Senior Curriculum, Years 11 - 13

Offering a broad range of courses to meet the needs of diverse students.

We operate a 25-period weekly timetable for delivery of the curriculum (five one-hour periods from Monday to Friday).

Info      Year 11  Year 12  Year 13

Alongside the regular curriculum is our Tutor Mentoring programme that promotes metacognitive approaches to understand how to learn and mentoring processes focused on reflection on academic goals and progress.

The curriculum meets the requirements of the New Zealand Curriculum where the Key Competencies and Values are developed within the eight learning areas.

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) are integrated throughout the curriculum as well as provided as specialist Digital Technology classes from Years 11 to 13, emphasising design and programming.

Pathways

Option Information is available, providing an overview of the senior pathways offered as well as course descriptions at each year level.

NCEA

National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA)  Levels 1 to 3 are offered. These have a mixture of internal assessments and external examinations.

NCEA allows students the opportunities to excel in their own areas of strength. The reporting of individualised results, instead of giving a percentage mark, provides a breakdown of student attainment in every aspect of the subject, giving both students and parents more accurate information upon which to make decisions about future option choices and career pathways.

YEAR 11

( Level 1 )

Learners study four periods a week of compulsory English, Mathematics, Science and THREE option subjects. In addition, they have one period a week of Health and Physical Education.

Core Compulsory Subjects

English, Mathematics and Science courses are chosen for the student by the Head of the Learning Area according to the student’s grades from Year 10.

  • English

English (1ENG)
English – Alternative (1ENA)
English – Extended (1ENE)
English – Literacy (1ENL)
English – as an Additional Language (1ENS)
English – as an Additional Language (1ENP)

  • Health and Physical Education

Active Wellbeing (1AWB)

  • Mathematics

Mathematics & Statistics (1MAT)
Mathematics & Statistics – Alternative (1MAA)
Mathematics & Statistics – Numeracy (1MNU)
Mathematics & Statistics – Accelerated (2MAX)

  • Science

Science (1SCI)
Science – Alternative (1SCA)

Option Subjects

Students to select THREE options.

  • Accounting (1ACC)
  • Business Studies (1BUS)
  • Dance (1DAN)
  • Design and Visual Communication (1DVC)
  • Digital Technologies (1DIT)
  • Drama (1DRA)
  • Economics (1ECO)
  • English Language Support (1ELS)
  • Fashion & Design Technology (1FDN)
  • Food & Hospitality (1FAH)
  • Food Technology (1TEF)
  • French (1FRE)
  • Geography (1GEO)
  • Health Education (1HED)
  • History (1HIS)
  • Japanese (1JAP)
  • Maori (1MAO)
  • Media Studies (1MED)
  • Multi Material Technology (1TEM)
  • Music (1MUS)
  • Outdoor Education (1OED)
  • Physical Education (1PED)
  • Supplementary Science (1SCS)
  • Spanish (1SPH)
  • Trades Skills (1TSS)
  • Visual Art – Practical (1ART)
  • Visual Art – Digital (1DRT)
  • Work and Community Skills (1WCS)

YEAR 12

( Level 2 )

Learners study four periods a week of compulsory English and FIVE option subjects. In addition, they have one period a week of study.

We offer six subjects at Year 12 to ensure students the broadest range of subjects possible while providing sufficient learning time to maintain high standards.

Core Compulsory Subjects

This is chosen for the student by the Head of English according to the student’s grades from Year 11.

  • English

English (2ENG)
English – Alternative (2ENA)
English – Extended (2ENE)
English as an Additional Language (2ENP)
English as an Additional Language (2ENS)

Option Subjects

Students to select FIVE options.

  • Accounting (2ACC)
  • Art History (2ARH)
  • Biology (2BIO)
  • Building Skills (2BSS)
  • Business Studies (2BUS)
  • Calculus – Accelerated (3MAX)
  • Career Pathways (2CAP)
  • Chemistry (2CHE)
  • Chinese (2CHI)
  • Classical Studies (2CLS)
  • Dance (2DAN)
  • Design and Visual Communication (2DVC)
  • Digital Technologies – Info Systems (2DIT)
  • Digital Technologies – Programming (2DIP)
  • Drama (2DRA)
  • Early Childhood Education (2ECE)
  • Economics (2ECO)
  • Engineering Skills (2ESS)
  • English Language Support (2ELS)
  • Fashion & Design Technology (2FDN)
  • Financial Studies (2FIN)
  • Food & Hospitality (2FAH)
  • Food Technology (2TEF)
  • French (2FRE)
  • Geography (2GEO)
  • Health Education (2HED)
  • History (2HIS)
  • Japanese (2JAP)
  • Maori (2MAO)
  • Mathematics & Statistics (2MAT)
  • Mathematics & Statistics – Alternative (2MAA)
  • Mathematics & Statistics – Extended (2MAE)
  • Media Studies (2MED)
  • Multi-Materials Technology (2TEM)
  • Music (2MUS)
  • Outdoor Education (2OED)
  • Outdoor Education – Alternative (2ODA)
  • Physical Education (2PED)
  • Physics (2PHY)
  • Psychology (2PSY)
  • Spanish (2SPH)
  • Sports Studies (2SPS)
  • Travel and Tourism (2TSM)
  • Visual Art – Design (2DES)
  • Visual Art – Painting (2ART)
  • Visual Art – Photography (2PHO)
  • Work and Community Skills (2WCS)

YEAR 13

( Level 3 )

Learners study four periods a week of FIVE option subjects. In addition, they have four periods a week of Independent Learning Group (ILG) study, and one period of general study.

Option Subjects

Students to select FIVE options.

  • Accounting (3ACC)
  • Art History (3ARH)
  • Biology (3BIO)
  • Business Studies (3BUS)
  • Calculus (3MAC)
  • Calculus Scholarship (3MCS)
  • Career Pathways (3CAP)
  • Chemistry (3CHE)
  • Chinese (3CHI)
  • Classical Studies (3CLS)
  • Dance (3DAN)
  • Design and Visual Communication (3DVC)
  • Digital Technologies with Programming (3DIP)
  • Digital Technologies with Info Systems (3DIT)
  • Drama (3DRA)
  • Early Childhood Education (3ECE)
  • Economics (3ECO)
  • English – Extended (3ENE)
  • English (3ENG)
  • English – Level 2 Booster (3ENB)
  • English as an Additional Language (23ENP)
  • English Language Support (3ELS)
  • Fashion & Design Technology (3FDN)
  • Financial Studies (3FIN)
  • Food & Hospitality (3FAH)
  • Food Technology (3TEF)
  • French (3FRE)
  • Geography (3GEO)
  • Health Education (3HED)
  • History (3HIS)
  • Japanese (3JAP)
  • Maori (3MAO)
  • Mathematics (3MAT)
  • Multi Material Technology (3TEM)
  • Media Studies (3MED)
  • Music Practical (3MUP)
  • Music Studies (3MUS)
  • Outdoor Education (3OED)
  • Physical Education (3PED)
  • Physics (3PHY)
  • Psychology (3PSY)
  • Spanish (3SPH)
  • Sports Studies (3SPS)
  • Statistics & Probability (3SAP)
  • Statistics & Probability – Alternative (3SPA)
  • Travel and Tourism (3TSM)
  • Visual Art – Design (3DES)
  • Visual Art – Painting (3ART)
  • Visual Art – Photography (3PHO)

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