Level 2 Subject Selection for 2021
PLANNING A COURSE FOR NCEA LEVEL 2
1. Your Compulsory Subjects:
- Religious Studies
- English
2. Choose 6 Option Subjects in order of preference from:
- Biology
- Building Construction
- Chemistry
- Commerce
- Computing
- Design
- Empower
- Health
- History
- Hospitality
- Mathematics
- Media Studies
- Music
- Painting
- Photography
- Physical Education
- Physics
- Tourism
3. Fill in Your Option Choice Form:
This will be done electronically in the last week of Term 3.
4. Important School Policies for NCEA at LAC
Please refer to your Student Diary for the NCEA Policies at LAC. In general, LAC subject areas do not provide an opportunity for reassessment of internal achievement standards. You need to be aware of the Policies for Authenticity, Resubmission, Appeals, Absences and Lateness, and checking records of your results.
5. Selecting your Courses
Not all courses offered will run. It will depend on the number of students selecting the course and the availability of staffing. Select courses carefully as it may be difficult to change courses at a later time.
6. Entry Requirements
Please note that the entry requirements listed for subjects are to provide students guidance for subject selection. These requirements will help students to understand prior learning that will enable the best possibility for success. If you have any questions regarding this, please contact Mrs Aiono or the relevant Leader of Learning.
7. STAR, Gateway and Te Kura
Students who wish to do specific work experience and placements in a career area need to contact Mrs Aiono, who will provide you with what needs to happen next. If there is a subject not offered at LAC that you would like to do, contact Mrs King, who will explain what needs to happen from there. These options are only for students who fit the criteria for this type of study and are committed and self-motivated. Contact with parents/caregivers will also be made to ensure this decision has been discussed.
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Biology Level 2
Qualification:
NCEA Level 2 Achievement Standards – This subject provides you with the opportunity to gain credits towards the National Certificate of Educational Achievement.
Entry Requirement:
Level 1 Biology
Course Description:
Life is incredibly varied, yet based on common processes. Biologists – and students studying biology – seek evidence to explain the nature of living things, and to understand where and how life is evolving, how evolution links life processes and ecology, and the impact that humans have on all forms of life. Through learning in biology, students discover that life involves interactions at all levels of organisation: cells interact with their environment and with each other, so do organs, organisms and ecosystems. No living thing exists in isolation from its environment.
Achievement Standards that will be drawn from, for an assessment programme:
Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
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AS 91153 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Carry out a practical investigation in a biology context | ||
AS 91154 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Analyse the biological validity of information presented to the public | ||
AS 91155 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Demonstrate understanding of adaptation of plants or animals to their way of life | ||
AS 91156 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Demonstrate understanding of life processes at the cellular level | ||
AS 91157 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Demonstrate understanding of genetic variation and change | ||
AS 91158 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Investigate a pattern in an ecological community, with supervision | ||
AS 91159 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Demonstrate understanding of gene expression | ||
AS 91160 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Investigate biological material at the microscopic level | ||
Total Credits offered |
Building Construction Level 2
“B Constructive” Level 2
Qualification:
Building Construction Level 2 (Unit Standards)
Entry Requirement:
None, but students find it easier if they have taken Woodwork or Building Construction in the previous year.
Course Description:
The “BConstructive” course is designed as a progressive pathway for students wanting to integrate into a wide range of trade-related occupations when they leave school, but not limited to these students. It is mostly a practical based course in the workshop.
The course is a total of 22 credits, which must be gained to achieve the certificate. These credits will be offered, in English, Maths and the Woodwork shop.
Unit Standards that will be drawn from for an assessment programme:
US No. | Level | No. of Projects | Name | Credits |
---|---|---|---|---|
US 12927 Compulsory | 2 | Use and maintain hand tools | 6 | |
US 12932 | 2 | Construct timber furniture | 8 | |
US 24350 Compulsory | 2 | Use and maintain portable power tools | 6 | |
US 24351 | 2 | Fixed Machinery | 6 | |
US 24354 Compulsory | 2 | Know and apply safe working practices | 4 | |
US 24357 Compulsory | 2 | Communication | 4 | |
US 24358 Compulsory | 2 | Quality check | 2 | |
US 25921 | 2 | Make a cupboard | 6 | |
US 24360 | 2 | Timber and materials | 5 | |
Total Credits offered | 22 |
Chemistry Level 2
Qualification:
NCEA Level 2 Achievement Standards – This subject provides you with the opportunity to gain credits towards the National Certificate of Educational Achievement.
