Year 9 Elective Options

Below are the Electives Year 9 students can choose from in 2025.
Please return to the enrolment page and go to Step 2 to make your choices as part of your enrolment.

The Great Outdoors

A taster subject to learn about and gain skills to use in the great outdoors. May include, ocean/river swimming, bush walking, orienteering, camping skills. 

For students who don't mind being challenged, getting dirty and learning about our local environments.


Sports Science

This elective will give students the opportunity to understand how your body works and to learn how to train it to be better. Not only does the course help you to improve physically but will also look at goal setting and how to be strong mentally. 

The things that you will cover are: 

  • Anatomy of the body, e.g. muscles and bones

  • Components of fitness

  • Fitness testing

  • Nutrition

  • Goal setting

Technology

In Year 9 Technology students will get to explore the areas of Technology. This course encourages imagination and introduces the creativity skills and knowledge that are needed in the world of designers and makers. Areas explored include food tech, hard materials, DVC and textiles where students will use design thinking and a technology process to develop their own design solutions.

Te Reo Māori - Te Kākano

Our introductory course explores Te Reo Māori me ōna Tikanga through the context of identity and tūrangawaewae. Students will be empowered by an in-depth exploration of who they are and where they come from. This course will introduce:

  • Pepeha

  • Whakapapa

  • Mai te kore ki te ao mārama

  • Taku tuakiri

  • Taku iwi, taku tūrangawaewae

Performing Arts

In Year 9 Performing Arts we introduce performers to the world of performance! This includes Voicework, Acting, Dance, Music and Te Ao Haka, as well as building on the skills of creativity, confidence and collaborating with others. Our class encourages teamwork, with students working together on performance pieces. We focus on creativity, imagination and the joy of performing.

Visual Art

Our Visual Arts curriculum is designed for everyone to develop their visual awareness and explore their passion and identity whilst learning new skills, developing existing skills and refining their art techniques to achieve goals. You will gain a range of skills that will equip you for life and will help inform your future pathways and life choices, whether they be artistic or not. The tools and techniques learned in junior Visual Arts allows you to continue into senior Visual Arts: Design, Painting, Photography, Printmaking, and Sculpture. Students will experience:

  • A variety of art forms including:
    -  Drawing
    -  Digital art

  • Cultural arts including:
    -  Toi Māori
    -  Pasifika art

Business Studies

An Introduction to the World of Commerce.

People seek to meet their needs and wants and in doing so often face limitations.

This course will introduce the concepts and skills in Commerce from the perspective of:

  • Who – the exchanges and interconnections that place people at the heart of organisations

  • What – innovation as a problem-solving approach to allocating resources

  • Where – businesses making a difference locally and globally

  • Why – equity and well-being for all

  • How – case studies, creativity, decision making

Junior English Language (JEL)

A class for multilingual students who would like support with English grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Students will also draw upon their heritage language knowledge and cultural knowledge in this class.

Enrolments for this class must be confirmed by Mrs Beatty.

This subject runs for the whole year and will reduce the number of elective subjects taken.

 

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