L0.4 Pictures from Browick Road School

The pictures below are from our performances and talks and Browick road infant school. Below the pictures there will be a short bit of writing saying what is going on in the picture. 

In this picture above we were playing games with the yr 2 children. This worked well because all the children joined in and everyone enjoyed the game.

This is when we had a group of four children each and we discussed what they had seen, what they learnt and what liked and disliked about today. This went quite well as well cause everyone joined in and gave answers to the questions we asked.

The picture shows everyone discussing what they have learnt and seen.......Most people joined in and answered any questions we asked them.

In this picture it shows us lot talking to the yr 2s at the end and we asked them questions like what have they learnt to do and what they have learnt not to do, we got some good answers back from the yr2s like we learnt to donate or we learnt not to throw things that are in good condition in the bin. Most children answered the questions.

                                

In the picture above it shows a couple of the children showing everyone a little play they had made up on how to share or how not to toys with others. The plays they had made were good and showed us clearly how to share and how not to share.

making my shoe lesson 3

Tuesday 7th December 2010 today i finished of the basic template of my shoe. I finished mod rocking my shoe so there was no gaps and i got the right shape i wanted, also i made a heel for the shoe i made it out of mod roc by rolling a layer of mod roc tightly then dipping it in water and finally molding it into a heel shape. I then attached the heel onto the bottom of the shoe using more mod roc. I think i am doing pretty well so far with the making of my shoe because i have mad most of the shoe. Next lesson i am getting my artifact book back which will have been marked by Miss Pinnington and have a list of all the things i have left to do in my book. Next lesson i will start to decorate my shoe and first i will paint my whole shoe black and then i am going to add some beads/gems onto the heel.

L0.3 letter to Red Cross Charity Shop

Wymondham High School

Folly Road

Wymondham

Norfolk

Tuesday 7^th December 2010

Dear the Red Cross Charity Shop,

                                                          On Tuesday the 30^th of November we all went to Browick Infant school to inform them about donating and get the point of donating across to everyone. Two groups performed a play about donating. My group and I performed a play showing the children why you should donate to the Red Cross charity and in our play we told them what the Red Cross charity does to help others and where to donate there old toys/clothes. We also told them that when they donate anything to the charity shop that it has to be in good condition and not broken because otherwise they will not be able to sell the toys or clothes and wont raise any money. We also informed them on where the money you raise goes and what it does. Unfortunately we haven’t had any donations from anyone but we are still advertising and telling people to donate. We think that we haven’t had any6 donations because it is so close to Christmas and people haven’t got the time to sort through all their clothes and toys. Hopefully we will get more donations after Christmas because people will be having clearouts to make room for their new toys and clothes ect.

Yours sincerely Holly Phillips

L0.4 Theatre In Education (TIE) at Browick Infant school

Today we went to Browick infant school to perform our plays about donating and sharing. There were to groups who performed a play each. My group went first and did our play about the Red Cross charity shop then the other group did their play. The things that went well with our play is that we remembered most of our lines and the audience (children) interacted with our play by cheering and booing and we managed to still perform our play with two members of our play away which included Hollie and Bradley, who played the main part. The things that didn't go well with our play is that two people in our play weren't here so we had to add two more people in, Mrs Haythorpe stepped in to play a small part and Ryan stepped in to play Bradley's part which is one of the main parts, so we had to try and remember Bradley's lines and Ryan had to make some bits up because there wasn't enough time for him to learn all the lines. So our play didn't go as well as we hoped because of people being away but the children looked like they enjoyed it.


Also another bad thing was that we didn't get any donations from any of the children or anyone else, i think this was because its near Christmas and the parents/adults/children have probably donated some things a while ago ready for Christmas. i think we will probably get some more donations from others the beginning of next year because that's when parents will be having a sort through of all the children's old toys to make room for the new ones they got.

L0.1 Barnardo`s

Barnardo’s believes in children, no matter who they are. They are one of UK`s leading charities. 

 Barnardo's runs 415 projects across the UK and works directly with over 100,000 families providing services for children in poverty, young carers or children who have been sexually exploited.

