After 3 Course List

Course Components

• Set up and run a bookkeeping system for a small business or community group
• Understand and manage taxation (Income Tax, FBT, and GST)
• Learn how to make accounting adjustments and generate financial reports
• Get an insight into accounting soft ware
• Learn to analyse financial information for the benefit of your business or community group

Pathways

Build your knowledge and understanding to move to a NZ Diploma in Business (Ara or Open Polytech), Bachelor of Applied Management (Ara) or Bachelor of Commerce (UC)

We understand that pathways to tertiary education can take many twists and turns. If you have fallen a little short of completing your NCEA level certificate or University Entrance, or have been out of study for some time and want to update your skills before entering tertiary education, we can help!

Hagley’s Catch-Up College enables students to get the credits they need to enter tertiary study.

We offer a wide range of subjects in our January Intensive, as well as individualised Catch-Up enrolments into our Senior College through the year. Talk to us if you need credits in English, Maths or another subject at any level for particular course entry requirements

Course Components

• Explore clay as a medium, learning about its many states and attributes
• Learn hand building techniques and apply them to create objects that refl ect your individuality
• Develop glazing and decorative skills

Pathways:

Develop your skills to move into Hagley NCEA art courses; alternatively build skills to study Otago Polytechnic’s Diploma in Ceramic Art (Level 6), or Ara Applied Art courses or a Bachelor in Design.

Course Components

• Explore clay as a medium, learning about its many states and attributes
• Learn hand building techniques and apply them to create objects that refl ect your individuality
• Develop glazing and decorative skills

Pathways:

Develop your skills to move into Hagley NCEA art courses; alternatively build skills to study Otago Polytechnic’s Diploma in Ceramic Art (Level 6), or Ara Applied Art courses or a Bachelor in Design.

Course Components

• Explore and practice techniques for mobility, the use of weight and gravity, suspension and release, musicality and dynamics
• Practice a series of choreographed and improvised dance phrases to increase confidence in floor work, centre work, travelling and jumps
• Improve and maintain body alignment, muscular strength and flexibility to participate in and enjoy contemporary dance in an ongoing manner
• Develop skills in critical analysis of performance works and various dance practise techniques

Pathways

Utilise your skills to build a sustainable dance practice. You may have the opportunity to progress to the Contemporary Dance Performance Training level in the After3 programme, or local dance programmes.

Course Components

• Further, develop skills in technique, composition and improvisation
• Increase fitness, strength, flexibility and body awareness
• Gain confidence and establish good relationships with fellow students while nurturing a love of movement
• Develop relationships and understanding of the dance industry in a fun and safe environment

Pathways

Build your skills to pathway into NCEA dance programmes and/or to participate in various events that happen in the Christchurch Dance Community.

Course Components

• Increase your confidence with sketching, design, costing, planning and manufacture of unique pieces of craft
• Evaluate design work of others and yourself
• Develop skill in kiln-formed glass – fusing, slumping and casting
• Advance your silversmithing skills using various materials and techniques
• Apply your learning by making small cast and cold-worked metal designs and/or tools
• Investigate small business skills – costing, marketing, direct selling as the class plans the exhibition
• Explore the ethics and craft opportunities of plastic

Pathways

Develop skills, which can lead you to NCEA courses at Hagley such as Level 1 Art, Level 2 Digital Art Design, and Level 2 Jewellery. Alternatively, embark on a course at Ara such as Applied Visual Art courses or a Bachelor of Design. Students could move into businesses and co-ops where their work is marketed and sold.

Course Components

• Explore the controls of your digital camera and increase your confidence in using the camera
• Improve your skills in composition and lighting to create exciting and engaging imagery
• Develop the basic skills using Adobe ACR to process your photographs
• Improve your ability to pre-visualise, plan, undertake and critique your work, so you can take control of your image making.
• Apply what you have learnt during the year to create a portfolio of
your favourite imagery

Pathways

Build the skills to move into Hagley Visual Arts Courses or Ara Photography.

Course Components

• Explore design, light, composition and pre-visualisation
• Explore the medium’s diversity and some of the
photographic masters
• Refine your Adobe ACR techniques & explore basic skills in Photoshop
• Explore Advanced Techniques in image creation
• Apply your learning to create a personal project

Pathways

Build the skills to move into Level 2 NCEA at Hagley; Photography programmes or Ara Photography

Course Components
• Speak English confidently in a safe and supportive environment
• Improve your English language skills, with a focus on speaking
• Learn about New Zealand life and culture

Pathways
Build your language skills to progress to higher level English Language (ELL) courses at Hagley College. Use your English to participate in the community.

