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Albany Junior High School Option Booklet 2020 ©


Contents Introduction 3

Year 9 Semester length electives 6

The Arts electives 7

Visual Art 8

Dance 10

Drama 11-12

Music 13

Performing Arts Academy 15

Social Studies electives 16

Business Academy / Entrepreneurship 17

History 19

Technology electives 20

Computer Science 21

Construction Technology 22

Creative Digital Technology (CDT) 25

Design and Visual Communication (DVC) 26

Fabric Design Technology 27

Food Technology 29

P.E. Sports electives 31

Sports Academy 32

Sports Science 33

English elective 34

English — Film Studies 35

English - Text It 36

Languages (Other Than English) 37

Languages (Inc. Other Language Correspondence) 38

Languages – Te Reo Maori 39

Languages - French 40

Languages - Spanish 41

Languages - Japanese 42

Languages - Mandarin 43

Science electives 44

Environmental Science 45

Human Biology 46


Introduction Year 9 Options 2020 - Choose 6 in total

● Each option will run for half a year; three periods per cycle.

● Please note: Option classes will only go ahead if a sufficient number of learners choose the subject.

Arts: ● Performing Arts Academy - (select Dance, Drama or Music if you will be applying for Performing Arts

Academy) ● Dance ● Drama ● Music ● Visual Art

Languages: ● French ● Japanese ● Mandarin ● Spanish ● Te Reo Maori

OR ● “Text It” English (this is extra support in English)

Technologies: ● Creative Digital Technologies ● Computer Science ● Fabric Design Technology ● Food Technology ● Design and Visual Communication ● Construction Technology

Physical Education: ● Sports Academy - (select Sports Science if you will be applying for Sports Academy) ● Sports Science

Social Sciences: ● Business Academy/ Entrepreneurship ● History

Sciences: ● Environmental Science ● Human Biology

English: ● Film Studies ● Text It English

Option Subject Information

Albany Junior High School Option Booklet 2020 © Year 9 Subject Subsidies 2020 We aim to provide our students with a wide range of learning opportunities and activities. There is a cost associated with many of these activities that we unfortunately need to pass on to you. The subsidies below contribute to the cost of any trips, visiting speakers, workbooks, subscriptions to online sites, consumables, etc. As these are optional activities, your child will miss out on participating in these extra activities if the subsidy is not paid. Please contact our Accounts Office if you would like to set up a payment plan or apply for financial aid from us. Year 9 Core Subjects

English $35

Mathematics $20

Physical Education & Health $0

Science $30

Social Studies $30

Year 9 Option Subjects

Art (Visual) $40 French $20

Business Academy/Entrepreneurship $30 History $25

Computer Science $20 Human Biology $30

Construction Technology $40 Japanese $20

Creative Digital Technology $20 Mandanrin $20

Dance $40 Music $25

Design & Visual Communication $25 Other Language (Correspondence)

$80

Drama $25 Performing Arts Academy $240

Environmental Science $30 or $180 (trip)

Spanish $20

Fabric Design Technology 1 & 2 $40 Sports Academy (Full year) $240

Film Studies $30 Sports Science $50

Food Technology $50 Te Reo Maori $20

Text It English $15

Further information is provided on the following pages, with the option subjects grouped by learning area. If you would like to discuss any of these options further please contact the Head of the Learning Area (HOLA) for that subject. Contact details are given below:


Learning Area HOLA Contact Option subjects

Arts - Performing [email protected] ● Dance ● Drama ● Music ● Performing Arts

Academy

Arts - Visual [email protected] ● Visual Art

English [email protected] ● Film Studies (Y9) ● Text It English

Languages [email protected] ● French ● Japanese ● Mandarin ● Spanish ● Te Reo Maori

Physical Education (Sport)

[email protected]

● Sports Academy ● Sports Science

Science [email protected]

● Environmental Science

● Human Biology

Social Sciences [email protected] ● Business Academy & Entrepreneurship

● History

Technology [email protected]

● Creative Digital Technologies

● Computer Science ● Fabric Design

Technology ● Food Technology ● Design & Visual

Communication (DVC) ● Construction

Technology


Year 9 Semester length electives (One semester = two terms).

Subjects may have a skills grid and learners with the prerequisite skills may be able to negotiate the content and product with the teacher.