Children are most vulnerable to sexual exploitation at the age of 13 to 15. Barnardo`s has worked with boys and girls as young as 10 and 11 who have been sexually exploited. 
Barnardo’s believes in children regardless of their circumstances, gender, race, disability or behaviour. They believe in the abused, the vulnerable, the forgotten and the neglected. They will support them, stand up for them and bring out the best in each and every child. They do this because we believe that every child deserves the best start in life and the chance to fulfil their potential. They use the knowledge gained from thier direct work with children to campaign for better childcare policy and to champion the rights of every child. With the right help, committed support and a little belief, even the most vulnerable children can turn their lives around. Barnardo’s is regulated by the Charity Commission. Being a registered charity means that we must always be accountable and transparent.

Barnardo`s vision today is that the lives of all children and young people should be free from poverty, abuse and discrimination.

This vision is the same as the one Thomas Barnardo had when he came to London in 1866 and found children sleeping in the streets and being forced to beg for food. It was in 1867 that he set up the Ragged School and started helping the abused, vulnerable, forgotten and neglected children of east london and his work still continues today. By the time Thomas Barnardo died in 1905, the charity he founded ran 96 homes caring for more than 8,500 children. Following his death his work continued and now Barnardo’s helps more than 100,000 children, young people and their families every year. Like Thomas Barnardo, we believe that every child deserves the best start in life and the chance to fulfil their potential.

                                                                  

         Vist the Barnardo`s website by clicking on this link: http://www.barnardos.org.uk/index.htm

Tuesday 23rd November 2010

Today in artifact with miss Pinnington we started to make our shoe. At the beginning of the lesson we looked at a few different shoe designers, which gave us ideas for our shoes and miss told us all the different materials we could use to make our shoe. We could use paper, cardboard, modroc, paper mache and material. I choose modroc. I had to first cover the shoe mold in clingfilm and then I covered it in modroc. I found it quite easy to do but it was very messy. I managed to cover the parts of the mold I needed to cover in one layer of modroc. Next lesson I will add another layer of modroc to make it thicker and more sturdier and then once its dry I will add any more parts of modroc I need to on the shoe mold. I am also going to make a heel for the shoe out of clay and then cover it in beads or jewels. So far in artifact I think I am doing well and have done the work to the best I can. I think I might have missed some of the work out of our works books but i am not sure because miss Pinnington hasn't marked my book yet.

Trip to Florida Shoe Factory in Norwich

Today we went to Florida shoe factory in Norwich. The shoes they make there are aimed for 45+ year olds which is around our mothers and grandmothers age. A man called David who is a importer (sources materials) took us into this room and told us what we would be doing today.

The company produce around 17 million shoes a year. They don't just make shoes they also make handbags aswell that match with the shoes.

We first got spilt into two groups. My group went and had a talk with this man called Husein who is a designer of shoes, he told us about the different steps of creating and designing a shoe. He told us all the different steps you have to go through to start to design a shoe. He also said this would be a good job for us if we like to design and he said he choose this job because he loves designing things and also likes travelling around the world. In this job you do travelling because you have to go to other countries to get ideas for shoes and to collect different materials to make the shoe. To start to design a shoe they have to collect magazines which forecast the trends and get ideas from the magazines and trade fashion shows. They also have a book called a `pantone` book which have all the different colours and materials in.

We then swapped over with the other group and got a talk by a man called Justin. We found out how the shoe is made into the template and how it is transferred onto the computer. We then got a tour round the factory there and found out how the shoe is made and what process they go through making the actual shoe. We all got a paper cut out of part of a shoe, a piece of material and a leaflet. Also we were told that they always make a four and a half size shoe first.

The Design Process:

• First you get some `Insight` magazines forecasting the trends.
• Also get ideas from trade fashion shows.
• Then you make a theme board (all one colour or pattern).
• Then you have to start sketching ideas.
• After you have found the design you want You need to draw it out (add specific size,measurements).
• You then draw the design onto a plastic VAC adding all the labels such as size, Measurements and materials needed.
• Then scan the design onto a computer (using computer aided design).
• Then the computer sends the design to the cutting machine which then cuts out all the parts of the shoe in paper.
• The cut out paper shapes for the shoe is then given to the man who then cuts the same shapes out of material they want to make the shoe out of. ( he is called a `clicker`).
• Then all the parts of the shoe is stuck together using different machines.
• Then they use the bottom rougher on the sole and attach it to the shoe.
• They then use heat to add a heal onto the shoe.
• Then the ladies burned all the untidy fibres of the shoe and cleaned the shoe using different types of equipment.
• Then the ladies attach the soft lining inside the shoe.

