Photography: Beach Outings, Colour, and Texture
Beach outings have given the photography group practice with colour and texture, and they are building captioned portfolios of their work.
Creative Arts
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Photography in Years 7 and 8: Composition, Light, and Point of View
The photography cohort is exploring composition, lighting, and camera angles, learning to edit their work and convey a deliberate message. Students are experimenting with unique points of view to transform everyday subjects.
Dance: Ballet, Minuet, and 1960s Moves
A small Term 2 cohort is working through ballet basics, the 17th-century Minuet, and 1960s dance styles.
Creating Identity Agamographs in Visual Art
Year 7 and 8 students are building three-part agamographs combining self-portraits, names, and hobbies, folded to create a moving optical illusion.
Visual Art 1: Colour, Tone, and the Agamograph
Students are exploring the colour wheel, complementary colours, and tonal values. They have been introduced to Israeli artist Yaacov Agam and are working towards a self-portrait agamograph.
Art Starts With Identity
Visual Art 1 students explored what art means to them, designed their title pages, and began collecting images for their visual art covers. Term 1 theme: Identity.
Building a Visual Foundation in Years 9 and 10 Art
Year 9 and 10 students are learning the Elements of Art and Principles of Design, developing drawing skills, and exploring how the creative process works from idea to finished piece.
Drama Students Prepare Shakespeare Performance
Actors prepare an extract from A Midsummer Night’s Dream for prizegiving and the Sheilah Winn competition.
Glittering Christmas Decorations In Creative Arts
Students designed glitter-filled baubles and decorations to celebrate the end of term.
Pop Up Christmas Cards in Creative Arts
Students designed pop up Christmas cards using paper engineering, colour and collage for friends and whānau.
Building Wooden Christmas Decorations In Technology
Students measured, sawed and shaped scrap timber into small wooden Christmas trees and ornaments.
Fantasy Mapping Creating Worlds on Paper
Students designed fantasy world maps, using dice to plan landscapes and then developing detailed ink drawings.
Christmas Biscuits In Culinary Skills
Students baked and decorated Christmas biscuits, practising measuring, timing and creative icing skills in Culinary Arts
Animation Students Build Global Citizens Showcase Movie
Animation students have turned Global Citizens ideas into a showcase film premiering at the upcoming Expo.
Public Speaking, Debating and Media Literacy
Students build confidence through debates, news reports and podcasts while learning to spot bias and use reliable sources.
Visual Art Clay And Colourful Painting
Students explored colour and pattern through carved clay spheres and bright painted panels in Visual Art this week.
Capturing the World Through the Lens
Students explored West Auckland on weekly photography trips, practising framing, focus, and macro detail.
Shakespeare Creative Arts Elective Talent
Students form a troupe to enter the SGCNZ Regional Festival in Term 1 2026 and carry the work into next year ahead of the national stage.
Citizens of the World in Visual Art
Students explored imagination, culture, and connection by designing symbolic cut-paper badges and art journal covers inspired by global citizenship.
Animation Creative Art Session: Digital Tools In Action
Our students dove into Adobe Fresco, created a Spinning Earth and walking-character animations to kick off “Citizens of the World”.
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