Year 10 Visual Arts
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Ms V. Carney.
This option subject gives students experience in all specialised art fields from Year 10 to 13.
This is a one year course of study where students will have the opportunity to extend their skills and confidence in the following Art disciplines:
Drawing, Design (2D and 3D), Painting, Printmaking & Sculpture.
(Photography is also introduced as a resource and documenting tool but is offered as a separate discipline from Year 11 onward).
Students will learn to analyse selected work from some New Zealand (including Maori and Pacific) and International Artists. This knowledge of artist model ideas and techniques is applied to aid their own creative decision making process.
This course is suggested as preparation for Year 11 Visual Arts and Year 11 Art Design and Photography.
Recommended Prior Learning
Course Material Costs
Year 10 Art requires each student to purchase the required art packs through Gordon Harris. Information about the 2025 art packs will be available via the link on the WGHS website for Visual Arts Stationery at the start of the year.
The art materials will be used in units of work for 2025 and can then be retained for continued use in later courses.
Pathway
Any career that requires analysis of a task and the application of creative decision making will benefit from this course's outcomes. We work to build student confidence and perseverance through feedback and collaborative problem solving.
Disclaimer
Courses will only run based on minimum entries
Selecting a course does not guarantee entry into this course
You may apply for an exemption if you do not meet the prerequisites of a course or if the course requires this for entry
Standards offered can be altered at the discretion of the HOF or HOD of the Department
Some standards in NCEA courses might be optional depending on student strengths