Akoranga | Courses

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Title Body Code LA Levels Term Year
Digital Art and Media Portfolios

This course is suitable for students who would like to do one of the following options:

78DAM 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Get some world into you

In this course, we'll learn about different cultures how people around the world live.

5WOR 5 Term 1 2023
Identity Unlocked: The Key to Understanding Ourselves and Others

Discover the complex and dynamic world of identity with this NCEA level one course!

6ENG 6 Term 1 2023
Philosophy: God, Science, and Ultimate Questions

Does God exist? Why does evil exist in the world? Where did the universe come from?

78PHL 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Project Taiao (Environment) - Tōmene (Explore)

This course is a project based course where we will explore all things taiao (Environment). 

78SCI 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Business Studies 2

Business Studies is mainly project based and aims to develop students into independent thinkers and learners who are able to drive their own learni

78BUS 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Sustainability, Ecology and Economics

What is sustainability?  Kaitiakitanga? An ecosystem? How does economics work?

678EFS 6, 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Ride the Wave

Google class code: 5ym4ma4

6SCI 6 Term 1 2023
MEASUREMENT and PROBABILITY

 

6MAT 6 Term 1 2023
Exploring musical genres

This course is designed for students working at level 5 of the Music curriculum.

5MUS 5 Term 1 2023
WITCHCRAFT, MURDER AND MADNESS

In this unit we will have fun exploring two of Shakespeare's most famous plays, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth, by adapting the storylines into

5DRA 5 Term 1 2023
Plants and Light 5SCI 5 Term 1 2023
Organic chemistry: alkynes of fun

This is the curriculum Level 8 "sequel" to curriculum level 7 organic chemistry content (i.e.

8CHE 8 Term 1 2023
Project-based Maths

To be numerate, you need to be able to use numbers in everyday decision making, and to convince other people that a particular option is suitable o

5MAT 5 Term 1 2023
Are You Smarter Than AI?

This year an article in "The Atlantic" bemoaned the end of high school English class and laid the blame on an AI chatbot.

7ENG 7 Term 1 2023
Kōwhai
Title Body Code LA Levels Term Year
Maths with Rob and Steve!

Rob Miceli and Steve Hunt will team teach this class, with Rob taking two sessions each week, and Steve the third.

4MAT 4 Term 1 2023
Te Tiriti o Waitangi: He Pūtake Mauriora (Senior Te Reo Māori)

This course will provide students with opportunities to develop and improve their pūkenga (skills) in te reo Māori.

6MAO 6, 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Tuanaki | Calculus

This is normally a full year course for students who have completed level two mathematics.

8MAC 8 Term 1 2023
The Psychology of Life: Understanding Ourselves and the World Around Us

Discover the mysteries of the human mind and how it influences our behavior and relationships with others.

78PSY 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Script Writing 101

This course builds up through the year.

45DRA 4, 5 Term 1 2023
Surprised by Joy

This English course is an exploration of texts that celebrate the joy that can be found in day to day life.

7ENG 7 Term 1 2023
NUMBER and MEASUREMENT

 

5MAT 5 Term 1 2023
What's your creation?

Teamwork is the aim and the rest is up to you. In term one we are doing this through creating your own game. 

5PE 5 Term 1 2023
Drawing with colour and pattern with Holly

Students create paint-on-paper artworks in response to the fabric artworks of Kay George, and patterns and shapes derived from natu

4ART 4 Term 1 2023
Data is a dish best served with an element of chance

This course is for academically inclined Mathematicians intending to take Level 2 Mathematics and/or use Mathmatics in their career or other areas

6MAT 6 Term 1 2023
Titrations are cool because you get to drop the base

QUANTITATIVE CHEMISTRY 

7CHE 7 Term 1 2023
JAZZ BAND

This course is for serious musicians, working at level 6 of the curriculum and above.

678MUS 6, 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Art - NCEA levels 2 and 3

This is the senior art class for students doing NCEA level 2 and/or 3 visual arts.

78ART 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Project 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 ex

5ENG 5 Term 1 2023
Get active

This class is all about getting involved in a wide range of physical activities.

4PE 4 Term 1 2023
Cottage Industry, chutneys, jams and pickles

Are you ready for a fun and practical experience and to take control of your own food source? Look no further!

5HOS 5 Term 1 2023
GENETIC VARIATION

In this course we will investigate the genetics behind inheritance and the importance of genetic variation in a species.

