Technology

Last week the year 7 and 8 students of room 9 had technology with Miss Munro and Mr Wilmot. The year 8's were with Mr Wilmot in the hard materials work shop. We could choose to either make a birdhouse, bookshelf/bedside table, a kontiki fishing boat or a multi purpose picture frame. We also had the choice to make an item of our own as long as the materials were in the workshop. On the Wednesday and Thursday we had the painting stage for the projects and we had the rest of the week to go through the design, layout, cutting with the jigsaw and sanding stages. I cant wait to see our finished products. They will be amazing.

The skills we had to use in tech involved co-operation, communication, responsibility and confidence when using the power tools and other items found in Mr Wilmots workshop. We, as year 8's learnt new techniques with the jigsaw. this will help us when learning hard materials at future schools and jobs.

My Finished Product

My finished product turned out really well. I really enjoyed the process that I had to go through to complete my project. The painting stage was my favourite and I also quite enjoyed using the jigsaw. I found the jigsaw quite difficult at first but then it got as easier and I was able to go faster when cutting out the back pieces to my frame. Filing and sanding the outline of the shape was the most difficult and tiring stage as we had to have the surface and perimeter smooth and even. I created my photo frame as a birthday present for my step mum. The finished product looks amazing!