Visual & Performing Arts Department

In the junior school students cycle through Visual Arts, Maori Performing Arts and Music each year to ensure they sample each discipline of the Arts curriculum.  In Year 9 students select two arts subjects of their choice which each run for half a year.  In Year 10 the focus for our programmes is to prepare students for the knowledge and skills required for NCEA so they are required to select one to two arts subjects which run for the whole year.  In the senior school visual arts students continue to hone their skills according to their preferred art genre where they can choose painting, printmaking or sculpture.  Music and Maori Performing Arts also allows senior students to specialize in areas depending on interest.