March 2010 Artefact; stage 7

Today I am hoping to finish sticking on the gems and attach the lock and padlock.

I am going to do this by using the Makita drill to

put holes where the lock will be attached to the box.

Firstly we mixed up the strong glue that we used last time to stick the gems on.

Then as Sian stuck the gems on i put masking tape over the gems because we are sticking the gems onto the side of the box, we didn't want the gems to slide down

and leave a glue mark. the one thing that we could have changed about doing this was spacing the gems out more because after

doing one and a half sides we had ran out of

gems so we had to used the pale blues and pinks

which we weren't going to include onto the box previously.

After doing this we had to return and do our blogs because the drill wasn't charged.

Then we went to Fareham college to do a workshop with the actor from the show we saw the previous week - Mount Everest

expedition. (we went to the

ashcroft art center to see a play about the 3 main explorers and the many other people on the expedition. They did this through different scales and using puppets at times. i thought that this was going to

be boring and not to my interest, however when I watched it I thoroughly enjoyed it - it was funny and interesting and I would go and see it again!)

We had to create a story for our show. This entailed;

*making a name for our company

*creating the scene

*the audience the show is for

adventures there were going to be

*making a presentation to the group.

- Our idea was 'when the teacher leaves the room....'

Our show was for children aged 11-15 and we had the idea that when the teacher leaves the room the children will get up to all sorts such as going to a theme park, crashing into a fast food place, going to a zoo and stealing a penguin. I generated a lot of ideas into the group and when presenting this I talked about the audience our show was for and also I answered the questions the group had about our show. I think that my group worked well because we all pitched ideas and created a good poster presenting our ideas. Something which I need to improve on is my presenting skills, I ned to develop them and be confident when showing my ideas n a group.

Today the PLTS that I have achieved are;

* CT1 Because I contributed good ideas to my group for my show

* TW6 Because I gave feedback to all my groups and gave good feedback and constructive criticism.

* RL4 Because I received some feedback and took it as positive.