Arts

ARTS

NGA TOI

Dance * Drama * Music * Visual Arts * Digital Visual Arts * Māori Performing Arts * Art Design * Art History * Photography * Painting * Printmaking * Sculpture

In the arts, students explore, refine, and communicate ideas as they connect thinking, imagination, senses, and feelings to create works and respond to the works of others.

English

ENGLISH

TE REO INGARIHI

English * Literacy

In English, students study, use, and enjoy language and literature communicated orally, visually, or in writing.

Health and Physical Education

HEALTH & PHYSICAL EDUCATION

HAUORA ME MAHI TINANA

Food & Nutrition * Health * Physical Education * Sports Education * Health Studies (Food & Nutrition) * Health Studies (Health) * Hospitality * Sports Science & Physical Education * Fitness & Recreation

In health and physical education, students learn about their own well-being, and that of others and society, in health-related and movement contexts.

Integrated Curriculum

INTEGRATED CURRICULUM

MARAU PĀHEKOHEKO

Shape Your Future Programme

This programme integrated English and Arts and is based on student selected topics and project work. 

Languages

LANGUAGES

NGA REO

French * Spanish * Te Reo Māori

In learning languages, students learn to communicate in an additional language, develop their capacity to learn further languages, and explore different world views in relation to their own.

Mathematics and Statistics

MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS

PANGARAU

Mathematics * Numeracy * Mathematics & Statistics * Statistics * Calculus

In mathematics and statistics, students explore relationships in quantities, space, and data and learn to express these relationships in ways that help them to make sense of the world around them.

NCEA Co-Requisites

NCEA CO-REQUISITES

Core Generic Skills. This course runs for four hours per timetable cycle (10 days) in conjunction with 1LCR and 1NCR.  The aim is to support students in gaining additional credits towards their Level 1 NCEA qualification by completing a selection of Unit Standards. Topics include: Keeping ourselves safe, Workplace, Financial literacy.

Numeracy. This course runs for four hours per timetable cycle (10 days) in conjunction with 1CGS and 1LCR. The aim is to develop students’ mathematics and statistics skills to ensure they are ready to sit the Co-requisite Numeracy test.

Literacy. This course runs for four hours per timetable cycle (10 days) in conjunction with 1CGS and 1NCR. The aim is to develop students’ reading and writing skills to ensure they are ready to sit the Co-requisite Literacy tests in Reading and Writing. Students will also develop research, interviewing and listening skills and complete Unit Standards.

Students will have two opportunities to sit the CAA tests: Term 2 and Term 4.

Sciences

SCIENCES

PUTAIAO

Science * Animal & Plant Science * Biology * Chemistry * Physics

In science, students explore how both the natural physical world and science itself work so that they can participate as critical, informed, and responsible citizens in a society in which science plays a significant role.

Social Sciences

SOCIAL SCIENCES

TIKANGA A IWI

Social Sciences * Business Studies * Sustainability * Commerce * Geography * History * Social Studies * Accounting * Classical Studies * Economics * Enterprise Studies * Media Studies * Tourism

In the social sciences, students explore how societies work and how they themselves can participate and take action as critical, informed, and responsible citizens.

Technology

TECHNOLOGY

HANGARAU

Digital Enhancement * Design Technology * Design & Visual Communication * Digital Technology * Textiles Technology * Robotics

In technology, students learn to be innovative developers of products and systems and discerning consumers who will make a difference in the world.

Vocational Training

VOCATIONAL TRAINING 

RAPUARA

Classroom Career Development (STAR incl University Papers) * Trades Academy * Workplace Training (Gateway) * 3+2 Career Training 

Vocational Training offers focused progress toward particular career pathways.