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Year 7 · usually aged 11 or 12 · Phase 3
Year 7 maths and English
Maths, reading and writing lessons for Year 7, matched to the 2026 New Zealand Curriculum. Your child starts where they are, follows a short daily plan, and you see how they're going.
What Year 7 learns
The big ideas this year.
Maths
Integers, powers and prime factors, fractions, decimals and percentages, solving equations, area of triangles, volume of prisms and averages.
English
Close reading, how texts shape the reader, active and passive voice, colons and brackets, and narrative and persuasive writing with craft.
Not sure which year your child is in? NZ year levels and ages explains it.
The lessons
Every Year 7 lesson in Study Compass.
Maths
Number and algebra (1)
- Flowcharts
Number (9)
- Primes and squares
- Integers
- Squares and square roots
- Powers and prime factors
- Fractions, decimals and percentages, including negatives
- Rounding and estimating
- Fraction problems
- Percentages of amounts
- Best buys and discounts
Algebra (5)
- Formulas with letters
- Simplifying expressions
- Solving equations
- Real-life graphs
- Patterns to graphs
Measurement (3)
- Area of triangles
- Volume of prisms
- Angles and parallel lines
Space (4)
- The Cartesian plane
- Drawing 3D objects in 2D
- Classifying shapes
- Transformations on the Cartesian plane
Statistics (2)
- Averages and range
- Data investigation
Probability (2)
- Chance experiments
- Sample spaces
English
Reading (7)
- Time and place in texts
- Text structure
- How ideas are organised
- Close reading
- Shaping the reader
- Images, angles and sound
- Building character
Writing (3)
- Narrative with craft
- Persuasive writing for a real audience
- Discussion and presenting (at home)
Grammar and punctuation (10)
- Verb groups and tense
- Sentence length
- Keeping tense consistent
- Cohesion
- Colons and brackets
- Academic vocabulary
- Language and identity
- Abstract nouns
- Relative clauses
- Active and passive voice
Spelling (1)
- Greek and Latin roots
Each lesson has a short explainer, a quiz and five levels of practice. New lessons are added each term.
Spelling
Year 7 spelling.
- Greek and Latin roots: roots like bio (life), chron (time), port (carry), aud (hear), struct (build) to spell and work out words.
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