Curriculum


The School-wide Goals for 2009 are:

To ensure that the curriculum and teaching and learning programmes enable students to achieve standards of personal excellence.

  • To begin to align teaching programmes to the new curriculum
  • To support the Pastoral Care Plan so that barriers to learning are minimised
  • To continue to use data from standardised tests and other sources to differentiate teaching in Years 7 - 10
  • To target participation and improve performance of Pasifika students in conjunction with the Pasifika plan
  • To target a standard within each NCEA subject and at each level for improved performance including participation and completion

 

Year 7 & 8 Curriculum
Students in year 7 and 8 complete a compulsory course including:
  • Art
  • Chinese
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • English
  • French
  • Mathematics
  • Music
  • Physical Education
  • Religious Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Te Reo Maori
  • Technology
Year 9 Curriculum
Students continue with compulsory core curriculum:
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Physical Education
  • Religious Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Technology
  • Plus two of:
  • Art
  • Drama
  • Music
  • Dance
  • Plus two of:
  • Chinese
  • French
  • Te Reo Maori
Year 10 Curriculum
Students continue with compulsory core curriculum:
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Physical Education and Health
  • Religious Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Plus three subjects from the choices below:
  • Business Studies
  • Chinese
  • Dance
  • Drama
  • English Language Studies
  • Fabric Technology
  • Food Technology
  • French
  • Information Technology
  • Music
  • Religious Enrichment Programme
  • Te Reo Maori
  • Visual Art
Year 11 Curriculum
Students study six subjects for NCEA level 1
  • Academic Physical Education
  • Accounting
  • Chinese
  • Drama
  • Economics
  • French
  • Music
  • Personal Development
  • Religious Education
  • Science
  • Geography
  • History
  • Te Reo Maori
  • Technology - Food
  • Technology - Information Management
  • Technology - Materials
  • Visual Arts
  • English
  • Mathematics
Year 12 Curriculum
Students can study six subjects for NCEA level 2
  • Academic Physical Education
  • Accounting
  • Art - Design
  • Art - Painting
  • Art - Photography
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Chinese
  • Classical Studies
  • Drama
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Economics
  • French
  • English
  • Gateway
  • Geography
  • History
  • Human Biology
  • Mathematics
  • Media Studies
  • Music
  • National Certificate in Tourism
  • Personal Development Certificate
  • Physics
  • Religious Education
  • Technology - Food
  • Technology - Materials
  • Text and Information Management
Year 13 Curriculum
Students study six subjects for NCEA level 3
  • Academic Physical Education
  • Accounting
  • Art - Design
  • Art - Painting
  • Art - Photography
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Chinese
  • Classical Studies
  • Drama
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Economics
  • English
  • French
  • Gateway
  • Geography
  • History
  • Mathematics with Calculus
  • Media Studies
  • Music
  • National Certificate in Tourism
  • Performing Arts Technology
  • Personal Development Certificate
  • Physics
  • Religious Education
  • Statistics and Modelling
  • Technology - Materials
  • Text and Information Management