Course Components

• Develop confidence and fluency in speaking, listening, reading and writing
• Use cultural knowledge to participate in group tasks for specific purposes
• Build your communication skills, vocabulary and grammatical accuracy

Pathways

Gain the language competency to move to higher level English Language (ELL) courses at Hagley College. Engage in study, a job or future career.

Course Components

• Develop clear and effective writing skills
• Speak confidently and clearly in familiar and unfamiliar settings
• Build your language and study skills to prepare for the IELTS test

Pathways

Increase your tertiary study and workplace options by increasing your skills and confidence. Transition to Hagley English Language (ELL) or mainstream programmes. Enrol in the IELTS General or Academic test.

Course Components

• Develop your skills in designing garments to flatter the figure
• Learn how the trade develops patterns and how various designs are incorporated within patterns
• Increase confidence in sewing and finishing garments to a professional standard

Pathways

Build your skills to move to the Hagley School of Fashion where you can complete Level 3 NCEA credits, or Certifi cate in Apparel & Fashion Technology – Patternmaking L4 (Whitecliff e Auckland & Wellington). Alternative pathways could be the Certifi cate in Fashion L4 (Ara TePukenga or Otago Polytechnic).

ELIGIBILITY: Those aged 20+ considering a change in career

Stage 1

Te Puna Wai o Waipapa Hagley College After 3 Programme from May
Pre-UC Mathematics course (Mondays 6-8pm, from 5^th May)
Pre-UC Physics and Maths integrated course (Wednesdays 5-9pm on campus and Fridays 4-6pm online)
Blend of online and face-to-face delivery
Visits to UC to meet teachers from Stage 2 Transitions programme
Pre-requisite: NCEA Level 1 Math, with algebra fundamentals

Stage 2

University of Canterbury Transitions Programme Nov – Feb
TRNS007 Preparatory Mathematics
TRNS008 Fundamentals of Physics
TRNS017 Mathematics with Calculus (for Engineering) or
TRNS006 Chemistry: An introduction to atoms, bonding, and reactions (for Product Design)
Blend of online and face-to-face delivery

Stage 3

University of Canterbury College of Engineering 1st year degree study: from February 2026
Use the Physics and Mathematics skills you have learned to begin your journey into Engineering or Product Design degrees (BE(Hons) or BProdDesign).
Student advisors in the College of Engineering will design a customised first year course of study based on your Stage 1 and 2 performance and your future aspirations. There are a range of engineering and product design disciplines to choose from. Work experience will be taken into account.

Programme features

Support – Advice and guidance from early on in your pathway about study options, demands and expectations, particularly in Mathematics
Skill development – Develop study habits and strategies for success at degree level
Connections – Grow an established network of fellow students through the cohort progressing together, and become familiar with UC campus, learning systems and people

Course Components

• Learn to cook fast, fresh cuisine with minimum effort and maximum results
• Learn preparation techniques, knife skills, timing, hygiene and professional presentation
• Learn to prepare breads, lesser-known desserts, seafood, vegetables, dumplings, rice, pasta, curries…..

Pathways

Build foundational skills needed to move to:
* Level 3 Hagley Fulltime Professional Culinary Arts programme
* Ara Hospitality courses

French Beginners 7pm – 8:30pm

Course Components

• Confidently introduce yourself in social situations
• Explore French culture and daily life
• Learn how to communicate in a range of practical situations
• Learn the basics of pronunciation and grammar

Pathways

Build your foundational skills to move into Hagley After3 Post Beginner French or a beginner class at Ara or University of Canterbury.

Course Components

• Explore French culture and daily life
• Increase your confidence in speaking French
• Develop your grammar skills
• Improve your pronunciation
• Apply your learning to French conversation, listening and reading

Pathways

Develop your skills to complete NCEA standards, or to embark on Stage 1 Beginner French courses at the University of Canterbury or Ara.

French Post Beginners 5:30pm – 7pm

Course Components

• Confidently speak in real-world situations
• Explore your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills
• Develop your grammar
• Enjoy learning more about French culture and daily life

Pathways

Build your foundational skills to move into Hagley After3 Intermediate French or a beginner class at Ara or University of Canterbury.

