Akoranga | Courses
| Title | Body | Code | Authored by | Levels | Term | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Why is that there? - Te Taiao - Geography | It’s Geography! This course is all about the environment and people and understanding how nature and people interact. |
6GEO | craigperry | 6 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| PHILOSOPHY: God, Science, and Ultimate Questions | Have you ever asked yourself, What is the meaning of life? Where did the universe come from? Why does evil exist in the world? |
78PHL | brentsilby | 7, 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| VISUAL ARTS NCEA LEVEL 1 | This course will provide students with opportunities to develop and improve their visual art skills in multiple art disciplines drawing, pa |
6ART | VickiParker | 6 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Specialist Digital Media Homebase | This course is the Specialist Digital Media Homebase and runs through Red, Orange and Purple blocks. |
DMH | BethanyManders | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| AKORANGA KOIRI | PHYSICAL EDUCATION | Stick Masters - This course is about discovering a range of different sports that use sticks. |
5PE | EmilyMarck | 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| PĀNGARAU | NUMERACY | This course is restricted to senior students Year 11 - 13 who have not obtained 10 credits in Numeracy either via Achievement Stan |
78NUM | JessDewhurst | 6, 7, 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| WHAKAARI | DRAMA - NCEA Level One - Explore the function of theatre Aotearoa | Students taking this class will need to be working at Level 6 of the curriculum and be keen performers with some experience. |
6DRA | EmmaKneller | 6 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Title | Body | Code | Authored by | Levels | Term | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hauora | Health | Description |
6HEA | TjClelland | 6 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Hauropi | Ecology | This term in 7Biology, we are going to be looking at all things to do with Ecology! |
7BIO | JessDewhurst | 7 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| ENGLISH|INGARIHI | Poetry |
5ENG | GraceSchischka | 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| PĀNGARAU I NUMBER | 5MAT with Sam builds on skills from 4MAT, such as a basic understanding of fractions, and takes them to useful and exciting places. |
5MAT | SamBuchanan | 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| PĀNGARAU | MATHEMATICS | Mathematics at level 2 NCEA. Please read the Course Overview. |
7MAT | derekthatcher | 7 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Studio | Studio is a guided self-directed class, created specifically for students to focus on developing their art skills. |
STUDIO | BethanyManders | 4, 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
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6MED | richardpitts | 6 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Tāhuhu Kōrero | Independent Historical Inquiries NCEA 2-3 | This year long program is designed as an independently produced portfolio of work on a topic of significance to New Zealand history. Term 1 wi |
78HIS | richardmccance | 7, 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| 45 ART ARTISTIC EXPLORATION AND CREATION WITH VICKI | To begin the term, we will focus on developing our drawing skills by working with still-life objects. |
78ART | VickiParker | 4, 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Ki Uta Ki Tai | The Journey of Water from the Mountains to the Sea | Ki uta ki tai is an idea which recognises the connections in our environment. |
4Sci | KateArmour | 4 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| My Project | It’s about projects! |
PROJECT | craigperry | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Koiora | I've got issues! | For the first part of this term we will be looking at how the human body manages issues around being too hot or too cold, dehydrated or over-hydrat |
8BIO | michelleverkaaik | 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Title | Body | Code | Authored by | Levels | Term | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuanaki | Calculus | This is normally a full year course for students who have completed Level two mathematics. |
8MAC | derekthatcher | 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Let's try some new physical activities | Do you like to try new physical activities? Do you think you can play by the rules? Involve yourself but not dominate? |
78PE | sarahobrien | 7, 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Junior Digital Art | This course is specifically designed for the learning of and improving practical digital art skills. |
