Course Overviews

Below you will find Course Overviews for all our timetabled courses.
Use the information in these to help plan your year.

Title Learning Area Levels LA Code
Artists as Entrepreneurs The Arts

This is not an NCEA course, it is an alternate pathway for senior students who are motivated and want to become practicing artists. Your outcomes from this course will support you to align with your own personal ideas and process for making art. The Artists as Entrepreneurs course does not exclude you from doing an NCEA art course offered in another timetabled colour block.

7, 8 HOLR
Clone of FOUNDATION MATHEMATICS Mathematics & Statistics

LAs KayH, MatP, DunW, AliS, MatW,

4, 5 DUNW
Business Studies and Enterprise Social Sciences, English

This course is mainly project based and aims to develop students into independent thinkers and learners who are able to drive their own learning experiences.

The focus of this course is determined by individual students. Students plan their own Business Studies courses with guidance from the LA that usually maps out a pathway that will guide students through NCEA. Other pathways,...

6, 7, 8 GEOM
7 English: Film Studies English

This course is mainly project based and aims to develop students into independent thinkers and learners who are able to drive their own learning experiences.

The focus of this course is film. Most films will be viewed in class meaning that students will need to do most of their assignment work and study outside of the regular class times. The films to be studied will be chosen by the...

7 GEOM
8English English

This course is mainly project based and aims to develop students into independent thinkers and learners who are able to drive their own learning experiences.

Students plan their own English courses with guidance from the LA that usually maps out a pathway that will guide students through NCEA. Other pathways, exclusive of NCEA, can also be developed.

Students in this course will...

8 GEOM
Extension English listening, reading, and viewing

How the Course Works
This course focuses on students who would like to focus on reading, writing and speaking skills (or a combination of the three). Individual pathways are developed that let the student focus on learning within a context that extends them academically; or has high personal interest; or is related to vocational choices.

Students in this course will get a high...

6 GEOM
Practical level 5 Maths Mathematics & Statistics

Maths with Matt - what could be better?

This course will cover the Level 5 Maths curriculum with a more practical/ context-based approach. We will NOT be doing any NCEA internal assessments, but you should finish the year prepared for NCEA level 1 NEXT year. We will cover a smaller quantity of content, at a slower pace than Alisha and Duncan's level 5 classes.

5 MATP
78TECHNOLOGY 2018 Technology

STUDENT INFORMATION 2018
What is technology about?
Technology at Ao Tawhiti is about improving the world we live in by developing our understanding of a problem or issue and creating innovative products and design outcomes that respond to needs or opportunities that are identified through this understanding. As technologists we learn to use creative thinking approaches and...

7, 8 JARG
56 TECHNOLOGY 2018 Technology

STUDENT INFORMATION 2018
What is technology about?
Technology at Ao Tawhiti is about improving the world we live in by developing our understanding of a problem or issue and creating innovative products and design outcomes that respond to needs or opportunities that are identified through this understanding. As technologists we learn to use research methods, creative thinking...

5, 6 JARG
5+ Maths

Welcome to curriculum 5+ maths! This is a brand new course that is being trialed for the first time in 2018.

Over the years We've seen a number of year 10 students accelerate themselves into a full time NCEA program. Often because they were in need of a new challenge and didn't want to repeat a level 5 program.

5, 6 DUNW
Level 6 Geography Place and Environment

Level 6 Geography

Kia ora and a warm welcome to the Ao Tawhiti 2018 level one geography course. My name is Kate Armour and geography was my passion at school. It led me to travel and study overseas as well as jobs in conservation, planning and education. Where will it take you?

Watch this space for a link to the programme overview. If you'd like a copy now, please email me...

6 KATA
7/8 Photography The Arts

Photography 2018
Photography 2018
Do you have something that you are passionate about? An issue or idea that really concerns you or gets under your skin? Photography provides you with the perfect opportunity to investigate, develop and explore such themes and present a folio of images that reflect your work.

7, 8 ROSM
Level One Visual Art The Arts

Prerequisite: Foundation Art.
If you have not completed Foundation Art then you need to negotiate with a visual arts learning advisor prior to entry. This is a full years course of study.

Level one visual art encourages people to develop their observational
drawing skills using wet and dry media and to work within more than one field of art making. This is an opportunity for...

6 HOLR
67 Science planet earth and beyond, physical world, material world, nature of science

This year will take us on a long journey of science exploration, covering varied content like astronomy, chemistry, earth science, physics, and maybe other topics. It will be assessed mostly at NCEA level 1 with a few level 2 credits.

6, 7 FLOM
Year 9 and 10 Health Personal health and physical development

Course Blurb...
These courses cover all the basics of Year 9 and 10 Health. With practical components and a lot of group work this course will have a lot of interactive learning.

Course Structure....
1.1 - Hauora
1.2 - Nutrition
2.1 - Relationships
2.2 - Relationships
3.1 - Sexuality Education
3.2 - Sexuality Education
4.1 - Alcohol and...

4, 5 SARF
Level 2 and 3 Physical Education Health and Physical Education

Did you know....
* Physical Education is the one of two subjects where you can gain all your credits internally.
You can gain Merit/Excellence Endorsement from internals

* Physical Education is an Endorsed Subject for University Entrance

* You can gain literacy credits through Physical Education

These two levels will run in the same...

7, 8 SARA
Level 1 Physical Education Health and Physical Education

Welcome to Level 1 Physical Education. Physical Education is important as it helps students to stay physically active, develop interests in different types of physical activity, build teamwork and other social skills, and improve focus and academic performance. This course aims to build upon Level 4/5 Physical Education. Lessons will involve a variety of practical and theory - so always come...

6 SARA
45 Social Sciences Social Sciences

All info available here: https://goo.gl/UjhwB4

4, 5 RICP
45 English English

All info available here: https://goo.gl/8IUHwh

4, 5 RICP
Level One English English

All info available here: https://goo.gl/ZsigX0

6 RICP

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