Year 9 and 10

This term we are collaborating with the senior PArts class to perform a class production of selected scenes from Revenge of the Amazons by W.Shakespeare and NZ playwright Jean Betts. A modern twist on Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”. New Zealand writer Jean Betts adapted the plot and script, bringing through the themes of romantic love, gender and in a fun, comedic style. I like how the play uses comedy as a tool to highlight some of these issues.

Whereas traditional Shakspeare is daunting for many students, I think that the interweaving of the poetic Shakespearean language with modern day kiwi colloquialism is fun and makes the text more accessible to teenagers. The pantomime style will encourage students to have fun and make bold choices in their acting.

This production will be an assessment for 1.6 Perform an acting role in a scripted production (5 credits). They will be assessed on their performance of their role in the play. The performance date is yet to be confirmed but will most likely be held in Hauraki House Theatre in term 2.

Year 9 Art: Printmaking

Students are learning how to develop, cut and print a 3 colour relief print based on patterning. These patterns may include siapo, kowhaiwhai, celtic knots or other cultural patterns.

Year 10 Te Reo

Students have a class for 1 hour every week. Karakia, aspects of waiata, kiiwaha, grammar and tikanga are interwoven. This term our grammar focus is on being able to talk about their relationship to others in their family and peer group to link with the "Tuurangawaewae" focus in their wider learning context. There is a strong focus on oral language with students questioning and answering each other using the focus language. Kiiwaha are introduced: their usage and meaning explored, for example: the waiata "Toorea" and the kiiwaha "e pao toorea".

Year 10 Art: Moana Composition: Term 1 and 2 2023

Fish drawing (resource sheets or personal creativity/imagination)
With reference to siapo designs develop and generate patterns to fill the fish shape.
Pastel blending techniques. Student trials and experimentation. Use technique to colour the fish in accordance with designs developed.
Analogous and monochrome colour schemes introduced. Use of the colour wheel explained and demonstrated.
Textural and tonal paint effects. Students’ trial techniques and select appropriate techniques to produce a background for their fish. Generate background.
Use ocean vocabulary to develop and generate patterns and designs to fill the frame, breaking it into segments.
Tonal painting techniques. Apply both analogous and monochrome colour schemes. Students experiment with techniques in preparation for painting their own frames. Paint the frame designs.
Crayon blending technique including over painting and scratching back. Students develop 2 rimurimu designs Trial crayon technique and apply to creating their own rimurimu.
Crustacean task. Draw crustacean onto card. Demonstrate tonal crayon blending technique. Discuss the way complementary colours will be applied to this task. Student’s trial technique. Demonstrate over painting and scratching. Students use their trial pieces to experiment with the over painting. Students test colour combinations and use these trials to select the combination most suitable for their personal composition. Apply selected colour scheme and trialled techniques to colouring their crab.
Layering, cropping and variety in terms of composition. Students try out a variety of placements and relationships with their components to compose an interesting/ satisfying compositional arrangement. Glue down once resolved. (Some students may wish to generate additional components for their work).