The Arts electives


Visual Art In the Visual Art elective, learners will explore and experiment with a wide variety of wet and dry art media. They will investigate the key elements of line, shape, form, tone, colour, texture, space, and design principles. Workshops will allow learners to explore new techniques and a variety of materials with which they can develop and implement in their personal learning. In the Visual Art Elective, learners have the opportunity to discover, develop and apply new techniques in art making to their personal and individual ideas for art works. Learners will explore and express their identity through art, investigating how artists choose tools, techniques, and materials to express their ideas through researching artist models and applying learned skills to their own works. They will explore the themes of abstraction and figure drawing. If time allows, Learners will be given the opportunity to undertake personal inquiry projects and will visit and participate in a programme at the Auckland City Art Gallery. Learners will explore the theme of portraiture through their own photographs and will create 3-D constructions based on personal identity research.

Paintings both big and small are produced on many different surfaces, where learners explore an artist and appropriate the style. Learners consolidate their understanding of art elements and principles and how to interpret art and evaluate their own art through the use of the Visual Art elective skills grid. This elective is designed for both the recreational artist who wishes to develop their own ideas and styles, and for learners who wish to improve and expand their knowledge and skills for their repertoire. Learners may also choose this elective to either prepare for Year 10 Visual Art and Year 10 Art Design/Photography courses, supplementing folio production for their future NCEA courses. So, if you like to draw, develop innovative problem solving strategies, be creative, and want to learn how to use different art styles and new techniques in art making, then this is an elective subject for you! If you wish to learn more about your favourite artist, choose art elective and immerse yourself in their work. If you are a budding Picasso, Michelangelo, Van Gough or Monet, we want you in this elective!


Visual Art Skills Grid


Dance

Dance is a performance-based subject. All learners will be expected to perform at assemblies and in group performances throughout the semester.

The initial focus will be on expanding learners’ skills in relation to a variety of dance styles including ballroom and contemporary. Guest tutors will teach the learners specialised skills. Learners will be involved in both performance and choreography and will create and re-create dance works through the process of manipulating a range of elements, devices, structures and choreographic devices.

Learners will be expected to share their skills with others in the class and to take part in all dance styles at the introductory level.

Learners will also learn basic dance vocabulary, body science, fitness, health and nutrition.

For those that need extending, we continue building on the skills and capabilities and explore further dance genres, including hip-hop and cultural dances.

Once various styles have been explored, learners will choreograph performance pieces and explore the interpretation of lyrics through movement both individually and in groups.

This subject will interact and combine with the music elective to produce sound tracks and to increase performance opportunities.

Learners are required to wear sports uniform, black leggings or long shorts and sports top, or black leggings and leotard.


Drama

Do you ever explore in your mind what it would be like to be another person, to exist in a different time, or how you might act in a different situation? Would you like to learn more about how the way you move, the words you say and the intonations used while speaking can alter the way you communicate with others?

In drama class learners follow a process of planning, creating, rehearsing, presenting and reflecting as they act out real or imagined events. Learners explore feelings and their consequences by analysing what characters in a script or text do and why.

Drama classes help you to develop self- expression, creativity and imagination and teach learners to listen to the views of others and to be able to contribute your own ideas in a way that is acceptable to the group. The ability to communicate effectively is highly valued in our society and can lead to things like better jobs, deeper relationships and even feeling more

positive about yourself because you can express your thoughts and feelings more clearly.

learners will have an opportunity to develop improvisation skills. You will have an opportunity to participate in the SGCNZ UO Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival and to perform in a Drama Celebration Evening.

Learners will develop dramatic skills including improvisation, building and sustaining a character, mime, voice projection, role-play and basic stagecraft as well as sophisticated communication skills through language and movement. The development of personal confidence and trust in others and working as part of a group are integral to each class. You will extend your understanding of how society works as you experiment with real and imagined social situations.

As an extra, Drama students will have an opportunity to take part in the inaugural 2020 UK Drama trip.


Drama Elective Skills Grid


Music

Music Performance is about freedom of choice and the right to self expression. This elective will challenge the learner to broaden their horizons and interact with their art at a deeper and more personal level.

