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The Arts, Years 11–13

Phase 5 of Te Mātaiaho. Senior secondary content, rolling out from Year 11.

Senior The Arts

Senior students usually specialise in one or more of Dance, Drama, Music and Visual Arts. Te Ao Haka, grounded in Māori performing arts, is also an NCEA subject.

Much of the assessment is through performance, composition, choreography and folio work, alongside some externally assessed standards.

Years 11–13 lesson and unit ideas

  • Unit

    A painting series that responds to place

    Study how Colin McCahon painted the New Zealand landscape, then develop a series of works on a local place through drawing, trialling and refining ideas.

  • Unit

    Directing a scene from Waiora

    Make directorial choices about staging, voice and movement for a scene from Hone Kouka's play, rehearse it with a cast and explain the intent.

  • Lesson

    Listening with the score

    Follow the score of a set work while listening, then note how instrumentation, texture and structure shape the piece.

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NCEA standards

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