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COURSE BOOKLET

2018

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INDEX

Page 3 2018 Course Requirements

Page 4 All about me

Pages 5, 6, 7, 8 The Arts

Pages 9, 10 English

Page 11 Learning Support

Pages 12, 13, 14 Mathematics

Pages 15, 16, 17 Physical Education & Health

Pages 18, 19 Science

Pages 20, 21, 22 Social Sciences

Pages 23, 24, 25, 26 Technology

Pages 27, 28, 29 Te Reo/Tikanga

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COURSE REQUIREMENTS

Year 9

1. Students need to study 12 semester courses during the year.

2. Over years 9 and 10 students must have a broad curriculum and therefore

there is a minimum course requirement in each curriculum area.

Maths minimum of three courses over two years.

English minimum of three courses over two years.

Science minimum of three courses over two years.

PE and Health minimum of two courses over two years.

Social Sciences minimum of two courses over two years.

Technology minimum of two courses over two years.

Arts minimum of one course over two years.

Te Reo/Tikanga minimum of one course over two years.

Year 10

1. Students need to study 12 semester courses during the year.

2. During Year 10 students must have a broad curriculum and therefore there is

a minimum course requirement in each curriculum area.

Maths minimum of one course.

English minimum of one course.

Science minimum of one course.

PE and Health minimum of one course.

Social Sciences minimum of one course.

Te Reo/Tikanga minimum of one course.

3. Some Year 10 students may have the opportunity to take NCEA Level 1

courses in some curriculum areas. This will be by invitation of the Curriculum

Leader.

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ALL ABOUT ME

My skills and interests outside school:

What do you enjoy doing?

My achievements so far in school:

What have you done well at?

Things I need to work on are:

What is important in your future? What does your family expect of you?

Things I want to know more about are:

Things that might interest me are:

Things my family think might interest me are:

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The Arts

ILLUSIONS

Course Content:

Learn to take photos using elements and principles of photography. Understand how cameras work.

Make a pinhole camera and learn how to use it.

Use photographic materials to make photograms. Edit and develop images using Photoshop. Manage a

variety of printing processes to create images.

Learn about the history of photography in NZ and how it has developed.

Skills covered:

● Drawing using camera

● Understand how a camera works

● Understand photographic chemistry

● Understand how to manipulate natural and artificial light

● Use Photoshop to develop and edit images

● Use and manage digital and chemical printing processes

● Using a dark room

THE ART OF DESIGN

Course Content:

Learn how to creatively communicate using images - “pictures paint more than a thousand words.”

Learn to use Photoshop and Illustrator to get your message across by combining text and image. Don’t

confuse legibility with communication. Design and make 2D design works - Posters, logos, signs,

Illustrations.

View and respond to examples of contemporary design and the work of designers

Skills covered:

● Draw to communicate and develop ideas

● Use photography as a drawing method

● Use Photoshop and Illustrator to create and manipulate text and image

● View and respond to contemporary graphic design

PAINTING A PICTURE

Course Content:

Learn how to create paintings. Use drawing and photography to capture an image and make a painting

using inks, dyes, watercolours, acrylics and oil paints. Extend your ideas by using other media to create

a mixed media image.

View and respond to art and art works from a range of NZ and international artists. This course will give

you the opportunity to gain credits from Level 1 Art and Art History standards

Skills Covered:

● Draw from observation

● Draw using photography as a tool

● View and respond to a range of art works

● Interpret and use iconography in your own work

● Understand how art works are viewed and valued

● Use painting media, processes and techniques

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DRAMA 1- PUTTING ON A PLAY

Course Content:

Introduction to Drama - learn a scripted play and take it through to performance. This will include a

Shakespearean performance and another scripted piece. Introduction to stagecraft, elements of theatre

in performance and conventions of practise. This course will start at the foundations of performance,

spending a short time on improvisation and devising, then moving into working with scripts.

Skills Covered:

● Students will combine elements, techniques, and a range of conventions to extend drama

practice through a variety of activities.

● Students will initiate ideas and individually and collectively develop and refine drama for specific

purposes.

● Reading, presenting, reflection, evaluation, collaboration and teamwork.

DRAMA 2: THEATRE FORM

Course Content:

Study and perform within the genre of specific theatre forms. Two theatre forms will be compared and

contrasted in performance. One form will be scripted, another devised within rules. There will be

inclusion of socio-historical elements, and working with props.