Throughout each semester, learners will have an opportunity to participate in bands, music ensembles, creative hubs, songwriter sessions, production and live performance. The Music they choose to perform and create is their choice and they are encouraged to breathe life into that which is meaningful to them.

The course will provide the necessary skill set for each learner to excel in all areas; including but not limited to Music theory, aural perception, analysis, Music history, composition and performance. It is expected that by the end of the semester the learner will understand Music theory and how to apply this practically.

Further opportunities to extend in Music will be provided in the form of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities. For co-curricular, the Music department offers performance bands, ensembles, choirs, an events production team, clubs, Music performance evenings and theory tuition. For extra-curricular opportunities there are performance and composition competitions, audio production sessions, artist masterclasses, and industry workshops. The Music department aims to accommodate for as many opportunities to empower the learners to excel in their pursuit for excellence.

In aid of this, it is encouraged that learners enrol in instrumental music lessons either at AJHS or externally. Learners are then able to come to class prepared and confident. Instrumental lessons at AJHS are available at a subsidised rate

If a learner wishes to extend themselves further,

ABRSM Theory Examinations are also available and recommended.

Music has always been a safe haven for the introverted, extroverted, the misunderstood and the different. It is a collective community of individuals who work to make the world beautiful again. Learners will not only be a part of this but the valuable personal skills they can develop in this course cannot be ignored.

By working in bands or groups, learners are engaging in teamwork, they are developing negotiation skills, problem solving, collective integration and the art of putting on a dynamic performance. They will read and write musical notation and symbols, and will listen to, analyse and appreciate music by completing topic studies on ‘The Blues’, New Zealand Music, Māori/Pasifika Music, Classical and Popular Music History. Here they will learn to have the difficult conversations that work to challenge and expand their minds. Through composition they will have the quiet time to create, they will learn about what is important to them and collectivise the very things that make them who they are.

It matters not whether they are a beginner or a virtuoso, the course is designed to cater to learners as individuals. In this way the learner is encouraged to measure their success solely by their own personal goals and not by the results on a test. Music is subjective and it is important that learners understand their freedom in choice. If a learner leaves this course with a deeper love and appreciation for Music, that is what is important. That is how our success will be measured.


Music may include the following:

Theory 1 (Grade1-5)

Composition - (The Art of Song or Concept and Controversy)

Topic (The Blues, NZ Music or History of Classical Music, Pop Music)

Practical (Solo and Group Performance)

Industry Studies (Music Professionalism or The Art of Self)

Indigenous Studies (Māori and Pasifika)

Co-curricular and extra-curricular opportunities will be offered throughout the semester according to what is available at the time.

Co-curricular and extra-curricular opportunities will be offered throughout the semester according to what is available at the time.

Extension Learning Subsidy $25

Additional funding may be required if an excursion takes place.


Performing Arts Academy

The Performing Arts Academy is an option subject that students need to apply and be selected for. They will demonstrate proficiency in at least one of Dance, Drama and Music and an interest in all 3 disciplines. The audition will require students to showcase their overall ability and selection will be by the Performing Arts staff. Applications will be discussed at the audition and further research into students’ abilities/attitudes will be carried out where necessary.

The elective is intended to provide you with many authentic Performing Arts experiences to work as part of a team and take on an active role within Performing Arts at AJHS. It is an elective that develops performers’ skills and knowledge and allows time to work on practical techniques and performance practice.

At the core of the Performing Arts Academy elective is the acquisition of performance specific skills and the understanding of stagecraft / communication with an audience which enables you to participate in a range of performance opportunities – confidently, competently and creatively. Throughout the year students are introduced to a variety of training methods, including exposure to external specialists, eg Stage Combat, special effects makeup, mentors, dance specialists, slam poetry performers and a visit to a recording studio, set design trip to Wellington - Weta and Whoa Studios amongst other things.

In the theory lessons, all students will cover literacy and the acquisition of key vocabulary for the specialist area selected, a contextual study on Performance through Time, analysis of

existing material and the creation of

original works as well as a focus on review and critical thinking through the use of a reflection journal. Students will also look at how to promote their original material, budget management, digital platforms for the sharing of their material and copyright law.

Being a part of the Performing Arts Academy elective will not only assist you in becoming a confident and creative performer but also encourage you to share in positive performance experiences, helping you to develop a clear pathway for lifelong participation and enjoyment in the Performing Arts.

