Health and saftey tips no. 3

To make the mouth of my shoe I need to use air-drying clay and I used scissors to cut up the acetate along with a stapler to hold it together. To make sure I don't accidental hurt me or someone else I have to:

• Not drop the clay bag as it is heavy
• Be careful while using the scissors
• Be careful while using the stapler

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14/12/10

Period 1

We were in the computer room and we added new labels to our blogs so that it is easier for the marker to see which piece of work comes under which learning objectives. I also tried to upload the video of us making the big charity monster but unfortunately had to make it from scratch again and didn't have time to complete this within the lesson.

Period 2

We were working on our shoe again and I have made the mouth and began painting it. I have also made the sole along with the support for the heel, unfortunately I forgot the templates I was going to use so I couldn't get them completed but made the mouth instead. The mouth is made from air-drying clay. We also got sweets because it was our last lesson before Christmas!

Period 3

We were back in the computer room and we completed any work that we hadn't completed which involved letters to the charity shops and I also did a bit more work on the stop-motion movie I was doing in period 1. Miss also said my blog was really good!

Overview

We did a lot of finishing work today which was good because we didn't have to do it at home. I have almost managed to get back on schedule in artifact. Just a little bit behind and that's because I had to spend a lot of time trying to find a working stapler.

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This is a video of a real robot

This is the video of our performance at Browick, I'm the robot. It shows how the performance came together and how we managed to cope even though we didn't have the full group that we'd been hoping for.

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Health and safety tips no. 2

I wanted a bumpy texture on my shoe but doing this was going to present some health and safety hazards.To get the texture of the shoe right I had to heat the acetate. To do this Miss gave me a lighter and an iron. Obviously there are some points I need to consider, these are:

• Be careful not to burn myself when using the lighter
• Be careful not to let anything else in the room catch on fire
• Don't hold the acetate when it's hot
• Don't touch the hot side of the iron
• Tell other people not to touch the iron when it's hot
• Be careful with the iron whilst it's cooling down as it may still be hot

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7/12/10

Period 1

First miss told us when all our artifact work had to be hand in by and made sure that we all new what had to be done. Then we all began completing this work. I changed my design again to include acetate instead of wax, acetate is the plastic stuff that goes on overhead projectors. I used small samples to test it, if I heated it it would become bumpy and stay like this. First I tried heating it with a flame but then it curled up as well and I wanted it to keep it's shape. I the used an iron and it still went bumpy but didn't go bumpy so I decided I'd use that technique to make my shoe. Miss then told me that it's very rigid when ironed so I'm going to have make the shape out of acetate first and then use a heat gun to make it bumpy, the iron wouldn't be able to iron the shape of the shoe. I also am going to take apart my old converses and use the bits of them for the template which I'll base my shoe on.

Period 2

We wrote a letter to our charities to tell them how our campaign went and whether or not we received any donations. We then began making a stop motion movie about "the birth of the Charity Monster." This is going well and it includes the big Charity monster being made and use thinking up the idea of the charity monster.

Period 3

We had a cover teacher who strangely didn't turn up. So we just did whatever work we hadn't yet completed or perfected any other work. I made sure the designs for my new shoe were going to work and there wasn't going to be any unexpected surprises when it came to making.

Overview

Today involved lots of quick thinking to solve problems and knowledge of how to work an iron. I think that I could've worked a little bit harder in the lesson where we had no teacher, the rest of the day I worked hard and completed a lot of things.

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the letter of failure

This is the letter we had to send to the charity shop telling them about how well the campaign went;

           

Wymondham High School

Folly Road

Wymondham

Norfolk

NR18 0QT

Children’s Society

30 Market Street

Wymondham

Norfolk

NR18 0BB

Dear sir/miss,

                       I am writing on behalf of the creative and media group that visited you on the 5^th of October. You asked us to collect more toys and to do this we launched a campaign and hoped to receive donations. Unfortunately, due to the dates of our campaign and restricted time, we have failed to get any donations to help your charity. We have though raised awareness so hopefully you will receive more donations from, now on.

Kind regards,

Jacob Lucas

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Dude! I've turned into a robot!

 For the performance we had to do at Browick just done I had to be a robot and this involved making myself a robot costume. I have written up instructions on how it happened just so you can see how much time it took.

Materials

• cardboard boxes (ones that just go past your waist)
• silver heating duct (length of both your arms)
• duck tape
• silver spray (enough to cover your cardboard boxes)
• any add-ons you may like (I used silver tins and silver curry boxes)
• Scissors
• Helper
• Silver jump suit

Instructions

1. using the duck tape go over all the edges of your cardboard boxes (you may have to tape two or more together). This will be the body of your robot.

2. cut out holes for your arms. (give room to move around and so they don't rub)

3. using the heating duct cut it down to equal lengths and then squish or stretch to make it fit your arms. Cover the ends of these in duct tape so they don't cut you,

4. Spray your box silver and once dried, using duct tape, stick on any add-ons you like.

5. Stick on any other add-ons you like to the jump suit, only below the waist though. Use  plenty of duct tape to do this as they may fall off. This will be the legs.

6. Use your helper to help get the suit on and strike a pose. Helper should also congratulate you on your achievement

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