Skills Covered:

● Students will present and respond to drama and identify ways in which dramatic elements,

techniques, and conventions combine to create meaning.

● Students will investigate and compare the treatment of similar themes in drama of past and

present cultures.

● Understanding values and perspectives

● Reading, presenting, reflection, evaluation, collaboration and teamwork.

DRAMA 3: DEVISED THEATRE

Course Content:

Creating an original piece of theatre from scratch, then moving through to skills in scriptwriting, focus on

site-specific works and physical theatre. Community-based project involving telling local stories within a

more imaginative construct devised and then scripted as practise. Focus on dramaturgy.

Skills Covered:

● Students will investigate the purposes of drama in past and present contexts and describe how

communities express themselves through drama.

● Students will present and respond to drama and describe how dramatic elements, techniques,

conventions, and technologies combine to create form and meaning.

● Social Inquiry, understanding values and perspectives, social action and citizenship.

● Reading, writing, presenting, reflection, evaluation, critical analysis, creativity and innovation,

self and team management, time management, planning, iterant processing, algorithmic

thinking, collaboration and teamwork.

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DANCE 1 - CHOREOGRAPHY

Course Content:

Learn about the components and process of choreography, dance elements and choreographic devices

and create a dance sequence based on a chosen theme.

Skills Covered:

● Apply the dance elements to extend personal movement skills and vocabularies.

● Combine, contrast and manipulate the dance elements to express ideas and feelings in dance,

and explore choreographic devices and structures.

● Reflect on and describe how choreography communicates ideas, feelings, moods, and

experiences.

DANCE 2 - WORLD DANCE

Course Content:

Compare and contrast dances from different cultures eg. Salsa, Bollywood, Poi, Sasa, and learn, co-

construct and rehearse one for performance.

Skills Covered:

● Explore and describe how dance is used for different purposes in a variety of cultures and

contexts.

● Develop a variety of skills, dance techniques, vocabularies, and movement practices.

● Prepare and present dance, with an awareness of the performance context. Describe and

record how the purpose of selected dances is expressed through the movement.

DANCE 3 - GENRE DANCE

Course Content:

Compare and contrast different genres of dance. Ballet, Contemporary, Hiphop etc

Learn techniques and choreograph within a chosen genre or combination of genres, and rehearse for

performance.

Skills Covered:

● Compare and contrast dances from a variety of past and present cultures and contexts.

● Develop a variety of skills, dance techniques, vocabularies, and movement practices.

● Prepare, rehearse and perform dance, with an awareness of the performance context.

● Describe and record how the purpose of selected dances is expressed through the movement.

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BEATS N PIECES

Course Content:

Learn how beats and basslines are constructed, how hip-hop producers use samplers and loops to

create original music, use computer recording applications and keyboards to create and record

original compositions that sound great. Collaborate with other students to write song lyrics and raps

and use the studio to record vocals for a slick sounding product that you can save as an mp3 on

your phone!

Skills Covered:

● Sequencing/Editing

● MIDI recording

● Sampling

● Keyboard skills

● Composition

● Rhythm, timing

● Rhythm notation

ROCK N ROLL

Course Content:

Join the band! In this course, you will focus on getting the basic skills needed to play in a band.

This will include learning to play some basic guitar, keyboards, drums and bass, and singing. You

will learn to play, rehearse and perform a variety of musical styles with a band. You will learn to

read simple chord charts and simple melodies, and put it all together in a performance that you will

present to an audience

Skills Covered:

● Instrumental skills

● Rhythm, timing

● Ensemble skills

● Music notation

● Performance skills

● Rehearsal skills

STRONG FOUNDATIONS

Course Content:

This course is necessary for any student considering taking Music in Year 11.

You will learn music theory up to approximately grade 2, including reading music, harmony and

chord building, scales, key signatures, rhythms and performance directions, and aural skills

including rhythmic dictation, melodic dictation, chord recognition and working songs out by ear.

Skills Covered:

Music theory skills

Aural skills

Sight reading

Applied theory

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English

LYRICAL GENIUS

Course Content:

This course will look at poetry, slam poetry, battle rap and song lyrics.