● Develop fundamental knowledge of Event Production as well as specific skill acquisition across particular disciplines.

● Develop confidence in your ability to create, conduct and evaluate successful Performing Arts opportunities within AJHS and potentially other schools.

● Develop confidence as a leader in AJHS Performing Arts groups

● Assist with whole school activities, eg showcases, AJHS Got Talent, Christmas in the Park stage, school productions and co-curricular Arts involvement eg Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival, World of Wearable Art competitions, ShowQuest, etc.

● Learn technical skills of AV


production, use of recording facilities, Green Room.

Social Studies

Electives


Business Academy / Entrepreneurship

Meet teenage entrepreneurs who have rocked the business world. In today’s rapidly changing world there are multiple opportunities for early entrepreneurial success. Could you be the NEXT famous teenage entrepreneur? In Business Academy we are inspired by our students, their ideas and passions. Students will have multiple opportunities to ignite their ideas, progress their skills and knowledge and practically experience running a business, while learning essential theory of business finance, marketing, human resources and business law. As Daymond John well put it, “I am inspired by that spark of fire I see in young entrepreneurs’ eyes as they unlock more doors, solve more problems and figure out more effective and rewarding ways to move their ideas to the next level” In this one semester learner-led elective, students get the opportunity to pursue their entrepreneurial passion and experiment with building a business, turning their idea into reality. Learners will develop the following core skills and attributes of being a successful entrepreneur.

● Resiliency ● Focus

● Networking ● Problem solving

● Creativity ● Presentation skills

● Resourcefulness ● Collaboration


● Research ● Creative Thinking

● Systems Thinking ● Entrepreneurial Zest

As well as learning new ways to think and look at the world, learners can also gain valuable practical experience in setting up and managing a business. This includes:

● Entrepreneur studies ● Business planning

● Setting up and operating their own business

● Marketing plans and materials

● Financial management ● Connecting and learning from external stakeholders in the real commercial world

A smart device is required for this subject.

Extension Learning Subsidy: $30

(includes costs of materials for business activity and guest speaker / excursion expenses)

Learners will cost projects as they progress. Total project costs beyond the activity subsidy may require learners to purchase their own materials or to pay additional money.


History

“Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it” ~ George Satayana

The aim of the history elective is to get learners excited about our past, to broaden their general knowledge, and to develop a sound understanding of the world around them, so that they know how we got to where we are today.

Learners will take on the role of an historian while we explore topics from times long ago and relate them to events that are still affecting us today. The history elective gives students the opportunity to delve deeper and wider into topics not covered by core Social Studies.

In this one semester course, learners will use multiple forms of media to develop historian skills; skills needed to sift through the vast plethora of times past, such as researching, evaluating sources and interpreting information to form conclusions. Learners will engage with historical inquiry and research skills, construct historical debates, and complete document and source analysis (from political cartoons to physical objects, such as WWI diary entries).

In Year 9 learners delve into the Middle Ages period. By the end of the course they will be able to compare their own lives in 2020 to the experiences of those alive in Medieval Europe as well as have knowledge of significant people and events that helped form the society we live in today.

In the second half of the semester learners will have the opportunity to hone their skills as an historian. Provided with a term theme (e.g. “Ideas that changed History”) the learner will choose their own topic and carry out their own inquiry.

Mahatma Ghandi once said, “A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.” In history elective it is our desire to engender in students the vision and faith to make the world a better place, not to not repeat the mistakes of our past.

(Note: Learners will require a Chrome book or similar device, with which to research in class and to access homework and class resources Extension Learning Subsidy: $25 (covers the history excursion)


Technology electives


Computer Science

“Whether we’re fighting climate change or going to space, everything is moved forward by computers, and we don’t have enough people who can code. Teaching young people to code early on can help build skills and

confidence and energize the classroom with learning-by-doing opportunities.” —Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group

Interested in making an app or a game? Want to learn to code and web script with HTML5? Interested in computers and the basics of computer science? This course requires no prior experience, will take

you from zero to hero or advance your knowledge if you are already a beginner coder.

During project 1 you will learn to create your own online website using HTML and CSS (used at all schools for Level 1 NCEA). Project 2 will show you how to create and animate sprites using Javascript (used at ASHS for Level 1 NCEA) and create an interactive digital outcome. Your final project is self chosen and directed.