Entry Requirement:
Level 1 Science
Course Description:
Chemistry is about understanding the properties of different substances and how these substances can change. Chemistry allows us to predict how substances may alter when the surrounding conditions change, or how they may react to form new substances, and to explain why this happens. Chemists are continually changing matter into new and more useful forms. Chemists and students who study chemistry use their understanding of atoms, molecules, and ions – particles that are too tiny to be seen with our eyes – to explain and predict the properties and behaviour of different materials.
Achievement Standards that will be drawn from for an assessment programme:
Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
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AS 91910 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Carry out quantitative analysis | ||
AS 91911 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Carry out procedures to identify ions present in solution | ||
AS 91163 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Demonstrate understanding of the chemistry used in the development of a current technology | ||
AS 91164 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Demonstrate understanding of bonding, structure, properties and energy changes | ||
AS 91165 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Demonstrate understanding of the properties of selected organic compounds | ||
AS 91167 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Demonstrate understanding of oxidation-reduction | ||
Total Credits offered |
Commerce Level 2
Qualification:
NCEA Level 2 Achievement Standards – This subject provides you with the opportunity to gain credits towards the National Certificate of Education.
Entry Requirement.
It is preferred that students have achieved NCEA Level 1 Commerce (at least 3 standards of which 1 is an External) or for students who have not taken Level 1 Commerce, Level 1 English (at least 1 External standard)
Course Description:
Accounting enables students to develop the knowledge and skills to manage and communicate the financial affairs of individuals, communities, and businesses.
Economics enables students to understand how economic concepts and models provide a means of analysing contemporary New Zealand issues and how government policies and contemporary issues interact.
Achievement Standards that will be drawn from for an assessment programme:
Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
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AS91174 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Demonstrate understanding of accounting concepts for an entity that operates accounting subsystems. | ||
AS91177 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Interpret accounting information for entities that operate accounting subsystems. | ||
AS91386 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Demonstrate understanding of an inventory subsystem for an entity. | ||
AS 90846 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Conduct market research for a new or existing product | ||
AS 90847 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Investigate the application of motivation theory in a business | ||
AS 90848 | 2 | 2 | 9 | Carry out, review and refine a business activity within a community context with guidance | ||
AS 91222 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Analyse inflation using economic concepts and models | ||
AS 91223 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Analyse international trade using economic concepts and models | ||
AS 91224 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Analyse economic growth using economic concepts and models | ||
AS 91225 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Analyse unemployment using economic concepts and models | ||
Total Credits offered |
Computing Level 2
Qualification:
NCEA Level 2 Computing; Contributes to the National Certificate in Computing Level 3
Entry Requirement:
Open Entry
Course Description:
This subject introduces the student to the topic of computing and teaches them the skills to participate in an Information Technology society. It also teaches them valuable and essential skills that can be transferred to many other fields of learning.
Unit Standards (US) and Achievement Standards (AS) that will be drawn from for an assessment programme:
Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
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US 111 | 8 | 2 | 5 | Use a word processor to produce documents for a business or organisation [Uses MS Word 2013] (Business Administration) | ||
US 2784 | 8 | 2 | 3 | Create and use a computer spreadsheet to solve a problem | ||
US 5940 | 9 | 2 | 3 | Produce a presentation using a desktop presentation computer application | ||
US 6743 | 8 | 2 | 2 | Demonstrate an understanding of ergonomic principles for computer workstations | ||
US 12885 | 7 | 2 | 4 | Create and enhance electronic documents combining text and images for generic text and information management | ||
US 29722 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Manage files and folders using digital devices [Windows, Android and iOS] | ||
US 29780 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Configure and use contemporary and emerging digital devices [Windows, Android, iOS] | ||
US 29784 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Troubleshoot, fix and escalate simple or routine computing and connectivity problems | ||
AS 91368 | 3 | 2 | 6 | Implement advanced procedures to produce a specified digital information outcome with dynamically linked data (Digital Technologies 2.41) | ||
AS 91369 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Demonstrate understanding of advanced concepts of digital media (Digital Technologies 2.42) | ||
AS 91370 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Implement advanced procedures to produce a specified digital media outcome (Digital Technologies 2.43) | ||
AS 91372 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Construct a plan for an advanced computer program for a specified task (Digital Technologies 2.45) | ||
AS 91373 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Construct an advanced computer program for a specified task (Digital Technologies 2.46) | ||
Total Credits offered |
Design Level 2
Qualification:
NCEA Level 2 Achievement Standards – This subject provides you with the opportunity to gain credits towards the National Certificate of Educational Achievement.
