2015
HT1000CA
Course and assessment guide
NCEA Level 1
HT1000CA
horticulture (ht1000)
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contents
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Welcome to HT1000
2
Getting started
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HT1000 course outline
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Assessment information
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My Horticulture assessment record (HT1000)
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1 welcome to ht10oo
Welcome to the Level 1 Horticulture (HT1000) course offered by
Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu.
AIMS OF HT1000
This course encourages students to develop practical skills and knowledge in
horticultural management, soils, landscaping and environmental sustainability.
This course offers credits towards the National Certificate in Educational Achievement
NCEA Level 1 and the National Certificate in Primary Industries.
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PRE-LEARNING QUESTIONNAIRE (HT1000I)
The Pre-learning questionnaire should be completed and returned to your teacher
before you begin work on the course workbooks.
It should take about an hour to complete. It is not a test so there is no set time to
complete it. If you can’t answer a question, leave it and go onto the next question.
The questionnaire is designed to identify skill and knowledge you already have and
whether you need any help.
Complete the Pre-learning questionnaire as soon as possible and return it to your teacher.
HOW THIS COURSE IS DELIVERED
HT1000 is a blended course with some print-based material, that can be downloaded
from the online teaching and learning environment (OTLE), and an interactive
component on the website.
You will receive an email explaining how to log in to OTLE. This email includes a link to
set your password if you have not logged into the OTLE before.
You can access OTLE by clicking on www.tekura.school.nz/login. It is recommended that
you bookmark this site in your browser. This will take you to a page with links to your
courses.
Your username and initial password is your Te Kura student ID number. You will be
asked to set a new password when you first log in. After that, if you need to reset your
password you can click on the ‘Forgot password’ link on the OTLE login page.
If you have difficulties logging in, please email: helpdesk.otle@tekura.school.nz
For all students, except those in another school (dual enrolled)
The teaching and learning for each standard is broken up into topics. The teaching and
learning material and student activities for each topic can be found:
»» on the website www.tekura.school.nz/departments/horticulture/ (the website
can also be accessed from a CD-ROM HT1000WS) plus printed workbooks for
standards 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.8, 1.9 and 1.10
»» in printed booklets for standards 1.4 and 1.5.
If you don’t have broadband and you can’t play the CD-ROM, contact your teacher now
for the print material.
For dual enrolled students
Please note workbooks contain student activities that complement the teaching
material on the HT1000 website. Some standards have booklets. Booklets contain
teaching material as well as student activities. Dual enrolled students will be expected
to download their course workbook and booklets from OTLE. Let your teacher know if
you have difficulties.
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ORGANISING YOUR STUDY
Plan a regular time to study. Some people learn best from frequent short sessions while
others do better with fewer, longer sessions. It is important to have a plan or a timetable
and to keep to it.
You will be sent a suggested course plan for your programme of study when you have
completed and sent back the pre-learning questionnaire (HT1000I).
You may wish to consult with your subject teacher to help you decide on your plan.
Getting your study underway is very important. Your first return of work should be two
to three weeks after you first received your initial work. If you have any issues returning
your work within this time please contact your subject teacher.
For more information on how to study successfully, refer to the Student Guide to Years
11–13 (www.tekura.school.nz).
TE KURA CODES
‘HT1000’ is the code for NCEA Level 1 Horticulture
‘HT’ is the code for Horticulture
‘1000’ is the code for level 1
‘AS’ is the code for Achievement Standard
‘Y1’ is the code for the first attempt at an Achievement Standard task
‘PT’ is the code for a practice test
RESOURCES YOU NEED
Te Kura resources sent to you (except dual enrolled students)
»» Write-in workbooks or booklets including inserts. If you misplace a workbook,
booklet or insert, contact your horticulture teacher for a replacement copy. If
possible give the name and code of the item needed to speed up the reordering
process.
