Whangarei Girls' High School

10DVC

Year 10 Design and Visual Communication

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Course Description

Design and Visual Communication helps to prepare students to make contributions to our modern technological society by developing their graphic communication and creative problem solving skills. DVC students are given the opportunity to generate inventive and innovative ideas in response to briefs and to communicate their ideas through drawing, modelling and other visual means.

Students learn about the design process and creative problem solving while working through a series of exciting and relevant projects. They also learn freehand drawing and digital skills which allow them to communicate and present design ideas in response to a given brief.

Teacher in Charge

Rebecca Maunder


Pathway

Contributions and Equipment

All students need: pens, pencils, ruler, eraser, glue stick, highlighters, coloured pencils, scissors for all classes

Specific requirements for this class are:
Take home component: $20 stationery Fee includes visual diary - Optional
Students also have the option to purchase more specialised materials, equipment or resources for their individual projects. (e.g: developing screens for printing vs hand cut, pine vs rimu) they will need to be mindful of this when working through the design process.


Recommended Prior Learning

Open entry