Students will learn to read and analyse, write and perform.

Students will be exposed to a range of different artists and styles, including face-to-face meetings

where possible.

Skills Covered:

● Reading

● Writing

● Speaking

● Presenting

● Developing empathy

● Developing creativity

● Analysis and evaluation

THE SPORTS PAGE

Course Content:

This course focuses on assessing language through sport. We will explore sport based literature

such as autobiographies, sport based novels and articles. Students will analyse sports columns,

develop their own and work to a point where they can write their own post-game editorials on

school or international matches. There will also be a sports themed film for film study.

Skills Covered:

● Reading

● Writing

● Viewing

● Speaking

● Presenting

● Analysis and evaluation and strategic investigation

HOW TO WIN AN ARGUMENT

Course Content:

This course will look at the language of persuasion, media and debating. We will examine speech

making and debating in politics and the media. There will be a trip to parliament to see it in action.

You will craft your own arguments that tackle the challenges of our times. By the end you will

understand what it takes to manipulate an audience and never lose an argument again.

Skills Covered:

● Reading

● Writing

● Speaking

● Presenting


● Developing creativity and analysis and evaluation

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GAMING FOR LIFE

Course Content:

If you are a self-proclaimed gamer then this is the course for you. We will play, analyse and create

games, levelling up our own key skills along the way. Come prepared to write, create and have fun.

Skills Covered:

● Reading

● Writing

● Speaking

● Presenting




● Manipulating images digitally

MEDIA TEXT TYPES

Course Content:

Explore the world of media and film.

This course will focus on various types of media including social media, film and advertising. You

will learn your role as a media audience and be able to create your own work for a specific

audience.

Skills Covered:

● Reading

● Writing

● Speaking

● Presenting




● Manipulating images digitally

BOOK CLUB Course Content:

Keen readers will enjoy the opportunity to have class time allocated to reading, sharing ideas,

analysis and trying to get their own writing published.

This course will also cover the writing and illustrating of graphic novels, comics and children’s

stories. You will learn to write for a specific audience in order to engage and entertain.

Links will be made to media and music by bringing your work to life.

Skills Covered:

● Reading

● Writing

● Speaking

● Presenting


● Developing creativity and analysis and evaluation

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Learning Support

Stairway to Success

Course Content:

Superheroes, fire fighting, old tractors, cars, animals, fashion. Whatever your passion and knowledge

level, this project based learning course will help you to explore and develop your ideas. With a

foundation of improving literacy and numeracy skills, your own interests will be explored.

Skills Covered:

● Reading - for information and understanding

● Writing - improving skills and styles

● Presenting

● Creativity

● Determination

● Curiosity

Wrap it Up

Course Content:

This course will focus on skills for living. This will include independence and life skills through the

medium of shopping. How to manage money, how to shop well, how to get there, what’s the best

deal, customer service and rights, consumer testing of products..

Skills Covered:

● Inclusion

● Learning to Learn

● Managing Self

● Participation and Contributing

● Literacy and Numeracy

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Mathematics

BUILD IT NOW

Course Content:

This course is a collaborative course with technology. In the first half of the semester, the students

will be introduced to the math of building. In the second half of the semester, the class will join

with the DVC Basic course and that teacher and the Build it Now teacher will team-teach the group

- scale drawings, design process, different view. Students will design a habitat for themselves

using the skills taught.

Skills Covered:

● Measurement

● Plans and scale

● Views

● Isometric drawings

● Metric conversions

● Pythagoras theorem

● Trigonometry

● Area

● Volume

● Angles

NZ AND EVERYWHERE

Course Content:

This is a course designed around number skills and using numbers. In the first half of the

semester students will be taught all the number skills used in everyday life. In the second half of

the semester, students are expected to apply number skills to a contextualised problem, which

could involve travelling around NZ and/or around the world. The skills taught in this class are vital

for everyday life.

Skills Covered:

● Types of Numbers

● Rounding and place values

● Multiples, factors and primes

● Integers

● Percentages, decimals and fractions

● Ratios and proportions

● GST

● Exchange rates

● Ordinary and standard forms of Numbers

● Significant figures

● Time

● Distance

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ABC EXPRESS I

Course Content:

We live in a world of numbers. You see them every day: on clocks, in the stock market, in sports,

and all over the news. Algebra is all about figuring out the numbers you don't see. For example,

you might know how fast you can throw a ball, but can you use this number to determine how far

you can throw it? You may already know how to tell time, but can you calculate at what times a

clock's hour and minute hands are exactly aligned? With algebra, you can answer all of these

questions, using the numbers you already know to solve for the unknown.

