Key competencies are the capabilities people have, and need to develop, to live and learn today and in the future.
The New Zealand Curriculum identifies five key competencies:
- Thinking
- Relating to others
- Using language, symbols, and texts
- Managing self
- Participating and contributing
This video of Mary Chamberlain, Ministry of Education, provides a brief description of the key competencies, explaining their importance for employment and personal well-being. (Duration 0.33)
At Newbury School we see strong alignment between the key competencies and our DRIVE values.
| DRIVE Values | Key Competencies |
| Determined and Confident | Participating and Contributing |
| Respectful | Relating to Others |
| Inspired Leaders | Participating and Contributing |
| Visionary – Innovative and Creative | Thinking |
| Empowered and Agentic | Managing Self |
We understand that the key competencies work together and influence each other, just as our DRIVE values do; however, Using Language, Symbols and Texts is woven through all aspects of our DRIVE values and doesn’t align with any one particular DRIVE value.
