Challenge & Extension Programme

At Cambridge Primary School we offer a Challenge and Extension Programme to Year 5 and 6 children. There is a process for selection. This begins with a parent or teacher nomination through this Parent Nomination Form .

Next, the Challenge and Extension Teacher discusses names with classroom teachers and follows up for any clarity with parents.  

There are two intake opportunities for the Challenge and Extension program—one in Term 1 and the second in Term 3. The class currently operates for a full day on a Monday.  If your child is selected, they are expected to be able to make up any extra learning they have missed in their classroom program.

There is usually one focus per term, including social responsibility, technology design, kaitiakitanga (guardianship), leadership, matauranga (analytical and systems thinking), ethics and politics. Learning is demonstrated through passion projects, group projects, and workshops led by external providers plus there are regular lessons in class team building, problem solving, philosophy and current affairs exposure.