Year 11 ESTEAM (Open to ALL current Year 10 students)

• This subject welcomes applications from all current Year 10 students (including those who have not taken STEAM in Junior School - check entry requirements below)
• Students in this class will be entered into Level 2 standards - credits obtained will count towards both Level 1 and Level 2 NCEA
• This subject has no external exams, all assessments are internal
• The course is taught in 1 option line

Why Choose ESTEAM?
In an ever-changing world, innovation is transforming every aspect of life - from careers and economies to cultures and personal experiences. To thrive in this future, students need more than knowledge; they require adaptive skills, critical thinking, and the ability to collaborate and solve complex problems. ESTEAM prepares learners to meet these challenges by fostering the attitudes and values essential for shaping a sustainable and meaningful future.

What Does ESTEAM Offer?
ESTEAM, which stands for Entrepreneurship, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Maths, empowers students with an innovative mindset and essential 21st-century skills. These include financial literacy, design and systems thinking, and strategies for managing and motivating teams. Students will tackle real-world issues in their local communities, aligning their projects with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Through workshops and guidance from industry professionals, ESTEAM offers a practical, hands-on learning experience that connects education to the professional world.

How Will ESTEAM Prepare You?
ESTEAM students will build valuable connections with local businesses while working on their collaborative research projects. They will use technology to design skills to create innovative solutions to challenges within their communities. By blending creative problem-solving, financial literacy, and an entrepreneurial mindset, ESTEAM ensures that all learning is practical, real-world-focused, and introduces students to diverse career pathways they may not have previously considered.

How the course works:

• In this course, Year 11 students will complete Level 2 standards from a range of different subjects e.g. Business Studies, Agriculture and Horticulture Science, etc...
• Assessments fit around students' project work. Students will work on long term projects that will cover multiple standards
• Projects will have a focus on collaboration between students
• Students have agency over their projects, allowing for originality and innovation to be demonstrated

The exact standards offered in this course may be altered from the current selection, and entry to the course is at the discretion of the TIC of STEAM.