LO4: Theatre in Education workshop at Browick Road

Today we went to Browick Road Primary School to do a theatre in education (TIE) workshop with the yr2 children about sharing and donating. I think the workshop went well but some of the children did not behave perfectly maybe making the workshop less successful than it could have been. When in separate groups the children behaved better and more ideas could be put across to them. Unfortunately the children did not bring in anything to donate to our charity shops, mainly because, I think, it is the wrong time of year to put across a campaign of this type:

You may think that this time of year would be perfect for a donating campaign – mums want to clear their cupboards for Christmas in order for new presents and toys to come in and take their place. BUT if you think about it, with so many campaigns saying the same thing, how can they chose which campaign to go to – the school jumble sale? The charity shop down the road? The donation bags that get posted through your door? With many options it will be hard for us to get many donations.

So gathering donations hasn’t been very successful but where I think we have thrived is in spreading the message that donating should happen, and with good quality contributions. All of the children’s parents seemed to donate anyway but we ran a quick survey at the end and all of the children enjoyed the workshop and said they had learnt something. One child said: ‘I learnt not to chuck stuff away but to give it to people who need it more’. So although gathering donations was unsuccessful, spreading a good word and raising awareness was done effectively and productively.

LO1: Why is Barnardos Controversial

Barnardos have, over the years, produced hard-hitting TV adverts linked to their campaign ‘Break the Cycle’

One advert attracted 400 complaints and was about the journey of a girl who has suffered abuse in childhood leading a life of crime, drugs and poverty.

In the advert the girl’s father is shown repeatedly hitting her round the head. The girl is shown in a prison cell, mugging someone and taking drugs.

The advert ends with the line, "For thousands of children in the UK, the story will keep repeating itself until someone stops it".

Some complaints challenged whether the ad was suitable for transmission at times when large numbers of children were likely to be watching. The question is 'are campaigns like these too hard-hitting or are they effective'?

New ideas...

I have had to edit my plan for artefact. I decided that it was easier to paper mash the shoe with tissue paper than to use wire. Also it suited my design more. Because of this I will have to edit my plan to suit my new design. I am going to have a tissue paper shoe with a netting frill and some holes will be cut into the shoe showing inner black netting. Also i may add a wire flower to finish the design. I will brobably use a heel in the shape of a needle but I am unsure of this detail thus far. When finished I will upload a picture of my mock up of the shoe. 

LO4: Re-thinking things slightly...

For me, asking the students at our school to donate was never really going to work. Most pupils of our age at the school think that they’re ‘too cool’ to donate to charity shops.

We needed to think of a new plan. Finally we came up with the idea of asking teachers as well as the students to donate. On the plus, now Christmas is coming up it is a great time to donate unwanted items to charity. Therefore we have created a new poster that’s designed more for Adults and…

-         put posters up in staff rooms to let teachers know

-         put fliers in form boxes to be read out to all students

-         sent an email to all WHS staff letting them know what we are doing and how they can donate

We are now hoping that this will bring in more donations and speed up the process of gathering enough donations.

Trip to Florida Shoes

Today we visited the Florida Shoe Factory in Norwich which is a producer of Van Dal shoes. For me it was a very helpful trip because it enabled me to see first hand how shoes were made and the processes that went into making them.

Below there is a list of many pictures that I took whilst at florida shoes.

The Florida shoes office

Some fabrics used for making the shoes

Cutting table in action

You can see the templates being taken out

Leather

Reptile skin (fake)

These are the processes that go into making a shoe...

1. They have magazines showing the up and coming trends so they know what types of shoe will be popular. They use a colour pallet called pan tone that is known globally so it is easy for them to communicate with factories in China etc.

2. They create theme boards to gather ideas and use them as a visual reference for the shoe

3. They create the initial sketch of the shoe

4. Plastic vacs are used to show a shoe shape. It is then drawn on to use as a template 

5. They use computer aided design (CAD) to create the shoe pattern

6. The CAD picture is then printed onto paper using a cutting table, the cutting table uses a lazer to cut out the correct design. It has one setting for cutting paper, one for plastic and a pen that writes detail on the shoe so assembling the shoe is easier

7. Designs are then cut out by the clicker including the inner lining

8. They stitch some bits of the shoe together on sewing machines - predominantly a woman's job

9. Back of the heel is formed using heat to set

10. Glue sticks on the shoe sole

11. Heel of the shoe is punched on with nails

12.Stray fibres are burnt off the shoe

13. A bottom ruffer is used to give the shoe more grip

14. Boxes that the shoes are packed in are flat packed from China and assembled in Norwich by prisoners at the Norwich prison as a sign of labour

15. They use waterproofing technology (they are currently the only place in the UK that uses this technology) that is also used by the army and RAF to make army clothes water resistant to waterproof their shoes. This process adds £5 to the retail price.

