Queen Margaret College

Year 10 - Materials Technology Option Programme 2023

Level 5 of the New Zealand Curriculum

Year 4 of the Middle Years Programme International Baccalaureate Unit Title Proposed assessment date

Style Sudoku

Design for a Cause

Course overview

Criteria A and B – Term 1 Wk10

Criteria C and D – Term 2 Wk8

Criteria A and B – Term 3 Wk6

Criteria C and D – Term 4 Wk5

Design (Materials Technology) is about making a difference in our world – through developing designs, products and systems that meet the requirements of a design brief. The Design Cycle is a key development process that is followed at all year levels in Technology. In the Year 10 Materials Technology option course, students will cover two major units and an introductory skills revision unit.

Design theme for the year: Kaitiakitanga

Sustainability, guardianship, stewardship for living things and resources.

Getting Started / Revision:

• Materials Technology basic skills

• Sewing Machinery and equipment

• Using the Over-locker

• Safety

• Screen-printing skills

Style Sudoku - Sustainable Fashion project: Hoody

• How can I contribute to sustainable fashion practices?

• Fashion illustration skills

• Personalised screen-printing

• Using commercial patterns

• Construct a garment (Hoody)

Designing for a Cause: Textile project

• Design and create a textiles product to meet the need of an identified end user

• Embellishment techniques

Skills - Creative Projects: o eg: Pencil case – sewing zips / Organiser roll

• Individual mini projects – at conclusion of assessed units of work.

Extension Opportunities:

• Design competitions – Students may opt to enter any secondary school design competitions as become available during the year. Work for any competitions will be completed in own time / with lunchtimes available for teacher help. Eg: Design Stars Fashion awards / Eco-Fashion Awards / Dress a Girl….

Course details:

• Materials Technology classes have 4 lessons per 10 day timetable.

• There is a $30+gst consumables fee for Materials Technology. This will be charged to your school account.

• Students will be expected to purchase some own resources for practical project work. Specific details are noted in the resources required information at the end of this course outline and will be discussed with students at the outset of each unit.

Assessment Criterion: Design MYP

Over the course of the year students will be assessed according to the following criterion. There are 4 criterion in MYP Design – all based on the Design Cycle.

Each of these criteria will be assessed once in each of the unit topics (ie twice in the year). Students will be given specific assessment schedules for these criteria at the start of each unit.

Technology eFolio / and / Visual diary:

A OneNote eFolio (as provided by your teacher) will be used as the student’s core workbook. The A4 Clear file will be used for storing design work, illustration tasks and practical lesson documentation as directed by your teacher. All class and homework will be completed / attached / scanned as required into the OneNote eFolio or visual diary as directed. Assessment schedules will be attached and marked via the student OneNote eFolio.

QMC Technology Safety Rules:

Student safety and wellbeing is paramount at QMC. Accordingly, no student is allowed to operate any equipment without teacher supervision and safety instruction. When using specialist equipment there are some rules to be followed:

• Tie hair back.

• No blazers on.

• Aprons to be worn.

• Safety eye-goggles on if required.

• Covered shoes / PE shoes are acceptable.

• Protective gloves to be worn if needed.

• Persons operating equipment are to be given a clear working space around them. No crowding, talking to or distracting persons operating equipment.

• Students will be supervised always by a teacher if hazardous equipment is being operated.

• Turn equipment off at the wall and unplug from the wall when finished.

• Spaces used must be vacuumed / swept clean for the next person.

Materials Technology Practical Equipment:

Printing inks, dyes, basic sewing threads, pins, interfacing, skirt zips, elastic, velcro, hooks and eyes, class consumables…etc…will be provided at school.

Student project work and resources can be stored safely at school in the W4 storeroom in the labelled class baskets. Students will be asked to use their revision unit storage bag for this purpose.

Personal sewing equipment must be kept in a small named container with a lid.

Resources required:

• Style Sudoku Hoody project o Students will order their Hoody fabric through school from available supplies. The cost of the Hoody fabric will be charged back to student accounts. o School provides the Hoody pattern – only this pattern may be used.

• Designing for a Cause: Textiles project o Students may be required to purchase some own materials / sewing supplies depending on the project selected. o School provides various sewing consumables and decorative resources.

• Skills – End of year creative projects o Students may be required to purchase some own materials / sewing supplies depending on the project selected. o School provides various sewing consumables and decorative resources.

