Palmerston North Girls’ High School
Year 9 Commerce
Although next year timetables are yet to be finalised, course selection is now finished. Any changes to student courses will now take place in January.
Course Description
Teacher in Charge: Mrs J. Dustin.
What will I learn?
This trimester course covers aspects of financial literacy based around how individuals and whānau can use information around them to make financial decisions. The topics that will be covered are:
Māori business concepts, banking, saving, spending, budgets, cash management, investments, consumer law, product design, and decision making.
Business technology uses the technology strands from New Zealand Curriculum to develop students' creativity through an investigation of financial literacy and business enterprise.
Where does it lead?
This course provides understanding for the continuing study of commerce subjects.
What should I have already done?
There are no pre-requisites for this course.
Course Contribution
No cost.
Pathway
Assessment Information
Group and individual tasks - including designing a family budget, creating a budgeting information video, making financial decisions about re-decorating a bedroom and designing/creating an up-cycled prototype for a specified target market.Pathway Tags
Animator/Digital Artist, Cook, Sales Representative, Accountant, Auditor, Accounts Officer, Actuary, Administration Officer, Finance Manager, Receptionist, Advertising Specialist, Copywriter, Sales and Marketing Manager, Survey Technician, Personal Trainer/Fitness Instructor, Agricultural/Horticultural Scientist, Agricultural Technician, Agricultural/Horticultural Consultant, Mechanical Engineering Technician, Aircraft Maintenance Engineer,
Disclaimer
Courses will only run based on minimum entries
Selecting a course does not guarantee entry into this course
You may apply for an exemption if you do not meet the prerequisite of a course or if the course requires this for entry
Standards offered can be altered at the discretion of the HOD of the Department
Some standards in NCEA courses might be optional depending on student strengths
Course contribution may vary slightly by the start of 2025
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