Health & safety

Health and safety 

Week 2 of term 4, we've been talking about health and safety and how it is really important to know all this when it comes to textiles. 

• Putting all sharp objects such as Scissors,pins ect, away after use for it could be a danger to others.

• Keep your hair tied up when using the sewing machine because it could get caught in the feed dog part of the sewing machine. 

• Always leave iron standing up, never leave it facing down because the ironing board cover could catch fire. 

Food

 

This week in food we got to choose what we wanted to make,our group choose to make crepes.                                  

They were really easy to make and tasted great. I recommend making these.

About me - 

Hi my name's Alicia, I’m a year 10 student at Westland high school.
I enjoy the outdoors and art.

My goal for the year, is to do well in all my classes.

Textiles

Week 6, Wednesday 9th June

Last week in textiles,Arnika and I began some of the major stages of the hoodie,

the sewing and cutting out process,

So far we have cut and sewed the sleeves to the front and back of the sweater. 

Textiles

  Last week in textiles, we made our samplers which tested our abilities of being able to do a simple seam and button-hole. I also added on a zig-zag stitch. 

Food

Last week in food we made tomato pasta sauce, It tasted nice but needed                                             more  sugar to cancel out the bitterness of the tomatoes, it was very easy to make.                                   

Food

 Last week in food we made rock cakes. 

They tasted very nice and were very easy to make,we added condensed milk instead of normal milk. 

Food

This week in food we made gingerbread christmas cookies,                                  

They were very easy to make and they tasted very good. Recommend to make these. Nothing wrong at all with this.

Getting into that christmas spirit.🎄

Food

This weekin food we are making mini savory pies, 

It was easy to make but needed more seasoning like salt or pepper. 

Text Term 4 - Week 4

 This week in textiles

We are making sure we know how to do darts, seams and buttonholes and what they are used for.

Darts - Here is a photo of my darts, it is used to shape fabric, therefore the fabric won’t be loose and it will be fitting, the fabric to mold the body. Buttonholes - Here is a photo of my buttonholes, they are used for, Buttonholes are reinforced holes in fabric that buttons pass through, allowing one piece of fabric to be secured to another. The raw edges of a buttonhole are usually finished with stitching.

Seams - 

Here is a photo of my seam sample - 

The seam is sewn at 1.5 centimeters. I have finished the edges using  (a Overloking  

Seams are finished so that they don’t fray.

Health & Safety

Week 2 of term 4, we've been talking about health and safety and how it is really important to know all of this kind of stuff when it comes to textiles. 

Here is my health and safety page. 

Textiles

Today in our second Textiles class. We tested our competence in the use of making a pin cushion. I demonstrated competence because I finished my work in the time I was given.

I works really well for example, if theres a pin in it, It doesn't come threw the other side.

SCIENCE

Vinyl

We are getting ready to reuse vinyl from some old pool toys, I'm going to make a little bag. Vinyl is a durable plastic material often used for outdoor tablecloths, and other vinyl-coated fabrics available in many colors and weights.

My Magazine

Textiles

This term, I have chosen to do textiles as an optional subject, we have 5 weeks to have them done. There are many colors but I chose a color named  (antique pink). I still have to cut them out. I am going pretty good so far but very nervous to start sewing them.

Blog Comments

Netiquette 13/8/2018: I have been learning about what a quality blog comment is. It should have positive/helpful/thoughtful. A positive blog comment is to give them a compliment about what they have done. A helpful comment is about asking a question or some feedback. And a thoughtful comment can be related to or that reminds me of when we did that.

Creative Writing.

In homeroom, we have been learning creative writing here is what I have been doing.

Ben was standing on his old rickety deck looking out at the smooth water. As he started to walk inside he heard a loud SPLASH his head suddenly turned to where the noise came from it was his kayak smashing in the water. As he ran to the kayak his shoe got lodged in between a crack in the rocks.

In food today we made cinnamon rolls It was my first time making and tasting cinnamon rolls  They were really yummy the thing I liked about them the most was. That they were really sweet and moist. Next time I think I will make them bigger. 

Loss Popularity And Dignity

The class door swung open. It made a loud Bang! As I ran out. The whole class looked straight at me with an angry gleam in their eyes. As soon as I got out of the class, I ran straight for an empty class. I glanced at my phone and saw that all of my friends had unfriended me. Upset, I checked who was still in my friend list, all I had was my mum. I mean, how embarrassing! I cried and cried until I had run out of tears. In that moment I knew I had lost my popularity and dignity. It all started when I began bullying, I don’t know why I did it, I just did. I think at the time it made me feel good. The girl I was bullying wasn’t very popular but had some pretty popular friends. I didn’t think she would tell. I would pass her notes in class saying she stunk or that there was something in her hair so she would jump and scream. Me and my friend group found it funny and laughed, well, at least I thought they did. After one of her popular friends saw my note I started losing friends on Facebook, and soon enough word got out to EVERYONE that I was bullying and I was down to my “close” friends. Even after a while, they started ignoring me too. Even my teachers knew. They didn’t do anything, they just glared at me. So now I have no friends and no respect, I lost everything because of bullying and now even I get bullied.