OGHS Option choices

Year 11 in 2011

Year 11 EnglishYou will study:

• Novels, Poems, Short

Stories, Lyrics

• Films, Posters

And you will create:

• Visual presentations

• Speeches

• Stories, poems, opinion

pieces

See Ms Dick or your English teacher for

further information

In English at Year 11 you will have a mixture of internal

assessment and external examinations

Intermediate ESOL

Aim

-Improve your listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in English to help mainstream subjects.

-Work towards Level 1 Literacy

Topics

• Reading for information and instructions.

• Write information texts and recounts.

• Wide reading.

• Give a presentation to an audience.

Assessments

• -ESOL unit standards (Levels1 and 2)

• English unit/achievement standards (Level 1)

• -Speech New Zealand OCESOL (Oral Communication in English for Speakers of Other Languages)

• -City and Guilds International ESOL exam

• -ESOL exam (school)

*** You will do work and assessments at your level. We understand that students

of the same age can be at differing English levels. Hours of ESOL depend on

your level of English.

Year 11 MathematicsIn Year 11 Mathematics is compulsory. The course you will be

in will depend on the class you are time tabled for

There are 3 courses in Year 11.

Year 11 Maths with algebra study algebra, number, statistics

and geometry. Assessment is three external achievement

standards with four internal Achievement standards

Year 11 Maths with Measurement course is similar to Maths

with Algebra but measurement is also studied. More

assessment is internal assessed and there are only two

external standards

Year 11 Maths Numeracy look at number, measurement,

statistics and probability. This course is all internally assessed.

See Ms Chapman, Miss Martin, Mr Adams, Miss Spence or

Miss Young for further information

Mathematics is the study of patterns and is a required

skill for many career choices.

Year 11 Science

Topics are selected from:

• Genetics

• Investigate Electricity

• Investigate Micro-organisms

• Mechanics

• Investigate Heat

• Acids and Bases

• Investigate Metals

(compulsory)

Year 11 Science is an explosive good time!

See Mr Richards or Dr Phillips for further

information

Assessment is both external and internal. It includes

experiments, research and scientific reports. Science

splits into Biology, Chemistry and Physics in Year 12.

female

dominant

Year 11 Physical

EducationTopics

• Tchoukball

• Self Defence, sports

massage

• Sports science

• Inline Skating

• Drugs and Alcohol (external exam)

See a PE teacher for further information

Year 11 PE is about having fun with your classmates. It

is a practical subject with a variety of activities to suit

everyone.

Year 11 Outdoor

EducationTopics

•Rock climbing

•Kayaking

•Mountain biking

•Orienteering

•Day Tramps

•Camping

•Safety in the

outdoors

• Insert rock climbing

See Miss Todd for further information

Year 11 Outdoor Education is about challenging yourself in the

outdoors in a variety of different activities.

Year 11 Maori

• Achieving social

competence in te

reo Māori

• Extended family

• whakapapa

• Protocols

• The natural world

• Human qualities

Year 11 Maori• Internal

assessments

• Crafted writing

• Speech

• Listening

comprehension

• External

assessments

• Writing

• Reading

• ...See Ms Hunter

Year 11 FrenchTopics covered:

•School Life

•My Town

•Future Plans

•Health

•Holidays

•There is an opportunity to

go on an exchange at the

end of Year 12 to either

France (6 weeks) or Tahiti

(4 weeks)

See Mrs Holmes for more info!

NCEA Level 1:

There are 24 credits

available in French

Assessment:

•Internally assessed

portfolios for speaking and

writing

•External exam at the end

of the year for Listening

and Reading

Year 11 Japanese

Topics

• Town & Around

• Party Time

• Travel to Japan

• School Days

• Assessment is a mixture of internal &

external with 24 credits available.

*Internal assessment is portfolio based

and includes oral interactions & written

tasks.

*External assessment is listening &

reading comprehension tasks

See Miss Ware for further information

Heaps of opportunities to go to

Japan! • Japan Trip (next one in 2011)

• Exchanges to our sister schools in Tokyo &

Hiroshima

Spanish Year 11!

