Technology
Technology at Sacred Heart College is one of the eight compulsory learning areas included in The New Zealand Curriculum. The Technology curriculum (Levels 1 to 5 and then NCEA Levels 6 to 8) consists of three strands – Technological Practice, the Nature of Technology and Technological Knowledge – and eight achievement objectives fit within those three strands. The aim is that teaching and learning aligns clearly with these three strands and supports the general development of a student’s technological literacy. All three strands work together to set the overall direction for learning in Technology and these are spread equally across the five focus technological disciplines:
- Computational Thinking for Digital Technologies
- Designing and developing Digital outcomes
- Designing and developing Food Technology outcomes
- Designing and developing Materials outcomes
- Design and Visual Communication
Years 7 and 8
The students study a one-year compulsory programme of Technology and rotate five times per year, approximately every six weeks. In both Year 7 and Year 8 they study in the four focus areas of:
- Materials Technology
- Digital Technology
- Computational Thinking
- Food Technology
Year 9
The students study a single-year compulsory programme of Technology and rotate four times a year. They study all fiveareas of Technology listed below. Each area of Technology is assessed against the levels of The New Zealand Curriculum. The rotations, in no particular order, are:
- Computational Thinking for Digital Technologies
- Designing and developing Digital outcomes
- Designing and developing Food Technology outcomes
- Designing and developing Materials outcomes
- Design and Visual Communication
Year 10
The students can opt for a technological area of study in Year 10. Technology is not compulsory but students can opt for more than one area of Technology if desired. The Year 10 programmes endeavour to:
- Embed the strands of the Technological curriculum
- Prepare students for NCEA Technological studies
Years 11 to 13
There are five NCEA pathways in Technology that run from Level 1 to Level 3. These are:
- Design and Visual Communication (optional scholarship): this is a University Entrance subject
- Hospitality
- Digital Media (optional scholarship): this is a University Entrance subject
- Computer Science (optional scholarship): this is a University Entrance subject
- Carpentry: trade skills leading to pre-apprenticeship and apprenticeship programmes.
In addition, we run a Mechanical Technology at Level 1.
Technology Department Staff