Course Components

• Develop a repertoire of phrases which will allow you to interact in German in practical situations when travelling in German-speaking countries
• Gain competence and confidence in communicating in German in everyday situations by learning in a supportive near-immersion setting
• Explore German culture and become familiar with German customs and ‘way of life’

Pathways

Build your foundational skills to move into completing Goethe Institute examinations or NCEA credits in Hagley Post Beginners German Class.

Course Components

• Reinforce and develop your speaking, listening, reading and writing skills on a range of topics
• Gain competence and confidence by learning in a supportive setting
• Continue exploring how the language works to increase your own personal fluency and accuracy
• Continue exploring the culture, customs and ‘way of life’ in German speaking countries
• Prepare, if you wish, for the internationally recognized Goethe Institute Examinations A1 / A2. Please refer to http://www.goethe.de/lrn/prj/pba/bes/enindex.htm for more information. (Taking one of these examinations is optional and entirely your decision.)

Pathways

Develop your confidence and language skills to enable you to go onto University German language courses.

Course Components
• Start speaking Greek, one of the oldest recorded living languages
• Enjoy learning about Greek ancient art and Classical Antiques
• Celebrate Greek festivities and learn more about how culture shapes language

Pathways
Build your language and cultural knowledge to study Classics in the Social Sciences at Hagley or at a tertiary institution. Develop your intercultural skills to enhance your travel or international opportunities.

Course Components

• Experience the benefits of yoga through learning yoga postures and breathing techniques
• Explore the significance of yoga as an inclusive and beneficial activity in society
• Improve health and wellbeing through understanding your anatomy and physiology

Pathways

Build your knowledge and skills to enhance mental and physical wellbeing. Pursue further studies in health, sport, recreation, performing arts or natural therapies.

Course Components

• Explore the teachings and philosophy of the yoga tradition through knowledge of the mind and the body in balance
• Develop the ability to effectively use yoga poses for lifestyle changes, fitness, sport, dance or any other movement-based discipline
• Discover yoga as an integrative health practice to advance strength, mobility, resilience and overall wellbeing

Pathways

Develop your understanding and skill to move into NCEA Level 2 Health and PE, Diploma in Yoga Therapy, or use your new skills within the services industries: resorts, spas and fitness centres.

Course Components

• Develop your confidence and skills in using the Italian language in a variety of everyday situations, including greetings, introductions, enquiring about public transport, travelling, shopping for food, ordering meals, using money, telling the time, and asking and answering basic questions.

• Learn to understand and work with exchange rates, prices, weights, and measures.

• Build your vocabulary, pronunciation, and grammar through a range of informal activities such as games, group work, and real-world practice in speaking Italian.

• Explore Italian culture and way of life, including aspects such as cuisine, geography, history, literature, traditions, music, and poetry.

• Develop conversational skills for discussing likes and dislikes, health, sports, and cars.

Pathways

Expand your career options by enrolling in a degree course at Victoria or Auckland universities

Course Components

• Develop your skills in using language in everyday situations such as greetings, introductions, travelling, ordering food, using money, telling the time and asking and answering basic questions
• Build your vocabulary, pronunciation and grammatical skills as you take part in a range of informal activities such as games and group work
• Learn about the Italian culture and way of life
• Give you real world practice in speaking Italian
• Learn about Italian history, traditions and music/poetry

Pathways

Build some foundational skills to enable you to move to Post-Beginners Italian in the Hagley After3 programme.

Course Components

• Learn more about the complexities of Japanese culture and the norms of behaviour in Japanese society
• Develop your skills to hold a conversation and communicate on a range of topics such as health, travel, giving and receiving, describing people and places
• Extend your skills to be able to communicate on matters such as weather, invitations, housing, daily life and shopping
• Supplement your knowledge of Hiragana by learning Katakana scripts and useful Kanji

Pathways

Embark on University of Canterbury 100 level course in Japanese language and Japanese studies.

Course Components

• Learn to communicate in Japanese in everyday situations such as greeting people and making introductions; making requests; discussing likes, pastimes and family; talking about doing things and going places
• Learn the Hiragana script and some basic Kanji
• Explore aspects of Japanese culture

Pathways

Learn some foundational skills in this course so that you can move to further your competence in After3 Post Beginners Japanese.