The concept of solving for unknowns is used in higher maths courses and some Statistics &

Probability courses. Therefore, the skills learnt in this course are vital for any higher-level maths

and statistics courses.

Skills Covered:

● Number and spatial Patterns

● Algebraic linear Rules

● Linear graphs

● Like and unlike terms

● Simplifying expressions - using

● Using BEDMAS

● Factoring and expanding

● Solving for unknowns - up to 3 step equations

● Lines and gradients

ABC EXPRESS II

Course Content:

Follows on from ABC Express I. This course takes your algebra to the next level. It requires you to

use your skills to solve problems and you really will be using your higher level thinking skills. It is

highly recommended that students who wish to do NCEA level 1 algebra complete this course.

Skills Covered:

● Linear Patterns

● Quadratic patterns

● Linear and quadratic graphs

● Advanced -Factoring and expanding including quadratics

● Advanced -Simplifying expressions & using BEDMAS

● Solving equations - multi step linear equations

● Quadratics

● Making a variable the subject in a formula

● Problem solving using algebra skills

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CHANCE AND DATA

Course Content:

This course covers analysis of data using the statistical enquiry cycle.

It prepares students for NCEA level 1 statistics and probability courses. It is highly recommended you

complete this course if you intend completing level 1 statistics course. It covers 4 key areas of

univariate data, bivariate data, multivariate data and probability..

● Skills Covered:

● Collecting data

● Displaying data

● Analysing data

● Patterns in data

● Making conclusion from data.

● Experimental and theoretical probabilities.

SHAPE AND SPACE

Course Content:

Geometry is the mathematics of shape and space. It is about the properties of objects and their

positions in mathematical spaces or real life spaces. Geometry is about real things: how big they are,

whether they fit, how to find them, what they look like in a mirror. The first part of this course involves

the ideas of lines and angles, geometry of triangles, and quadrilaterals and other polygons. The

second part involves transformations - reflection, rotation, translation, enlargement and tessellations

of shapes.

Skills Covered:

Geometry:

● Angles,

● parallel lines,

● triangles,

● quadrilaterals

● other polygons

● circle geometry

● transformations of shapes

● symmetry

● tessellations

● areas (triangles, quadrilaterals and circles)

● surface areas

● volume (cube, cuboid, cylinder, prism, pyramid, sphere and cone)

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PE and Health

JUST DO IT

Course Content:

This course covers the essential aspects of the Health and Physical Education curriculum. It aims to

develop a range of skills and knowledge required for a healthy and positive lifestyle. The learning is

approximately 50% Health and 50% Physical Education. The Health programme covers a wide range

of topics that aim for students to understand and improve their hauora and gain knowledge on subjects

that will influence them in their teenage years e.g. mental health, Food and Nutrition, Sexuality, Drugs

and Alcohol, Bullying, etc. The Physical Education programme looks at well-being in relation to

physical activity, developing positive sportsmanship as well as the opportunity to experience, enjoy and

reflect on a wide variety of activities giving students the skills they need to engage in physical activity

outside of school. This course is highly recommended for students wishing to do any of the Physical

Education courses in the senior school.

Skills Covered:

● Interpersonal skills

● Mental heal

● Participating and Contributing

● Values

● Sportsmanship

● Physical skills

● Fitness

● Team work

● ABL

● Anatomy

● Exercise Physiology

● Leadership

● Critical Thinking

● Decision Making

● Interpersonal Skills

● Sports Ed Model (Like in Sports Studies)

● Self-Management

ME vs WILD

Course Content: Training for and participating in tramping and camping, orienteering, survival, first aid, ABL, Rock Climbing, etc. Skills Covered: ● Risk management ● Keeping Ourselves Safe ● Fitness ● Food and Nutrition ● Decision-Making ● ABL ● Biomechanics: ➢ Stability and balance ➢ Newton’s laws

➢ Speed, acceleration ● Health

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LET’S GET PHYSICAL

Course Content:

A variety of activities that students may do to promote involvement in physical activities and increase

future participation, eg. cycling, badminton, netball, touch, running, bowls, TT, etc.