Skills you develop through the Computer Science option include abstraction, algorithm development, deconstruction programming and pattern recognition. Once you have mastered the basics of HTML, CSS and Javascript you can then design and create an app, game or other digital outcome (including electronics - we have Arduinos) of your choice.

The learning occurs online, through activities at your own pace. You quickly move from programming with blocks to using and writing your own code.

It is highly recommended that the Y9 course is completed before Y10 as you will be applying the skills learnt to a larger project in Y10.

Work is submitted and learnt in several online learning environments and no ‘home’ software is required. This course will introduce you to the basics of Computer Science.


Year 9 Construction Technology New Zealand Curriculum Definition of Technology:

● Technology is an intervention by design, the use of practical and intellectual resources to develop products and systems called technological outcomes that expand human possibilities by addressing needs and realising opportunities. Adaptation and innovation are at the heart of technological practice. Quality outcomes result from thinking and practices that are informed, critical and creative.

● Technology makes enterprising use of its own particular knowledge and skills, together with those of other disciplines. Graphics and other forms of visual representation offer tools for exploration and communication.

● Technology is never static, it is influenced by and in turn impacts on the cultural, ethical, environmental, political and economic conditions of the day.

Year 9 Technology Education Course Outline

● In Year 9 the students are given a problem

to solve through the use of Graphics and

Technological Practice. The problem given

to students can be in the form of a theme,

a situation, a context and/ or a real life

design problem to solve.

The project for 2020 is to Design and

Manufacture a Patu/ Mere and Stand

Design that is of Personal Significance

● Using a Design Process that culminates in

the undertaking of Technological Practice

the students research existing designs and

materials that have been used in the

manufacture of contemporary products

and products from yesteryear. The

students then go about producing their

own designs, which will, through an

iterative process to refine a selected

design in order to produce an Aesthetic

and Functional Outcome. The use of

Graphics and Technological Practice

teaches students to problem solve using a

process that allows for the application of a

student’s individual intellectual and

cognitive style.

● During the course of the student’s design

process they are encouraged to be as

innovative as possible, think outside of the

box whilst producing outcomes at the

highest standard possible for their age,

level of life experience and maturity.


Technology Education Design Process

NB. This chart represents a system of working in Technology at Albany Junior High School with the process being adapted to suit the level of the students and the project undertaken at the time.


Creative Digital Technology (CDT)

What is Creative Digital Technology?

Crossing the traditional boundaries of creative arts, design, digital media, computing and entrepreneurship, this course brings them together in one innovative, project-based learning environment. You will learn how to use the design process to research, create, develop, test and evaluate their own work. You will develop competence in planning and self-management as well as how to maintain a digital portfolio of your classwork. Emphasis will be on Image Manipulation and Logo Design.

Work independently through a design brief to solve a variety of problems, using the design process, with creative and critical thinking skills to

challenge yourself.

This is a course requiring patience and repetition (you don’t learn anything without practice) but the choice of subject matter and projects is as limitless as your imagination. If you would like to learn to use industry software, have an interest in Graphic Design and want to understand how advertising and marketing works, this course is for you. Experiment with software like Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and more, to create personalised design work. You will also learn how to maintain a digital portfolio of their classwork.

If you feel like being creative, if you want to learn how to create digitally, if you are interested in any sort of design, then this is the course for you.


Creative Digital Technology Skills Grid


Design and Visual Communication (DVC)

What is Design and Visual Communication, or DVC? It is what you see around you all day, every day. Almost everything in your world has been created and designed, from the buildings you live in, study in, and shop in, to the clothes you wear, the phone you use, the bags you carry, and the wrappers around your food.

Would you like a future that allows you to be creative, draw, problem-solve and design? Design and Visual Communication teaches you methods of 3D drawing techniques and design practices. Explore design themes of your own choice in your visual diary. With DVC, learners will get to experiment with different media and modeling to explain design ideas. This is an elective that encourages you to develop your own design style and to explore your interests whilst investigating themes such as architecture, product design, transport, and more.

A big part of Visual Communication is learning how to draw properly. You will learn when explaining your designs, how to apply colour and rendering techniques to enhance your work. In this course, there are many different ways in which you can learn to draw. Monsters, cars, trucks, motorbikes, planes, and robots: we can draw all of these, step-by-step. Once you learn the process, most things can be drawn.