Course Components

• Express yourself while soloing jazz chord progressions
• Weekly ear training sessions allow you to analyse and reproduce what you hear
• Weekly ensemble sessions and regular public performances provide an opportunity for performers to further develop skills and confidence
• Instrumental skills tuition: talented tutors who are well-respected performing musicians
• Discover and play many Jazz genre styles including blues, bebop, ballads and fusion
• Regular rehearsal and performance opportunities
• Build transferable musical skills to enhance your enjoyment and skill in music performance
• Have fun learning in interactive workshops which develop your skill and confidence in performing in small groups

Pathways

Build your skills to give you the opportunity to do a degree course at the Ara Musical Arts or UC School of Music.

Course Components:

• Learn Korean consonants and vowels
• Begin to master basic vocabulary and the features of writing: form and expressions using present tense
• Learn basic communication skills in Korean in everyday situations such as greetings, introductions, shopping, going places and ordering food
• Participate in small group interactions about yourself, people and places
• Explore aspects of Korean customs and culture

Pathways:

Build your foundational skills to enable you to move to Post Beginners Korean in the Hagley After3 programme.

Course Components

• Extend your vocabulary and improve your skills in grammar, reading, listening, and writing.

• Increase your confidence in speaking Korean on a range of familiar and practical topics, including family, colours, daily routines, weather, health, travel, holidays, hobbies, numbers, and time.

• Participate in interactive exercises and language activities across all skill areas to gain confidence in using Korean.

• Continue exploring Korean culture, customs, and media to deepen your cultural understanding.

Pathways

• Develop your proficiency for understanding the Korean language and culture, and gain confidence in communication across various contexts.

• Prepare for NCEA Level 1 and/or TOPIK (Test of Proficiency in Korean).

Course Components
• Increase your confidence in speaking Korean on topics such as weather, health, travel, holidays and hobbies
• Improve your skills in grammar, reading, listening and writing
• Participate in interactive exercises and activities to gain confidence
• Continue exploring the Korean culture, customs and media

Pathways
This course aims to extend students’ proficiency and knowledge for understanding Korean language and culture, and develop confidence when communicating in various contexts. Students may prepare for NCEA Level 1 and/ or TOPIK (Test of Proficiency in Korean).

Course Components

• Develop your skills in ‘learning to see’
• Experiment with diff erent media (from dry to wet)
• Improve your skills in drawing the human body
• Learn about light and dark, tonal values, proportion, negative space, skin tone
• Increase your confi dence in your drawing skills
• Apply your learning to the many other areas of your creative path

Pathways

Build on your observational skills to move into Level 2 NCEA Hagley Art programmes, in particular Year 12 Painting and other Visual Arts courses.

Course Components

• Advance your understanding of picture making through the use of a variety of wet and dry media

• Develop your range of painting techniques in watercolour and acrylic

• Progress your drawing and observational skills through a variety of mediums

• Create your own style and work using a range of art mediums

Pathways

Build a broad skill base in several art genres to move into NCEA art programmes at Hagley College.

Course Components

• Learn the basic skills of observational drawing
• Develop an understanding of picture making through the use of a variety of wet and dry media and colour
• Gain an introduction to a range of painting media techniques
• Develop your drawing and art making skills in paint
• Develop an understanding of diff erent techniques exploring artists’ work
• Gain an understanding of a range of basic printmaking and mixed media techniques
• Understand the purpose of a visual diary
• Create your own work using a range of media

Pathways

Build a broad skill base in several art genres to move into Level 2 NCEA Hagley Art programmes, in particular: Level 2 Printmaking and Painting.

Course Components

• Read for enjoyment and understanding
• Develop your writing skills
• Communicate ideas verbally and visually
• Become information literate
• Achieve up to 20 Level 1 NCEA credits

Pathways

Develop your skills as you gain Level 1 NCEA credits to further your career or move into a Level 2 NCEA course in the Hagley After 3 programme or into a daytime Level 2 course at Hagley.

Course Components

• Learn to analyse a variety of texts
• Develop your skills in formal and creative writing
• Gain confidence in communicating your ideas orally and visually
• Expand your understandings of information literacy
• Achieve up to 18 Level 2 NCEA credits

Pathways

Enhance your career opportunities through gaining Level 2 NCEA credits, including UE Literacy requirements, giving you the opportunity to move to a Level 3 NCEA course and ultimately tertiary study.

Course Components

• Learn the skills of critical analysis
• Develop fluency and confidence in written and oral communication
• Refine your information literacy skills for an academic world
• Achieve up to 24 Level 3 NCEA credits

Pathways

Gain Level 3 NCEA credits as part of the requirements for University Entrance, to enable you to embark on degree courses at University or Polytech.

