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Year 8 · usually aged 12 or 13 · Phase 3
Year 8 maths and English
Maths, reading and writing lessons for Year 8, 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 8 learns
The big ideas this year.
Maths
Ratios, multiplying fractions, adding and subtracting integers, angle sums, scale drawings, stem-and-leaf plots and simulations.
English
Reading digital texts, layers of meaning, many voices and views, language that judges, and persuasive writing for a real audience.
Not sure which year your child is in? NZ year levels and ages explains it.
The lessons
Every Year 8 lesson in Study Compass.
Maths
Number (5)
- Powers and prime factors
- Fractions, decimals and percentages, including negatives
- Multiplying fractions
- Integers: comparing, adding and subtracting
- Ratios
Algebra (1)
- Changing one variable
Measurement (3)
- Area of triangles
- Angle sums
- Scale drawings
Statistics (1)
- Stem-and-leaf plots
Probability (1)
- Simulations
English
Reading (4)
- Reading digital texts
- How stories work
- Layers of meaning
- Many voices, many views
Writing (2)
- Persuasive writing for a real audience
- Refining their writing
Grammar and punctuation (2)
- Language that judges
- Active and passive voice
Spelling (1)
- Spelling rules and commonly misspelt words
Each lesson has a short explainer, a quiz and five levels of practice. New lessons are added each term.
Spelling
Year 8 spelling.
- Spelling rules and commonly misspelt words: rules like -able/-ible, -ance/-ence, i before e exceptions, and words tests often check (necessary, separate, definitely, environment, government).
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Matched to the New Zealand Curriculum. Shaped around your child.
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