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Owhango School – bringing the arts back into our curriculum
Owhango School is a very small, full primary school situated in the middle of the North Island, close to Mt Ruapehu.
Leaders and staff at the school made a decision in 2018 to bring the performing arts back into the teaching and learning in their school. They consider the performing arts to be an area that deserves attention in the era of post National Standards (archived), where there is more emphasis on cross-curricular learning.
Target
To support the children to become more confident and competent in the performing arts learning area of the curriculum.
An action plan was constructed from the survey results. It includes aims, actions to achieve those aims, assessment, resources and time frames.
How the school will evaluate the success against target
- A comparison of the results of a survey carried out at the start of the year and at the end of the year to gauge the change in confidence and competence in the performing arts.
- Observations and informal assessment of students’ success in the performing arts challenges of various disciplines (kapa haka, group singing, playing and performing with a musical instrument, performing in plays, performing in dance, creating music, dance and/or drama).
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