Music

In Music, students have the opportunity to develop instrumental and vocal skills. Students work with experienced musical practitioners and can participate in a variety of co-curricular activities to support their learning. Itinerant instrumental lessons are offered free of charge. In the junior school, students can expect to study a range of popular and contemporary music from Aotearoa and elsewhere. They are expected to develop performance skills and to develop musical literacy so that they can analyse and write their own music. In the senior school, students can study performance, composition, analysis, and music technology. Students are encouraged to develop critical awareness in their particular areas of interest.

Drama

In Drama, students have the opportunity to expand social skills, confidence, and exercise their creativity while working together to create pieces of work and to perform them with the assistance of their kaiako. Drama is both a curriculum subject and an opportunity to get involved in co-curricular activities such as Shakespeare, productions, and more. We have recently introduced Entertainment and Event Technologies into the Drama curriculum at our kura. In this part of the subject students experience how to design and execute lighting plans, sound plans, set and props, costume, and more. These are technical skills that can lead to incredible opportunities.

Visual Arts

Our friendly, motivated practising artists guide you through and school you in such diverse fields as drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, computer design and digital photography. In the junior school the focus is on gaining experience in the range of media. In the senior school the curriculum opens into the sub disciplines for students to choose and specialise in Painting, Sculpture, Design and Photography.