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Year 9

English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Technology, and Health and Physical Education are compulsory for the full year, and Art for a half-yearly semester.

  • Subjects that are part of the option system are:

    Full Year Courses:
    Performance Music, French, Japanese, Latin, Maori

    Half Year (Semester) Courses:
    Music, Economics, Home Economics, Graphics, Horticulture, Performance Music.

  • Students may take:
    either: one full year course and one half year course
    or: three half year courses

  • All students placed in upper-band classes will be required to take
    either: a language in addition to English (all year)
    or: Performance Music (all year)
    or: Performance Music and Music (one semester each)

  • Classes are banded according to ability levels. There are two upper band classes, eight middle ability classes, and a class for students with learning difficulties.

  • All students are tested for ability in reading comprehension, listening comprehension, and mathematics, with remedial assistance provided if necessary.

  • Students whose poor attendance and poor classroom behaviour has a major impact on their performance to the extent that they have neither the skills/knowledge or attitude necessary to move onto the higher level will not move to Year 10 in 2011.

  • All Year 9 courses are given detailed descriptions in the Prospectus.


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