Work Experience - Day Nine

 Work Experience 


Thursday was my last day of work experience as the school had an inset day on Friday. I really enjoyed my time over work experience. 


Today I started by writing up the notes I had made while I was making my samples. I did this on google slides so that the aa writing would be easy to read for everyone.


Before all the  lessons today I made sure the books were laid out and the equipment they would need was available for them.  I made sure that all the transfer dues were out for a class with pipettes in them so that the colours wouldn’t mix through paintbrushes. In this lesson I cut up card for the students to paint on and than once they had I printing this using the best press. I decided to print a few at a time so the students didn’t have to wait long as I could fit four in at once. 


In another lesson a student wanted to make a corset so I helped them understand the pattern and how to cut it out- front pattern in the fold. I decided to draw a diagram of how to put the pieces together as this students had never done it before to explain this. 


After the lessons finished for the day I changed half of the machines feet to straight feet so that the machines where more accessible for the students  and I made sure to thread up all the machines so they will be ready to use. I also made sure that all the chrome-books were plugged in so they would be charged for the next use. I also helped another technician/ teacher get chrome book's after lunch time ready for the exam. 


Overall, I really enjoy my work experience and all the members of staff were very welcoming and friendly. 


These are the samples I managed to make whilst being at work experience along side help the teacher. 


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