Year 9 Technology Electives
Food Technology
Senior Masterchef
Students expand on their cooking skills and knowledge of food while applying it in a working kitchen. They are introduced to new equipment and their use in preparing a variety of fresh produce. Students investigate locally sourced food, different cooking techniques and the basic function of specific ingredients in a recipe. They then apply this knowledge to create, design and adapt recipes that continually challenge and extend them. During practical sessions, they produce and evaluate their own dishes using sensory evaluation words to both identify and analyse foods. They have the opportunity to explore the benefits of cooking with fresh, seasonal produce and to identify new and exciting ingredients. Students are ultimately challenged to demonstrate their knowledge of food and their ability to use a wide range of ingredients in designing, producing and evaluating a healthy meal.
Chefs Starter
Students will work in the kitchen using a range of food preparation and cookery skills, enabling them to develop an early understanding of the hospitality and tourism industries. Knife skills, cooking methods, food presentation and complex processes such as creating preserves will be covered. With a focus on the use of ingredients students will build a strong base of knowledge on which to move into possible VCAL and VET hospitality programs. It will also allow students to achieve competencies that will enhance their employment prospects within a broad range of hospitality settings
Hospitality Studies
Introduction to Hospitality
Waiter, Waiter, there's a fly in my soup!! Would you know what to do? Which fork do I use for the salad course? What is the perfect temperature for a cappuccino? In introduction to Hospitality students will study a range of topics related to the hospitality and tourism industry. Engage in a range of hands on activities and theory based projects in this subject that will prepare you to step into the VCE VET Hospitality course or assist you to gain that job as a barista, wait staff or just be able to throw the greatest dinner party ever!
(Please note there is NO Charge for this theory based subject)
Digital Technology
Maker Space
Be a part of the Maker Space movement. Using a variety of hardware, from electrical circuitry and components, to programmable micro processors to design, create, test and improve your own digital designs and solutions. Learn how to use and program a variety of everyday tech to have it help you. Build on your ideas and improve your computational thinking to help create and formulate a better future for us all.
AI OK
Artificial Intelligence. What is it? How can it be used? Siri, Alexa, Google Home; just say their names and they light up. Get the lowdown on AI before it gets the lowdown on you. Learn the skills to be able to create, program and manipulate robotic and intelligent devices to help improve the world around you. Skill up in using one of the most popular and widely used programing languages: Java and JavaScript and control intelligent objects your own creation
Design Technology
Year 9 Design Tech
Laser cutting and 3D printing are two of the tools you will learn how to use, in order to plan, prototype and create objects to meet design briefs and challenges. Develop your design thinking skills beginning from the planning stage, using digital software to help turn your concepts into physical creations, right through to the building and evaluation stage to assess and improve your constructions.