If you feel like being creative, if you want to learn how to create digitally, if you are interested in any sort of design, then this is the course for you.


Fabric Design Technology

Are you interested in fashion? Did you know that Auckland is the fashion capital of New Zealand (Wellington claim that they are but we know better)? Do you like to be creative? Then you should be in our Fabric Design Technology elective.

This elective will give students the opportunity to develop their design and problem solving skills through the medium of fabric and related materials. Learners will learn about the design process, pattern modification and construction techniques, illustration and applied design with applique, screen-printing and tie-dye techniques.

All learners will gain basic skills in the following areas.

● Garment Construction - Learners will construct a garment using a pre- purchased pattern.

● Learners will gain the skills used in hand sewing including hemming,

sewing on buttons and garment finishing.

● Learners will become confident in using a sewing machine and an overlocker.

● Learners will then select individual projects to take to completion.

● Learners will keep a folio of their ideas, progress, sketches and evaluation of their completed items.

Project 1: designing and making a garment bag.

or

Project 2: designing and making items of lounge wear by designing and adding a screen print /dye technique.

Albany Junior High School Option Booklet 2020 © Fabric Design Technology Skills Grid

Getting to

know your

machine

Buttons and

button holes

Zips

(including

tacking)

Taking

measurements

& Fitting

Lay out and

cut from a

paper

pattern

Gathering Hemming Over-locked

edges

Bias binding

edges Seams

Safety

modules Use of

Overlocker

Tracing a

pattern

Selecting

appropriate

fabric and

patterns

Using and

caring for

the iron

Darts Hand sewing

to close up Folio

Fashion

Research

Fashion

Illustration


Food Technology (including Catering)

Food Technology explores the world of food in our daily lives and its relationship to health and wellbeing. This elective builds on the knowledge and skills gained in Year 7 and 8 to set you up for a future as a Master Chef! Through practical classes learners will develop food preparation skills as they prepare, cook and sample food, gaining practical and time management skills. Learners will use the technology cycle to meet customer needs and opportunities, whilst understanding the importance of health and safety, teamwork, nutrition, cost awareness and presentation. Through this process, learners will practise and develop numerous cooking skills, cooking techniques and terminology.

This is real world learning where you will create innovative appetisers for catered school events. Along the way you will get a taste of what it is like to create a product for the food market through trialling and testing, going through both the ups and downs of developing a new and unique product.

You will individualise your learning by developing your own projects in line with your individual interests. Learners will cook with an extensive range of seasonal ingredients, recipes and equipment. Throughout the semester learners will maintain a portfolio of their ideas, the recipes they have used, photos of their work and an evaluation of their outcomes. Learners can explore topics such as baking, frying, preservation, sugar, dough, batter and more.


Food Technology Skills Grid

Safety

Hygiene

Equipment

Measurement

Decoding a recipe

Folios

Batter

Eggs

Butter

Knife skills

Preservation

Bread Dough

Pastry Dough

Pasta Dough

Pie Dough

Biscuit Dough

Pan Frying

Stir Frying

Deep Frying

Poaching

Sugar

Salt

Steaming

Garnishing

Sauce

Braising

Roasting

Baking

Seasonal Cooking

Catering


P.E. Sports electives


Sports Academy

The Sports Academy Elective is an option subject that students need to apply and be selected for. The selection is a thorough, objective process carried out by the PE and Sports staff. Applications will be discussed and further research into students’ abilities/attitudes will be carried out where necessary.

The elective is intended to provide you with many authentic sporting experiences, work as a part of a team and take on an active role within sport at AJHS. It is an elective that develops athletes’ skills and knowledge and allows time to work on fitness and conditioning.

At the core of the Sports’ Academy elective is the acquisition of sport specific skills and the understanding of basic tactic/strategy which enables you to participate in a range of physical activities – confidently, competently and creatively. Throughout the year students are introduced to a variety of training methods, including exposure to external instructors. In the past this has included zumba, yoga, boxing and crossfit. Students will have the opportunity to participate in the Tough Guy and Gal challenge, Torpedo 7 event, an AFL and Ki-O-Rahi tournament and aquathlon event.

