Course Outline

Year 13 - NCEA

Queen Margaret College

Year 13 Art History Programme 2023

Level 8 of the New Zealand Curriculum

• At the end of each topic students sit a practice assessment similar to the external assessment.

• Students will also sit practice examinations for each external Achievement Standard during the QMC school examinations in the third term.

Please note that the achievement standards outlined above comprise the set course and must be completed for students to be eligible for school prizes. Additional and optional credits will not be counted towards school prizes.

Assessment procedures are outlined below, including forms you may need to access throughout the academic year.

QMC NCEA Assessment Procedures Booklet

Appeal Form - Internal Assessment

Extension or Rescheduling Request Form

Withdrawal Request Form - NCEA Standards

Course Details

NCEA Level 3 Art History focuses on Early to High Renaissance, Mannerism and Modern Art Movement: American Art since 1945. A study of fifteenth-century Italy beginning with the works of Duccio and Giotto, Giovanni Bellini, Mantegna, Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci, which provides background to the development of the High Renaissance and Mannerism. All aspects of Michelangelo’s work, sculpture, painting and architecture, are studied. Mannerism is studied in the work of Pontormo, and the late works of Raphael and Michelangelo. Titian provides the Venetian counterpart to the High Renaissance and Mannerist styles.

There will be a charge of $60 to cover for two workbooks that will be used for the year.

Course Information

• The course provides an opportunity to gain 20 Credits

Homework expectations

Your daughter should be learning at home for a total of at least 15 hours per week, across all subjects.

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

• Research for internal assessments

• Completion of unfinished class activities

• Reading of class notes

• Regular submission of practice essays

Teacher in charge of Visual Arts: Anna Faulknor

Queen Margaret College

Year 13 Biology Programme 2023

Level 8 of the New Zealand Curriculum

* Please note that the assessment dates are subject to change

Please note that the achievement standards outlined above comprise the set course and must be completed for students to be eligible for school prizes. Additional and optional credits will not be counted towards school prizes.

Assessment procedures are outlined below, including forms you may need to access throughout the academic year.

QMC NCEA Assessment Procedures Booklet

Appeal Form - Internal Assessment

Extension or Rescheduling Request Form

Withdrawal Request Form - NCEA Standards

Course details

This course builds on the knowledge and understanding of Year 12 Biology. In Year 13 students will explore the biological and cultural evolution of humans and the systems in humans which are able to re-establish internal balance. They will also develop an understanding of the behaviour of animals and plants and the methods and implications of genetic engineering. Those students with a passion for Biology are encouraged to extend their learning through Scholarship Biology.

Course information

• Students are issued with a Study Guide which is to be returned at the end of the year

• Students are also issued with SciPad workbook, which is charged to the student’s account

• Transport and entry costs of a field trips will be charged to the student’s account

• 2023 teachers are Ms Lauren Johns and Ms Ashley Renaud

Homework Expectation

Your student should be learning at home for a total of at least 15 hours per week, across all subjects. To achieve at a high level in this subject, students are expected to complete some homework during the week. Homework might include:

• Completing any unfinished classwork.

• Completing workbook exercises.

• Going over classwork to identify any gaps in understanding which should be raised with the teacher in the following lesson.