Kōrero Nehe

Welcome to the village of Kōrero Nehe

Fashion Technology is the creative use of fabric and/or fibres to solve a need or opportunity. Textiles play an important role in our society to protect, care, provide comfort and to appeal to our aesthetic tastes, across a range of environmental and social contexts.

Here in the village of Kōrero Nehe we are going to be exploring ancient knowledge and skills still used in Fashion today. Over the span of a term, you gain new abilities and understandings through investigating and responding to two complex projects through project-based learning (see below).

Along the way you will build strong, learning relationships with your peers and kaiako following our whakatauki:

Whiria te tangata

Project Resources

Project One | Whiri

Weaving is the craft of forming a fabric by interlacing threads. Weaving can be found deep in the history of many cultures and is acknowledged as one of the oldest surviving crafts in the world.

For your first project, you will create your own, woven tapestry piece on a frame loom.

Key Skills:

Studio Health & Safety
Weaving
Measuring
Colours
Knotting
Hand-Eye Coordination
Project Management
Problem-Solving
Relationship Building

Project Two | Te Tangata

Hand embroidery is the craft of embellishing cloth by hand with needle and thread.

For your second project, you will create a 3D self-portrait to contribute to our Year 9 community. A self-portrait is a portrait, or representation, that a textile-artist produces of themselves through stitch.

Key Skills:

Embroidery
Hand-Stitching
Marking
Cutting
Hand-Eye Coordination
Project Management
Problem-Solving
Relationship Building

Project Assessment

Your assessment is guided by the following karakia:

Mā te rongo, ka mōhio | Through listening comes awareness

Mā te mōhio, ka mārama | Through awareness comes understanding

Mā te mārama, ka matau | Through understanding comes knowledge

Mā te matau ka ora | Through knowledge comes life

You will be assessed on the key skills outlined for each project using the following criteria:

Mā te rongo, ka mōhio | Through listening comes awareness

I have heard about this skill and am aware it is a part of my learning

Mā te mōhio, ka mārama | Through awareness comes understanding

I am aware this skill is part of my learning and understand how to execute it

Mā te mārama, ka matau | Through understanding comes knowledge

I understand how to execute this skill and I am able to practise it and discuss it with my peers and kaiako

Mā te matau ka ora | Through knowledge comes life

I have knowledge of this skill and can execute it well

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