Akoranga | Courses

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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

UE Literacy available! Have you ever asked yourself, What is the meaning of life? Where did the universe come from?

78PHL brentsilby 7, 8 Term 1 2025
Whakangungu Kanikani Maunga Atu | Peak Performance Training (Dance)

This course provides dancers with tools to stay motivated, avoid injury, and optimise progress.

PPTD meganwoods 5, 6, 7, 8 Term 1 2025
Technology | Engineering | Hard Materials | DVC

Students will gain specialised knowledge and experience during the design and manufacture of their projects utilising 3D modelling softwa

78TEC CarlBurr 7, 8 Term 1 2025
WHAKAARI TENE - IMPROVISED ACTING

Improvisation is a great way to build confidence, creativity, and connection.

IMPROV JonathanBriden 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Term 1 2025
Learning For the 48 Hour Film Festival....

Planning For the 48 Hour Film Festival - Schools Section

Let's learn how to make films.....

Cinematography

5FILM mhu 4, 5, 6 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
Conflicts

Human groups have been fighting each other for centuries, and they still do.

5SOC KateArmour 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
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
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
HE MAHA AKU | I Contain Multitudes

Who are you? Who am I?!

78ENG RobertMiceli 7, 8 Term 1 2025
ABL - adventure-based learning

Are you keen to get outside?
Do you like to solve physical puzzles?

ABL AndyEllmers 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Term 1 2025
Kōwhai
Title Body Code Authored by Levels Term Year
Hauora | Health

Do you ever wonder what influences the health and wellbeing of people?

6HEA TjClelland 6 Term 1 2025
ENGLISH|INGARIHI

Poetry

5ENG GraceSchischka 5 Term 1 2025
TE HIKI TAUMAHA | OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING

This Olympic Weightlifting class is designed to teach the fundamentals of the two main lifts: the snatch and the clean and jerk.

45PE DeanCrawford 4, 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
HAPORI | TECHNOLOGY / DESIGN AND VISUAL COMMUNICATIONS (DVC) PROJECT

Grand Designs Project

DVC CarlBurr 4, 5 Term 1 2025
Ingarihi Kairapu| Action English (Low Intermediate)

Action English helps you explore how stories in film and literature can mirror social realities, raise important questions, and inspire a

6ENG meganwoods 6 Term 1 2025
Ecology and Evolution

Thriving or just surviving?

5SCI AndyEllmers 5 Term 1 2025
6 Minglish

 

6MED richardpitts 6 Term 1 2025
Music - NCEA levels 2 and 3

This course is designed to support students wishing to sit NCEA standards in music at levels 2 and 3, with a focus on providing students with the t

78MUS mattdavis 7, 8 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
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
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.

4ART VickiParker 4, 5 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
Hapori - The Musical

Are you interested in acting, art, music, or dance?

MUSICAL LindsayGreene 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Term 1 2025
PĀNGARAU I NUMBER

Discover the power of numbers in this fun and practical Level 4 Maths course!

4MAT JonathanBriden 4 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
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
Kākāriki
Title Body Code Authored by Levels Term Year
HAPORI | TECHNOLOGY AND HARD MATERIALS (Build)

Helping Hands (aka Clint's Minions)

BUILD CarlBurr 4, 5 Term 1 2025
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.

4MED BethanyManders 4 Term 1 2025
Ingarihi Rangatira | Action English (High Intermediate)

Action English helps you explore how stories in film and literature can mirror social realities, raise important questions, and inspire a

6ENG meganwoods 6 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
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 VickiParker 4, 5 Term 1 2025
Music - NCEA level 1

Music at NCEA level 1

6MUS mattdavis 6 Term 1 2025
Ecosystems

Haere mai and welcome to Toitū te Taiao | Sustainability 2025.  

78EFS KateArmour 7, 8 Term 1 2025
Pūtaiao - Mātai matū | Science - Chemistry

This term will be all about chemistry! 

6SCI JessDewhurst 6 Term 1 2025
RANGAHAU PAKIHI | BUSINESS STUDIES

Business Studies with a focus on ENTERPRISE

78BUS EmilyMarck 7, 8 Term 1 2025
PĀNGARAU I NUMBER

This is a crash course with Sam in all things number! 

4MAT SamBuchanan 4 Term 1 2025
Exploring Kai and Culture

We’ll explore kitchen safety and the basics of cooking while preparing some of your family favorites, and celebrate culture and diversity through f

4HOS LindsayGreene 4 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
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
REO KŌKUKU KĀKĀRIKI | Wreeding and Riting Green

In this course you'll improve your wreeding and riting..

5ENG RobertMiceli 5 Term 1 2025
Pāngarau | Mathematics

In this Level 2 NCEA Mathematics course, we’ll explore key mathematical concepts that build on your previous knowledge and prepare you fo

7MAT JonathanBriden 7 Term 1 2025
Atomic Structure and Astronomical Cycling 5SCI GregoryONeill 5 Term 1 2025
Kikorangi
Title Body Code Authored by Levels Term Year
Stars and Planetary Systems - Earth Space Science NCEA 2 & 3

When we look at the night's sky, we are looking into the past at stars as they used to be.