Entry Requirements:
Achieved Level 1 Art
Course Description: Students will:
In Design, students will pick one theme and carry it over all of the offered assessments. The external boards are an end product of a year long study around the students theme. This enables work that is created in internals to then be applicable to go on their external boards. Students will be using digital programs to achieve their desired end result.
Students will also:
- Research and analyse the influence of relevant contexts on their own work.
- Apply understanding from research into a range of established practice to extend skills for particular art-making purposes, using appropriate processes and procedures in design.
Extend skills, in illustrator, indesign and photoshop. - Generate, analyse, clarify, and extend ideas in design related to established practice
Use a systematic approach to the development of ideas in a body of work. - Research and analyse how artworks are constructed and presented to communicate meanings
- Use critical analysis to interpret and respond to art works.
Achievement Standards that will be drawn from for an assessment programme:
Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AS91310 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Use drawing methods to apply knowledge of conventions appropriate to Design | ||
AS91315 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Develop ideas in a related series of drawings appropriate to established Design practice. | ||
AS91320 | 2 | 2 | 12 | Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art-making conventions and ideas within Design | ||
Total Credits offered |
Empower Level 1, 2 & 3
Qualification:
NCEA Level 3 Unit Standards – This subject provides you with the opportunity to gain credits towards the National Certificate of Educational Achievement
Entry Requirement:
Entry is open for this subject. However, ‘Empower’ students should be highly motivated, with a genuine interest in improving their overall wellbeing and/or achieving personal fitness/sporting goals.
Course Description:
Students will gain insight into the fundamental skills & knowledge essential to the sport & fitness industry. It will cover elements related to training & fitness principles, training techniques, fitness testing, exercise prescription & instruction. This will provide them with the ability to maintain or develop personal fitness, in addition to, assisting others with personal fitness goals.
Students will also be trained as entry-level fitness/training mentors for the LAC fitness department & wider LAC community.
Unit Standards that will be drawn from for an assessment programme:
Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
US 30933 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Demonstrate exercise and stretching techniques | ||
US 30935 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Develop and implement an exercise plan for personal physical fitness | ||
US 30936 | 1 | 3 | 5 | Demonstrate knowledge of the purpose and protocols of exercise testing | ||
US 30934 | 1 | 3 | 10 | Select and instruct pre-designed exercise programmes | ||
Total Credits offered |
English Level 2
Qualification:
NCEA Level 2 Achievement Standards –This subject provides you with the opportunity to gain credits towards the National Certificate of Educational Achievement.
Entry Requirement:
Students have gained Level 1 Literacy
Course Description:
English is about connecting with others and their ideas and communicating our own, using language correctly. English is about exploring our identities and building relationships. English is about finding and nurturing a voice to tell our stories and developing an ear to hear the stories of others. In doing so, we begin to understand where and how we all belong and fit into a global society.
Achievement Standards that will be drawn from for an assessment programme:
Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AS 91098 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Analyse specified aspect(s) of studied written text(s), supported by evidence | ||
AS 91100 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Analyse significant aspects of unfamiliar written text(s) through close reading, supported by evidence | ||
AS 91101 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Produce a selection of crafted and controlled writing | ||
AS 91102 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Construct and deliver a crafted and controlled oral text | ||
AS 91104 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Analyse significant connections across texts, supported by evidence | ||
AS 91105 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Use information literacy skills to form developed conclusion(s) | ||
AS 91106 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Form developed personal responses to independently read texts, supported by evidence | ||
Total Credits offered |
Health Level 2
Qualification:
NCEA Level 12 Achievement Standards –This subject provides you with the opportunity to gain credits towards the National Certificate of Educational Achievement.
