End of Term Technology
Visual Art:
Year 7 students have been trying to master using charcoal pencils, learning the technique of shading using cue tips for softer shadows and their fingers.
Year 8 students have been hard at work learning about a style of artwork called POP ART. They have been using acrylic paint or paint pens to highlight their work and make them pop!
Parents please ask your child to show their Art Assignment so you can comment inside their assignment.
E-Tech:
Students have been finishing off their 5 week laser cutter projects and a few students are using Tinker-cad to create models for the 3D Printer.
It has been very busy term and the students have enjoyed learning how to move files around between computer programmes to make their projects.Every student has produced a variety of their own designs for family and friends from 3mm coloured Acrylic and Pine wood.
Food Technology:
Year 7 students have been very busy working out the practical costing and creating, then making recipes for their 'Feed 4 for $20 challenge". Butter chicken, tacoes, shepherd's pie, burgers, spaghetti bolognese and Vietnamese pork bowls just to name a few of these delicious creations!
Year 8 students have explored foods from around the world, and had some culinary successes alongside some culinary challenges! Tarte tatin, curries, burgers, eclairs, crepes, poke bowls, souffle and even Korean corndogs got tested out.
Please ask your child to show you their Food Technology Learning Journal on Google Classroom.
Hard Materials:
The end of the term is the busiest time in hard materials as students finish up planter boxes and make their own projects. This term, we have made 10 planter boxes, which means more plants and benches to decorate school and make breaks more comfortable. For take-home projects, chopping boards were the most popular. The students could choose whether to use macrocarpa (from a Kaikorai Valley sawmill) or rimu salvaged from recent school renovations - or a combination of the two, using widening joints.
After the boards were made, there was some serious sanding. Swords were also popular - strictly with permission from home, and to be taken straight home after school - and some great examples were made. There was an array of other projects made, from desk organisers to llamas, dice and even cheeses! One of my favourites was a gravestone for Max and Marley, dearly beloved rats - “RIP Little Dudes”.
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