Course Components

• Learn about percentages, fractions and decimals
• Solve problems using equations and graphs
• Solve problems using right angle triangles
• Calculate areas, perimeters and volumes
• Study statistics and probability

Pathways

Build your skills and NCEA credits to move to Level 2 Maths in the Hagley Aft er 3 or in Hagley daytime programmes, or gain the numeracy requirements to help you embark on your chosen career.

Course Components

• Solve trigonometry problems
• Learn about using network theory
• Further your understanding of statistics and probability
• Become familiar with sequences and series
• Take coordinate geometry to the next level

Pathways

Build your skills and NCEA credits to move to Level 3 Maths in the Hagley After 3 or in Hagley daytime programmes.

Course Components

• Statistics; a selection from time series, statistical inference, bivariate data
• Calculus: a selection from linear programming, simultaneous equations, trigonometry, critical path analysis
• Study towards calculus externals (diff erentiation and integration), and statistics external (probability distributions)

Pathways

Move to study at University or Polytech.

Course Components

• Become knowledgeable about the different legal types of not-for-profit entities, their advantages and disadvantages
• Explore funding and finance streams available to not-for-profits.
• Learn about employing staff
• Learn about basics of bookkeeping and accounting
• Learn about managing your organisation, people and projects.
• Explore ways to develop strategies and manage organisational performance

Pathways

Build your skills to move into a Hagley Business Studies course, a Bachelor degree through Polytechs or Universities (Commerce, Applied Management, Business), a Graduate Diploma in Not-For-Profit Management (Unitec), Bachelor of Commerce degree at UC, or enhance your employment opportunities as a NFP administrator or manager.

Tuesday: 6 – 9PM

Students wanting to meet basic numeracy requirements for university entry (e.g for Social Work or Education) can enrol in 11MAT on Tuesday evenings. Students wanting to meet basic numeracy requirements for university entry (e.g. for Social Work or Education) can enrol in 11MAT on Tuesday evenings.
The 11MAT course leads into the university CUP course TRNS009 An introduction to statistics and probability, which prepares students for Commerce and other Sciences.
Full year course.

Monday 5:00pm – 7:00pm

No NCEA credits for this course.

13EPS leads into the University CUP course TRNS007 Prepatory Mathematics

Course Components

• Learn how metal behaves when forging it into shape
• Develop some traditional silversmithing techniques
• Explore ways of turning recycled materials into unique new creations

Pathways

Develop skills to move into Hagley After3 Art courses or to the Hagley Jewellery Design course.

Course Components

• Practise traditional silversmithing skills and advance your base skills and knowledge
• Increase your confidence with sketching, design, costing and planning
• Create a range of work, finished to a high standard, ready for exhibitions

Pathways

Gain the confidence and skills to enrol in NCEA courses such as Hagley Jewellery Design, ARA Applied Visual Art, Bachelor of Design or Te Wānanga Small Business Management.

Course Components

• Learn foundational techniques and how to use the tools of painting
• Gain the fundamental Principles and Elements of Art
• Achieve the basic technical skills and concepts necessary to begin your painting journey
• Explore and participate in real-life learning, such as exhibitions

Pathways

Build a broad skill base in painting techniques to move into Painting NCEA at Hagley College.

Course Components

• Gain knowledge and skills to achieve personal or professional goals using Photoshop
• Use a variety of Photoshop tools and techniques to create and enhance images
• Explore design features and bring your images to a publishable standard

Pathways

Develop and apply skills for full-time Visual Arts courses at Hagley or prepare for a future in Photography. Gain knowledge and use techniques that lead to tertiary study in photo editing.

Course Components

• Explore advanced printmaking techniques in woodcuts, linocuts, dry points, monoprints and collagraphs
• Gain advanced knowledge of multiple printmaking applications and experiment with different printmaking mediums
• Develop an understanding of registration and printing an edition
• Increase your knowledge of New Zealand printmakers and the history of printmaking

Pathways

Build a broad base in printmaking techniques to move into Printmaking Level 3 NCEA at Hagley College and entry to Ara Visual Arts Course

Course Components

• Gain an understanding of many printmaking methods, such as woodcuts, linocuts, dry points, monoprints and collagraphs
• Develop your techniques so that you can bring your creativity to its full potential
• Make your own handcrafted prints and develop your own style

Pathways

Build a broad skill base in several printmaking techniques to move into the Hagley Level 2 Printmaking programme.

