Textiles triumphs!
This term has kicked off fantastically in textiles, with so many students already showcasing their creative flair and skills through their practical work! My new Year 10...
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This term has kicked off fantastically in textiles, with so many students already showcasing their creative flair and skills through their practical work! My new Year 10...
Posted by Niralee Pattni
Over the last couple of weeks, Year 8 and 9 students were invited to come along to the after school Thursday sewing workshop, to learn how to make their own tote bag. Students...
Posted by Niralee Pattni
Over the course of the past two months, our D&T students have been working hard on their practice NEA projects. They were tasked with selecting their favourite film and...
Posted by Niralee Pattni
My year 7 class have been doing the food and nutrition project and have been working really well to develop their practical skills. They have been learning about the bridge and...
Posted by Niralee Pattni
This term has been jam packed with lots of practical work and I have had the pleasure of teaching 07S/Ty3 for the textiles and food and nutrition projects so far, and boy oh boy...
Posted by Niralee Pattni
This term, Year 12 D&T A-Level students have been challenged with developing some advanced skills. Poppie, Vera and Ema have been upskilling themselves by learning how to...
Posted by Niralee Pattni
Over in D&T, with the end of the school year looming, our students have been working hard to complete their projects! Year 9 textile students have been developing their sewing...
Posted by Niralee Pattni
Last week, I delivered an online assembly to Elm house and I asked them to reflect on the past year and really think about what they had achieved. Over the course of the year,...
Posted by Niralee Pattni
This year has proven tricky but in Textiles the students have certainly risen to the challenge! I am so incredibly proud of the students this year so have worked their socks off...
Posted by Niralee Pattni
With the school having been such a quiet place for the last couple of months, it’s certainly lovely to see students back in school and especially lovely to have 11 Elm back in my...
Posted by Niralee Pattni
This term has kicked off fantastically in textiles, with so many students already showcasing their creative flair and skills through their practical work!
My new Year 10 group have been working hard, learning about various construction methods and have created their own personalised BMS Textiles tote bags to carry their folders in. We are soon going to be getting stuck into more meaty projects, like making a quilted toiletry bag, made with fabric that they will design and print themselves and incorporating more tricky skills like sewing in a zip, followed by a sweatshirt or hoodie to learn more about sewing with more challenging stretchy fabrics.
The year 9’s have completed their first round of taster projects and have produced some beautiful bow ties, also incorporating their own fabric prints that they have created using Photoshop!
Last term, Year 9 textiles students begun a series of taster lessons in technology, to give them a well-rounded experience of all the technology areas, before they make their...
Head of Elm House Mr Cox delivered another thought provoking assembly at the start of the day on Wednesday of this week and covered some important aspects related to the Theme of...