The curriculum for Year 9 students attending Selwyn College in 2009 is based on the decisions in the NZ Curriculum. It is designed to promote a broad and balanced education, with an emphasis on the knowledge, skills, values and competencies necessary for academic success in the senior school and beyond. The vision is to develop young people who will be confident, connected, actively involved, lifelong learners. Please see the links to the right for more details.

Year 9 students study courses in all of the eight Learning Areas identified in the NZ Curriculum:

• English
• Mathematics and statistics
• Health & Physical Education
• Science
• Social Sciences
• Technology
• The Arts
• Languages / Literacy

All of these courses develop in students the five Key Competencies identified in the NZ Curriculum which are needed for a lifetime of learning and success:

• Thinking
• Managing self
• Relating to others
• Participating and contributing
• Using language, symbols and texts