Year 9 Electives

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Journey where imagination knows no bounds! From creating eye-catching logos, graffiti-style lettering, and 3D buildings, students will explore how colours, shapes, and ideas come together to form functional designs. They will learn to use drawing boards and iPads to create two-point perspective drawings and isometric objects, building confidence in both traditional and digital design techniques.

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This fun and hands-on elective is all about making awesome digital art using an iPad. Learn how to use different tools like layers, brushes and colours on Procreate to bring your ideas to life. Whether you're a beginner or already have some digital art experience, this course will help you build your skills and develop your own artistic style. Perfect for students passionate about art, design or animation!

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Contemporary

Contemporary dance is a modern style that introduced the idea of expression, abstraction and artistry within movement. It involves a range of spatial pathways, floorwork, jump and turning sequences. You will learn a routine for performance. This class will easily become a favourite dance style.

Hip Hop & Jazz

An energetic class that will build strength, coordination and confidence. You will learn to personalise the choreography of street and jazz dance and have fun learning routines to popular music. 

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Love Drama but not a fan of learning lines and hours of rehearsals? Then ‘Thank God You’re Here’ is for you because it’s all about improvising - making stuff up on the spot. Always a favourite among students, improvisation – or impro as we call it - develops skills in creativity, being spontaneous, going with the flow, and teamwork. Impro is a great way to develop your confidence in performing while having a whole lot of fun. 

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Whether a complete beginner or been playing for years, there are opportunities for all to build on their musical skills. Discover how to work in a band, perform live in front of crowds, and produce amazing covers and reimagined music. If you aren’t musically inclined but love the idea of mixing music, then this is for you too. With countless opportunities to work with the bands to create the best sounds and learn about how to mix sound in live situations. 

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Get creative and make your own artworks using painting, drawing and printmaking techniques. In this elective, you’ll experiment with different materials, learn new skills, and explore your own style. You’ll look at how artists from different times and cultures express ideas, and use what you learn to develop your own pieces. This subject is all about having fun with art while building your confidence and creativity.

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Year 9 Photography is a creative adventure into the world of visual storytelling! Students dive into the basics of photographic composition, experimenting with different shot types. Using the editing program Photopea, they bring their photos to life with eye-catching edits and also create social media advertisements and billboard montages. Students create mouthwatering digital magazine front covers of culinary creations, and also get hands-on experience designing their own websites, a skill to take into the future for professional development. 

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Explore the process of creating 3D sculptures using Clay and other materials in this imaginative art class. Learn about different sculpting techniques that bring ideas to life as you create other worlds and creatures.