The shoe boxes they use to put the shoes in are sent flat packed over from china to the Norwich prison then the people in prison put the boxes together.

The women in the factory do the small jobs like sowing and adding patterns. The men use the big machinery.

At the end we got to go into this room were this women is in charge of water proofing shoes. This company are the only company that have the special equipment to do this. They put the shoes into this container to dry and then they go into this machine which applies ion-mask to the whole shoe. This is done after the whole shoe is made. The water proofing adds £5 to the total price of the shoe.

ion-mask is a new revolutionary technology that only this company have, it creates shoes that are hydrophobic or 'water hating'. This has numerous benefits for the wearer of the shoe including: Today we got given a lot of useful information about the business and how to make shoes. It was useful because it gave me ideas for how we could edit our shoes and what different materials there are we can use. It showed us what the business was like so if we wanted to work there when we are older then we know now what we will be doing or what we can do.
Applying Ion-Mask to the shoe means:

• Your feet stay drier
• Your shoes stay looking great for longer
• Dirt and water are repelled by ion-mask™, to reduce staining or marking
• Colour fading is reduced.

LO4 Questionnaire for year 2s

The questionnaire below is designed to let us get feedback from the children about how they felt about the day we spent with them: (normally the yes, no answers would be replaced with happy and unhappy faces to make it easier for the children to answer the questionnaire but they would not show up on the blog)

 

Questionnaire for year 2s

Please colour in the face to answer your question and write on the dotted lines.

Question 1.

Have you enjoyed today? 

Yes

Not sure

No

Question 2.

Did you bring in any toys to donate?

Yes

No

Question 3.

What have you learnt about charities and donating today?

…………………………………………………………………………

Question 4.

Will you start donating to charity shops more often?

 Yes

Maybe

No

Question 5.

If so what will you donate?

……………………………………………………………………………

We didn't get the children to do the questionnaire because we didn't print any of also we didn't have time to get the children to fill it out. If i was to do it again i would make sure i have printed the questionnaires out and made time so that i could of got the children to fill the questionnaire out so we could of got feed back on how well we done and what everyone thought of it.

L0.1 Researching Children In Need

Below is the link for the
   Children In Need website
http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/

The Children In Need charity is BBC`s UK corporate charity. The annual telethon is one of the highs of the BBC calendar and plenty of activity takes place all across the UK around this time of year to help raise those crucial pennies to help improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people across the UK. The target audience for the campaign is for everyone really because it asks everyone to donate and gives ways of children and adults to raise money. Pudsey Bear makes it more appealing for children aswell as adults.
As a result of the tremendous support they receive from supporters across the UK, they are able to continue to fund fantastic projects which aim to help make positive changes to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people in the UK.
The 2009 Appeal was a fantastic success raising a record breaking £39 million despite the current economic conditions, which is a real tribute to the generosity and understanding of there supporters. So far this year they have been able to allocate over £20 million in two grant rounds to 665 projects dedicated to helping improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people. 
There are lots of different ways to donate and raise money. On there website they give you lots of ideas on how to raise money. Also on there website they have videos showing you how your money has helped. Also each year they have a different single which is released this year JLS made the single for Children In Need called love you more.

LO2 Performance for Browick school

In our group there is me, Hollie, Ellie, Bradley and Elliot. We are all going to Browick school on Tuesday 30th November to perform our play about the red cross charity. Our play is about how the red cross help in different situations and what they do to help. Our aim for the day is to get the point across to everyone that you should donate more to charity shops and that all donations help people in need. I think our play gets the point across. After the two performances are done we are going round in a small group to a class room and we are going to do some games/activities with the children, the games/activities will be linked to the idea of sharing and donating.

talk from Jackie Heffer-Cooke about how to make a video journel

Last Tuesday we had a talk about how to make a video journal by this women called Jackie who is a producer. she gave lots of good tips on how to make a god video journal for example we need to have an narrative arc which is when you have a beginning-middle-end.
To make a video journal Jackie told us that we need:

• A digital camera or digital video camera.
• An idea.
• Creativity.
• A format.
• Good planning.

