The students should be able to reach these Nga Whainga Paetae (Achievement Objectives).

• 1.1 - greet, farewell and acknowledge people and respond to greetings and acknowledgements
• 1.2 - introduce themselves and others and respond to introductions
• 1.3 - communicate about numbers, using days of the week, months and dates
• 1.4 - communicate about personal information such as name, parents' and grandparents' names, iwi, hapu, mountain and river, home town and place of family origin
• 1.5 - communicate about location
• 1.6 - understand and use simple politeness conventions (for example, ways of acknowledging people, expressing regret and complimenting people)
• 1.7 - use and respond to simple classroom language (including asking for the word to express something in Te Reo Maori).
• 2.1 - communicate about relationships between people
• 2.2 - communicate about possessions
• 2.3 - communicate about likes and dislikes, giving reasons where appropriate
• 2.4 - communicate about time, weather and seasons
• 2.5 - communicate about physical characteristics, personality and feelings.