Course Outline

Year 7

Queen Margaret College

Year 7 Design (Technology) Programme 2023

Level 3-4 of the New Zealand Curriculum

Year 1 of the Middle Years Programme

Unit Title

Felting / Digital (First half year)

Digital/ Felting (Second half year)

Course overview

International Baccalaureate

Proposed assessment date

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

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 7 course, students will cover two major units:

Felting: Zoo Gifts

Students will learn about felt-making traditions and processes. They will create their own felt fabric and learn how to hand-sew and embellish their materials. As part of this topic students will visit Wellington Zoo and the zoo gift shop – to develop prototype gift items that have a zoo theme.

Digital Technology

In this unit activities will include an introduction to Digital Technology at QMC and the 1:1 laptop programme, skills development, and a design project that will incorporate computational thinking and the application of a variety of digital media.

Course details:

• Each class has 5 lessons per 10 day timetable.

• Each class will rotate through the two different unit topics over the year. Each unit topic will be approximately 2 terms in length.

• Each unit topic may be taught by a different teacher in appropriate timetabled classrooms.

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

• The Felting topic will incur an additional charge for use of the Wellington Zoo educational facility and bus travel to the Zoo. 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 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.

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

Your child should be learning at home for a total of at least 45 minutes per weeknight 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:

• 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.

• Online tutorials for keyboard and coding skill development

Queen Margaret College

Year 7 Drama Programme 2023

Level 2-3 of the New Zealand Curriculum

Middle Years Programme International Baccalaureate

Unit Title

Drama theatre Form

Devising original drama

Drama journal

Proposed assessment date

Term 1, Week 9

Term 2, Week 6

Term 2, Week 8

Course details

The aim of the course is to introduce all students to key concepts in a practical environment. The course aims to inspire a passion for and confidence in, Drama in all students. There is a particular focus on verbal and non-verbal skills- along with small group collaborative skills and the development of independent work skills as a support to other curricular areas. Students will begin with a study of how to use techniques effectively in a performance situation and move on to creating an original performance based on a fairy-tale through a devising cycle. The final unit of the programme involves students learning strategies for creating and staging original poetry for performance.

Course Information

• Each class has 6 lessons per 10 day timetable for a half year.

• Each class will cover 3 topics over the course of the half year programme

Homework expectations

Your child should be learning at home for a total of at least 45 minutes per weeknight across all subjects.

Generally written reflections will be completed in class. However, it is vital that when approaching an assessment some homework time is used to learn lines.