Level 1 Visual Art
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mx R. Goldstein
This course is about discovering and making artworks. This is a very practical, hands-on course. Students explore combinations of art areas that include drawing, collage, painting, printmaking, and mixed media, and extend their art into three-dimensional work.
Students follow a programme, but essentially create their own theme and developmental focus. Students are encouraged to be innovative, study artist role models for inspiration, and explore art-making which is relevant to their own interests.
There are four internal credits and 12 external credits. The external two-panel Art exam is a cumulative display of the year’s work. Students can be offered an optional additional four literacy credits for an artist research assignment if they are not undertaking Digital Art. If a student is completing the Digital Art course, they must sit the exam in this course.
Recommended Prior Learning
To be accepted for this course it is recommended students have taken Visual Art in Year 10.
Pathway
Credit Information
This course is eligible for subject endorsement.
Total Credits Available: 16 credits.
Externally Assessed Credits: 12 credits.
Internally Assessed Credits: 4 credits.
External
NZQA Info
NZQA Info
Disclaimer
Please note that courses will go ahead only if student numbers, staffing, and timetabling allow it. Where a subject is oversubscribed, and there are insufficient numbers or resources to create an extra class, a ballot system may be applied.
Costs
The Board of Trustees has again asked to opt into the Ministry of Education donation scheme. Doing so resulted in the ability to waive student fee donations. Kaiapoi High School aims to deliver quality educational courses over and above those that which is funded by the Ministry. It is likely the School will opt into the donation scheme for 2023, however parental contribution for the costs of trips and activities where participation is optional, and/or components not covered by the Government grant, may be requested. We appreciate the financial support our families make to the School.