At Lincoln High School, learning is guided by the New Zealand Curriculum, offering a broad and balanced education that supports students to become confident, connected, actively involved, and lifelong learners. Students engage across a wide range of learning areas while developing key competencies such as thinking, relating to others, and managing self. At Lincoln High, we weave strong relationships, local context, and future-focused learning into our programmes, ensuring every student is supported to achieve success in ways that reflect their strengths, interests, and identity.
Learning at Lincoln High
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YEAR 9
In Year 9, students start the first year of their two-year junior programme. Year 9 consists of two semesters (half-year-long) with a combination of compulsory courses and option courses chosen by the students.
In Year 9, students will take 12 semester (half-year) courses that include:
a) Compulsory Courses - Two semesters of Health & PE, Mathematics, Science, and English and one semester of Social Studies.
b) Option Courses - Three semesters of option courses (note: students choose 4 option courses in Year 10, the second year of the junior programme). Junior Literacy and Junior ESOL are invitation-only and cannot be selected.
Students in Year 9 are required to take one choice from Set A (Languages and Arts), one choice from Set B (Technologies) and one other choice from any of the options available across all three columns. Students will also select an alternate option for both Set A and Set B.
| SET A (Languages & Arts) | SET B (Technologies) | SET C (Other) |
|---|---|---|
| JMAO - Te Reo Māori | JFNT - Food & Nutrition Technology | JAAS - Adopt a Scientist |
| JCHI - Chinese | JMTH - Materials Technology (Wood) | JAGR - Agriculture & Horticulture |
| JFRE - French | JDTF - Design Fashion Technology | JMEP - Media Production |
| JDAN - Dance | JDVC - Design & Visual Communication - Architecture | |
| JMUS - Music | JDTY - Digital Technologies | |
| JDRA - Drama | ||
| JTAH - Te Ao Haka | ||
| JART - Art |
Languages: We strongly recommend students do all 3 Junior Semesters of their selected language if they intend doing Languages from Year 11 -13. This will provide a very good foundation that will support student success at NCEA Level 2 and 3.
The coding for Year 9 courses is as follows:
J MAT a
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Junior course Subject code Semester
(i.e. Yr 9 or 10) (i.e. Mathematics) (a = semester 1, b = semester 2)
It is important to study a wide range of option courses to enable pathways into Year 10 courses and beyond.
To assist, see our Course Planning Chart
YEAR 10
Year 10 consists of two semesters (half-year-long) with a combination of core (compulsory) courses and option courses chosen by the students. Year 10 students take 12 semester (half-year) courses that include:
Compulsory Courses - Two Semesters of English & Social Studies, and one Semester of Health & PE, Mathematics, & Science.
Option Courses - Five option courses to be studied in Semester One or Two.
THE SENIOR SCHOOL (YEAR 11, 12 & 13)
There are no compulsory courses for Year 12 & 13 students. English & Mathematics courses are strongly recommended, though in Year 12.
Year 11 students study 12 semester courses. Two must be in English & two must be in Mathematics.
Year 12 students study six courses that complete an NCEA Level 2 qualification.
Year 13 students study five courses, have Independent Study Time (IST) & complete an NCEA Level 3 qualification, University Entrance & Scholarship.
The major aims here are:
To give students a sound preparation in the subjects they are studying for external awards and qualifications.
To equip students for the transition to the post-school world of employment or further education.
To provide each student with a relevant course of study which matches the individual's strengths and abilities.
Lincoln High School is fully accredited to award credits in all conventional subjects, and we have a very wide-ranging accreditation to teach and assess vocational units.
How does NCEA work?
What is NCEA, and how does NCEA work? You can find brochures and a short animated video on how NCEA works through the NZQA website NZQA have a mobile App called NCEA Guide written for parents, whānau and employers, which can be found through the Google Play Store and the Apple App Store.