New Directions! is a resource that presents a range of visual arts units and students' work from New Zealand schools.

The aim of this resource is to demonstrate fresh approaches, new contexts and innovative uses of media developed by current classroom teachers with students from years 7 to 13.

The student artwork shown in this resource has been selected to further explain the teaching and learning process. While the student work shown is of a high standard, the intent of New Directions! is to share ideas among teachers rather than to display excellent student work.

For each of the following schools, there is an outline of the context for the module and the learning sequence. Each school also has a gallery featuring 'Student artwork' from the module. There is also a section, 'Curriculum strands and objectives' explaining how the module relates to The Arts in the New Zealand Curriculum.

• Akaroa Area School, year 7, Newspaper stories
• Auckland Grammar School, year 9, Zoomorphic animal architecture
• Cashmere Primary School, year 7, Aspects of Cashmere
• Howick College, years 9–10, Surreal bedroom sculptures
• Lincoln High School, year 10, Sculpture – Tool subversion – Transformation of the everyday
• Macandrew Intermediate, years 7–8, Portraiture
• Macandrew Intermediate, years 7–8, Symbols
• Nelson College, year 13, Individual approaches
• Onehunga High School, year 10, Pacific printmaking
• Sacred Heart College, year 13, Design – One minute media production
• Tikipunga High School, year 10, Māori kites
• Tikipunga High School, year 10, Self-portrait reduction print

Acknowledgements

The Ministry of Education thanks the following people who contributed to this project:

• the teachers who provided images and explanatory text, including those from schools whose materials were not included on this website
• the visual arts facilitators and tertiary tutors who suggested teachers and schools that could provide material
• Ann Brodie, who provided the text to explain how modules relate to the curriculum
• Bill Lennox, who facilitated the project.