YEAR 9 COURSE SELECTION:
Green Bay High School provides Year 9 students with the opportunity to explore a range of courses before deciding on specific pathways and preparing for the senior school. Year 9 students are required to study five compulsory core courses:
CORE SUBJECTS:
In addition to this Year 9 students are required to choose four option courses, one of which must be a language. All option courses, listed below in alphabetical order, are studies for one semester (two terms) unless otherwise stated.
OPTION SUBJECTS: All option courses, listed below in alphabetical order, are studied for one semester (two terms). Simply click on a subject to find out more information about that particular course, including costs involved.
- Year 9 Business Studies (09BUS)
- Year 9 Dance (09DAN)
- Year 9 Design and Visual Communication (09DVC)
- Year 9 Digital Technologies (09DIT)
- Year 9 Drama (09DRA)
- English as Another Language (EAL)
- Year 9 Fashion and Design (09FDS)
- Year 9 Food Technology (09FDT)
- Year 9 Forensics (09FOR)
- Year 9 German (09GER)
- Year 9 Japanese (09JAP)
- Year 9 Leadership in Action (09LIA)
- Year 9 Learning Enrichment (09LEO) - This course is by invitation only.
- Year 9 Literacy (09LIT)
- Year 9 Media Studies (09MED)
- Year 9 Music (09MUS)
- Year 9 Numeracy (Supported Learning) (09NUM) - This course is by invitation only.
- Year 9 Product Design and Manufacturing (09PDM)
- Year 9 Spanish (09SPA)
- Year 9 Sports Performance (09SPX) - This course is by invitation only.
- Year 9 Sports Studies (09SPS)
- Year 9 Te Reo Māori (09TRM)
- Year 9 Visual Art (09ART)
- Year 9 Young Writers (09WRI)
YEAR 9 SPECIALISED PROGRAMMES: Please note: Entry into these specialised programmes is by invitation only. - Year 9 Learning Enrichment (09LEO)
- Year 9 Numeracy (09NUM)
- Year 9 Sports Performance(09SPX)
Creating a course plan helps to keep career pathways on track:
At Green Bay High School, students have the ability to create a course plan to help them achieve their tertiary and/or career pathways. Knowing what qualifications are available and what is needed to get there is the key! By planning a pathway from Year 9 to Year 13, students and their whānau can clearly see which subject choices are needed in order to achieve the desired outcome.
How to select Courses of Study: Students enrolled at Green Bay High School can log into the Web Portal to find further information on the courses we offer, and make their course selections. Students will be required to select additional backup courses as part of this process.
- Log into the Web Portal: https://greenbayhigh.school.kiwi/
- Navigate to the 'Course Selection' icon on the dashboard
- Compulsory course selections will be selected by default - you will be prompted to choose your preferred option subjects, followed by your back-up courses
- By clicking on a course name you will be given a pop-up that includes useful information such as the course description
- Click on the 'tick box' to add a course to your list of selected courses
- Click on the 'Preview and Save' to view a summary of your course selections
- Click on 'Confirm Selection' to finalise your selection