Course Components

• Learn to communicate using alphabet (finger spelling) and numbers
• Converse in small groups and share basic information on common topics
• Know how to approach a deaf person in a deaf culturally friendly way
• Understand cultural practices of the deaf community

Pathways

Learn some foundational skills to progress to Level 2 Sign Language in the Hagley After3 programme.

Course Components

• Begin to discuss and share thoughts and ideas

• Recognise and use grammatical features

• Demonstrate grammatical facial expressions and sentence structures

• To achieve Level 2: You will need to attend Deaf Club for a minimum of 3 events, attend 2 communication evening events and 1 day trip (encompassing the Deaf history in New Zealand.)

• Participate regularly with the deaf community

Pathways

Develop skills to move to Level 3 Sign Language in the Hagley After3 programme.

Course Components

• Demonstrate grammatical facial expressions and sentence structures

• Demonstrate understanding of signed talks and grammar language contexts

• Deliver a signed talk in NZSL

• Understand translations of complex sentences into NZSL

• Participate fully in dialogues in NZSL

• Participate regularly for 4 class trips, 2 communication evenings with the deaf community

• NZSL storytelling

Pathways

Develop your skills to embark on a Certificate of NZSL and Deaf Studies at AUT, or a Bachelor of Sign Language (Interpreting) at AUT.

Course Components

• Expand your ability to communicate fluently and your knowledge of NZSL

• Deliver a signed story in NZSL

• Understand and use correct grammatical features in sentence structures

• Participate regularly with the 6 deaf Club events, 4 class trips deaf community

• Expand your ability to communicate fluently and your knowledge of NZSL

• Create an activity for a communication evening

Pathways

Develop your skills to embark on a Certificate of NZSL and Deaf Studies at AUT, or a Bachelor of Sign Language (Interpreting) at AUT. Attend any Deaf Community event.

Course Components

• Increase your confidence in speaking Spanish
• Improve your skills in grammar, reading, listening, writing and pronunciation
• Explore the cultures and traditions of Spanish speaking countries

Pathways

Develop your confidence and language skills to move to a Spanish course at the University of Canterbury. You can prepare for the internationally recognized DELE examination. Have the opportunity to progress to NCEA Level 1.

Course Components

• Learn some basic vocabulary and grammar skills to help you converse in Spanish in everyday situations
• Develop your confidence in speaking
• Gain an understanding of Spanish customs and culture

Pathways

Build some foundational skills to move to Spanish Post-Beginners in the Hagley After3 programme.

Course Components

• Improve your grammar skills and broaden your knowledge of Spanish vocabulary
• Practise speaking in Spanish
• Expand your understanding of customs and cultures of Spanish speaking countries

Pathways

Build some foundational skills to move to Spanish Intermediate in the Hagley After3 programme. You may also choose to move to a Spanish course at the University of Canterbury. You can prepare for the internationally recognised DELE examination. For further information, please check http://dele.cervantes.es/en/learn_spanish/dele_information.html.

Course Components

• Use appropriate grammar, words and phrases with some fluency on familiar topics
• Tuhinga, Pānui and Whakarongo: Developing basic writing, listening and reading skills in te reo Māori
• Respond to a range of expressions and phrases related to everyday topics and personal experiences
• Develop an awareness of the rules for using te reo Māori in speaking and writing
• Become familiar with Māori customs and gain confidence in using Reo Māori in everyday settings
• Learn the customs of different iwi and the different beliefs of pohiri preparation

Pathways

Continue study through the After3 Te Waka Intermediate Māori course or further study at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Ara or Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha.

Course Components

• Learn to introduce yourself and to greet others
• Learn to converse in Māori using basic vocabulary and sentence structures
• Explore aspects of tikanga Māori
• Increase your confidence in relating to others in bi-cultural Aotearoa New Zealand

Pathways

Continue study through the After3 Te Awa (Post-Beginners) Māori course or further study at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Ara or Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha.

Course Components

• Expand vocabulary into all areas of everyday life
• Learn aspects of language planning to write and implement a language plan to assist in using te reo outside of the classroom
• Further develop an understanding of the grammatical nuances of the language
• Analyse the close relationship between te reo, tikanga and kōrero tuku iho (history)

Pathways

Further study at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, Ara or Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha. Have the opportunity to progress to NCEA.