Entry Requirement:
This subject has open entry with it being preferable for students to have achieved Year 11 Health.
Course Description:
Health Education enables students to focus on the dimensions of hauora and the application of the concept to a range of contexts. In year 12 students will analyse personal, interpersonal, and societal factors that influence well-being and make relevant connections between these factors and the concept of the determinants of health, take action in their own community to enhance well-being, recommend and evaluate health-enhancing strategies and evaluate the relationship between risk factors and protective factors in a range of contexts involving significant life changes.
Achievement Standards that will be drawn from for an assessment programme:
Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AS 91235 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Analyse an adolescent health issue | ||
AS 91236 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Evaluate factors that influence people’s ability to manage change | ||
AS 91237 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Take action to enhance an aspect of people’s well-beingwithin the school or wider community | ||
AS 91239 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Analyse issues related to sexuality and gender to developstrategies for addressing the issues | ||
Total Credits offered |
History Level 2
Qualification:
NCEA Level 2 Achievement Standards – This subject provides you with the opportunity to gain credits towards the National Certificate of Educational Achievement.
Entry Requirement:
It is preferred that students have achieved NCEA Level 1 History (at least 3 standards of which 1 is an External) or for students who have not taken Level 1 History, Level 1 English (at least 1 External standard).
Course Description:
Where possible, history encompasses events occurring in New Zealand and/or global events involving or influencing New Zealanders. Historical scholarship encourages students to look for points of connection and for similarities and differences, and to focus on research that transcends the boundaries of nation states. Students are encouraged to question accepted interpretations of the past and to consider contesting theories of historians and commentators. This emphasis reflects contemporary historical scholarship. There is also a more holistic approach to understanding concepts of identity
Achievement Standards that will be drawn from for an assessment programme:
Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AS 91229 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Carry out an inquiry of an historical event or place that is of significance to New Zealanders | ||
AS 91230 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Examine an historical event or place that is of significance to New Zealanders | ||
AS 91231 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Examine sources of an historical event that is of significance to New Zealanders | ||
AS 91232 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Interpret different perspectives of people in an historical event that is of significance to New Zealanders | ||
AS 91233 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Examine causes and consequences of a significant historical event | ||
Total Credits offered |
Hospitality Level 2
Qualification:
NCEA Level 2 Unit Standards Course –This subject provides you with the opportunity to gain credits towards the National Certificate of Educational Achievement.
Entry Requirement:
It is recommended that students have completed Level 1 Hospitality
Course Description:
Level 2 Hospitality follows the Unit Standard course framework. All learning materials are given to each student by an outside school supplier; Service IQ. During this course, students explore more in depth the different strands founded in the Hospitality Industry, in relation to food safety, food handling, knife skills and basic cookery skills. The Units offered during 2021 are subject to change as they will be dependent on students’ interests.
Achievement Standards that will be drawn from for an assessment programme:
Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
167 | v8 | 2 | 4 | Practice food safety methods in a food business, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills | ||
13272 | v4 | 2 | 2 | Cook food items by baking | ||
13276 | v5 | 2 | 2 | Cook food items by grilling | ||
13281 | v5 | 2 | 2 | Prepare and present basic sandwiches for service | ||
13283 | v5 | 2 | 2 | Prepare and present salads for service | ||
13284 | v4 | 2 | 2 | Clean food production areas and equipment | ||
13285 | v5 | 2 | 2 | Handle and maintain knives in a commercial kitchen | ||
14443 | v4 | 2 | 2 | Pack food and beverage orders for takeaway in a commercial hospitality environment | ||
22234 | v2 | 2 | 4 | Compare characteristics of international dishes and prepare and present international dishes | ||
Total Credits offered |
Mathematics with Calculus Level 2
Qualification:
This subject provides you with the opportunity to gain credits towards the National Certificate of Educational Achievement Level 2.
