Junior Curriculum
Year 9 Semester 1 Programs
Whanau Classes
Students have been placed into Whanau classes with a Whanau teacher. This teacher is the significant adult and advocate for your child and you at school.
Whanau teachers:
- Teach these students for 3 Ako (classes) a week
- Have pastoral and curriculum oversight of students in their Whanau class.
- Advocate for learners and whanau when needed.
Teach fundamental Literacy and Numeracy skills in order to obtain NZQA required Literacy and Numeracy standards. Additional 3 hrs a week on Literacy & Numeracy 3
Y9 and 10 Essential Courses and Options
Learners in Year 9 will rotate through programmes we deem Essential: Food Technology, Te Reo Maori, Health, Aotearoa Histories, Financial Literacy and Activ8 (PE and movement).
Year 9 Learners will choose three of the following Options; Land, Design Tech, Art, Japanese, Music, Dance, Tu Hauora (Health) over the year.
Learners in Year 10 will rotate through programs we deem essential; Food Technology, Te Reo Maori, Health, Aotearoa Histories, Pathways.
Yr 10 Learners will choose two of the following options; Land, Design Tech, Art, Japanese, Music, Dance, STEAM
Integrated Programmes and Agency
Integrated courses cover the subjects of Social Studies, Health and PE, English, Science and Mathematics.
Learners choose courses which offer different parts of those curriculum areas. For example, a combination of Social Studies and Science or Maths and PE.
Whanau teachers work with learners and whanau to track progression through each curriculum area and make decisions on courses based on individual learners’ needs. If a learner has a specific interest or need in Science, then they can build their curriculum around this while satisfying the requirements of the other curriculum areas.
Learners still have to do English, Maths, Social Studies, Health/PE and Science. They now have a lot more agency in what these look like.
- 2026 Yr 9 Semester 1 Programs
- 2026 Yr 10 Semester