Mangere College

1 Fashion Focus

Course Description

Teacher in Charge: Ms N. Singh.

If FASHION is your PASSION then this is your opportunity to get in amongst the piles of fabric and patterns that we have for you to start building your FASHION empire. You will improve your basic sewing and design skills, study patterns, make garments for yourselves, learn about designing and how fabric is turned into amazing fashion garments. Be the envy of your friends!! Start new trends and rediscover old ones. Come and be creative.

Entry requirements: Open entry to students who have an interest in designing and making their own garments.

Course Overview

Term 1
- Introduction to Fashion Course
- Sewing Machine use, care, maintenance and safety
- AS92012 Develop a materials and processing technology outcome for an authentic context - 6 credits

Term 2
- Experiment with different materials and items to create something unique for a special celebration.
- Research on properties and characteristics of different types of fabrics (Names, uses, examples, advantages and disadvantages of the fabric and explain how and why it will suit the fitness for purpose).
- Explore and identify the possible needs and opportunities for the chosen celebration.
- Use stakeholder feedback to make changes to improve the transformation, manipulation, or combinations of materials for your outcome through experimentation.
- Evaluate the final outcome and explain whether it addresses the need or opportunity of the person, whānau, or community.
- Study of commercial Patterns.
- AS92013 Develop a Materials and Processing Technology outcome by transforming, manipulating, or combining different materials - 6 credits

Term 3
- Making the fashion outcome (garment).
- Updating the fashion portfolio with all the evidence (both written and practical work including photographic evidence) for assessment.
- AS92015 Demonstrate understanding of materials and techniques for a feasible Materials and Processing Technology outcome - 4 credits
- Describing materials and techniques selected for a feasible outcome.
- Describing the most appropriate physical and functional attributes for a feasible outcome.
- Examining the physical and functional attributes of selected materials and techniques for a feasible outcome.
- Examining how stakeholder feedback improved decisions for a feasible outcome.
- Reflecting on how selection, stakeholder feedback, and the physical and functional attributes of materials and techniques connect to improve the
feasibility of the outcome.

Term 4
- Completing the Fashion Portfolio/Fashion outcome (project) and external report for submission.
- Revision for external exams.

Learning Areas:

Technology

Assessment Information

All the assessments will be done internally at school. It is a combination of portfolio and practical work.

Level 1 Fashion Focus leads to Level 2 Fashion Focus where students learn to use the industrial sewing machine, design and stitch their garments.