6SCI 6 Term 1 2023
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 4 Term 1 2023
78 Numeracy with Jess

This course is specifically for Year 12 and 13 students who currently have not yet achieved their 10 numeracy credits at NCEA Level

78NUM 6 Term 1 2023
Kākāriki
Title Body Code LA Levels Term Year
Number and Measurement

For the first half of this term we will be looking at number skills including whole number skills, fractions and percentages.

5MAT 5 Term 1 2023
Eat your way around the world

In this class, we'll take a delicious journey around the world, one plate at a time.

4HOS 4 Term 1 2023
Write to Discover: A Creative Writing Journey

Unlock your creativity and explore your experiences through creative writing!

5ENG 5 Term 1 2023
Tourism

This course is designed for senior students who are interested in learning about or working in the Tourism Industry.

78TOU 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Little Minglish 2023

This course is a combination of Media Studies and English - you can mix and match pretty much whichever assessmen

6MNG 6 Term 1 2023
Modern Physics and then a start on Mechanics 8PHY 8 Term 1 2023
NCEA LEVEL 1 MUSIC

This course is designed for students ready, willing and able to sit assessments at NCEA level 1.

6MUS 6 Term 1 2023
Bouldering

We will be Bouldering at Uprising. Whether you've boulded before or are a complete beginner, come along and give it a go.

78PE 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Drawing in ideas with clay - with Holly

Learn important things about the ceramic hand building processes: Slab, coil, press mould, low fired clay bodies, glazing, loading

5ART 5 Term 1 2023
THE REVOLTING SIX O’CLOCK NEWS

For this Drama Unit you will work in small groups to retell Revolting Rhymes and Dirty Beasts stories as exciti

4DRA 4 Term 1 2023
TRIGONOMETRY and PROBABILITY METHODS

 

7MAT 7 Term 1 2023
Resilience and Wellbeing

Important information:

78HEA 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Why reading is awesome

Reading rocks, and there are many, many people in the world that think this.

5READ 5 Term 1 2023
NUMBER and MEASUREMENT

This Maths class is aimed at learners working at Level 4 of the curriculum.

4MAT 4 Term 1 2023
Measurement Skills & Project

This class covers the internal assessment standard 91030 "Apply measurement in solving problems" and is worth 3 NCEA Level 1 credits.

6MAT 6 Term 1 2023
Energy and the Earth

From the beginning to the end.

678SCI 6, 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Sci-fi or sci-fact? Read on...

This course is for students who enjoy reading stories and watching movies from the sci-fi genre.

5SIT 5 Term 1 2023
No Time To Be Lazy - Fitness

Context - athletics, gymnastics, Olympic weightlifting, fitness testing 

4PE 4, 5 Term 1 2023
Intro to Art-History-Design

This is a new course to Ao Tawhiti and will include exploring the work of different designers, architects

67DES 5, 6, 7 Term 1 2023
"I'd Like To Thank The Academy..."

***This class is only available to students 16 and older.***

Welcome Award Winners!

8ENG 8 Term 1 2023
Kikorangi
Title Body Code LA Levels Term Year
TWO IS COMPANY

Students taking this class will need to be working at Level 6 of the curriculum and be keen performers with som

6DRA 6 Term 1 2023
Tatauranga | Statistics

Statistics is a University Entrance course and can lead to careers in Accounting, Biology, Computer Science, Economics, Engineering, Management, Da

8MAS 8 Term 1 2023
Event Management from a Geographic Perspective

This course is an introduction to Geography and the sort of jobs that a Geographer can do.

78GEO 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Big Minglish 2023

This course is a combination of Media Studies and English - you can mix and match pretty much whichever assessmen

78MNG 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Atomic and Nuclear Energy (and some history!). And Maniacal Mechanics 7PHY 7 Term 1 2023
6 English/Art

Welcome to English/Art. Englart? Artglish? We can discuss it.

6ERT 6 Term 1 2023
Philosophy: Death To Socrates

CONTENT R13 video. Best age is 14+, but mature 13 year olds are fine.

6PHL 6 Term 1 2023
Give it a try!

Tries, teamwork and tactics are the aim of this class. In term one we are doing this through touch rugby, then onto ripper rugby. 

5PE 5 Term 1 2023
Our Place Tūrangawaewae

Our city has an increasingly diverse population.  Who are we all, how did we get here, and what is "here"?

4SOC 4 Term 1 2023
Seige machines

Google class code:

Welcome to 45tec 2023!

45tec 4, 5 Term 1 2023
Drawing with mixed media and ink - with Holly

Term one drawing towards mixed media and printmaking. 