Entry Requirement:
Students should have gained at least 10 credits in Level 1 Mathematics including at least one externally assessed achievement standard. Placement into the course will be decided after consultation with students and the Learning Leader of Mathematics.
Course Description:
This subject aims to develop skills, concepts and understanding to enable students to use mathematics with confidence and to provide a pathway into Level 3 Mathematics or tertiary level vocational training. There are compulsory workbooks, and classwork and homework will be undertaken in these.
This course is made up of 2 internally assessed standards and 3 externally assessed standards.
Achievement Standards that will be drawn from, for an assessment programme:
Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AS 91256 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Apply coordinate geometry methods in solving problems | ||
AS 91257 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Apply grahphical methods in solving problems | ||
AS 91259 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Apply trigonometric relationships in solving problems | ||
AS 91261 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Apply algebraic methods in solving problems | ||
AS 91262 | 3 | 2 | 5 | Apply calculus methods in solving problems | ||
Total Credits offered |
Mathematics with Statistics Level 2
Qualification:
This subject provides you with the opportunity to gain credits towards the National Certificate of Educational Achievement Level 2.
Entry Requirement:
Students should have gained at least 10 credits in Level 1 Mathematics including at least one externally assessed achievement standard. Placement into this course will be decided after consultation with students and the Learning Leader of Mathematics.
Course Description:
This subject aims to develop skills, concepts and understanding to enable students to use mathematics with confidence and to provide a pathway into Level 3 Mathematics with Statistics or tertiary level vocational training. There are compulsory workbooks, and classwork and homework will be undertaken in these.
This course is made up of 5 internally assessed standards and 1 externally assessed standard.
Achievement Standards that will be drawn from for an assessment programme:
Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AS 91256 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Apply coordinate geometry methods in solving problems | ||
AS 91260 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Apply network methods in solving problems | ||
AS 91264 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Use statistical methods to make an inference | ||
AS 91265 | 3 | 2 | 3 | Conduct an experiment to investigate a situation using statistical methods | ||
AS 91267 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Apply probability methods in solving problems | ||
AS 91268 | 3 | 2 | 2 | Investigate a situation involving elements of chance using a simulation | ||
Total Credits offered |
Media Studies Level 2
Qualification:
NCEA Level 2 Achievement Standards – This subject provides you with the opportunity to gain credits towards the National Certificate of Educational Achievement.
Entry Requirement:
Level 1 Literacy
Students will have ideally taken visual arts as a Year 10 Option
Course Cost:
$80 (approx) for class trip
Course Description:
Media studies is about the active exploration, analysis, creation, and enjoyment of the media and its products.
Media studies examines the dynamic role of the media in society, how the media constructs messages about individuals, communities, and cultures and how media products are produced, controlled, and distributed.
Through media studies students gain the knowledge and skills to conceive, plan, design and make media products that engage audiences.
Achievement Standards that will be drawn from, for an assessment programme:
Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AS 91248 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Demonstrate understanding of the relationship between a media product and its audience | ||
AS 91249 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Demonstrate understanding of narrative in media texts | ||
AS 91252 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Produce a design and plan for a developed media product using a range of conventions | ||
AS91253 | 3 | 2 | 6 | Complete a developed media product from a design and plan using a range of conventions | ||
AS 91255 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Write developed media text for a specific target audience | ||
Total Credits offered |
Music Level 2
Qualification:
NCEA Level 2 Achievement Standards – This subject provides you with the opportunity to gain credits towards the National Certificate of Educational Achievement.