Skills Covered:

● Anatomy


● Hauora

● Well-being for Life

● SOS

● Health

BALLS TO THAT

Course Content:

A variety of large ball games e.g. netball, touch, basketball, ki-o-rahi , volleyball, (where the focus is

throwing and catching) and learning the rules of those sports.

Skills Covered:

● Anatomy

● Biomechanics:

➢ Projectile motion

● Tactics and Strategies

● Interpersonal skills.

● Health

TRAIN LIKE A PRO

Course Content:

You will focus on improving your sports performance (technique) through different types of practice,

knowledge, and methods of training which can be applied in a range of sporting areas. This unit will look

at writing training programmes, testing current abilities and putting the programmes into practice by

training - using different methods - to improve fitness/well-being.

Skills Covered:

● Motor skill learning:

● Types of practice:

● Sports Psychology

● Decision-Making

● Self-management

● Goal Setting

● Evaluating performance

● MOTS and POTS

● Exercise Testing

● Fitness testing

● Anatomy


● Periodisation

● Nutrition and Health

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MY TEAM AND I

Course Content:

Playing team sports with a focus on developing leadership and interpersonal skills through team

roles (e.g. captain, referees, players, coach, timekeepers) and responsibilities and developing

Organisation / competition, Team roles and Sport Ed Model

Skills Covered:

● Interpersonal Skill:

● Communication

➢ Active listening

➢ Encouragement and support

● Initiative

● Leadership

● Social Responsibility

● Health

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Science

FORENSIC SCIENCE

Course Content:

Forensic Science covers basic lab techniques and protocol. There will be Chemistry, Biology and Physics

theory and practical work. Practical skills will be gained as you solve a mystery every three weeks. These

include the use of common lab equipment and chemicals and application of separation techniques. You

will also investigate different life forms, cells, DNA, blood types and variation. This course leads to all

areas of Level 1 Science.

Skills Covered:

Investigating in Science

Analysis and Evaluation

Using symbols and text

Participating and contributing

LETTUCE SEE WHAT YOU GROW

Course Content:

All aspects of plant biology and husbandry will be covered, from soils to plant structure and function.

Different methods of pest control will be investigated along with their relative impacts on the environment.

All students will have the opportunity for hands on preparation and planting of their own Horticulture

garden. The skills and content covered in this course lead to Levels 1, 2, and 3 AgHort and Biology.

Skills Covered:





CHEMISTRY OF WAR

Course Content:

The arrangement of carbon atoms is the basis for all life on earth. Carbon can create materials as strong

as diamond, as stretchy as rubber or as weak as pencil lead. Carbon atoms can form chains and

molecules to produce substances such as poisons, toxins, medicines, fuels, materials and coatings like

plastics. Meanwhile, metals have revolutionised warfare throughout history. In this course you will

investigate the properties of carbon, carbon compounds and metals and why they are so important in

warfare and our modern lives. Carbon chemistry and metals are revisited in NCEA Level 1, 2 and 3

Chemistry.

Skills Covered:





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WATER OF LIFE

Course Content:

This topic will have a sustainability focus. It will cover aspects of our local environment that we will need to

be responsible guardians for now and in the future. Our waterways and marine environments will be a

major focus. Students will be encouraged to follow their interests in farming, mining, logging, fishing and

will develop critical thinking skills to assess the immediate and future effects of these activities on the

world around us. Concepts relating to ecology, mining and farming are covered in more depth in NCEA

Level 2 Biology, Level 3 Chemistry and Levels 1-3 Agricultural and Horticultural Science and Earth and

Space Science.

Skills Covered





WEIGHT A SECOND; LIFTING 4 LIFE

Course Content:

Did you know the fastest recorded object in sport is the shuttlecock? It has been clocked at 493 km/hr! In

this course you will investigate the physics behind sport and how better understanding of the mechanics

of our bodies has increased athletic performance and allowed us prepare people for life in extreme

environments.

The course leads to NCEA level 1 Science, Sport Science, and senior Physics, ESS and Biology

Skills Covered:





HEALTH ISSUES & TISSUES

Course Content:

Microorganisms can be as large as a forest or as small as a cell, you will investigate how microbes can

help or harm us. You will also discover how different parts of the body (such as eyes and ears and the

digestive system) work to process environmental information and nutrients. Dissections and agar plate

practicals.