In the theory lessons, all students will cover a wide variety of topics, including components of fitness, nutrition, sports psychology, anatomy, leadership and responses to exercise.

Being a part of the Sports Academy elective will not only assist you in becoming a competent and enthusiastic player but also encourage you to share in positive experiences towards physical activity, which will help you to enjoy participating in lifelong physical activity.

● Develop fundamental coaching knowledge as well as sport specific skill acquisition across particular sports.

● Develop confidence in your ability to create, conduct and evaluate successful sporting sessions/clinics within AJHS and potentially other schools.

● Prepare AJHS Interschool Sports Teams

● Assist with whole school AJHS Sport Carnivals – inclusive of: Athletics, Swimming and Cross Country days


Sports Science

This course is designed for students who are passionate about sport, recreation and fitness. Students will spend time studying the science of exercise and will also design and implement personal fitness plans. Topics to be covered in this course include: components of fitness, basic anatomy, sports nutrition and careers in sport. All students will have good access to the school’s fitness centre and will regularly monitor progress and achievement of goals.

This subject would cater to anyone who has an interest in sport and a desire to improve on their leadership qualities. It would also encompass many of AJHS’s values of encouraging learner ownership and independent learning. The programme covers an introduction to the fundamentals of coaching and management and is a mix of both theoretical and practical classes. Sport Science prepares you to develop your skills and knowledge to cater for small group activities right through to the organisation and delivery of whole school events. Choose this subject if you are planning on studying in future:

● Sports Management ● Sports Coaching

● Sports Development ● Athlete Support Services ● Primary or Secondary Teaching


English elective


English Film Studies

Welcome to the wonderful world of film studies. We film, we edit, we refilm, we re-edit, we always save our work! If it is movies you love, it is movies you will get! Learn about camera angles and shot types, remake popular movies with your own particular style, learn the art of foley, use some really cool movie gear, create your own soundtrack, storyboard, make-up and costuming. Film studies is an outstanding choice.


Text It English

Text It is a full-year English elective that looks at the many forms and uses of text. The aim of the subject is to

develop/enhance the ability of students to read a variety of text types and to use text to achieve specific

purposes. The subject is suitable for students of all abilities and is recommended as an excellent choice for

students who wish to develop a better understanding of vocabulary, spelling, and comprehension in readiness

for NCEA and beyond. Discussion groups will be a key part of these sessions.

During the year, students will interact with media texts, short stories, novels, historical material and critically

reflective writing. We will foster a love of books, and develop an awareness of the importance of print as a form

of communication. can also create and incorporate visual texts into their learning. In Text It, we work to

improve your writing and strengthen your reading, but most importantly to develop your ability to critique,

reason and reflect.


Languages

(Other Than English)


Languages

The study of languages develops and improves communication skills and gives students greater socio-cultural understanding. Language learning not only strengthens performance across the curriculum but also provides a means of improving global connections and career prospects.

It is our policy at AJHS that learners must study one of four global languages and/or Te Reo Maori.

We will, however, endeavor to support learners to study any language. As a commitment for this in 2020, if a different language is requested, we may be able to offer a class, subject to numbers selecting the subjects. There will be a member of staff present, who will help facilitate learners to learn the language. The learner will still select the language that they study and the appropriate level, to complete an online course, but a member of staff will be present to support learning a language. We believe that this will give learners real choice about which language they learn, should they choose to build on the language exposure experienced in Year 7 and Year 8.

A range of classes will be offered, although whether these run will depend on the numbers selecting. For all learners there is still the option of learning a language independently, which AJHS will support in negotiation with parents, who will cover the relevant costs.


Languages – Te Reo Maori

By learning Te Reo, and becoming increasingly familiar with tikanga, Maori learners strengthen their identities, while non-Maori learners’ may journey towards shared cultural understandings.

As learners learn, they come to appreciate that diversity is a key to unity. Te Reo Maori underpins Maori cultural development and supports Maori social and economic development in Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally. In turn, its use is becoming accepted across a wide range of professional arenas.

By learning Te Reo Maori, learners are able to participate with understanding and confidence in situations where Te Reo and tikanga Maori predominate and integrate language and cultural understandings into their lives.

Students will broaden their entrepreneurial and employment options to include work in an ever-increasing range of social, legal, educational, business and professional settings.