Topics

• Ordering food in a

restaurant

• The body and sickness

• Making comparisons

• Talk about your typical day

• Write stories

• Part time jobs

• Chores

• Holidays

Activities•Watch the TV series “mi vida

loca”

•Write to your penpal in Spain

•Role plays

•Learn more songs

•Listen to popular Spanish

music

¡Spanish!• Continue Spanish to have the

opportunity to travel to Argentina and

Chile

• 400 million people speak Spanish –

join them!

• Learn about Spanish culture through

dance, song, movies and drama.

Credits:

24 credits

Internals: presentation, interaction and writing with

resources

Externals: reading, listening

Year 11 Geography

Geography is the study of the world

around us. It is a study of the earth and

the different people who live on it.

Year 11 Geography

Topics:

• Tsunami

• Population

• Dairy Farming

• Skills

• Current Issue

• Global Pattern

• Mount Cook

Research (one

week field trip)

GEOGRAPHY IS ALL AROUND US

For more information see

Mrs Davidson, Mrs Lynch

or Ms Geddes

Year 11 History

• History is about the study of past events, people, places, issues,

movements and much much more. In History we investigate

what has happened in the past to help us understand the world

today.

• In 2011 we will investigate key moments in world history from

ancient times to today. This will include a detailed study of 20th

century events that shaped the world.

Year 11 History

• Topics we study include:

– Conflict - major wars of the

20th century (WW1, WW2,

Vietnam)

– Social Issues – Black Civil

Rights, Women’s Rights,

Human Rights, Protest

movements , Apartheid,

Slavery

– New Zealand and the World

- Key moments that have

shaped New Zealand’s

History

Assessment = internally assessed research and externally assessed paragraphs , cartoon and resource interpretation and one essay

See Miss Speight or Mrs Roy for further information

Accounting

• A new subject

• Exciting

• Useful for you - now and in the future

» $$$$$$$

• Learn this game of two halves where to

win the score must be equal

The topics you will cover include

• What accounting is and how it helps you, your family,

club or a business

• How accountants record events

• How to do financial statements – a great challenge,

loads of fun!

• How to make and look after $$$

• For more details, see Ms Babbage or Mrs Wright

BUSINESS STUDIES

• A new subject- follow on from SELL or

Year 10 Market Day – earn 6 credits for

this activity alone!

• Want to design, make a product and sell

it to earn some $$$$

• Want to become a CEO, then business

studies is for you!

The topics you will cover include

• Marketing

• Human resources

• Finance

• How to make and look after $$$

• For more details, see Mrs Wright or Miss Park

Year 11 EconomicsIn Year 11 Economics: In Demand we examine the

problem of getting enough income to buy all the goods and

services that we think we need and want. We look at how we

make choices and what factors influence our choices.

Our other two externals examine how Producers decide what

to supply to Consumers and how the Government impacts on

both Producer and Consumer decisions.

See Mrs Lynch or Mrs Wright or Miss Park

for more details

We have three Internal

papers

*Understanding how producers chose to make their

products?

*Complete an inquiry into Government decision making

*Describe how sectors of the economy are

interdependent.

DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY

• Level 1 NCEA

• Level 2 NCEA

• Level 3 NCEA

• Digital Technology allows students to

use digital media and technologies to

explore their environment and become

techno literate for their future careers

Digital Information

• Focuses on the use of productivity software, case studies and the use of digital technologies to support everyday life.

Digital Media• This looks at a number of different areas of

knowledge, such as web design, interactive media, animation, and graphic design. Students would be expected to produce solutions that communicate effectively through one or more digital media applications.

Year 11 Computer

ScienceThere are BIG changes in this

subject next year!

• No more Unit Standards, it will be all

Achievement Standards – so you can get

Merits and Excellences.

• There will be a mixture of in-class

assessments and exams.

• You can get a real understanding of how

computers work.

• Learn the basics of programming using Lego

Mindstorm Robots.

• Find out the fundamentals of the Web and

Web Design including using Photoshop.

• It will give you excellent skills and knowledge

in an ever growing and expanding field with

lots of career opportunities.

