Complementary Program
Art 7
Students will explore a variety of media and techniques to create art through drawing, painting and sculpting. Student projects will involve exploration of the impact of colour, composition, natural forms, man-made forms, cultural traditions, artifacts, and transformations in art. Additionally, students will focus on learning to use basic art vocabulary to discuss their own artwork.
Concert Band 7 - Woodwind (Full year course)
Concert Band 7 offers students the opportunity to continue to develop their personal and ensemble performance skills while creating a wide variety of new music with other musicians. Students will have the opportunity to perform in several concerts throughout the year, participate in the AIBF music festival, perform for feeder elementary schools, and have the option of attending a three-day overnight band workshop retreat. Students also enjoy leadership opportunities and can become mentors for younger students. New students are welcome and will be mentored by their peers.
Concert Band 7 – Brass and Percussion (Full year course)
Concert Band 7 offers students the opportunity to continue to develop their personal and ensemble performance skills while creating a wide variety of new music with other musicians. Students will have the opportunity to perform in several concerts throughout the year, participate in the AIBF music festival, perform for feeder elementary schools, and have the option of attending a three-day overnight band workshop retreat. Students also enjoy leadership opportunities and can become mentors for younger students. New students are welcome and will be mentored by their peers.
Music 7 - Ukulele
This course is designed to build on musical skills that were covered in Grade 6 Music. Students will discover and develop skills such as rhythm, melody, harmony, singing, and reading by learning more complex songs than were covered the previous year. Through various activities, students will gain an appreciation for various music genres, song structure, and creating music for performance purposes.
Drama 7
Let out your creativity! We will first cover the movement of mime so that you can create any set or prop you will ever need, and then we will participate in comedy performance styles, clown work, and a huge variety of character options. From there we will investigate the world of radio plays and explore what our voices can do and the sound effects we can create, finally we will explore puppetry through the creation and performance process. Be ready to be on your feet and create something new!
CTF Construction 7
Three main areas will be explored in each of the three courses. These areas will be safety, skill development, design and team building. Safety will consist of a very intensive health and safety orientation covering topics such as general safety, hand tool safety, machine tool safety and what to do in case of an incident or accident.
The next area that will be explored will be the skill development portion of the program. This is where students will learn the proper use of tools and machinery to construct small projects. These small projects will help students develop the skills necessary to become successful in the final portion of the program.
The final portion of the program will require students to work in teams to design, create, articulate and appraise projects and their designs. Grade 7 students focus on a structures and forces unit which requires the construction of either bridges, trusses or towers.
CTF Electro-Technologies 7 - Robotics
This course explores the use of robots, their integration into society, and will design, develop, program and test robotics systems and operate a robot to complete challenges (plan, create, appraise, communicate). As part of this CTF course, students will be able to explore their passion and interests as they learn about the various career possibilities in the Electro-Technology profession.
CTF Design Studies 7
This course provides students the opportunity to determine and apply the fundamentals of various software applications such as Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, web design, photography, image editing, drawing, and graphic animation. The wide range of tasks being introduced will allow students to explore technical skills with organization, management, communication, and ethical decision-making being developed throughout. Projects explore design processes in two and three dimensions, problem solving, visual identity, and basic design practices, and discussions.
CTF Foods 7
CTF Foods 7 is a Career and Technology Foundations (CTF) course. Through CTF, students explore their interests and passions as they learn about various career possibilities and occupational areas. Cooking-related challenges or tasks provide students with an opportunity to develop critical thinking, collaboration and communication skills. Foods 7 focuses on kitchen safety, introductory cooking skills, and baking basics. Typical recipes may include cookies, muffins, biscuits, pancakes, ice cream, cake pops, cupcakes, squares and easy after school snacks.
