Faculty of Technology / Te Wāhanga Hangarau
Where ideas become a reality / Hei whakaea ngā whakaaro
Faculty of Technology Staff
Back row: Deidre Lum-McDonald, Leanne Cropp, James Harris
Middle row: Ben Gibson, Carolyn Aitken, Karen McNicholl, Rob Capaldi, Andrew Thomson
Front row: Annie Davies, Karen Kennedy (HOF), Hilary Martin
Headshots (top to bottom): Rebecca Abbot, Emma Smith, Philip Jacobs
As we head towards the end of the year, our senior students are finishing off the last of their internal assessments and preparing their folio’s (planning/development evidence) and written reports, to be submit for external achievement standards. We wish them every success and hope the Christmas holiday provides time for them to recharge their batteries.
No matter which of the technology contexts students within our faculty study, community and client feedback is embedded in their practice and reflected in their outcomes. We thank all those within our community who, have allow us into their workplaces, who have been prepared to come into the classroom to share their industry knowledge and the many clients our students have worked with.
Again, this year many students experienced Home/Hybrid learning due to Covid and parents may have experienced some of the practical components of our courses happening at home, we thank you for your support.
Staff have worked hard to ensure all students in both the junior and senior courses have had access to teaching material online, as well as preparing their day-to-day classroom lessons. So, although 2022 has been another tough year, we feel students will enter their 2023 Technology courses well prepared.
We extend our congratulations to Leanne Cropp (HOD Digital Technologies) on successfully gaining a Study Award for 2023. This will allow her to complete her Bachelor of Information Science Degree. Leanne already holds BSc and MSc Degrees, so brings a wealth of knowledge to her Department and the Faculty.
Esmé Rogerson, a DAP301 student, also is to be congratulated on receiving the Prime Minister's Vocational Excellence Award. This award is worth $2,000 and will help Esmé as she moves to tertiary education next year to follow her love of design.
The individual department articles that follow, showcases student work and industry and community connections.
Ngā mihi, nāku noa, nā
Karen Kennedy (HOF)
Architectural and Product Design Department / Hoahoanga me Hoahoatanga hua
Innovation by Design / Auahatanga mā te hoahoa
A wide range of community based architectural design projects have been undertaken at all levels during 2022, as well as an interesting range of product designs. Teaching effective communication and presentation skills, is a big focus in this department and we hope the quality of the work published below reflects this – scroll down to view student’s work.
We were pleased our off-site workshops, at various tertiary institutes, and research trips could take place as planned and students gained much from these experiences.
Another experience that provided an excellent lesson in organisation and time management was the DAP301 Exhibition held Week 7, Term 3. This event was well supported, and it was nice to see some ex-students in attendance.
A big thank you to all the help provided by families on the night. We are still storing some props used on the night, in our department. If you are missing a household item, please arrange a pick-up before the end of the school year.
Valuable feedback was provided to the students on the night by Jonathan Kettle (Product Designer and Trainee Teacher) and Gemma Attwood (Architectural Designer). We thank them for their time and the valuable written feedback they provided to each of our students.
Looking back over our 2022 photo collection I realise how ‘normal’ mask wearing was during our school day. Here the photo of the DAP301 class shows students ‘masked up’ in class.
We wish all our students well in their upcoming exams and to our DAP301 students, all the very best for the future.
Haere taka mua, taka muri; kaua e whai / Be a leader not a follower
Karen Kennedy (HOD)
STUDENT WORK
Tom Dellow – Community Skate Arena and Facilities
Jess Kelly – Matariki Light Sculpture
Thomas Newsom – Prosthetic Product Design
Jack Gunn - Exhibition
Jordan Shanks – UE Boom Speaker Holder
Phoebe Smith – Presentation of Green Spine Public Facility
Catherine Douglas – detail of Designer Furniture Aotearoa
Digital Technology
And just like that, another year has zoomed by! Despite the interruptions and challenges we managed to explore a few more items from the never-ending list of skills and tools available in this large subject area, and for our seniors – secure a few more credits.
The computer labs were always in use by those needing extra time to catch up on assessment work. eSports happened as a weekly session held in the South Library creative space. Some of our students have signed up for a local tournament in November which should be a fun way for our senior students to unwind after final exams. We have something exciting in the pipeline for eSports at Cashmere High School in 2023. Keep your eyes peeled!
The Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge ran twice this year. It is a National online challenge that asks students to solve puzzles that relate to computer science concepts including networks, data structures, trees, graphs, hashing, error detection, pattern recognition, complex pattern decomposition, logic, and algorithms. It is completed under the pressure of a 45-minute time limit. The March challenge resulted in four of our Year 11 students scoring 100% and sharing the “First in NZ” award: Justin Wood (11CTM), James Cropp (11GIB), Ethan Simpson (11LSF) and Callum Hynes (11POL). Callum also competed in the August challenge and was awarded “First in NZ”, again! Congratulations to our Distinction (top 10%) award students; Maggie Yang (9GRT), Nina Anderson (9GRT), Morgan Lee (9TLN), Thomas Newsom (10AMD), Rishi Kakadi (10GDM), Max Matthews (10HCC), Oliver Chinn (10RIA), Tvisha Koshiya (10SEG), Leo Prisco (10SIL), Holly Rogers (10SIL), Vincent Aydon (11BYG), Ryan Hughes (11GIB), Josh Rayner (11JAD), Xavier Tapsell (11POL), Lesley Ellwood (11GIB), Jacob Ridder (11JAD), Samuel Fisher (11GIB), Sophia Park-Eadie (11CTM), Matt Fraser (11BSM), David Lee (11GIB), Alex Crossen (12CPL) and James Stent (12CPL).
Leanne Cropp (HOD)
Food Technology
Level 1 Food Technology – Genoise Sponge Assessment
This year our Level 1 Food Technology students have been working on Achievement Standard 91082, Implement basic procedures to process a specified product. This Standard requires students to create a product to demonstrate their skill and efficiency to meet a specification.
This year they created a Genoise Sponge as their final product. Sponge making requires patience, care, and a good understanding of the ingredients. Our students should be very proud of how they perfected their sponges ready for assessment day. Students selected a teacher as an invited guest, to incorporate manaakitanga into their final products (to uplift the mana of others). Teachers also helped assess if the product met specifications, by checking the sponge height, colour, flavour and finish. Guests were very impressed with the quality of the student outcomes, with some coming back for seconds! Ka mau te wehi!
Level 3 Food Technology
A report commissioned by the Ministry of Health, written by Sarah Gerritsen and Clare Wall May 2017, found that meal preparation and cooking skills among approximately 80% of secondary school students in the Youth’12 survey can cook a meal from basic ingredients either fairly or very easily (Utter et al 2016b). The other 20% reported not being able to cook a meal from basic ingredients such as raw vegetables or foods either at all or without help (Utter et al 2016b). They also had no food literacy to plan, manage, select, prepare and eat foods to meet the Nutrition Guidelines.
The Level 3 Food Technology student had the brief to- Develop a basic recipe that could be used for 3 recipes popular with teenagers to prepare, so as to address the issue of the 20% who struggle in a kitchen. Alongside this brief, the Level 3 students also had to plan a way to present their recipe using some form of media platform and include te reo. We had stir fries, pasta, pies and pastries smells coming out of the kitchens! Ka pai.
Beef Pot Pies by Harrison Batzloff
Ingredients
- 350 g parāoa pokepoke/puff pastry
- 8 slices tīhi/cheese
- Pie filling
- 1 aniana/onion (finely diced)
- 1 kāreti/carrot (optional, finely diced)
- 350g mīti nakunaku/mince beef
- 1T hinu hinu/oil
- 1/2t minced kāriki/garlic
- 1 c pū pīwhi/beef stock
- 1 T whakapiri tōmato/tomato paste
- 1 T wairanu wahitata/worcestershire sauce
- 1 t amiami/mixed herbs
- ½ t pepa/black pepper
- 2 t paraoa witi/ cornflour mixed with ¼ cup wai/water
- Egg wash
- 1 hēki/egg whisked
- 1 t waiū/milk
- Heat 1T of olive oil in a medium frying pan over a medium heat. Cook onions and carrot for 5 minutes until soft. Add garlic and mince and brown (about 5 minutes).
- Add all remaining pie filling ingredients, except cornflour and water, stir to combine and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir through the cornflour mixture and cook for a further 2-3 minutes until the gravy thickens.
- Roll out ⅔ of the pastry to fit a 20-23cm round pie dish. Line the bottom of the dish with the pastry, fill with the mince filling and top with the cheese slices. Roll out the remaining pastry to fit the top of the pie and place on top, sealing the edges with your fingers or a fork.
- Prick holes in the pastry using a fork and brush with egg wash. Bake at 180°C/350°F for 40 minutes until the pastry is golden brown and cooked through.
- Serve immediately and store leftovers in the fridge for 4 days.
Deidre Lum-McDonald (HOD)
Multi Materials
This year we’ve been getting to grips with more new Technology in the form of a laser cutter, and we’re rolling this out into programs of study. You can see a pic of the machine below
The laser can work with a range of materials and can cut and engrave. It can produce some very fine detail which wouldn’t necessarily be possible by hand and so it gives us more options
Here is an example of a Yr 9 students work which wouldn’t have been possible to do by hand!
It runs off a desktop based program and so at the moment we are producing designs based on what the students request – but the next phase would be students producing the models themselves on laptops capable of running the machines software so that is one of our future goals.
Joining us this year was Justine Vandenberg, who picked up some year 9 classes. Her background is in ESOL and English and she has given us a new perspective on literacy teaching and how to get across technical language.
Rob Capaldi (HOD)