Additional info

They make 1400 pairs of shoes a week.

It is the second largest shoe factory in the UK.

They make shoes and handbags.

90% of the shoes they sell are imported from China and India.

The common size that they base the templates on is 4 1/2

LO2&4: Our questionnaire for year 2 pupils

The questionnaire below is designed to let us get feedback from the children about how they felt about the day we spent with them: (normally the yes, no answers would be replaced with happy and unhappy faces to make it easier for the children to answer the questionnaire but they would not show up on the blog)

 

Questionnaire for year 2s

Please colour in the face to answer your question and write on the dotted lines.

Question 1.

Have you enjoyed today? 

Yes

Not sure

No

Question 2.

Did you bring in any toys to donate?

Yes

No

Question 3.

What have you learnt about charities and donating today?

…………………………………………………………………………

Question 4.

Will you start donating to charity shops more often?

 Yes

Maybe

No

Question 5.

If so what will you donate?

……………………………………………………………………………

LO1: Understanding the nature and purpose of campaigns

Campaign example – 'Children in Need'

Children in Need is a very well known campaign that runs mid November time every year. Children in Need first started in 1927. It shows how successful the campaign must be because it is still running now.

The main messages and ideas behind the campaign

The campaign is designed to help disadvantaged children all around the world. This includes disabled children, ill children, homless children and parent carers. They use Pudsey bear as a mascot for the campaign, this helps get children involved.

Their vision is a society where each and every child and young person is supported to realise their potential

The target audience of the campaign

The target audience is children, and parents with children because they are who are most likely to react towards the campaign.

 Many schools have non-school uniform days to raise money. They also bring in cakes to sell and do raffles etc. for fundraising. 

The strategy and methods of the campaign that are used to reach the target audience

The first televised appeal was the 1955 ‘Children's Hour Christmas Appeal’.  They do a televised appeal every year that runs on until the early hours of the morning. They use a mascot, Pudsey bear, to connect to children in the campaign as well as adults (he was introduced in 1985).

The success of the campaign in achieving its aims

The 2009 Appeal raised a record breaking £39 million which is already starting to make a difference to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people. So far this year they have been able to allocate over £20 million in two grant rounds to 665 projects dedicated to helping improve the lives of disadvantaged children and young people

    

Video Journals - How to make them

Questions to ask
- How can I make it creative?
- Use of narrative arc? (narration)
- Use of format - which format?

What do you need?
- Video or digital camera
- Subject
- Setting
- Format
- Planning
- Creativity

What does a producer do?
- Makes ideas happen
- Responsible for how things are edited
- Paper work - health and safety etc.

What does a director do?
- Organises shoots - how do they look?
- Does everything look good?
- Checks everything is ok with shoots

What should an interview be?
- Challenging
- Revealing
- Evocative
- Provocative
- Emotional
- Engaging

Who do you need?
- Camera man
- Producer (interviewer)
- Interviewee

Week Plan

Week 1 (19/10/2010):
Write down my initial ideas. Start a shoe plan in detail showing what materials I will be using; what type of shoe I will be creating.

Week 2 (2/11/2010):
Will finish any planning. Also I will finish my mood board of ideas for my shoe - stick into sketch book.

Week 3 (9/11/2010):
Start the making of my shoe. Begin working the wire into the correct place.

Week 4 (16/11/2010):
Visit to a shoe factory. Gather more ideas.

Week 5 (23/11/2010):
Finish the wiring. Add materials if there is time.

Week 6 (30/11/2010):
Finish applying materials to shoe.

Week 7 (7/12/2010):
Add the heel of my shoe.

Week 8 (14/12/2010):
General finishing touches - making sure every thing about it is complete.

LO2: Workshop at primary school

We are doing a workshop about sharing and donating to year 2s at Browick Road Primary School. I am the team leader in my group. My group contains:

·         Charlotte

·         Lauren

·         Jasmine

·         Elliot

·         Freddie

·         Hollie

·         And me (Nina)

We have decided that when we go we will all wear name tags that say our names so that the year 2s know who we are. When we ask them their names we will pass a toy round the circle so that they know they can only talk if they are holding the toy.

When we play the ‘hide the toys’ game, Jasmine and I will bring the children outside whilst the other group members hide the toys inside the classroom.

Elliot and Lauren will show a short performance of ‘how not to share’, then we will we split up so each group member has a group of around 5 year 2s.

We will evaluate how effective the workshop was by using a questionnaire which I will upload at a later date.