»» CD-ROM of the HT1000 website HT1000WS or you will need access to web
address: www.tekura.school.nz/department/horticulture/. If internet access is
a problem or no CD-ROM player is available, request printouts of the website
teaching material from your horticulture teacher.
»» HT1021 CD-ROM Horticulture practical skills.
»» Dual enrolled students download workbooks from OTLE.
»» Horticulture box (SCHT1BF), if you are a fulltime or fee paying student.
»»
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WHAT TO SEND TO YOUR TE KURA TEACHER
The activities you have done in the workbook or booklet. Either post the workbook or
booklet to your teacher or scan it and email it to them.
HOW TO SEND YOUR WORK TO YOUR TE KURA TEACHER
You can upload your work into the dropbox in OTLE or email it or post it.
Posting
If you post your work to your teacher put your full name and the booklet code (for
example, HT1011) on your work. Your supervisor will have one of your Te Kura address
labels to stick on your work.
Emailing
If you email your work to your teacher, put your full name, your Te Kura ID number and
the booklet code in the subject line your email.
HT1000 Horticulture box contents
»» 1 x Seradix No 2
»» 1 x seed bag turnip
»» 1 x pkt lime
»» 1 x plant pots 126 mm
»» 4 x peat disc/Jiffy pot
»» 1 x seed nasturtium
»» 2 x plant pots 10 cm diameter
»» 1 x garden fertiliser (½ cup)
»» 2 x test tubes
»» 2 x seed trays
»» 1 x universal test paper
»» 6 x labels
PLEASE RETURN ALL UNUSED EQUIPMENT AND UNUSED CHEMICALS TO THE SCHOOL ON
COMPLETION OF THE COURSE.
Resources you or your school will supply are:
»» a CD-ROM player
»» a computer with internet access (if possible)
»» a calculator (optional)
»» access to a garden plot or large containers for planting. You may also need to supply
some garden tools, equipment, general garden fertiliser, lime, compost
(if available).
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PRACTICAL WORK
Most of the workbooks have some practical activities.
If you live in New Zealand you will send in plant material and soil with some of
your activities.
Overseas students
Do not send any plant material or soil into
New Zealand. Take a photo instead to email or post
to your teacher.
CHOOSING STANDARDS
You may wish to do only some standards. For example, you may only want to do internal
standards in this course. You should discuss this with your horticulture teacher and/or
learning advisor or your school supervisor. You should consider how well your choices
will meet your learning goals and if you will be able to gain enough credits to achieve
NCEA Level 1.
To be awarded NCEA Level 1, you will need to gain a minimum of 80 credits at Level 1
(or above) including the 10 credits for literacy and the 10 credits for numeracy.
A list of achievement standards from levels 1, 2 and 3 that count towards Level 1
literacy and numeracy can be accessed from:
www.nzqa.govt.nz/about-us/our-role/legislation/nzqa-rules/secondary-schoolssupporting-information/level-1-literacy-and-numeracy-requirements/
SELF-ASSESSMENT
Many assessment activities are self-marked. You’ll find an Answer guide towards
the back of each workbook. Use these answers to mark your own work and make
corrections where necessary.
Self-marking is very important as it gives you instant feedback on how well you
understand the ideas, concepts or information that have been covered.
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ASSESSMENT
Students are required to send in their self-marked activities as well as their internal or
practice external assessments. Teachers send student work back with feedback and
feed forward.
The detailed criteria for Achievement and Unit Standards will be given in the internal
assessment tasks. They can also be found by searching the subject and level in the
NCEA part of the NZQA website (www.nzqa.govt.nz) and then finding the relevant
standard(s). If there are two assessment opportunities for an Achievement Standard,
one is called ‘Y1’ and the other is called ‘Y2’.
External assessment preparation includes:
»» practice external assessments
»» Te Kura practice examinations.