78ESS AndyEllmers 7, 8 Term 1 2025
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
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
Art Explorers: Painting & Drawing Fundamentals - Level 4

Course Duration: 3 lessons per week in Blue Block

4ART libbyboyd 4 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
TECHNOLOGY | HARD MATERIALS

Old-School Woodwork

45TEC CarlBurr 4, 5 Term 1 2025
Ingarihi Pukenga | Action English (Advanced)

Action English helps you explore how stories in film and literature can mirror social realities, raise important questions, and inspire a

78ENG meganwoods 7, 8 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
Ko Te Reo o Ngā Tuākana

678MAO - Senior Reo/Language

 

678MAO mhu 6, 7, 8 Term 1 2025
GOING PLACES WITH MUSIC

This course is designed for experienced musicians who have been singing, playing or studying music for at least one year (but who are not yet wanti

5MUS mattdavis 5 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
Nutrition and Food Science

In Term 1 we will cover food and kitchen safety, nutrition fundamentals, cooking techniques and the science behind them.

45HOS LindsayGreene 4, 5 Term 1 2025
Pathways Awarua

This is a self-paced online course, developed by the Tertiary Education Commission to support you to strengthen your literacy skills in situations

678PATH AnneHampton 6 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
PĀNGARAU I NUMBER

This is a crash course with Sam in all things number! 

4MAT SamBuchanan 4 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 GregoryONeill 8 Term 1 2025
RANGAHAU PAKIHI | BUSINESS STUDIES

Financial Literacy

45BUS EmilyMarck 4, 5 Term 1 2025
NCEA Level 1 English

We will take a bit of a pick’n’mix approach to English in Term 1, taste-testing lots of different short texts like poetry, short stories and song l

6ENG MeganTaylor 6 Term 1 2025
Waiporoporo
Title Body Code Authored by Levels Term Year
78Hospo: Hospitality

 

78HOS EvanKiddey 7, 8 Term 1 2025
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
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
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
Ecology and Evolution

Thriving or just surviving?

5SCI AndyEllmers 5 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. CLAY libbyboyd 4, 5 Term 1 2025
Ingarihi Toa | Action English (Foundation)

Action English helps you explore how stories in film and literature can mirror social realities, raise important questions, and inspire a

5ENG meganwoods 5 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
Ko Te Reo Tēina - Junior Language

45MAO Te Reo 

45MAO mhu 4, 5 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
PĀNGARAU | MATHEMATICS

This class is exclusively for ākonga who are working at level 3 in Maths who are working towards level 4.

3MAT LindsayGreene 3 Term 1 2025
INTRODUCTION TO MUSIC

This course is designed for students of all levels of musical experience.

4MUS mattdavis 4 Term 1 2025
Digital Media Projects

Digital Media Projects is a guided self-directed class co-taught by Richard and Beth, your friendly neighbourhood digital art and media LAs!

DMP BethanyManders 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Term 1 2025
MĀTAI AHUPŪNGAO KARIHI A PŪHANGA PŪERE | Atomic and Nuclear Energy (and some history!). And Maniacal Mechanics 7PHY GregoryONeill 7 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
PĀNGARAU I NUMBER

What can numbers reveal about the world around us?

5MAT JonathanBriden 5 Term 1 2025
pūtaiao I So much chemistry!!

This term will be all about chemistry!

6SCI michelleverkaaik 6 Term 1 2025
Karaka
Title Body Code Authored by Levels Term Year
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
TE MĀTAURANGA O WAHO | OUTDOOR EDUCATION

This program aims to be a comprehensive outdoor exploration designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge to thrive in nature.

45OUT DeanCrawford 4, 5 Term 1 2025
Fun Physics

All objects have energy. All objects experience a force.

4Sci AndyEllmers 4 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.

WELL TjClelland 4, 5 Term 1 2025
ENGINEERING | HARD MATERIALS | DVC

This new half or full year course enables students to access Level 1, as well as some Level 2, Unit and Achievement Standards from across

6TEC CarlBurr 6 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 for students aged 14 or over

6PHL brentsilby 6 Term 1 2025
Ngā Toi | Māori Art

Te Ngakau o te Kura | Heart of the School

TOI mhu 4, 5 Term 1 2025
Hapori: Karaoke Club

Have fun singing (either in a group, with a friend or star as a soloist) in this social and fun no-pressure class.

MUSIC mattdavis 4, 5 Term 1 2025
Careers with Kirsty

This course is for senior students and focuses on careers.

678CAR kirstymcmillan 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
REO KŌKUKU KARAKA | Wreeding and Riting Orange

In this course you'll improve your  wreeding and riting..

5ENG RobertMiceli 5 Term 1 2025
PĀNGARAU I NUMBER

Discover the power of numbers in this fun and practical Level 4 Maths course!

4MAT JonathanBriden 4 Term 1 2025
Digital Media Projects

Digital Media Projects is a guided self-directed class co-taught by Richard and Beth, your friendly neighbourhood digital art and media LAs!

DMP BethanyManders 4, 5, 6, 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
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
Foundational Cooking Skills Foundational Cooking Skills 

Unlock the secrets to confidence and creativity in the kitchen with this 10-week hands-o

45HOS EvanKiddey 4, 5 Term 1 2025