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
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
Level Two English English

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

 7 RICP
Level 3 Media Studies Social Sciences, English

All info available here: https://goo.gl/Eas4dr

 8 RICP
Senior Outdoor Pursuits Health and Physical Education, None / Other

Whether you are an aspiring first-timer with little or no experience, or a hardened veteran of the outdoors, this course will aim to challenge and inspire you to push your limits and gain new experiences and knowledge in the outdoors. Whether you want to give a new activity a try, get the knowledge and experience to work towards becoming an instructor or just want to get some NCEA credits for...

 7, 8 MATP
Foundation Science Science

Welcome to Science!
Studying Science broadens your understanding of life and the universe around us. Figuring out how it all works allows people to find real solutions to real problems. Today our society is heavily based on scientific knowledge (electricity, internet, medication and most of health, buildings, transport, fabrics, plastics…) and we are in constant need of more scientists...

 4, 5 SARA
34 AstroBiology 2016 Science

Astrobiology is the study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe: extraterrestrial life and life on Earth.
Astrobiology makes use of physics, chemistry, astronomy, biology, molecular biology, ecology, engineering, robotics, technology, planetary science, geography, and geology to investigate the possibility of life on other worlds and help recognise...

 3, 4 MATP
78Technology Overview 2017 Technology

Please follow this link for full course overview:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B-gCxgo-vFoEZU1ZSHNEWmVfUWc

 7, 8 JARG
56 Technology Overview 2017 Technology

Please follow this link for full course overview:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-gCxgo-vFoEUzF1UTdTdGR3Nk0/view?usp=sh...

 5, 6 JARG
Level Two Visual Art The Arts

Prerequisite: A level one visual art course or negotiation with a visual art
learning advisor prior to entry.

For level two visual arts you will work independently to establish a
proposal, explore and investigate this visually, then develop, extend and
resolve your ideas. You will be required to investigate a range of art works from contemporary and traditional art...

 7 HOLR
Level Three Visual Art The Arts

Prerequisite: A level two visual art course or negotiation with a visual art
learning advisor prior to entry.

For level three visual arts you will work independently to establish a
proposal, explore and investigate this visually, then develop, extend and
resolve your ideas. You will be required to investigate a range of art works from contemporary and traditional art...

 7, 8 HOLR
Foundation Art The Arts

This is a term by term course of study so it’s a good idea to opt in or out at the end of each term or keep building on your skills and stay for the whole year.

People entering our foundation art program will be given opportunities to develop strong processes using a variety of media such as; drawing, graphic design and illustration, ceramics, painting, printmaking and sculpture....

 4, 5 HOLR
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 and is a full years course of study.

 6 HOLR
1.1 Visual Artists as Entrepreneurs 2017

This is not an NCEA course of study. This course is for those wanting to become serious art makers and work in a community of like minded people. It is project based and is open to year 13, 14 and parents who have students enrolled at Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery School.

This course is designed for those wanting to produce a body of work for display and exhibition while building...

 8 HOLR

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