TIME COMMITMENT
There are eight standards in this course. Each standard is made up into one or more
topics. Each workbook or booklet for a topic has a note in the inside front cover of how
many hours the topic is likely to take. For example, workbook HT1021 may take 10
hours of work to complete at the normal pace. This is about two weeks of work. Before
deciding on the pace of learning, read through this Course and assessment guide and
ask yourself the following questions:
»» How much time can I set aside for study each week?
»» Will I be able to keep a steady pace of five hours of study each week?
»» What do I want to do next year? How many credits will I need to do this?
»» Will I be doing externally and internally assessed standards?
»» Will I be prepared to sit the external examination in November?
»» Will I need specific external or internal credits as a prerequisite for next year’s
study or work?
NORMAL PACE OF LEARNING
A normal pace of learning is similar to what a student does at school. As a guide,
expect to do at least five hours work per week. This means completing four to five
workbooks each term so that you complete the course before the end of year external
examinations.
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COVER SHEETS
The back cover of each workbook/booklet becomes the cover sheet for your work. Fill
it in and sign it before sending a completed workbook/booklet back to Te Kura. Your
supervisor also signs this sheet as part of our authenticity requirements (if applicable).
All students are encouraged to submit as much as possible of their work online via the
OTLE Dropbox. When work requires authentication, students will follow the instructions
provided in OTLE.
QUERIES ABOUT YOUR WORK
It is important to contact your Horticulture teacher if you have any queries about
your work. When you contact your teacher, it helps to have your ID number, workbook/
booklet code (for example, HT1021) and the activity or question number, but it is
not essential.
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3 ht1000 course outline
Standard
number
Standard title
Internal/
external
Credits Workbook/
(30)
booklet codes
Codes for
assessment tasks
AS90918
AHS1.1
Carry out a practical
agricultural or
horticultural
investigation
Internal
4
HT1011
HT1011Y1
HT1101Y2
AS90157
AHS1.2
Demonstrate
practical skills
used in agricultural
or horticultural
production
Internal
4
HT1021
HT1021DV
HT1021Y1
HT1022Y1
HT1023Y1
HT1024Y1
3 out of 4 skills
must be achieved
to gain credits in
this standard
AS90919
AHS1.3
Demonstrate
knowledge of soil
management practices
External
4
HT1031,
HT1032
HT1033
HT1033PT
HT1.3X
Te Kura practice
exam
External NZQA
exam
AS90920
AHS1.4
Demonstrate
knowledge of the
geographic distribution
of primary production
in New Zealand
Internal
3
HT1041
HT1042
HT1042Y1
HT1042Y2
AS90160
AHS1.5
Demonstrate
knowledge of
the impact of
primary production
management practices
on the environment
Internal
3
HT1051
HT1052
HT1053
HT1053Y1
HT1053Y2
AS90922
AHS1.8
Design a landscape
plan that reflects user
requirements
Internal
3
HT1081
HT1081Y1
HT1081Y2
AS90923
AHS1.9
Demonstrate
knowledge of basic
plant propagation
techniques
Internal
4
HT1091
HT1092
HT1093
HT1093Y1
HT1093Y2
AS90924
AHS1.10
Demonstrate
knowledge of
horticultural plant
management practices
and related plant
physiology
External
5
HT1101
HT1102
HT1103
HT1103PT
HT1.10X
Te Kura practice
exam
External NZQA
exam
Note:
1. If you are also studying Agriculture Level 1 you cannot be credited twice with any of
the Achievement Standards AHS 1.2–AHS 1.5.
2. Te Kura practice examination results can be used to determine a derived grade if a
student is unable to sit the externally assessed final examination at the end of the year.
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4 assessment information
STANDARDS
The National Qualifications Framework has two types of national standards:
Achievement and Unit Standards. Credits from both Achievement Standards and
Unit Standards count towards NCEA.
Please refer to our Student Guide to National Certificates or NZQA (www.nzqa.govt.nz) and
Te Kura websites (www.tekura.school.nz) for more information about National Certificates
of Educational Achievement, and assessment.
