rendering unit. This year Monique Ellis-Martin delivered both Year 10 courses. Boys continued to build on the Year 9 foundation course where they refined their skills over two main projects during the course. One was for product design and one for architecture. This course also introduced Te Aro Maˉori themes into the architecture course. On surveying the boys they are still very passionate about architecture. The Year 11 course was delivered by Carey Prebble and Eloise Nevin. Following on from Year 10, boys spend half the year working on a product design project and the other half on an architectural project. With the Term 3 lockdown period interrupting the course the decision was made to remove one of the external technical drawing standards and replace it with an internal presentation project. Boys have had a very successful year and have thoroughly enjoyed the course. This is reflected in the numbers going onto 2022 wherein the majority of boys have selected to continue their DVC studies into Year 12. The Year 12 and Year 13 courses were taught by Monique Ellis-Martin. The Year 12 course was modified to incorporate more practical modelling. Boys designed a product design for the bathroom based on an era in time. It was great to see so many boys making and refining their designs. The second project was to design an architectural solution for Waka tours. This began with a Waka experience on the Avon River, a history lesson and an introduction to the voyager. As with the Year 11 course, due to the lockdown, the decision was made to replace an external with the presentation internal that resulted in a number of boys drawing up their final designs in SketchUp and using compositional and graphic design knowledge to produce excellent posters to present their final outcomes. The Year 13 course had a healthy cohort of 22 boys which showed good retention and enjoyment of the course in the senior years. Boys started with ideation in Term 1. The main project required the boys to
develop either a product or spatial design. 85% of the boys chose to do architectural projects cementing the idea that most boys prefer architecture. The standard of this internal assessment was very high. A number of boys are looking to study architecture, landscape architecture and industrial design at a range of tertiary institutes next year.
Technology, DVC and Materials Technology courses, and has led the department as HoD – Design & Technology for the past four years. We also farewell Carey Prebble who will be away on Maternity Leave for the duration of Term 1 and Term 2. We look forward to welcoming her back at the beginning of Term 3 in 2022. We are fortunate to have appointed Kate Kempthorne who returns to College to cover DVC and Art classes for Term 1 and Term 2. We congratulate Monique Ellis- Martin who has been appointed in the role of Acting HoD – Design & Technology for 2022. She will be supported by Craig Walker who joins the team as the Teacher in Charge of Digital Technology. Eloise Nevin HoD Design & Technology
Monique Ellis-Martin TiC Design and Visual Communication
As we come to the end of another successful year for the Technology students and staff at Christ’s College, thanks must be made for the dedication and ongoing commitment of our team of Technology teachers – Monique Ellis-Martin, Gavin Love, Kevin Harris, Carey Prebble, Sam Leary, Kate Belton, Eloise Nevin, and our Technology technician Peter van Arendonk. As the 2021 year draws to a close we see some staffing changes within the department. We say goodbye to Eloise Nevin and wish her well with her relocation to Nelson, and her new role as Head of Digital Technology at Nayland College. Over the past six years, Eloise has taught across the Digital
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