This course leads to NCEA Level 1 Health Science, Science, and senior Biology and Physics.

Skills Covered:





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Social Science

MY HOUSE MY CASTLE

Course Content:

Home ownership - the Kiwi Dream. Is it a realistic goal? How do we choose where and how we live? We

will look at social issues such as home ownership, urban development and mega-city slums, migration and

homelessness. We’ll also look at mortgages, savings, and alternative options in design, ownership and

living. We’ll even get some tips on how to buy and sell property from experts!

Skills Covered:

Social Inquiry

Understanding values and perspectives

Social action and citizenship

Evaluation

Reading for meaning, explaining and presenting

Cooperative learning

Literacy & numeracy.

Constructing, explaining/presenting

Graphing/diagrams

Collecting data

Building

CHOCONOMICS

Course content:

Fair trade, environmental impacts, marketing, business ethics, public health policy, and financial decision

making. What do these all have in common? Chocolate.

We will explore the impact of our love of chocolate on a global and local scale. We will learn about the

decisions that producers and retailers make that keep us consuming, and use this to start our own mini

chocolate businesses.

Skills Covered:

Social Inquiry



Evaluation

Reading for meaning, explaining

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I HEART THE WAIRARAPA

Course Content:

Ever wondered why the “lost tribe of Palliser” actually disappeared? Was there a giant tsunami or a mini

ice age? Have you seen the Palliser gardens outlined by the stone walls?

Did you know that there was actually a Maori parliament at Papawai? So what happened?. The

Featherston military camp is unique in NZ - do you wish to know what happened there? NZ’s first sheep

station was near Martinborough - how did that happen? And talking about the Fell engine incline…….

This unit is all about our place in the sun. The Wairarapa has had so much of a pivotal role in the history

of NZ but much of it is unknown. Until now, that is!

Skills Covered:

Social Inquiry



Evaluation





Field trip.

AWESOME FORCES

Course Content:

Humanity’s impact on the planet has generally been negative: climate change, global warming, over

population, rising sea levels, deforestation, bush fires, acid rain, marine pollution and dwindling fish

stocks, among others, are beginning to haunt us. Sustainability is becoming a key concept. The Earth

fights back with volcanic action, monster cyclones and hurricanes and severe weather extremes. Some of

these events are playing out in the Pacific region. How do the Pasifika peoples cope with this increasingly

hostile environment?

Skills Covered:

Social Inquiry



Evaluation





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KA MUA KA MURI - WALKING BACKWARDS INTO THE FUTURE

Course Content:

Ever wondered what the ancient civilisations have left us? What we have managed to learn from their

mistakes? Delve into ancient Rome and the epic battles inside the Colosseum; check out the horror story

of the Viking conquests; understand the concept of human sacrifice for the Inca’s and Aztec’s and visit the

ancient American Indian cultures. Then, review the great migrations of the early Polynesians in their

quests to find and settle new but far off islands.

Skills Covered:

Social Inquiry



Evaluation



Literacy & numeracy

DILEMMAS

Course Content:

Investigate the big issues in our world and community. Learn about other people’s values and

perspectives on complex problems, such as terrorism, animal rights, homelessness, poverty, ethnic

cleansing, gender stereotyping and nuclear weapons.

Learn how to form an argument and back it up with evidence. Have your ideas challenged and broaden

your worldview.

Skills Covered:

Social Inquiry

Research



Communicating in writing and in debates


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Technology

HTML & CSS - CODING IN MINECRAFT

Course Content: Create a world in Minecraft, make a movie and present it in a website.

You will learn how to code in HTML and CSS, shoot a movie in Minecraft and edit it in Adobe

Premiere and add cool effects in Adobe After Effects.

Skills Covered:

● Select appropriate software and file types for particular purposes based on key features, and

justify selection.

● Use selected software to develop and combine digital content to create an outcome.

● Understand the role of operating systems in managing personal computer hardware, security, and

application software. Explain the conventions of file management procedures and use of storage

devices.