We were also told that an interview should be:

• Challenging
• Revealing
• Evocative
• Provocative
• Emotional
• Engaging

The information she told us was very useful because it gave us ideas on what to do if we wanted to make a video journal for our blogs instead of just writing all the time. I think I will use the information she gave us when I make video journals in lessons or for my blog i have taken all the things she said into account and I will put them int good use when I need to make video journals.

Artefact Journal

Today in our artifact lesson we were planning and designing our shoe we are going to make. Me, Hollie and Ellie are going to design high-tops which have a high heel so we have merge together three different shoes - converse, high-tops and high heels because we thought it would be a good idea and it would stand out from other shoes. We have to link the shoe in with hemstocks jewellers so we are going to put lots of jewels/gems onto the shoe to represent the fact it is a jewellers. We are designing the shoe to advertise hemstocks jewellers. We are going to cover the heel in little gems/jewels and we are going to have the actual shoe all black so the colours we add on top will stand out more, we will also have lace which we will make out of beads or necklaces.

Open trip

Last Tuesday we went to open and listened to five different talks by different groups of people from that industry. There was Music, Dance, Performance, Graphic design, and Animation. The music talk was ok and gave us a lot of information, they showed you a few clips of music what they had made, I enjoyed it but some of the speech was a bit boring because it wasn't what I wanted to do when I leave school and the information didn't mean much to me. Then it was the dance talk I found that quite interesting and like the video they showed us, the information was good but I didn't need any information because I wasn't interested in doing dance. The third talk was performance which I really enjoyed because they made it funny as well as giving us a lot of information, I also liked it because it gave me lots of useful information that I needed to know. The fourth talk was about graphic design which I enjoyed at the beginning but then I got bored because I didn't really know what they were on about and I didn't want to do graphic designing later on in life anyway. The last talk was Animation which I thought was quite a good talk because they gave us a lot of information and some useful tips in whatever we want to do later on in life. Overall the best speech has to be the performance because it was entertaining and gave me all the information I needed to know and that is want I want to do in the future.

Campaign Journal

After Me, Hollie and Ellie went to the jewellers we went down to the Red Cross Charity Shop. When we got into the shop we talked to the man who worked there and looked after the shop. We then went into the office upstairs and he gave us lots of leaflets, posters and information. We then filmed the interview with him where i asked him: 

• what kind of donations they get given? He said: That they get given all kinds of donations and from all different people.
• What sort of people buy and work in the shop? He said: That people of all ages work in the shop/buy from the shop and they even get people doing work experience in the shop.
• how much of the donations can they sell? He said: They can sell about 25% of donations that they get given and the rest has to be recycled.
• What kind of donations do you want more of for example clothes toys? He said: They could do with lots of different donations as long as they are in good condition. 

and some other questions. Also i told him how we were going  to campaign, what we were going to campaign about and that we are going to bring the donations that we get at the school into the charity shop. He told us that the red cross charity wasn't advertised much and people don't know much about them but they do a lot more than other people think.

Artifact Journal

Today we went into Wymondham town and first me, Hollie and Ellie went into Hemstock`s jeweller`s with another group and we filmed an interview we had with the two ladies who work behind the counter.
Here are some of the questions we asked them:

• What type of things do you sell? She said: We sell watches, rings, necklaces basically all jewellery and gifts.
• What people buy from your shop? She said: We get all sorts of different people buying from the shop and we try to provide a wide rang of jewellery and gifts for everyone.
• Where abouts there are other Hemstocks jewellers? She said: We are one of the only hemstock`s jewellers near here part from there is one in Norwich but it is called Bradley Hatch jewellers. 

 and other questions like that. One thing we Forgot to say about the Artifact unit was about the shoe we will be designing to go in the shop. But the interview with the workers in the shop went quite quickly.

How i am doing in the Campaign unit

So far in the campaign unit i have found the work doable and not to hard. I think i am doing well in the campaign unit and have done all the work set so far. I have found the unit okay but i prefer the work we are doing in the artifact unit.

How i am doing in the Artifact unit

So far in the artifact unit i think i have worked well and i haven't found it to hard. I think i am working at the right level and i have completed all work been set so far. I am enjoying the artifact unit so far especially the design part of it.

Learning objective 4

Throughout the process of planning and conducting my campaign i must regularly monitor my own activity and examine my achievements and aims.