Develop skills and confidence in reading and writing for tertiary study and become familiar with university academic processes, alongside your NCEA programme.

This academic communication course is designed to sit alongside your main timetable to help prepare you for the transition to degree-level study. It covers reading strategies, source evaluation, essay planning and writing, oral and poster presentation, citations and referencing, forum participation skills, learning and study strategies, and approaches to exams. There is the opportunity in the course to gain University Entrance reading and writing credits.

2 hours of class per week

• After 3 learning, Tuesday 6-8pm or daytime class on a Friday morning.
• The course runs right through the year, aligning with other Senior College courses.

Course Components

• Learn measurements skills
• Develop your skills in using a variety of sewing equipment
• Learn to read and understand a pattern
• Discover how to choose and work with different materials
• Learn the basics of adjusting and adapting patterns for fit and style

Pathways

Build your skills to move to After3 Textiles Post-Beginners, Fashion Forward and Hagley School of Fashion.

Course Components

• Learn a variety of construction techniques, including advanced techniques such as those used in tailored garments. This will be achieved by sewing a combination of samples and garments
• Further your knowledge of sewing equipment and supplies. Learn how to use the extra features of sewing machines, including overlocks and cover stitchers
• Discover how to identify, choose and work with a wide variety of materials, including more diffi cult fabrics
• Sew garments using patterns, which have an average or advanced level of difficulty
• Explore a range of resources to build upon your knowledge of sewing, textiles and garment construction
• Learn how to adjust and adapt patterns for fit and style, and how to incorporate design elements into your garments to individualise them to your unique style

Pathway

Build your skills to move to After3 Fashion Forward and Hagley School of Fashion.

Course Components

• Learn measurement skills
• Develop your skills in using a wide variety of sewing equipment and techniques
• Learn to read and understand patterns
• Discover how to choose and work with different materials
• Explore a range of resources to build upon your knowledge of sewing, textiles and garment construction
• Learn how to adjust and adapt patterns for fit and style
• Incorporate design elements into your garments, to individualise them to your unique style

Pathways

Build your skills to move to After3 Fashion Forward and Hagley School of Fashion.

Course Components

• Improve your skills in planning, designing and estimating
• Learn about abrasives and finishing techniques from traditional to modern
• Increase your confidence with machinery and safe practice
• Examine and test a range of wood-based materials

Pathways

Build foundational skills as you complete set projects and your own designs in wood. This course can lead to advanced woodwork at Hagley and tertiary study in furniture making, cabinet-making, joinery, and construction.

Course Components

• Use your skills in planning, designing and estimating to create bespoke wood-based products to be marketed
• Learn about quality control, lifespans of products and customer expectations, along with advanced joint making and finishing techniques
• Increase your confidence with machinery, power tools, and jigs for short run production
• Work with hardwoods, utilising higher quality fittings and auxiliary materials

Pathways

This course can lead you to tertiary study in marketing, furniture making, cabinetmaking, joinery and construction and/or product development for small business. Have the opportunity to progress to NCEA.

Course Components

Course Structure 

Groups of up to 12 students work with a teacher to write in a range of forms. Tutors introduce students to a wide range of quality writing, and encourage them to explore different forms. Students are supported to pursue their own interests, from poetry, long and short-form fiction and creative non-fiction, to memoir, theatre script, screenplay, and hybrid forms. Students become expert readers, learn to give and receive critique and establish their own writing practice. They also hear from guest speakers and participate in workshops by established local and visiting writers. The course is a valuable way to connect with other writers and find opportunities to participate in the local writing community. Each student is also assigned a mentor to provide expert feedback on a small portion of their work.

Outcomes

Students prepare a portfolio of their best work as a requirement of graduation. There is also a half-folio option. At the end of the year, the portfolios are assessed internally for the Hagley Writers’ Institute Certificate and endorsed at either ‘attainment’ or ‘cum laude’ (distinction) level. Students receive written feedback on their work. A shortlist of the full
portfolios are externally assessed and the Margaret Mahy Award is given to one portfolio to acknowledge writing excellence.

Programme 

Classes are designed to fit in with writers’ busy schedules and are held on Saturday mornings from 9.30am-12.30pm for 20 weeks spread throughout the first three terms – 7 weeks in Terms 1 and 2, and 6 weeks in Term 3. Students accepted into the Institute are expected to make a serious commitment to their writing practice in addition to the Saturday
morning classes.

