CTF Construction Technologies Grade 7

The Grade 7 Construction program is an introductory class designed to familiarize the students with shop safety and the use of industrial equipment. Students will begin working with hand tools to shape, sand, and finish a variety of projects. As students progress through the lessons and as their skill level increases, they will work with the larger, more powerful equipment until by the end of this introductory class, they are comfortable in this environment.

2D Art – Drawing and Painting

Try artist developed exercises to improve drawing skills and experiment with different techniques. Develop painting skills to create high realism and abstract art. Projects can be altered to student’s interests.

3D Art – Sculpture

Experiment with a variety of materials to create three dimensional art. Use clay and glaze to develop new hand building techniques (coil, pinch pot and slab). Work in small groups or individually to create paper mache projects too!

Creative Sewing

Find your inner crafter by experimenting with fun fur, felt and other fabrics to create fun projects. Previous sewing experience NOT needed!

Outdoor Education

This option offers activities that will focus on the outdoor setting. Throughout the semester, we will explore a variety of activities like outdoor games, biking, climbing, skating, etc. Be prepared to be outside during all weather conditions.

Band 1 (Novice)

This band class is for students who are new to band or students who feel they need to get a better grasp on instrumental basics before moving into the woodwind or brass band classes.

Band 2 (Woodwinds)

This band class is for students who play flute, oboe, clarinet or alto sax and have at least one year of previous band experience.

Band 3 (Brass/Percussion)

This band class is for students who play trumpet, french horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, tenor sax, bari sax, bass clarinet or percussion and have at least one year of previous band experience.

French This is a continuation of French from grade 6. Students will focus on …… speaking/understanding/writing:

• Learning gestures associated with each new vocabulary word
• Oral practice of high frequency French vocabulary
• Regular use of verbs in the present tense (avoir, aller, être, faire and regular – er, -ir and –re verbs)
• Forming questions using “comment”, “qui”, “combien” and “est-ce que”
• Identifying personal subject pronouns
• Associating gender to nouns
• Practicing word order of phrases
• Letter and number review
• Answering questions in French
• Story reading and reenactment
• Testing of vocabulary words and story comprehension

Physical Education (Daily PE)

Students who wish to have Physical Education on a daily basis are encouraged to take this option. This will be a continuation of the Physical Education class you take on day 1. Students who take this PE class will not have to fill out a daily journal of their physical activity outside of school hours.

Excellence in Sports

In this course, students will be active all the time. The majority of our classes will be spent developing different aspects of conditioning, team strategies, sport skills, and overcoming personal or team challenges. This will be achieved through various games, activities and fitness challenges. Students should come to class in proper gym strip, ready to work, and with a positive attitude