Work Experience- Day Four

Work Experience 


Today was my fourth day of work experience. The day started of with a year 11 class who didn’t need much help with there work so I carried on making samples. One of the students asked me how I made my lino print and if I could show them how to do it but they didn’t get time to do this this lesson so I will try and show me them at some time during work experience.  


In the middle class of the day I helped students change there machine thread and bobbins so they could stitch how they wanted. I also helped a student who wanted to resew they like by suggesting using seam ripper to undo their line. In this lesson I also tried to have what the teacher wanted before she asked I think this went well as when she asked me to get the water colours out I also thought to put the paint brushes and water pots out. 


I also made sure that all the chrome books were away and charging after the teacher and I sorted them out yesterday. Yesterday, I had to speak to someone who came in asking about them which made me further push my confidence. 


As today was mostly upper school classes I wasn’t working with the students and much . In this time I just carried on with hand stitching on my samples with has helped me with improving it. 


After school finished I stayed to complete more samples and so that I could also be there when some students work after school. In this time I made two dissolvable fabric samples which I thought would be a good idea as they were simple to make and quick. I also made more prints of my lino so that the variants can be worked into more. 


Overall, today was a bit slower in the lessons but I still enjoyed working and making samples especially after school. 


I was also able to show the teacher some of my previous work and she like it and asked me questions of how I achieved the work and the techniques I used. This was good as it meant she was able to think of things that she can use and her students can. 

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