Queen Margaret College

Year 13 NCEA French Programme 2023

Level 8 of the New Zealand Curriculum

understanding of a variety of extended spoken French texts.

AS91545, 3.3 Interact clearly using spoken French to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives in different situations.

AS91546, 3 4 Demonstrate understanding of a variety of extended written / or visual French text(s)

AS91547, 3.5 Write a variety of text types in clear French to explore and justify varied ideas and perspectives

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 aim of this course is for students to hold competent conversations with French speakers, understand much of what is said, and contribute relevant comments. This interactive course requires students to create a portfolio of spoken French and write a variety of text types in which they explore, evaluate and justify varied ideas and perspectives in different situations. They also prepare and deliver a two to three minute speech in French. Students study the following topics: media, new technology, global and environmental issues and multicultural France. They also have regular conversation practice with our French language assistant to help develop their speaking and listening skills.

Course Information

• In 2023 Year 13 NCEA is an option subject

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. The key to language learning is ‘little and often’. Homework might include:

• Learning a number of words, verbs or phrases

• Completion of assignments started in class

• Reading and grammar exercises to do or an essay to write

• Creating revision material

• Reviewing the work completed during class time

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

• Catching up on work missed due to absence

• Carrying out a research task on the internet

Students will be charged approximately $17 for A ‘Renash’ NCEA level 3 vocabulary booklet.

Head of Learning Area: Caroline Harding

Queen Margaret College

Year 13 Geography Programme 2023

Level 8 of the New Zealand Curriculum

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

Geography is a multifaceted discipline that bridges the social sciences, the humanities and the physical sciences. This year we will be studying cultural processes and a range of geographic skills. We will look at case studies within these topics in both New Zealand as well as international settings.

Course Information:

• All students will be issued with a write-on Geography 3.4 Skills book. The cost of this (approximately $30) will be charged to your account.

• Conducting field work is an important aspect of studying NCEA Geography. Details and costs of field trips will be communicated via email and QM News.

Homework expectations

Your daughter should be learning at home for a total of 10 hours per week in Year 11, and 15 hours per week in Year 12 and 13, 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 class work, course work or practising skills

Head of Learning Area: Adrian Hardy

Queen Margaret College

Year 13 History Programme 2023

Level 8 of the New Zealand Curriculum

Students can choose FOUR of the above standards to suit their learning style. Please note that these four chosen achievement standards comprise their set course and must be completed for students to be eligible for school prizes, this includes school based examinations. 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 has five Achievement Standards, of which the students choose four. Together they give the opportunity to gain between 19 and 21 credits towards NCEA Level Three. The content for the course centres on communism and the nuclear issue and the forces of change in multiple contexts and its impact on New Zealand. In this section will focus on the Red Scare, and New Zealand’s anti-nuclear stance. We will also shape learning around the theme for 2023 NZ Scholarship examination; communism as a historical force with a focus on New Zealand in the years 1950 to 1954

Up to three Achievement Standards are assessed internally through independent research and communicating through written reports. The analysis of sources and essay Achievement Standards are assessed through the end of year external examination, which is administered by NZQA. The content for the external standard centres on the impact of imperialism, and the analysis of sources. There is also an optional New Zealand Scholarship examination for motivated students to attempt during the NCEA examination period. Special tutorials will be run for students aiming for Scholarship at different times throughout 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:

• Research for internal assessments

• Completion of unfinished class activities

• Extra readings and submission of practice essays and resource papers

Head of Learning Area: Adrian Hardy