Advanced class: We offer an advanced class on Saturday afternoons (1:30-4:30pm) for students who already have work published, to further extend writing skills. The afternoon sessions have advanced critique and crafting sessions, and the opportunity to present research and contextualisation around your writing.

Online option: For students living outside of Canterbury, or for those who cannot make class on a Saturday morning, we offer an online Tuesday evening class (7:00-9:30pm) via Teams, following the same format as the Saturday morning option.

Classes need a minimum number of students to run.

Qualification

Hagley Certificate of Achievement.

Course Components

Course Structure 

Groups of up to 12 students work with a teacher to write in a range of forms. Tutors introduce students to a wide range of quality writing, and encourage them to explore different forms. Students are supported to pursue their own interests, from poetry, long and short-form fiction and creative non-fiction, to memoir, theatre script, screenplay, and hybrid forms. Students become expert readers, learn to give and receive critique and establish their own writing practice. They also hear from guest speakers and participate in workshops by established local and visiting writers. The course is a valuable way to connect with other writers and find opportunities to participate in the local writing community. Each student is also assigned a mentor to provide expert feedback on a small portion of their work.

Outcomes

Students prepare a portfolio of their best work as a requirement of graduation. There is also a half-folio option. At the end of the year, the portfolios are assessed internally for the Hagley Writers’ Institute Certificate and endorsed at either ‘attainment’ or ‘cum laude’ (distinction) level. Students receive written feedback on their work. A shortlist of the full
portfolios are externally assessed and the Margaret Mahy Award is given to one portfolio to acknowledge writing excellence.

Programme 

Classes are designed to fit in with writers’ busy schedules and are held on Saturday mornings from 9.30am-12.30pm for 20 weeks spread throughout the first three terms – 7 weeks in Terms 1 and 2, and 6 weeks in Term 3. Students accepted into the Institute are expected to make a serious commitment to their writing practice in addition to the Saturday
morning classes.

Advanced class: We offer an advanced class on Saturday afternoons (1:30-4:30pm) for students who already have work published, to further extend writing skills. The afternoon sessions have advanced critique and crafting sessions, and the opportunity to present research and contextualisation around your writing.

Online option: For students living outside of Canterbury, or for those who cannot make class on a Saturday morning, we offer an online Tuesday evening class (7:00-9:30pm) via Teams, following the same format as the Saturday morning option.

Classes need a minimum number of students to run.

Qualification

Hagley Certificate of Achievement.

Course Components

Course Structure 

Groups of up to 12 students work with a teacher to write in a range of forms. Tutors introduce students to a wide range of quality writing, and encourage them to explore different forms. Students are supported to pursue their own interests, from poetry, long and short-form fiction and creative non-fiction, to memoir, theatre script, screenplay, and hybrid forms. Students become expert readers, learn to give and receive critique and establish their own writing practice. They also hear from guest speakers and participate in workshops by established local and visiting writers. The course is a valuable way to connect with other writers and find opportunities to participate in the local writing community. Each student is also assigned a mentor to provide expert feedback on a small portion of their work.

Outcomes

Students prepare a portfolio of their best work as a requirement of graduation. There is also a half-folio option. At the end of the year, the portfolios are assessed internally for the Hagley Writers’ Institute Certificate and endorsed at either ‘attainment’ or ‘cum laude’ (distinction) level. Students receive written feedback on their work. A shortlist of the full
portfolios are externally assessed and the Margaret Mahy Award is given to one portfolio to acknowledge writing excellence.

Programme 

Classes are designed to fit in with writers’ busy schedules and are held on Saturday mornings from 9.30am-12.30pm for 20 weeks spread throughout the first three terms – 7 weeks in Terms 1 and 2, and 6 weeks in Term 3. Students accepted into the Institute are expected to make a serious commitment to their writing practice in addition to the Saturday
morning classes.

Advanced class: We offer an advanced class on Saturday afternoons (1:30-4:30pm) for students who already have work published, to further extend writing skills. The afternoon sessions have advanced critique and crafting sessions, and the opportunity to present research and contextualisation around your writing.

Online option: For students living outside of Canterbury, or for those who cannot make class on a Saturday morning, we offer an online Tuesday evening class (7:00-9:30pm) via Teams, following the same format as the Saturday morning option.

Classes need a minimum number of students to run.

Qualification

Hagley Certificate of Achievement.