Freyberg High School

Toi Pakipaki Academy is designed to highlight and celebrate student excellence in the Visual Arts at Freyberg High School. Through the Visual Art Academy experience, students build a portfolio of work linked to the following three strands:

Collaboration (Mahi tahi) collaborate with your peers, teachers and creatives in the Art world.
Creation (Hangahanga) create passion projects
Community (Hapori) contribute to the Freyberg community through the Visual Arts.

Toi Pakipaki is made up of all year levels and provides opportunity for students to collaborate with students outside their normal art classes. Key projects and workshops provide leadership opportunity for some students. Students build skills in critical and creative thinking, self-management and resilience, and develop practical art knowledge in a range of media (including traditional, digital and photography) which extends beyond the classroom experience.

Toi Papikpaki meets Tuesday afterschool from 3:15 till 4:14pm in N block. Attendance is mandatory.

To join the academy students need to have expressed interest by the start of each school year (Week 2 Term 1). There are no auditions or submissions required for entry.

Students in Visual Art Academy must take an art subject from Year 11, prior to this it is open to all students (Year 9 and 10 students).

Toi Pakipaki meets Tuesday afterschool from 3:15 till 4:15pm in N block. Attendance is mandatory.

Students who participate in Visual Art Academy receive Bronze, Silver and Gold awards for their completed portfolios.

At Year 9 students build a portfolio of work and participation by:

Attendance to weekly workshops and Collab (collaborative) sessions (Tuesday after school) and additional 1 hour max independent time for passion projects as appropriate.
Join a Collab project (can include murals, Salamander design team, collaborative zine etc.).
Participate in the Art Academy Pop-up Exhibition.
Enter at least one competition.

At Year 10, 11, 12 and 13 students build a portfolio of work and participation by:

Attendance to weekly workshops and Collab (collaborative) sessions (Tuesday after school) and additional 1 hour max independent time for passion projects as appropriate.
Develop a passion project (can be independent or collaborative)
Join a Collab project (for some students this will include leadership roles) (can include murals, Salamander design team, collaborative zine etc.).
Participate in the Art Academy Pop-up Exhibition.
Enter at least one competition.

Examples of enrichment, workshop and project opportunities are:

Community (hapori):	Creation (hangahanga):	Collaboration (mahi tahi):
Senior Art Exhibition Team (Year 13 only) Ross Intermediate Art Workshops (student lead) (x2 workshops @ Ross x1 full-day workshop @FHS) Visiting Artist exhibition instal (year 12 and 13) Form connections: Square Edge, Te Manawa, Leadership Special Topic (other)	Enter national and/or regional competition Art promo – education campaign – promote an idea, an art issue or a challenge (Freyberg street art / Assembly) Day in the life of ‘...’ Design the annual art hoodie	Run an art house competition Peer teaching (team up with a junior class for 10 periods (ISL or free period line) (Years 12 and 13 only) Mural Salamander Design team Salamander Photo team Collab Zine Zine Collective Poster Design – illustrate your peer’s poems/English essay/creative writing. Special Topic (other)

Toi Pakipaki - Visual Art Academy

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