Homework expectations

Your child should be learning at home for a total of at least 90 minutes per weeknight across all subjects and separate to this is the Community Project during Terms 2 and 3. To achieve at a high level in this subject, students are expected to complete some homework during the week.

Homework might include:

• Carrying out individual project - written, research or design sketching tasks.

• Attending lunchtime workshops to complete any practical work or to access extra help with practical work.

• Catching up with work not completed during class time.

• Sourcing materials and resources for practical construction work.

Head of Learning Area: Richard Knuckey

Queen Margaret College

Year 10 Mathematics 2023

Level 5 of the New Zealand Curriculum

Year 4 of the Middle Years Programme International Baccalaureate

Geometry

Algebra

Graphing Statistics

Course details

The academic curriculum for Middle School mathematics at Queen Margaret College has the New Zealand Curriculum as its foundation. The mathematical content of courses and the way we measure student progress with mathematical skills is taken from the New Zealand Curriculum. The IB Middle Years Programme informs our approaches to teaching and learning and the way that students engage with the mathematical content at a particular curriculum level.

The curriculum in Year 10 is designed as a continuing mathematical step from the Primary School through the Middle School and onto the Senior School. Classes are streamed, and teachers differentiate learning for individual student needs.

The main topics covered throughout the year arestatistics, number knowledge and skills, geometry and measurement, and algebra. In Year 10, we stress the importance of critical thinking skills and the ability to understand answers in context.

Course Information

• Mathematics is a compulsory subject in Year 10 with 8 lessons each fortnight.

• The Mathematics Help Room is staffed by teachers every week after school on Wednesdays. Students can attend to do their homework or receive some extra help.

• There will also be the opportunity to take part in the following activities and competitions:

✓ International Competition and Assessment for Schools (ICAS) for Mathematics (entry fee approximately $7.50).

✓ The Australian Mathematics Competition is held in August (entry fee approximately $7.50).

✓ The Junior Mathematics Competition is held in March (entry fee approximately $5).

✓ The Kiwi Maths Competition is held in September (entry fee approximately $9.00)

• All students are registered for Education Perfect (Mathematics) as part of the Middle School EP package.

• All students will receive a subscription to an electronic MYP textbook ($25 approximately) and an NCEA Numeracy workbook ($10 approximately). These are used for classwork, homework and for independent study.

• A scientific calculator is required (preferably a Casio FX calculator).

Homework expectations

Students should be learning at home for a total of at least 90 minutes per weeknight across all subjects and separate to this is the Community Project during Terms 2 and 3.

Head of Learning Area: Matthew Kavanagh

Queen Margaret College

Year 10 Music Programme 2023

Level 5 of the New Zealand Curriculum

Year 4 of the Middle Years Programme International Baccalaureate

Unit Title

The Language of Music

Musical Cultures research

Performance

Composing

Creating an original Group piece

Course details

Proposed assessment date

Term 1, Week 7

Term 2, week 3

Term 2, week 8

Term 3, week 6

Term 4, week 2

The Year10MYPcourseisdesigned to prepare students for NCEA Level1Music, as well as provide opportunities for students to develop their practical skills in a variety of ways, including group and solo performance, composition, and creating an original musical. It is expected that all students will be learning voice or an instrument concurrently with this course, and that students will participate in an extra-curricular music activity at the College.

The students learn:

• The theory of music, to an intermediate level. Some students may also sit an external examination.

• An understanding of the elements and features of Western music and how these enhance musical expression

• An appreciation of the elements and features of music from a variety of different cultures.

• To further develop and apply their solo and group performance skills.

• To further develop and apply their composition skills, including a familiarity with music notation software

• The collaborative process of devising, composing and performing an original piece of music in smallgroups

Course Information

• Year 10 Music is an optional course in 2023

• Students have 4 lessons per 10-day timetable

• It is expected that all students will be learning voice or an instrument concurrently with this course

Homework expectations

Your child should be learning at home for a total of at least 90 minutes per weeknight across all subjects and separate to this is the Community Project during Terms 2 and 3.

