Christ’s College Prize Year 13 Digital Technologies Thomas Moggie Craig Walker TiC Digital Technology Design & Visual Communication In Design & Visual Communication, the philosophy for the course is from traditional foundations we can lay the way for divergent future thinkers. We still stand behind setting boys up with the key skills of being able to visually communicate their ideas through modes of hand drawing, technical drawing, physical modelling, and rendering to show form and material properties. This means in the Year 9 course, all students are exposed to a trimester of our three foundation skills of sketching, rendering, and technical drawing. College is now in the third year of the Diploma, and there have been record numbers of boys choosing either product design or architectural design. This has been challenging when only seeing the boys twice a week. However, the boys have enjoyed the subject, with many wishing they had longer in class. From 2024, core technology subjects will move from two to four periods a week. This will allow students to immerse themselves further into their projects to fully develop their ideas. This year, there was a drop in numbers in our prep courses, with most boys choosing architecture. In this course, boys continued to build on their visual communication skills of design drawing, and rendering before designing a building for the Matariki. This has been a very creative class and the boys have enjoyed the self-directed learning of the project work, allowing them to lead and develop their projects creatively. I have been impressed with the level of work produced in this class, despite it being only a semester-long course. Many boys have bright futures in the design and architecture world. This year in the Year 12 class, students completed projects in both product design and architectural
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design. In product design, boys came up with a design to store an object in the bathroom. This allowed them to have choices and input. The boys designed toilet roll holders, soap trays, toothbrush holders, or had the option to come up with a design of their choice. The larger architectural project was a culturally rich course. Boys learnt about the waka and moved out of the classroom to travel in a waka on the Avon River and undertook a learning walk around the city to look at the history and themes behind some of the new buildings before coming up with ideas based on the native landscape to design a tourist building for waka tours. This is a very popular project, and we will continue to offer it. To finish the year, the boys completed two external standards. One was a two-point perspective drawing, and the other was to generate design ideas. This year, the focus for the Year 13 course was others. This is a bespoke course allowing boys to take leadership of their learning by writing their brief and developing an outcome to meet it. How can we design something that will benefit others? The boys embraced this theme, with students designing prosthetic legs, emergency shelter pods, and therapy clinics. The boys loved being able to follow their passions and design whatever they wanted. It has been great to see so many boys using the laser cutter and emblaser to make physical models of their final designs. A highlight is our first fashion student, Eric Liu, who has created a very divergent avant- garde piece of fashion. Christ’s College Prize Year 9 Design & Visual Communication Guy Holmes Christ’s College Prize Year 10 Design & Visual Communication Hunter Lethlean Christ’s College Prize Year 11 Design & Visual Communication Che De Luca Christ’s College Prize Year 12 Design & Visual Communication Oscar Chen
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DRAMA The Drama Department has settled back into life ‘post-Covid-19’ and taken the huge step of reintroducing international travel into our programme. As usual, we have been kept on our toes by multiple productions, festivals, competitions, examinations, and classroom activities. It has been a massive year, full of risk- taking and the idea of stepping outside our comfort zone. Students have taken on challenges in the characters they play, the decisions they make, and the ideas they share. Taking 34 students to the other side of the world has been a highlight. They experienced life in London, along with an enormous range of theatrical experiences, including seeing 10 productions on the West End, at the National Theatre, Globe Theatre, and Bridge Theatre, and by the Royal Shakespeare Company. They were enthralled by the incredible depth of historical experiences available and took advantage of our knowledgeable guides and workshop teachers. It was spectacular to see the students thriving, managing themselves, and adapting to new challenges while overseas. We have welcomed a new staff member, Shannon Small, to both the Drama and English departments. Shannon has a wealth of experience and knowledge and it has been wonderful to see him quickly slot into our Drama family. Students have enjoyed his positive nature, quick wit, and vast array of skills in the Arts. We feel very lucky to have Shannon on board. In 2023, students have had the following opportunities: • Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival
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