Entry Requirements:
NCEA Level 1 Music; Instrumental lessons for 3 years
Course Description:
Students will:
- Perform music of greater length and complexity in solo and group performances
- Participate in a performance group of 3 to 7 members
- Compose music of greater length and complexity
- Continue to develop aural skills and understand the characteristics of a wide range of written music
- Recall in an external exam, more complex detail about two large music works
- Research an aspect of New Zealand music
- Study a range of music styles including Jazz, Rock, Baroque and Romantic period music
Achievement Standards that will be drawn from for an assessment programme:
Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AS91270 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Perform two substantial pieces of music as a featured soloist | ||
AS91274 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Perform a substantial piece of music as a featured soloist on a second instrument | ||
AS91272 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Demonstrate ensemble skills by performing a substantial piece of music as a member of a group | ||
AS91271 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Compose two substantial pieces of music | ||
AS91275 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Demonstrate aural understanding through written representation | ||
AS91276 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Demonstrate knowledge of conventions in a range of music scores | ||
AS91277 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Demonstrate understanding of two substantial contrasting music works | ||
AS91273 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Devise an instrumentation for an ensemble | ||
AS91278 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Investigate an aspect of New Zealand music | ||
Total Credits offered |
Painting Level 2
Qualification:
NCEA Level 2 Achievement Standards – This subject provides you with the opportunity to gain credits towards the National Certificate of Educational Achievement.
Entry Requirements:
It is preferable that students have achieved Level 1 Art
Course Description: Students will:
In Painting, students will pick one theme and carry it over all of the offered assessments. The external boards are an end product of a year long study around the students theme. This enables work that is created in internals to be applicable for external boards. The media they will work in is acrylic or oil paint.
Students will also:
- Research and analyse the influence of relevant contexts on their own work.
- Apply understanding from research into a range of established practice to extend skills for particular art-making purposes, using appropriate processes and procedures in painting.
- Generate, analyse, clarify, and extend ideas in painting related to established practice
- Use a systematic approach to the development of ideas in a body of work.
- Research and analyse how artworks are constructed and presented to communicate meanings.
- Use critical analysis to interpret and respond to art works.
Achievement Standards that will be drawn from for an assessment programme:
Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AS 91311 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Use drawing methods to apply knowledge of conventions appropriate to painting | ||
AS 91316 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Develop ideas in a related series of drawings appropriate to established painting practice. | ||
AS 91321 | 2 | 2 | 12 | Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art-making conventions and ideas within painting | ||
Total Credits offered |
Photography Level 2
Qualification:
NCEA Level 2 Achievement Standards – This subject provides you with the opportunity to gain credits towards the National Certificate of Educational Achievement.
Entry Requirement:
- Students will have successfully completed Year 9 Core Art
- Students will have ideally taken visual art as a Year 10 option
- Level 1 Literacy
Course Costs:
Approximately $90-$110 for printing resources, class textbook, camera equipment, class trips and computer updates.
Course Description:
Year 12 Photography is an exciting avenue in familiarising yourself in visual arts. Each assessment task will concentrate on your own learning and time management. You will be expected to complete in-depth research, record your thought process and document the development of your images. Throughout the year you will have the opportunity to produce creative forms of imagery.
Achievement Standards that will be drawn from for an assessment programme:Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AS 91312 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Use drawing methods to apply knowledge of conventions appropriate to photography | ||
AS 91317 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Develop ideas in a related series of drawings appropriate to established photography practice | ||
AS 91322 | 2 | 2 | 12 | Produce a systematic body of work that shows understanding of art making conventions and ideas within photography | ||
Total Credits offered |
Physical Education Level 2
Qualification:
NCEA Level 2 Achievement Standards – This subject provides you with the opportunity to gain credits towards the National Certificate of Educational Achievement.
Entry Requirement:
Level 1 Literacy
Course Cost:
$250 – Course fee for camp
Course Description:
Students continue to develop their knowledge and understanding by applying bio-physical and socio-cultural aspects as they participate in movement contexts. Students engage in critical thinking to consider a range of perspectives and to challenge assumptions.
Ongoing reflection, analysis, and evaluation are important processes as students adapt to ever-changing situations and movement environments. They use these processes as they consider the social and cultural significance influencing performance and participation and make informed decisions about their own and others movement goals.