45DIG | BethanyManders | 4, 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Tāhuhu Kōrero Toi | History of Art and Design | This class is primarily designed for students working on NCEA art portfolios but is open to all students interested in Art, Architecture, Design, e |
78ARTH | richardmccance | 7, 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| WHAKAPAPA ME TE WHANAUNGATANGA | CULTURE AND IDENTITIES | Aotearoa New Zealand is a country with diverse people, places, histories, and possibilities. |
45SOC | TjClelland | 4, 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Ecosystems | Haere mai and welcome to Toitū te Taiao | Sustainability 2025. |
78EFS | KateArmour | 7, 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| 5 Art Photography | In this course, you will explore photographic conventions using your phone or digital camera while gaining an understanding of how photographs are |
5ART PHOTO | VickiParker | 4, 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| RANGAHAU PAKIHI | BUSINESS STUDIES | Business Studies with a focus on ENTERPRISE |
78BUS | EmilyMarck | 7, 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| pāngarau I Number and Measurement | This term we will be looking at number skills including whole number skills, fractions and percentages. |
5MAT | michelleverkaaik | 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| WHAKAARI | DRAMA - Script Writing 101 | This course builds up through the year. This term we will learn about the main elements of writing a successful play script. |
45DRA | EmmaKneller | 4, 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Pūtaiao - Mātai matū | Science - Chemistry | This term will be all about chemistry! |
6SCI | JessDewhurst | 6 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| PĀNGARAU I NUMBER | This is a crash course with Sam in all things number! |
4MAT | SamBuchanan | 4 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Atomic Structure and Astronomical Cycling | 5SCI | GregoryO'Neill | 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Title | Body | Code | Authored by | Levels | Term | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INGARIHI | ENGLISH - WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS...READ, WATCH and WRITE ABOUT IT | Welcome to When Life Gives You Lemons… (Change is Part of Life). |
45ENG | TjClelland | 4, 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Art Explorers: Painting & Drawing Fundamentals - Level 4 | Course Duration: 3 lessons per week in Blue Block |
4ART | libbyboyd | 4 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Defence Against the Dark Arts | This course delves into the fascinating world of social psychology, exploring how our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the prese |
DADA | richardpitts | 4, 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Mātauranga tau | Number | Term one will all be about levelling up and applying our number skills. |
5MAT | derekthatcher | 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Visual Arts NCEA LEVELS 1, 2 & 3 Painting, Photography, Design, Printmaking, Sculpture | This course is a great chance for students in NCEA 1, 2 & 3 to boost their art folios and meet the internal and external NCEA standards. |
678ART | VickiParker | 6, 7, 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Tāhuhu Kōrero Toi | Intro to History of Art and Design | This course is an introduction to the study of the history of art and design. The focus for term 1 will be a study of the History of Architecture. |
5ARTH | richardmccance | 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Tātairanga kukū | Titration | Titrations are used in a wide range of jobs, from wine and cheese preparation, monitoring th pH of aquatic environments, to blood sugar t |
7CHEM | JessDewhurst | 7 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Using strategy to improve your play | We will examine and apply offensive, defensive and tactical play strategies. |
6PE | sarahobrien | 6 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Pāngarau I Statistics | This term we will be working on one of the new Level 1 standards "Explore data using a statistical enquiry process." This is a 5 c |
6MAT | michelleverkaaik | 6 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| WHAKAARI | DRAMA THE REVOLTING SIX O’CLOCK NEWS | This Drama Unit you will work in small groups to retell Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts stories as exciting and dramatic ‘Breaking News |
4DRA | EmmaKneller | 4 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Hou mātai ahupūngao a Pūhanga Pūere | Modern Physics and then a start on Mechanics | 8PHY | GregoryO'Neill | 8 | Term 1 | 2025 | |
| RANGAHAU PAKIHI | BUSINESS STUDIES | Financial Literacy |
45BUS | EmilyMarck | 4, 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| PĀNGARAU I NUMBER | This is a crash course with Sam in all things number! |
