Arts

Te toi whakakairo, ka ihiihi, ka wehiwehi, ka aweawe, tea o katoa

Artistic excellence makes the world sit up in wonder

The NZ Curriculum

The Lynfield College Arts Faculty aspires

to provide all students with a supportive, inclusive and productive environment that promotes their wellbeing
to inspire students to achieve educational excellence through a rich learning and social environment.

We offer the following courses:

Reflecting the New Zealand Curriculum, coursework in all arts disciplines at all levels is structured around four inter-related strands:

Reflecting the Senior Secondary Arts Teaching and Learning Guide our vision is for young people who through the arts

participate in collaborative and individual endeavours that contribute to community well-being and personal identity
form and frame their identity through physical, imagined, and digital worlds
create and challenge ideas that reflect, communicate, and change views of the world
express and interpret ideas within creative, aesthetic, and technological frameworks, thereby building the confidence to take risks
learn how to think “outside the box”, engage with unexpected outcomes, and discover multiple solutions to challenging problems
develop greater consciousness and resilience for their futures
explore and celebrate artistic expressions of self, community, and culture
are empowered to deepen their notions of identity
specialise in the disciplines of dance, drama, music and sound arts, visual arts, and art history, or undertake study in multimedia and other new technologies
build on their experiences, and create, perform, and evaluate art works of increasing sophistication and complexity
learn to view their world from new perspectives