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.