See Mr Scott or Ms Gill for further

information on this course for 2011

So if you like problem solving, being creative, finding out how things

work and overall being challenged then:

The course will designed around the following topics

•Electronics (Build your own circuit board)

•Programming and Computer Science (Lego Robots)

•Digital Information (How Microsoft Windows works)

•Digital Media (Adobe Photoshop & Web Sites)

•Digital Infrastructure (How computer parts work together)

Year 11 Textile Design• In the first unit we will be

exploring different sewing

and applied design

techniques, so that you have

the knowledge to make

quality products for the rest

of the year.

Please see Ms Gillies for further

information

•The second

project takes over

two terms.

You design a

garment or textile

item and then

make up a full

scale mock-up of it.

•The third project is

to turn the mock-up

into the

final version.

Year 11 Hard Materials

Technology• Design and make

objects from various

materials.

• Past Projects have

included...

• Recycled furniture

• Jewellery design

Acrylic and pewter box by Rebecca Walker

We try to use a broad range of materials and you get a lot of choice in

what you make. The course is Achievement standard based.

See Mr Pickard if you have questions or

want more information

Bread bin by Nabeelah SaibPuzzle holder by

Sarah Hawker-Lawrence

Year 11 Graphics

• Graphics will

provide you with a

broad range of

design skills.

• Most work is design

brief based. Briefs

include...

• Landscape design

• Lamp design + more

Graphics will help you to draw and

communicate more effectively through

images.

See Mr Pickard for more information

Year 11 Home

Economics – NCEA

• Explore current food issues and

study nutrition.

• Identify and reflect on factors that

influence peoples’ choice of food

and use this knowledge to make

informed decisions.

• Plan, prepare, cook, and serve

food.

• Develop creativity with food and

experience a sense of

accomplishment.

See Mrs Cook for further information

All about food, making informed food choices, preparing

and cooking with food.

Assessment is through internals and externals

Topics•Nutrition and

food choices .

•Food Safe

Practices

•Cultural foods.

•Nutritional

information .

Internal Achievement Standards

• Research & Analyse Art Works

Students research and analyse selected art

works from Maori and other cultural contexts

4 Credits

• Learn Drawing Methods & Skills

Students learn drawing skills using specific wet

and dry media

4 Credits

• Develop work in more than one field of practice

Students apply specific skills to create works in Mixed

Media and Printmaking

6 Credits

Year 11 Art

External Exam – 12 Credits

2 Panel Folio

• Students need to have taken Yr9 & Yr10 Art to go on to NCEA Level 1

• See Ms Robson or Mr Otley for further information

Year 11 Dance

Assessment Activities• Group choreography

• Duet choreography

• Solo choreography

• Perform Bharata Natyam (classical

dance from south India)

• Perform South African Gumboot

Dance

• Perform Salsa partner dance

• Perform as a member of a group in

the dance from France – the

Cancan!!!

Skills•View and respond to a variety of dance

works

•Explore and describe the features and

backgrounds of a variety of dance

genres

•Develop knowledge and confidence in

performing a variety of dance genres

•Select and use choreographic devices

and structures to develop and give form

to dance ideas

11 Dance

• Level 1 dance is a fun filled year which gives

you the opportunity to learn about dance

styles from around the world

• You will also perform in the end of year dance

concert in front of an invited audience of

friends and family

Credits:

28 credits

Internals: choreography and performance

Externals: Interpreting dance/knowledge of a dance

genre/understanding of dance elements and devices

Year 11 DramaTopics

• Theatre form

• Devised drama

• Acting role

• Assessment is portfolio

based, documenting

drama processes and

finishing with a

performance

See Ms Leckie for further information

If you enjoy working with other students to make

decisions and create dramatic roles then Drama would be

a sensible choice for you.

Year 11 MusicYou will work towards gaining 24 credits at Level 1. The course aims to

provide you with opportunities for self-expression through composition and performance, and to assist you with the development of your theoretical

knowledge of the fundamentals of music.

You will gain skills in the following areas:

•Solo and group performance. •Composing material for a specific purpose.•Aurally identifying the elements and features of simple music.•Identify and describe the fundamentals materials of music.

Year 11 MusicTopics Covered:

•Rock/Popular Music in Aotearoa, New Zealand•Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima•Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen•Eine Kleine Nachtmusik - Mozart•Carousel – Douglas Lilburn•I Hope I Never and NZ Popular Music