Course cost:
$250 – Course fee for camp
Achievement Standards that will be drawn from, for an assessment programme:
Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AS 91327 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Examine the role and significance of physical activity in the lives of young people in New Zealand. | ||
AS 91328 | 2 | 2 | 5 | Demonstrate understanding of how and why biophysical principles relate to the learning of physical skills. | ||
AS 91329 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Demonstrate understanding of the application of biophysical principles to training for physical activity. | ||
AS 91330 | 3 | 2 | 4 | Perform a physical activity in an applied setting. | ||
AS 91333 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Analyse the application of risk management strategies to a challenging outdoor activity. | ||
AS 91334 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Consistently demonstrate social responsibility through applying a social responsibility model in physical activity. | ||
Total Credits offered |
Physics Level 2
Qualification:
NCEA Level 2 Achievement Standards – This subject provides you with the opportunity to gain credits towards the National Certificate of Educational Achievement.
Entry Requirement:
Students must have achieved trigonometry and algebra in Year 11 Maths with 1 external in Year 11 Science
Course Description:
In Physics students will:
Investigate physical phenomena (in the areas of mechanics, electricity, electromagnetism, heat, light and waves, and atomic and nuclear physics) and produce qualitative and quantitative explanations for a variety of unfamiliar situations; analyse data to deduce complex trends and relationships in physical phenomena.
Use physics ideas to explain a technological or biological application of physics.
Achievement Standards that will be drawn from for an assessment programme:
Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AS 91168 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Carry out a practical physics investigation that leads to a non-linear mathematical relationship. | ||
AS 91169 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Demonstrate understanding of physics relevant to a selected context. | ||
AS 91170 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Demonstrate understanding of waves. | ||
AS 91171 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Demonstrate understanding of mechanics. | ||
AS 91172 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Demonstrate understanding of atomic and nuclear physics. | ||
Total Credits offered |
Religious Studies Level 2
Qualification:
NCEA Level 2 Achievement Standards – This subject provides you with the opportunity to gain credits towards the National Certificate of Educational Achievement.
Course Requirement:
Level 1 LIteracy
Course Description:
Students will be encouraged and provoked to examine core individual beliefs and develop a deeper understanding of God’s word to share with others. This will allow them to engage in relevant issues that broaden their perspectives of their own spiritual journeys and how this can transform their communities. These values of forgiveness, grace and salvation will teach students to understand the eternal love Christ has for each of them.
Achievement Standards that will be drawn from for an assessment programme:
Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AS 90822 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Explain how a contemporary social action derives from the ethical principles of a religious tradition | ||
AS 90823 | 2 | 2 | 6 | Explain the key beliefs within two religious traditions in relation to a significant religious question | ||
AS 91724 | 1 | 2 | 6 | Explain a significant theme in a sacred text within a religious tradition | ||
AS 90821 | 3 | 2 | 6 | Explain the changes in a expression(s) of a religious tradition | ||
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Tourism Level 2
Qualification:
National Certificate of Tourism
Entry Requirement:
Level 1 Literacy
Course Description:
This introductory L2 course reflects the global and national importance of tourism
Over the decades, tourism has experienced continued growth and deepening diversification to become one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world. Modern tourism is closely linked to development and encompasses a growing number of new destinations. These dynamics have turned tourism into a key driver for socio-economic progress. Tourism New Zealand markets New Zealand to the world as a visitor destination. In 2019, 3.88 million international visitors came to New Zealand. International tourism is one of New Zealand’s largest earners of foreign exchange, adding approximately NZ$11.8 billion annually to the nation’s economy.
Unit Standards that will be drawn from for an assessment programme:
Standard No. | Version | Level | Credits | Lit/ Num | Full Title | Internal/ External |
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US 24728 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Demonstrate knowledge of work roles in Tourism | ||
US 24729 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Demonstrate knowledge of world tourist destinations | ||
US 24730 | 1 | 2 | 4 | Demonstrate knowledge of the business of Tourism | ||
US 24731 | 2 | 2 | 4 | Demonstrate knowledge of destination New Zealand | ||
US 24732 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Demonstrate knowledge of Tourist characteristics and needs | ||
US 24726 | 1 | 2 | 3 | Describe the social and cultural impacts of Tourism | ||
US 23767 | 1 | 2 | 2 | Internet use in the workplace | ||
US 18237 | 2 | 1 | 3 | Perform calculations for a tourism workplace | ||
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