● Develop ideas for feasible outcomes. Undertake functional modelling that takes account of

stakeholder feedback in order to select and develop the outcome that best addresses the key

attributes. Incorporating stakeholder feedback, evaluate the outcome’s fitness for purpose in

terms of how well it addresses the need or opportunity.

COMPUTER SCIENCE 1 CS FUNDAMENTALS

Course Content:

Learn to use different kinds of loops, events, functions, and conditionals. Investigate different

problem-solving techniques and discuss societal impacts of computing and the internet. In the second

part of this course, design and create a capstone project you can share with friends and family.

Skills Covered

● Algorithms - understanding and independently writing algorithms

● Programming - writing computer programs that use sequence selection and iteration

● Data representation - understanding how complex data is stored using binary digits

● Documentation - testing and debugging explaining and documenting

● Investigate a context to develop ideas for feasible outcomes. Undertake functional modelling that

takes account of stakeholder feedback in order to select and develop the outcome that best

addresses the key attributes. Incorporating stakeholder feedback, evaluate the outcome’s fitness

for purpose in terms of how well it addresses the need or opportunity.

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COMPUTER SCIENCE 2 CS DISCOVERIES

Course Content:

This course is highly recommended if you intend doing NCEA Level 1 Computer Science. In this

course you will build on your coding experience as you program animations, interactive art, and

games. The unit starts off with simple shapes and builds up to more sophisticated sprite-based

games, using the same programming concepts and the design process computer scientists use daily.

In the final project, you’ll develop a personalized, interactive program

Skills Covered:

● Algorithms - understanding and independently writing algorithms

● Programming - writing computer programs that use sequence selection and iteration

● Data representation - understanding how complex data is stored using binary digits

● Documentation - testing and debugging explaining and documenting

INTRODUCTION TO DVC

Course Content: If students have ever wondered how to design a product or a building then this is the course for them. This introductory course will teach the students how to use the design process to design products and buildings and will collaborate with the Maths Build it Now course to help work out the mathematical side of designing a building. The students will also learn the basics of how to use a drawing board to draw a range of technical drawings both in 2D and 3D. They will also model their final design using a CAD program and they can even make a model of their design in the semester two course Build it Now model. Skills Covered: ● Design Process ● 2D and 3D drawings ● CAD Program

Advanced DVC

Course Content:

This course is specifically designed for students to extend and build on the drawing and design skills

that they learnt during the introductory course. This course leads directly to Level 1 DVC and must be

completed if students are to progress to the Level 1 course.

Students will use the design process to design an innovative robot as further refine their rendering

skills. They will also be building on and extending their technical drawing skills that they learnt in the

Basics course to draw more complex shapes in both 2D and 3D. The students will use the design

process to design either a building (Architecture) or a bedroom interior (Interior Architecture) or a park

(Landscape Architecture)

Skills Covered:

● Sketching

● Rendering

● Measurement

● Scale

● Orthographic projection (i.e. plans, and elevations

● Paraline drawings (i.e. isometric, oblique, planometric and perspective drawing)

● The design process as well as the presentation of their drawings.

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FOOD AROUND THE WORLD

Course Content:

Students will start to learn about Cuisine and Culture from different parts of the world. Students will need to

produce several portfolios of evidence about different cultures including celebrations, festivals etc involving

food and its preparation and presentation.

Skills Covered:

● Innovation & inquiry

● Think critically, creatively, reflectively and logically

● Numeracy:

● Literacy

FOOD FOR LIFE - FOOD AND NUTRITION

Course Content:

This course will prepare students for NCEA Hospitality and Home Economics. Students who select this

course should have a liking of sports, physical activity, healthy eating and cooking in general. They will

learn how food poisoning can occur and practice preventative measures to produce food which is safe to

eat. Essential nutrients and how the body uses them.

Skills Covered:



● Numeracy:

● Literacy

INTRODUCTION TO COOKERY

Course Content:

Students learn the very basics of a pour batter [Pancakes] to then modifying the design brief to produce

‘Pancake stacks with Berries and cream, as an example. This process continues through to basic doughs

and bread. Throughout the semester, students will also learn the basics of food safety, food poisoning and

micro-organisms.

Skills Covered:



● Numeracy:

● Literacy

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FUN FURNITURE

Course Content:

This course is a standalone course in technology with the use of Mathematics skills and Design Skills. The

students will use their prior knowledge of design and building maths and create an item of furniture for

personal use. They will need to use measurement, area, volume and trigonometry and angles to accurately

construction their design to a prototype.

