Technology and Applied Studies
YEAR 7 TECHNOLOGY MANDATORY
Year 7 have now experienced almost one year in Technology Mandatory at Mater Dei. They have experienced and used some new equipment including: laser cutter, Micro:bits and stoves and learnt about the Design Process and many other technologies.
The areas they have studied included Agriculture/Food Technology and Digital Technologies.
We have surveyed the students to find out their thoughts on what they have learnt this year. Here are some of their responses……
| This year in TECH I have learnt to..... |
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| Cook things I never knew how to |
| This year I have learnt to code, cook properly and clean hygienically |
| Pluck out weeds |
| Expand my knowledge of coding and use a variety of new technological skills/shortcuts |
| Program micro:bit and design logos |
| I have learnt how to be safe on the farm and in the kitchen |
| I have learnt about agriculture and farming and how to grow veggies |
| In DigiTech I have learnt how to code micro:bits and online safety |
| Cook food such as fried rice and burgers |
| Behave in a kitchen safely and learn many different ways to cook a variety of food |
| Learnt how to plant vegetables |
| Learnt to code and use a variety of technology features |
| I have learnt how to keep safe in the kitchen and cook simple, healthy meals |
| Learnt how to use Adobe Illustrator to code a design for the laser cutter |
| I have learnt how to code a micro:bit to perform required tasks such as flash arrows and keep instruments in time |
| I have learnt to be independent |
| I have learnt what binary is |
| Cook a number of different recipes and confidently go home and prepare these meals for my family |
| Use different skills and tools down at the farm |
| I have had fun in technology learning how to use Minecraft and learning how to code with Grok |
| My favourite part of TECH was...... because...... |
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| Playing hide and seek in the Minecraft world |
| Coding because of the resources we used |
| Cooking because it taught me to cook different meals at home |
| Cooking with my friends |
| Cooking and then getting to eat afterwards |
| Using the laser cutter to design my Father's Day gift |
| Cooking hamburgers and spinach ricotta rolls |
| Using the laser cutter to create a personalised key tag |
| The challenge of using new technology to develop my independence |
| Understanding the global internet |
| AgFo because I could choose my own ingredients to cook |
| Binary coding because it was fun to decode and see other messages |
| Coding because my dream job is to be an engineer |
| AgFo because I got to be with the animals |
| Feeding the lambs |
| Do you have something you would like to share from this year? |
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| We forgot to put the shallots out for everyone |
| Accidentally put the oil in the rice instead of the pan |
| It was so much fun going to the farm with the other class |
| Getting chased by the chickens |
Mrs Nicole Lane | TAS KLA Leader