Term 4 2026 Calendar
End of year production, school trips, reports, one last big juicy inquiry, school disco, Christmas carols, this was my best class ever, last day tears, Term 4 exhaustion.
Psst.. new kits still to come for this term (scroll to the bottom)
Term 4 kits will arrive in your classroom in week 1, as long as you’ve confirmed your registration. You’ll also be granted access to a private kit page within our teacher network where you can:
Download the kit teacher guide and review key teaching ideas and themes.
Share learnings with other teachers teaching the same kit at the same time as you.
Ask questions and seek clarity on any issue or problem you might be having.
Resolve any practical issues you might be having with individual kit components.
Access prompt support from a member of our School Kit Team to ensure your teaching experience is awesome.
Term 4 Kits: Registrations open
Self Esteem: Year 4-8.
Understand personal resilience is different for everyone. Construct our charging station. Implement the daily check in. Evidence based self-management of personal resilience.
Story Vets: Year 4-8.
Students complete ‘vet school’ and become animal specialists. They use data elimination and make a correct diagnosis to rewrite our patient’s story. Recode the stories of our animals post diagnosis.
Good Food Map: Year 4-8.
Co-create a community food map. Identify food waste solutions, locally, nationally and globally. Delve into the world of pickling. Celebrate local food hero’s and share community food memories.
Power it Up: Year 4-8.
Understand basic circuit components. Use copper tape, coin cell batteries, buzzers, and bulbs to create a series of paper circuitry artworks that reveal local stories. Counties Energy Schools Only.
The Power Kit: Year 0-3.
Understand the concept of energy transformation. Make electric play dough. Make Rue Goldberg Machines. Key Word List, STEAM cards, Story, Poem, Waiata, Website and Spotify Playlist. Counties Energy Schools only.
Counties Solar Cars: Year 4-10.
Construct and modify solar powered model cards and race them to win the furthest and farthest races. Investigate concepts of forces, energy transformation, aerodynamics and electricity. Counties Energy Schools only.
Waipā Solar Cars: Year 4-10.
Construct and modify solar powered model cards and race them to win the furthest and farthest races. Investigate concepts of forces, energy transformation, aerodynamics and electricity. Waipā Networks Schools only.
Waipā Power it Up: Year 4-8.
Understand basic circuit components. Use copper tape, coin cell batteries, buzzers, and bulbs to create a series of paper circuitry artworks that reveal local stories.
Regional Power kits: Waipā Networks
These are bespoke kits funded but regional Power Co’s. We are always working to build our range here so keep an eye out for future kits! The below kits are currently funded for Waipā Networks Schools only.
Part of something bigger: Year 9-10.
Understand tax at a national level. Create an employee profile, build their tax story. Break down a payslip. Calculate marginal tax rate. Compare your tax model with the National Tax Spend. Understand how our tax system is designed. This kit comes in English or Te Reo Māori.
Regional Power kits: Counties Energy
These are bespoke kits funded but regional Power Co’s. We are always working to build our range here so keep an eye out for future kits! The below kits are currently funded for Counties Schools only.
Dear 13 Year Old Me: Year 9-10.
Understand the power of compound interest, as both credit and debt. Receive letters from the future. Use decision making prototypes and informed choices to change the path of past money mistakes. Understand and critique pay equity and fairness. Te Reo Māori.
Club Toitoi: Year 4-8.
This is an exclusive collective for the classroom full of dreamers, visionaries, and beyond-the-box thinkers. Curated, creative tasks are designed to stretch your mind, helping you bypass the "safe" ideas to find the extraordinary. Ready to celebrate and showcase your students creativity? Pre-register now for a fresh take on creative thinking.
Mō Āpōpō - Future Makers: Year 7-10.
This kit will give you and your class tools, skills and strategies to collectively design futures that tackle big social issues. You’ll use the Tokona Te Raki processes and systems to navigate challenges, design solutions and work alongside others to bring your ideas to life. Most importantly grow your students’ sense of agency and hope when it comes to shaping the future of Aotearoa.
Term 4 Kits: Coming soon!
