Queen Margaret College

Year 13 Photography Programme 2023

Level 8 of the New Zealand NCEA Curriculum

AS91447, 3.2 Use drawing to demonstrate understanding of conventions appropriate to photography.

AS91452, 3.3 Systematically clarify ideas using drawing informed by established photography practice.

AS91457, 3.4 Produce a systematic body of work that integrates conventions and regenerates ideas within photography. (folio)

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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 will provide the necessary background for students who are considering tertiary Photography. Each student will undertake a range of self-developed thematic units for investigation and developing studio work. This will ensure a variety of experiences in Photography, while providing an integrated investigation into related themes and issues, cultural and historical contexts, core art concepts, processes of art criticism, analysis and aesthetics. Students will be exposed to a wide range of Photography techniques within these areas that can be reinterpreted and applied to their artwork outcomes. Students will need access to a digital SLR camera. It is strongly recommended that students have successfully completed Level 2 Photography. For a student to choose two Art subjects at Level 3, it is advisable for them to have achieved with Merit in their Level 2 Art programmes.

Course Information

• In 2023 Year 13 Photography is an optional subject.

• Year 13 Photography is assessed against three achievement standards. Each achievement standard has a number of credits allocated. When a student gains ‘Achieved’ for an achievement standard the credits contribute to her NCEA.

• Students can also gain different grades for each achievement standard: Achieved, Merit, Excellence. The grade achieved is determined by the quality of the work as measured against national standards.

• There is a consumables fee of $75, which will be charged to student’s school account.

• Students in this course are required to purchase the Adobe Creative Cloud suite for $45. This gives them a one year subscription to industry standard software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign. This will be installed at school and charged to students' school accounts.

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:

• Reading and researching about artists studied in class

• Completion of assignments started in class

• Practising new techniques learned in class

• Catching up on work missed due to absence

• Researching on the internet

Teacher in charge of Visual Arts: Anna Faulknor

Queen Margaret College

Year 13 Physical Education 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

This course allows the learner to put into practice all the knowledge they have gained in the 3 levels of Physical Education and apply it in a range of practical situations where they can experience the outcomes for themselves. While it is not essential, it is beneficial to have had previous experience from the Level 2 course. Areas of learning include: developing skills in a range of sporting areas and participating in an organised commercial endurance event; analysing their own level of skill in a chosen physical activity and putting together a programme to improve performance; and exploring issues surrounding participation in physical activity and the barriers and enablers that lead New Zealanders to be able to participate in various physical activity. There is also an optional New Zealand Scholarship research report for motivated students to attempt during the year. Special tutorials will be run for students aiming for Scholarship at different times throughout the year.

Course Information

• A mixture of practical and written work

• 19credits offered

• Individual and group work assessed

• A variety of training venues utilised around the city

• Students must sign out of school when leaving for training

• Correct QMC PE gear to be worn during practical lesson

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:

• Reading and researching a variety of texts

• Completion of assignments

• Following physical training programmes

Head of Learning Area: Tarron Stead

Queen Margaret College

Year 13 Physics Programme 2023

Level 8 of the New Zealand Curriculum

• Assessment dates may be subject to slight variation

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

Year 13 Physics builds on the knowledge developed in Year 12 and aims to further develop understanding of the principles of Physics. In the Modern Physics unit (AS 3.5) students study quantum theory and utilise Einstein’s famous equation. The Waves unit (AS 3.3) focuses on the behaviour of waves, interference patterns and the Doppler Effect. The Electricity unit (AS 3.6) allows students to develop their understanding of Kirchhoff’s laws, alternating current, capacitance and induction. In the Mechanics unit (AS 3.4) rotational kinematics, centre of mass, momentum, gravity and simple harmonic motion are all investigated. The optional Internal Unit Standard 3.2 allows students to explore the application of concepts to a real-world context.

Course Information

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

• 2023 teacher is Mr Kent Hogan

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:

• Completing any unfinished classwork.

• Completing workbook exercises.

• Attempting past exam questions.

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

Head of Learning Area: Rebecca Hickey