AWARDING NCEA STANDARDS
There are four possible results for both internally and externally assessed achievement
standards. Achievement standards can be awarded any of the grades.
Not achieved
»» no credit (N)
Achieved (three grades)
»» achieved (A)
»» achieved with merit (M)
»» achieved with excellence (E)
»» These three grades carry the same
number of credits.
INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
Some Achievement Standards are internally assessed. This means that the teachers set
and mark your assessments at Te Kura. These tasks are shrink-wrapped and inserted
into the appropriate workbooks or booklets. Once you have completed the teaching and
learning for a topic and received feedback from your teacher, you can complete these
tasks any time you and your supervisor are ready. Follow the instructions carefully and
send the completed tasks back to your teacher. Once your teacher has assessed your
work they will send you a report for each internally assessed task.
SUPERVISION OF INTERNALLY ASSESSED TASKS
Everything you submit for the internally assessed tasks must be your own work.
You may need to be supervised while carrying out part or all of an assessment.
The conditions sections at the front of the assessment will explain the level of
supervision required.
FURTHER ASSESSMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERNAL
ASSESSMENTS
For some standards, you will be able to complete a second assessment called a ‘further
assessment opportunity’ to improve your results. These standards are indicated in the
course outline. You should take this opportunity where it is available.
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RESUBMISSIONS
If you have made a small mistake in your assessment, your teacher may offer you a
resubmission. This means you have made an error that you are capable of discovering
and correcting by yourself. A resubmission allows you to improve your result.
AUTHENTICITY
When you submit assessment work to Te Kura you sign the cover sheet indicating
that the work you are submitting is your own work and was done under the required
assessment conditions.
Your supervisor signs the cover sheet to confirm this (where applicable). For the skills
standard the supervisor may also need to fill in and sign a supervisor sheet.
If you are an adult student you must still have the cover sheet signed by another adult
such as a neighbour, partner, friend or similar person to verify the work is your own.
When submitting work online via the OTLE Dropbox, if it requires authentication,
students must follow the instructions provided in OTLE.
EXTERNAL ASSESSMENT
External assessment means that someone outside the school marks students’ work.
This may be through NZQA examinations in November or by submitting a portfolio or
project for subjects such as Graphics, Technology and Art. You will be able to complete
practice assessments and Te Kura examinations for external standards.
PRACTICE EXAMINATIONS
Students should complete the Te Kura practice examinations for any external standards
with an end of year examination they have entered. It is important that students
complete all practice external assessments and examinations. If for some reason, such
as illness, you are unable to sit the examinations at the end of the year you will only be
eligible for consideration for a derived grade (compassionate consideration) if you have
completed the practice examinations.
DERIVED GRADES (COMPASSIONATE CONSIDERATION)
If for any unexpected reason you are not able to sit your end of year examination or to
submit final work towards an external standard (portfolios or projects), you may be
eligible for a derived grade. Please refer to the Student Guide to National Certificates
and contact your learning advisor or secondary dual school supervisor to find out
more information.
APPEALS
You have the right to query an assessment result if you want further clarification or
disagree with the result. If you are still not satisfied, you may appeal. Refer to the
Student Guide to National Certificates for more information. You can also appeal any
other decisions, procedures or policies about assessments. Contact your horticulture
teacher or learning advisor or secondary dual school supervisor if you wish to appeal.
More information and a form that students can use to appeal is available on the Te Kura
website in the Student Toolkit area (www.tekura.school.nz and go to student toolkit).
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6 my horticulture assessment record (ht1000)
Standard number
Date
Grade
awarded
Further assessment
opportunity or
resubmission date
AS90918
AHS1.1
AS90157
AHS1.2
AS90919
AHS1.3
HT1.3X practice exam
AS90920
AHS1.4
AS90160
AHS1.5
AS90922
AHS1.8
AS90923
AHS1.9
AS90924
AHS1.10
HT1.10X practice exam
Credits sub-total (before NZQA
examination results)
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Grade
awarded
Credits