Curriculum Yr9/10

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The Curriculum in Year 9 and Year 10

Students in Years 9 and 10 experience a wide range of learning, across the curriculum so they will have plenty of choices available to them in the senior school.

Courses in Year 9

Students choose 10 courses that cover all 8 Learning Areas.

The Learning Areas are:

• Ngā Toi/The Arts
• Ingarihi/English
• Akoranga Kōiri me Te Hauora/PE&Health
• Ngā Reo/Languages
• Pāngarau/Maths
• Pūtaiao/Science
• Tikanga-ā-Iwi/Social Studies
• Hāngarau/Technology.

Intensive courses - are courses that cover one Learning Area in depth e.g. Tikanga-ā-Iwi/Social Studies.

Connected courses - are courses that connect the learning across two Learning Areas, e.g. Eco Warriors covers Pūtaiao/Science and Tikanga-ā-Iwi

Focus Line courses - are extra short courses about things you need to know. At Year 9 this includes Literacy, Numeracy, Computational thinking for Digital Technology and Aotearoa NZ Histories.

The 10 courses can be a mixture of Intensive and Connected Curriculum courses from. For more detailed information on these courses please see Year 9 Curriculum Descriptions‍‍

Helpful resources for Choosing Year 9 Course

We have some resources that might help you choose your courses, take a look at:

• Video
• Slideshow
• Scratch App
  

The Scratch App

This can help you make choices for your courses.

Remember to choose 2-3 slots from each Learning Area. The compulsory Maths and PE Intensive courses are already loaded so you can only choose 1 more slot from each of these. (But you do not have to)

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Subjects in Year 10

The approach in Year 10 is very similar to Year 9, except Ngā Reo/Languages is an optional Learning Area, and there is opportunity for greater specialisation in particular areas of interest.

Students choose 10 courses that cover 7 of the Learning Areas:

• Ngā Toi/The Arts
• Ingarihi/English
• Akoranga Kōiri me Te Hauora/PE&Health
• Pāngarau/Maths
• Pūtaiao/Science
• Tikanga-ā-Iwi/Social Studies
• Hāngarau/Technology.

Across the whole year students choose 10 courses. These can be a mixture of Intensive and Connected Curriculum courses from.

Tips for Choosing your subjects

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