4MAT | SamBuchanan | 4 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Title | Body | Code | Authored by | Levels | Term | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAUORA | HEALTH | Do you ever wonder what influences the health and wellbeing of people? What strategies can enhance health equity? |
78HEA | TjClelland | 7, 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Tourism | This course is designed for senior students who are interested in learning about or working in the Tourism Industry. |
78TOU | craigperry | 7, 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| SOCIAL STUDIES - Who are we and where do we come from? | Social Studies - Who are we and where do we come from? |
4SOC | GraceSchischka | 4 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Working as a team | We will begin with some Adventure Based Learning (ABL) by getting into small groups and solving challenges. |
45PE | sarahobrien | 4, 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Clay Creations: Fundamentals of Pottery and Ceramics - 4/5 Hapori Class | This course is ONLY 2 SESSIONs per week. In the third purple colour block, students are expected to do their own Arotahi project. | 4/5HAP | libbyboyd | 4, 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Specialist Digital Media Homebase | This course is the Specialist Digital Media Homebase and runs through Red, Orange and Purple blocks. |
DMH | BethanyManders | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| MĀTAI MATŪ WHAIWARO | ORGANIC CHEMISTRY | In 8Chemistry this term we will spend time learning the foundations of organic chemistry by looking at a range of functional groups that are used t |
8CHEM | JessDewhurst | 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| PĀNGARAU I STATISTICS | This term we will focus mainly on statistics, covering a unit of work based on the new Mathematics and Statistics Level 1 Achievement Standard 1.1 |
6MAT | SamBuchanan | 6 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| MĀTAI AHUPŪNGAO KARIHI A PŪHANGA PŪERE | Atomic and Nuclear Energy (and some history!). And Maniacal Mechanics | 7PHY | GregoryO'Neill | 7 | Term 1 | 2025 | |
| pūtaiao I So much chemistry!! | This term will be all about chemistry! |
6SCI | michelleverkaaik | 6 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| WHAKAARI | DRAMA - THE POWER OF WORDS | Using ensemble group work, you will be devising a performance based on a song lyric. |
5DRA | EmmaKneller | 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Title | Body | Code | Authored by | Levels | Term | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHAKAARI | DRAMA - Comedy of Manners | This course is focusing on the ADVANCED skills for TWO/THREE person scenes. |
78DRA | EmmaKneller | 7, 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Te Taiao | Geography - Going global | In this course we will explore Global Topics. Things so big that they affect the whole world. |
78GEO | craigperry | 7, 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| PĀNGARAU I NUMBER | 5MAT with Sam builds on skills from 4MAT, such as a basic understanding of fractions, and takes them to useful and exciting places. |
5MAT | SamBuchanan | 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| WHAKAPUĀWAI | TO CAUSE TO BLOSSOM, DEVELOP, FLOURISH AND THRIVE | WHAKAPUĀWAI is a Hapori focusing on a holistic understanding of wellbeing and embracing challenge. |
45HAP | TjClelland | 4, 5 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Tatauranga | Statistics | Statistics is a University Entrance course and can lead to careers in Accounting, Biology, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Management, Da |
8MAS | derekthatcher | 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Visual Arts NCEA LEVELS 2 & 3 Painting, Photography, Design, Printmaking, Sculpture | This is the senior art class for NCEA level 2 and/or 3 visual arts students. |
78ART | VickiParker | 7, 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Mahi Āhuarangi | Climate Action | Are you interested in Climate Change? Are you fond of chickens, vegetables, bees and worms? |
CLIMATE | KateArmour | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| PHILOSOPHY: Death To Socrates | PHILOSOPHY CONTENT R13 video. Best age is 14 or over. |
6PHL | brentsilby | 6 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| Specialist Digital Media Homebase | This course is the Specialist Digital Media Homebase and runs through Red, Orange and Purple blocks. |
DMH | BethanyManders | 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |
| CAC Sustainability | This course is a continuation of the Climate NCEA Course that ran for the first time at the CAC in 2024. |
8CAC | CatherineLeeper | 8 | Term 1 | 2025 |