Ko te manu e kai ana i te miro, nona te ngahere. Ko te manu e kai ana i te matauranga, nona te ao. Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Maori.


Languages - French

It is our policy at AJHS that learners must study one of four global languages.

The French course is suitable for beginning learners, who have had no previous study of French language and for students who have completed the twenty-week course in Year 7 and Year 8 at AJHS.

Learners will learn to understand and give information in French, learning to express personal information, likes/dislikes, give opinions, agree/disagree, talk about their school day and time table, etc.

The course concentrates on speaking, reading and listening skills as well as developing basic writing skills. Songs and games are also used to increase understanding and fluency.

There is the option to continue with French in Year 10 (one full year), building on Year 9 knowledge and fully integrating grammar explanations and practice to ensure rigorous progression.


Languages - Spanish

It is our policy at AJHS that learners must study one of four global languages.

The Spanish course is suitable for beginner language learners. By the end of the course, students will be able to talk and exchange information about themselves, their family, their school and community, and discuss their city. Learners will be able to describe their home.

Spanish culture is integrated into the language lessons and students will learn about it through various activities. Students use real life experiences to learn, using a range of techniques, including inquiry, through individual work, pair work, group work, games and songs.


Languages - Japanese

Year 9 Japanese is suitable for beginning learners of Japanese, who have had no previous study of the language and for students who have completed the twenty week course at Year 7 or Year 8 at AJHS.

Learners will build on their knowledge of language and customs of Japanese people through the inquiry process. Students use real life experiences to learn, using a range of techniques such as individual work, pair work, group work, games and songs. Students will learn to speak, write and exchange information about themselves, their friends and families, and their town.

This course develops the four communication skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students will learn to read and write the basic and advanced hiragana chart and approximately 25 kanji characters. Japanese culture is integrated into language lessons, so students will learn about it through various activities.


Languages - Mandarin

This course is suitable for beginning language learners. Students will build on their knowledge of language and Chinese culture through the inquiry process. Students use real life experiences to learn, using a range of techniques such as individual work, pair work, group work, games and songs.

By the end of this course, students will be able to exchange information about themselves, their family, their school and community such as: greetings, farewells, name, age, nationality, colours, hobbies, school subject, likes and dislikes, communities and cities. This course develops the four language skills - listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students will also learn to read and write the basic and advanced Chinese components, basic strokes, and approximately 80 Chinese characters.

Chinese culture is integrated into the language lessons and students will learn about it through various activities such as paper cutting, tea ceremony, Beijing opera mark painting, Chinese food, Martial arts, calligraphy, brush painting, Taiji self defence martial art, songs and poems, etc.


Science electives


Environmental Science

This course is for students who are passionate about the natural world and understanding the impact that

humans have upon it. A scientific understanding of our environment will be crucial for the sustainable

management of resources in the future.

Students will focus on four main areas: the hydrosphere; the atmosphere; the geosphere and the biosphere. The

class will explore the interactions between living things; complete fieldwork; carry out practical experiments in

the laboratory; and work on individual and collaborative projects.

There will be an overnight field trip to Tawharanui Regional Park to study native species in their habitat, including

a snorkelling trip at the Tawharanui Marine Reserve. This course is ideal for students who wish to deepen their

knowledge of the natural world and could be the basis for further study and careers in Ecology, Environmental

Science, Environmental Management and Marine Biology.

This subsidy goes towards learning activities such as planting materials, chemicals for water testing and practical experiments.


Human Biology

In this semester length elective, learners will research what our bodies are made up of and how they work.

During the Year 9 course students will learn about the structures and processes which make up:

● The circulatory system

● The respiratory system

● The nervous system, and

● The immune system.

There will be opportunities to carry out dissections (gross and fun!), and use scientific skills and equipment to perform experiments in the laboratory. Learners will be encouraged to work in small peer groups to foster collaborative learning and will also get opportunities for independent study.

Learners will present their work in a range of individual and group tasks, including research, practical application, experiments and collaborative discussion. Excursions and practical workshops will be arranged to provide real world context including goal setting, problem solving strategies and environmental factors influencing the body.

This course is ideal for students who may wish to study health care or medicine in the future.

This subsidy covers dissection resources and other consumable laboratory resources.

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