Queen Margaret College

Year 13 Drama Programme 2023

Level 8 of the New Zealand Curriculum

3.4 Select and use complex performance skills associated with a drama form or period.

AS91517 3.6 Perform a substantial acting role

AS91513 3.2 Devise and perform a drama to realise a concept.

AS91514 3.3 Interpret a text from a prescribed playwright to demonstrate knowledge of a theatre form or period

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

Performances will be a major component of assessment. Participation in the rehearsal process in the production and standard will be assessed as well as the final performance. Assessments will take place at different times. Plenty of notice as to where & when assessments will take place will be given. All assessments will be filmed for reference. For the production standard each student will need to make themselves available for negotiated out of class rehearsals (from week 1 Term 2- week 8 Term 2) as scheduled by the teacher/director.

In production week, each student must be available for a technical rehearsal and dress rehearsal which will be held outside of school hours. Failure to attend these rehearsals would mean failure to achieve the standard.

Course Information:

• 8 classes are held over the 10-day timetable cycle

• There is a written component for each performance standard that must be completed

• 18 credits are offered in the Year 13 programme overall

Homework expectations

Please note that availability for out of class rehearsals for the production standard along with attendance at the technical and dress rehearsals in production week for the production standard is mandatory in terms of meeting criteria for achievement of the standard. Rehearsals for each internal performance standard along with a small amount of supporting written work constitute homework requirements for Drama at this level.

Teacher in charge of Drama: Gemma Lowther

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Queen Margaret College

Year 13 English Programme 2023

Level 8 of the New Zealand Curriculum critically to significant aspects of visual and/or oral texts(s) through close reading, supported by evidence.

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

The course involves a literature study encompassing a range of genres; poetry, film and written texts. It aims to foster deep appreciation of literature and provide a solid preparation for tertiary education. The study of English contributes to many other subjects where competency is required in reading, writing, speaking and listening.

Course Information

Commented

• The 20 credits contribute towards your daughter’s Level 3 National Certificate of Educational Achievement.

• The three internal achievement standards will be assessed at varying times in the year.

• The two external achievement standards will be assessed in essay format in a 3 hour examination at the end of the year.

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 some homework during the week. Homework might include:

• Completion of or extension of work done in class

• Reading

• Research

• Revision of material covered in class

• Written responses and essays

Head of Learning Area: Annabel Harris

Queen Margaret College

Year 12-13 Religious Studies Programme 2023

Religious Studies at Year 12 and 13

• The year 12-13 programme represents the culmination of a rich and coherent religious studies curriculum progressing from Y1 to Y13. It addresses issues of beliefs, values and practices appropriate to each stage of our students’ development. The programme therefore serves an integral part of our holistic philosophy. It is where students can begin to flourish in their philosophical and theological articulacy and express their own ideas confidently and coherently.

• The curriculum covers philosophy, ethics, theology and critical thinking. This equips students with knowledge and transferable skills that can be applied across their different NCEA courses.

• It enhances students’ broader understanding of their world, enriching their minds and preparing them for the world of university and employment. We discuss topical issues of relevance to the students and there is a place for spontaneity and student initiative in proposing issues of concern.

• It is an enjoyable and inspiring subject- students explore topical moral dilemmas in fields ranging from medicine to social media, business, and sex and sexuality. They learn to develop logical arguments and apply philosophical tools derived from classical and contemporary scholars. They use group discussion and simulation games. They are introduced to great works of literature; all this in a relaxed and affirming context, without the pressure of examinations or credits.

Our School’s Foundation

We are a Special Character School.

Queen Margaret College is a church school of the Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand. Our school was founded 100 years ago by the Presbyterian Church in order to ‘provide for girls a sound intellectual and moral education, to build up strong Christian character on a broad religious basis and thus to produce the best kind of girlhood and womanhood’. Although the language has been updated, the mission of the College today is still the same: to educate the whole child.

Today the College’s mission is stated thus: Within an inclusive Christian environment, we light the flame of learning; through a holistic education our girls become confident, principled women who make a difference in the modern world. Luce Veritatis - By the Light of Truth.

We are a school where the concepts of Christian living with an emphasis on tolerance and consideration for others are communicated by example as well as teaching. Fostering this involves -

• Developing a broad understanding of the spiritual dimension of life as identified in the Strategic Plan–emphasising social responsibility, empathy, inclusive love, respect for people and the environment, compassionate justice and integrity of character.

• Our Strategic Plan commits us to further develop the spiritual dimension of life in ways that recognise the diversity of beliefs and backgrounds that make up our community and world.

The Programme

A. Introduction to Philosophical and Ethical theories

This year we will use the two referendum questions (Legalising Cannabis and Voluntary Euthanasia) in order to relate our worldviews to some concrete practical ethics of contemporary concern.

• The 6 dimensions of a worldview

• Modernism

• Fundamentalism

• Postmodernism

• Utilitarianism

• Humanism and Liberalism

• Feminism

• Consumerism

• Religious Worldviews

B. Critical Thinking

• Constructing and evaluating arguments

• Logical fallacies

C. Ethical Issues

• Medical Ethics

• Environmental ethics

• Business ethics

• Sexual ethics

Students will keep an ongoing personal journal.

Head of Learning Area: Deborah Wilson

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