To achieve at a high level in this subject, students are expected to complete some homework during the week. Homework might include:

• Practising solo or group performance

• Completing composition tasks

• Completing theory exercises

• Research tasks

Head of Learning Area: Tim Jenkin

Queen Margaret College

Year 10 Physical Education Programme 2023

Level 5 of the New Zealand Curriculum

Year 4 of the Middle Years Programme International Baccalaureate

Fitness Trends

Invasion Games

Cheerleading

Challenging Stereotypes (Interdisciplinary Unit)

Striking and Fielding

* These assessment dates may be subject to slight variation

Course details

Term 1, Week 8

Term 2, Week 5

Term 2, Week 10

Term 3, Week 5

Term 3, Week 9

The Physical Education programme encourages students to participate in a variety of physical activities and allows the application of knowledge in both practical and written contexts. The students learn about:

• Training principles, basic anatomy and physiology and apply their learning while taking part in an investigation around the fitness trends in order to develop their own fitness video

• What team strategy is and how these can be used in sporting contexts to gain a competitive advantage.

• Working collaboratively to create a movement composition with the use of props and a cheerleading routine

• Roles within sporting settings by taking on different individual responsibilities and leadership roles

• Health topics including sexuality education, mental health, and illegal drugs with presentations from outside agencies to support the learning.

Course Information

• In 2023 Year 10 Physical Education is a compulsory subject

• Each class has 4 Physical Education lessons and 2 Health lessons per 10 day timetable

• Correct uniform to be worn all term. Failure to do so will result in the following:

• 1st time a warning

• 2nd time a lunchtime detention

• 3rd time a Deans detention

Homework expectations

Your child should be learning at home for a total of at least 90 minutes per weeknight across all subjects and separate to this is the Community Project during Terms 2 and 3. On occasion PE homework will include:

• Extra physical tasks

• Creation of routines

• Written tasks to support practical work

Head of Learning Area: Tarron Stead

Queen Margaret College

Year 10 Product Design and DVC (Design and Visual Communication) 2023

Level 5 of the New Zealand Curriculum

Year 4 of the Middle Years Programme International Baccalaureate

Unit Title

Product Design

Flat Pack Lighting

(First half year)

DVC

Biomimicry: When Architecture Imitates

Nature

(Second half year)

Course Overview

Proposed assessment date

Criteria A and B – Term 1 Week 10

Criteria C and D – Term 2 Week 8

Criteria A and B – Term 3 Week 6

Criteria C and D – Term 4 Week 5

In this course students learn about existing designs, develop their practice of designing, and develop their design thinking in the context of graphic, spatial and product design. In the Product Design unit, students research, design, develop and create a flat-pack laser cut outcome to address a real-life issue or demand. The DVC unit (Design and Visual Communication) focuses on developing and presenting students’ design ideas to a high level, using hand drawn, Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM), through creating a digital and physical scale model. Possible topics include architectural design, engineering, and graphic design.

Course Details

• The course is an option subject, and each class has 4 lessons per 10-day timetable.

• Each class will rotate through two major topics over the year

• Assessment is via the MYP Design Assessment criteria

• There is a $30+gst consumables fee for Technology. This will be charged to your school account.

Students may also wish to participate in extra outside the classroom STEAM challenges such as the ePRO8 Team. Technology competition, Robocup, and Codeclub. Details will be published as opportunities become available during the year.

Assessment Criterion: Design MYP

Over the course of the year students will be assessed according to the following criteria. There are 4 criteria in MYP Design – all based on the Design Cycle.

Each of these criteria will be assessed once in each of the unit topics (ie twice in the year). Students will be given specific assessment schedules for these criteria at the start of each unit.

QMC Technology Safety Rules:

Student safety and wellbeing is paramount at QMC. Accordingly, no student is allowed to operate any equipment without teacher supervision and safety instruction. When using specialist equipment there are some rules to be followed:

• Tie hair back.

• No blazers on.

• Aprons to be worn.

• Safety eye-goggles on if required.

• Covered shoes / PE shoes are acceptable.

• Protective gloves to be worn if needed.

• Persons operating equipment are to be given a clear working space around them. No crowding, talking to or distracting persons operating equipment.

• Students will be supervised always by a teacher if hazardous equipment is being operated.

• Turn equipment off at the wall and unplug from the wall when finished.

• Spaces used must be vacuumed / swept clean for the next person.

Homework expectations

At Year 10, students should be learning at home for a total of at least 90 minutes per weeknight across all subjects and separate to this is the Community Project during Terms 2 and 3. To achieve at a high level in Design, students are expected to complete some homework during the week.

