Technology & Art

Technology & Art Learning Area

The Technology & Art learning area fosters creativity, problem-solving, technical proficiency, and innovative thinking through subjects like Design & Visual Communication, Digital Technologies, Hard Materials, Hospitality, Printmaking, Photography, and Design. We provide unique, hands-on opportunities for students to explore and express their ideas, learn through practical experience, and develop their creative practice. This comprehensive approach equips learners with the tools to navigate and contribute to a rapidly evolving world.

Technology

Develop creative solutions for practical problems Students in technology apply practical skills and discipline knowledge in an activity-based, project-driven environment in which they solve problems and create innovative solutions for real needs.

Be informed In technology, students learn to make informed choices about the use of technology, and to consider the impact of technological change on our world. They come to understand how technological decision making is influenced by cultural, ethical, environmental, political, and economic factors.

Develop vital knowledge and skills Technological knowledge and skills are vital for the future well- being of New Zealand. We need a wide range of technology professionals in many different fields in order to be competitive, sustain economic development, and make a contribution internationally.

Art 

The visual arts provide forms of communication that inform where we have come from and how this has shaped our current place in the world. By engaging in the visual arts, students assimilate, create, produce, and respond critically through visual communication and contribute to the process of social and cultural development. 

Visual communication is one of the most essential ways of communicating and interpreting our identity as individuals, groups, or communities and how we interact with each other and the world we live in. 

Visual arts connect mind, heart, body, and spirit as students learn to express their thoughts, feelings, ideas, and actions in the development and creation of visual art. Through studying and making art works, students respond to and make sense of themselves, their community, and the world in new and different ways. Students become reflective thinkers within the creative process, able to formulate problems and apply inquiry to generate new knowledge and or understandings.

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