45ART 4, 5 Term 1 2023
Project-based Maths

To be numerate, you need to be able to use numbers in everyday decision making, and to convince other people that a particular option is suitable o

5MAT 5 Term 1 2023
Maths with Suze and Libby

Everybody needs to have a level of numeric skills.

3MATH 3 Term 1 2023
Independent Historical Inquiries for NCEA 2 and 3/UE

This term will introduce students to the plan for the year.

78HIS 7, 8 Term 1 2023
MUSIC FUNDAMENTALS

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

4MUS 4 Term 1 2023
NZ Certificate in Foundation Skills

 

678CFS 6, 7, 8 Term 1 2023
NCEA 78English

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

78ENG 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Ko Au, Ko Tōku Whānau: My Family and I - Junior Te Reo Māori

Kia ora koutou katoa, nau mai haere mai ki te tau hou Pākehā! Welcome back to kura for 2023. In Term 1, our kaupapa is "Ko au, ko tōku whānau".

45MAO 4, 5 Term 1 2023
So much chemistry!!

This term will be all about chemistry!

6SCI 6 Term 1 2023
Waiporoporo
Title Body Code LA Levels Term Year
THE POWER OF WORDS

In this unit of work you will transform a song lyric of your choice into a powerful dramatic monologue (Level 3

78DRA 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Foundation maths

This course is designed predominantly for year 7 and 8 students for whom maths doesn't come easy, or who really want to consolidate their basic con

3MATH 3 Term 1 2023
Eat your way around the world

In this class, we'll take a delicious journey around the world, one plate at a time.

4HOS 4 Term 1 2023
Level 4 ART - Mixed Media

This term we will be exploring making artwork using a variety of different methods and materials, focussing on… Mixed Media!

4ART 4 Term 1 2023
78 English/Art

Welcome to 78English/Art. Englart? Artglish? We can discuss it.

78DIG 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Advanced Music - NCEA LEVELS 2/3

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 7, 8 Term 1 2023
TRIGONOMETRY and PROBABILITY METHODS

 

7MAT 7 Term 1 2023
Play and participate

Everyone gets a choice, therefore everyone can participate. 

I would like you to make some choices, what sports would you like to play? 

6PE 6 Term 1 2023
My well-being

Friendships, personal identity, thinking processes, physical growth, ability to move, self awareness, acknowledging and expressing thoughts and fee

6HEA 6 Term 1 2023
Introduction to Level 8 Biology - Practical Investigation & Homeostasis

The course will start with an introduction to core concepts in Biology, from Evolution, via Genetics to Physiol

8BIO 8 Term 1 2023
The ecology of biology

Ecology is the study of organisms and how they interact with other organisms and the physical enviornment around them.

7BIO 7 Term 1 2023
Drawing in ideas - with Holly

This course is for those wishing to achieve NCEA national achievement standards within a yearlong visual art making program.

6ART 6 Term 1 2023
664 - Neighbour of the Beast

Google class code: w6iwe6j

Education Perfect code: 677327

4MAT 4 Term 1 2023
Science Fair

In Term 1, students will learn how to:

5SCI 5 Term 1 2023
Business Studies and Enterprise 1

Business Studies 1 is mainly project based and aims to develop students into independent thinkers and learners who are able to drive their own lear

56BUS 5, 6 Term 1 2023
I'm a Survivor!

You can only take three items.  

5ENG 5 Term 1 2023
God Only Knows: Junior Philosophy of Religion

Do you find yourself pondering the Big Questions, like...

5PHL 5 Term 1 2023
Baby Minglish 2023

Minglish is a combination of Media Studies and English - what that means is that we'll

5MNG 5 Term 1 2023
Speaking Truth to Power

What makes you angry? Do you ever feel oppressed? Would you riot over injustice?

6HIS 6 Term 1 2023
Karaka
Title Body Code LA Levels Term Year
Toi a hoahoa

This Hāpori is for those interested in art and design.

TOI 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Study skills for NCEA success

This hapori supports students keen to maximise their NCEA success. 

NCEA 6, 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Mura te korakora

This hapori is all about communication and the different modes we use to do that.

Korakora 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Manawanui Hapori This Hapori is about embracing challenge. Mana 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Term 1 2023
TAKARO

This Hapori is about using the platform of games and gaming to be creative, innovative and engaged. 

Takaro 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Term 1 2023
Hangarau Hapori

This hapori encompasses all things hands-on and creative.

Han 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 Term 1 2023