Homework might include:

• Learning new software such as CAD drawing software (Computer Aided Design).

• Carrying out individual project - written, research or design sketching / digital manipulation tasks.

• Attending lunchtime workshops to complete any practical work or to access extra help with practical work.

• Completing a self-evaluation reflection at the end of each unit that enables the student to assess their projects.

• Catching up with work not completed during class time.

Head of Learning Area: Richard Knuckey

Queen Margaret College

Year 10 Science Programme 2023

Level 5 of the New Zealand Curriculum

Year 4 of the Middle Years Programme International Baccalaureate Unit Title

Science Matters

This topic assesses Criteria A, B and C

Forces

This topic assesses Criteria B and C

Plastics and other Polymers

This topic assesses Criteria A and D

Microbes

This topic assesses Criteria D

Ecology

This topic assesses ATL communication, research and thinking skills

* these assessment dates may be subject to slight variation

Course details

Proposed assessment date*

Test – Week 6, Term 1

Practical investigation – Weeks 7/8, Term 1

Practical investigation - T2 W4 & 5

Test – Week 10, Term 2

Research Task – Weeks 1/2, Term 3

Research Task – Weeks 8/9, Term 3

Portfolio throughout the topic during Term 4

The aim of the Year 10 Science programme is to allow students to see what it takes to become an effective Scientist and appreciate how Scientists work, whilst also preparing the students to continue science in the Senior School. Throughout the year, they develop their knowledge of science ideas and concepts as they explore the skills and knowledge used by different types of scientists, whilst also learning to communicate science ideas appropriately. An important aspect of science is scientific methodology, and students develop their understanding of this by designing and carrying out investigations, and analysing and evaluating their results. They learn to independently research how Science affects us not only individually and locally but the Earth as a whole.

Course Information

• In 2023 Year 10 Science is a compulsory subject.

• Each class has 7 lessons per 10 day timetable

• Each class covers 5 units over the year.

• Each unit topic will be approximately 6-8 weeks in length.

• Students are assessed on 4 key skills. These are Knowledge and Understanding, Inquiring and Designing, Processing and Evaluating, and Reflecting on the Impacts of Science.

Homework expectations

Your child should be learning at home for a total of at least 90 minutes per weeknight across all subjects and separate to this is the Community Project during Terms 2 and 3. To achieve at a high level in this subject, students are expected to complete some homework during the week.

Homework might include:

• Reading and researching science concepts studied in class

• Completion of assignments started in class

• Practising new skills learned in class

• Catching up on work missed due to absence

• Revising material covered in class in preparation for tests

Head of Learning Area: Rebecca Hickey

Queen Margaret College

Year 10 Spanish Programme 2023

Level 3 - 4 of the New Zealand Curriculum

Phases 2 - 3 of the Middle Years Programme International Baccalaureate

Unit Title Proposed assessment date

‘My holidays’

‘Young people’s lives’

‘Future plans’

‘Youth activism’

Course details

In the final two weeks of each Term, Students will be assessed on the language skills they have developed throughout the unit. Listening, reading, writing, and speaking will each be assessed twice during the year.

The Year 10 course is designed to continue building skills of listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students consolidate their knowledge of the present tense and learn to talk about past and future events. The topics covered give them exposure to a variety of situations related to their personal experiences. They have regular conversation sessions with our Spanish language assistant to help develop their speaking and listening skills. In addition, they engage in eLearning, using their laptops to record their work and to access various language learning resources. Students may study the following topics:

• My holidays o Describing a holiday you have had

• Talking about technology, entertainment, music and young people’s lives

• Future plans o Talking about part-time work and future plans

• Youth activism: o Discussing the rights of young people, fair trade and recycling

Course Information

• Year 10 Spanish is an option subject.

• Each class has 6 lessons per 10-day timetable.

Homework expectations

Students are expected to complete some homework during the week. Your child should be learning at home for a total of at least 90 minutes per weeknight across all subjects and separate to this is the Community Project during Terms 2 and 3. The key to language learning is ‘little and often’.

Homework might include:

• Learning a number of words, verbs or phrases

• Reading and grammar exercises to do or a short paragraph to write.

• Before an assessment, students will be expected to revise and practise.

• Revision of vocabulary learned in class with www.educationperfect.com.

• Completion of assignments started in class

• Catching up on work missed due to absence

• Researching on the internet

Head of Learning Area: Caroline Harding