Social Studies teacher has set up a Google Classroom for their class which whanau can join as a guardian. Important updates about assignments and work will be posted there. 

Mā whero mā pango ka oti te mahi.

By working together we can accomplish the task.