Wednesday, 20 October 2010

Another Scrapstore Visit

Today we went with college in the mini van to the scrapstore in Bristol. We gathered all of the scrap we need for the school visit, however, communications with the primary school have stopped as people are very busy so i may have to rethink about this part of my project.

We have thought instead about doing our projects but building the outcomes our selves thinking about what the children would have built and then show them to lecturers as if we went along with the original plan. Instead of going to a primary school and using children I am going to use students from my group and carry on with my idea using them.

On the visit to the scrap store I got al of the scrap i need to continue with my new idea .

Friday, 15 October 2010

Building more bridges


Today i have done more research about building bridges and structures, i spent the morning trying to find out which were the best ways to connect different parts of the bridges together. I tried using string and weaving card board together which was effective but when working with younger children this would probably take too long and they may find this difficult.

However, i found that tape was a lot more effective as its easy for the children to use and would take less time, it is also great for securing the bottoms of the structures. I have attached a picture of a bridge i made which i thought i may try but with using masking tape instead of string when i go to work with the children at the school.

Wednesday, 13 October 2010

Final idea

last week i started to plan my final idea, i am still going with my original idea of teaching through play using steiner school ideas, however, i am now instead of just building bridges going to get the children to build structures to either hold one of them or to hold a weighted object. I have allready collected a few items from the scrap store and now just need to go back and get a bit more then devise a short lesson plan then i will be ready to go to the school and work on my project.