NCEA Level 1 Visual Arts
11VAR Course DescriptionTeacher in Charge: Mr G. Lindsay.
Recommended Prior LearningIt is preferable students took this subject in Year 10, and have entry with teacher recommendation.
Students will be required to engage in practice-based visual inquiry to explore Aotearoa New Zealand's Māori foundational context and another cultural context. A practice-based visual inquiry is practical and for the purpose of recording, not 'art making'. This includes annotations, diagrams and drawing strategies to explore properties such as shape, texture, mass, and colour.
Students will then be required to produce resolved artwork appropriate to established art making conventions.
Finally, students will produce work, presented in a portfolio exploring Visual Arts processes and conventions to inform own art making involves: experimenting with processes, materials, and techniques in response to an art making intention.
A student will be withdrawn from a standard if the teacher is not confident that the achievement of the standard is within the reach of the student or there is no evidence of the student attempting the assessment.
Course Overview
Term 1
Week 8 the first internal is due
Term 2
Week 8 the second internal is due
Term 3
Week 10 the external is due
Assessment Policy & Procedures Pathway
NCEA Level 2 Visual Arts Design, NCEA Level 2 Visual Arts Painting, NCEA Level 2 Visual Arts Photography
Contributions and Equipment/StationeryIt is recommended that students pay a subject charge of $95. This includes the cost of some of the take home materials used in the course, including drawing materials. eg inks, charcoals, pastels, painting materials, sculpture materials and folio boards.
Yr11 Art pack (order online) containing: A3 Art Diary 2B, 4B, 6B pencils, eraser, glue stick.
Paint brush set - purchase at school Art Dept
Having a laptop or similar device is recommended.