I must constantly ask myself if i am achieveing what i set out to achieve, and if not, why not - and then i should ask myself what i need to do to get nearer to achieving my attentions.

I must actively use my reflections to inform, shape or modify my work as i think appropriate.

When the campaign is over i should also include an investigation into the effectiveness of my campaign. This could be carried out by gathering feedback from your target audience using methods such as questionnaires or focus groups.

I will need to:

• examine where i succeed and where you do not succeed.
• consider areas for improvement.
• alter intentions or plans where necessary in order to achieve my aims.

At the end of the process i should think about what i have learnt, and how i can put this learning to good use in my next project.

Learning Objective 4

Throughout the process of planning and creating my artefact i must regularly monitor my own activity and examine my achievements and aims.
I must constantly ask myself if i am achieveing what i set out to achieve, and if not, why not - and then i should ask myself what i need to do to get nearer to creating what i intend to create.
I must actively use my reflections to inform, shape or modify my work as i think appropriate.
I will need to:

• examine where i succeed and where you do not succeed.
• consider areas for improvement.
• alter intentions or plans where necessary in order to achieve my aims.

At the end of the process i should think about what i have learnt, and how i can put this learning to good use in my next project.

Phone call

Me, Hollie and Ellie have just gave the hemstock's Jewellers a call about coming in to the shop in wymondham to research the shops history and jewellery also to take some photos for our artifact unit. We are going into the shop next Tuesday for about half an hour so we can take photos and write notes down. Hollie spoke on the phone and she said she felt a bit nervous at first but then once she got talking she was ok and felt more confident. Me and Ellie stood with her when she phoned up so we could help her just in case she missed something out or forgot to tell them something.

We are researching converse, there are lots of different styles of converses, they are very nice and lots of people have them. The shoes weren't very popular until basketball player Chuck Taylor decided they were his favourite shoes. He was impressed with the shoes design so he became there leading salesman. After making a few changes to the shoes, the shoes got it's name and Chuck Taylor's signature on the all star sign.
converses were worn by the entire athletics team in the movie Grease. When Converse was bought by Nike in 2003 and operations were moved from the United States to overseas, the design saw a few alterations. The fabric for a short time was no longer 2-ply cotton canvas but 1-ply textile and many wearers noticed different patterns of wear.Because of these complaints the shoe was once again produced with the twin layer canvas design starting sometime in the past 5 years. This change caused about a £2.7 increase in the shoe across the brand from about £21.6 to £24.4 respectively. On the converse website you can create your own converses this shows that converse has become very popular. Loads of celebs wear converses like Zac Efron, Daniel Craig, Jedward, Paris Hilton, Chris Brown and many more!

Unit: Artifact

In the artefact unit we will be exploring the nature of artefacts 

and looking at why and how they were created. We will then plan and produce an artifact of our own.
 

Unit: Performance

In the performance unit we will be researching all different types of performances such as dancing, singing acting and more. Then we will study a form of performance and finaly we will produce, plan and present a performance.

LO1 Unit: Campaign

In the campaign unit we will investigate campaigns to see how they are planned and how they work. We will be working in groups and will plan, produce and conduct a campaign for our chosen charity. We will be producing plays, posters, leaflets and other things to help our campaign and we will be talking to the charity for more help and discussing what we are going to do.

LO2 Letter to charity

Dear British Red Cross charity,

                                                   We are students from wymondham high school and we are doing the creative and media diploma. At the moment we are doing the campaign unit and we would like to come to your charity shop so we can research your charity and it will help us with are campaign work. We would like to use your charity so we can try and help you raise more money for your charity. We are going to campaign about why your charity needs more money and what your charity does to help others. We are going to put posters up round school and give leaflets out to people. We have chosen your charity to campaign about because Red Cross have helped in lots of different things like floods, first aid, Finding missing families and lots more. You also have great ideas to raise money like fundraising and other events like swimming, dancing extra.

      Yours sincerely,

                                Holly, Hollie, Ellie, Elliot and Bradley

L0.1 Campaign

We have just watched the videos on YouTube called 'Mary Queen Of Charity Shops'. It shows you Mary Portas going into a charity shop and finding out what things they can sell and what things they have to chuck away. They are able to sell 25% of donations they get so that's 2 out 10 items they can sell. Mary changed the unorganised, filthy charity shop into an improved and cleaner charity shop which will sell more items and raise more money.