Skills Covered:

● Measurement

● Reading and working from plans and scale

● Interpreting drawing views

● Beam point loading

● Reading plans and modifying plans to suit needs.

● Interpreting drawings to visualize design

● Working in millimetres

● Practical applications of Pythagoras theorem

● Practical applications of trigonometry.

FUN WITH POWER

Course Content: This course is a standalone course in technology; with the use of Mathematics skills and Design Skills and science skills. Students will design and construct a prototype of a direct current electric device for a negotiated task. Students’ will use simple circuitry, LED lights and electromagnets to complete their device. The device will use a 9 volt DC battery for safety.

Skills Covered:

Measurement

Reading and working from plans and scale

Interpreting drawing views

Using Isometric drawings to visualize their design

Practical applications of Pythagoras theorem

Practical applications of trigonometry

Construct simple circuitry

Soft solder joints

Metal folding

Wood turning

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Te Reo/Tikanga

TE REO MAORI BEGINNERS

Course content: We all know colours and numbers, how to say “Kia ora” and “Morena”, and “Kei te pehea koe?”, but generally that’s about it. This class will help you to be able to communicate about:

Numbers of objects (even how to ask for 2 teaspoons of sugar in your milo), Where you are and where other things are located greetings in lots of different ways, the things you do and don’t like when things will happen what’s happening with the weather (you could even be reporting the weather forecast) what people and other things are like, and information about yourself and your family

Skills Covered:

Level 1 Te Reo Maori Achievement Objectives within: Listening Speaking Reading Writing Pronunciation

Singing

Tikanga Maori

Karakia

TE REO MAORI ADVANCED

Course Content: You will be able to ask about, and answer questions about:

Different people’s personalities Who owns what, and what belongs to whom How to get from one place to another The differences between one thing and another Your and other people’s travel arrangements and routines Whether you agree or not and how to say the negative of something

Skills Covered

Levels 2 and 3 of Te Reo Maori Achievement Objectives within: Listening Speaking Writing Reading Pronunciation

Karakia

Singing

Tikanga Maori

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TIKANGA MAORI WHAT’S IT ALL ABOUT?

Course Content: What do we sing about, when and why? What do we say Karakia about, when and why? What is a Pepeha about and why do we learn it? What is so important about whakapapa (geneology)? Marae Roles, Responsibilities, and Rules Whakawhanaungatanga (Relationships) - There are many legends about our ancestors relationships. Learn about the people and their stories e.g. Rongomaiwahine and Kahungunu,

Mahinarangi and Turongo, HInemoa and Tutanekai, Ueoneone and Reitu, Te Aitu o te Rangi and John Jury

Our waka and our iwi. What are their stories? What do others think about Tikanga Maori? Skills covered:

Social Inquiry



TIKANGA MAORI ADVANCED

Course Content: Learn more Waiata and Karakia and Pepeha Wairuatanga - Maori Spirituality and the Atua

The Creation and the Separation - causes and effects The Powhiri process, and: The Arts of: Karanga (the women’s call) and Whaikorero (Speech making) Whakairo (Carving) and the origins of carving Designing Koruru and Poupou Kowhaiwhai (Painted Panels - traditional and modern) Harakeke (flax), harvesting and weaving Take a trip to a marae and take part in a powhiri. Whatever else interests you in The Maori World Skills Covered:

Wairuatanga

Atuatanga

Marae tikanga and kawa

Maori design

Maori weaving

Mihimihi

Social Inquiry



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MAORI PERFORMING ARTS

Course Content: This is a course for year 9-13 students. Support Powhiri with a Haka Powhiri and Waiata Tautoko, AND Learn a Kapa Haka performance bracket of items - mainly from the local area (Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairarapa) Waiata Tira - Choral Item Whakaeke - Entrance item Waiata-a-ringa - Action Song Moteatea - Haka Poi Whakawatea - Exit item and develop the skills needed for that performance including Mau Rakau - (Taiaha and Patu) Taonga Puoro (Musical Instruments) Explore the difference between NZ Maori traditional dance and another Pacific Island’s dance traditions. Skills Developed

Developing practical knowledge in dance

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