Ireland

We have been learning about the Rugby World Cup. I have been finding out things about Ireland who is one of the countries playing for the Cup.

Holiday highlight

In the holidays I went to Hastings to see my family. When we got there it was dark. In the morning we had to get ready for a wedding, because the bride is my auntie and she looked so pretty in her wedding dress. We went to a 21st birthday the next day.

My family and I had to do a Tongan dance, then we did a Cook Islands dance too. We had to do the dances because the groom was a Tongan and the bride was a Cook Islander

The bridesmaids wore pink dresses because the bride liked pink, that is why we had to wear pink too. I did not want to wear pink. I wanted to wear blue because it’s my favorite colour.

I had so much fun when I was there. I got to meet the grooms family, they were nice people but some of them were boring. My mum had to make a big dish of potato salad, Cook Island style. Everybody enjoyed it. I did not get to eat any, but my mum made some at home. It was really nice.

Final Design

I chose this design because:
It might help people do the right thing.

Evaluation:

* Does your sign meet all the specifications and requirements of the brief?
If so, how? Yes because my sign is about getting rid of rubbish in the street

* What is the purpose of your sign? Do you think your sign will help eliminate a problem in the school or street? If so, how? to get rid of rubbish.

* What did you do well? finished most of my project

* What difficulties did you come across while making your sign? filling in the planning log and thinking of ideas

* What can you do next time to improve your project?
focus properly and try to finish it off properly and on time

Design 1

PMI

You need to come up with at least 2 different possible sign designs and complete a PMI for each. This should include some feedback from an adult or a peer around the school who would represent the stakeholders.



PMI:

Plus: Has a picture of a bin.
Minus: Has no block writing, no colour
Interesting: Its cool

Brief Development

Brief Development: 1st Brief

Conceptual Statement:
(What is the concept or idea behind your design brief? e.g “To produce a sign with a message that helps eliminate the issue of...”)

To produce a sign with a message that helps eliminate the issue of rubbish

Specifications:
(The measurable must haves ie. the things that are important to designing an effective sign e.g. sign must be easy to read etc...)

1.Big paper
2.Put it in the street
3.has to be colourful
4.have to be big writing

Constraints:
(Musts that are beyond my control e.g. Must be completed by the end of the term)

1.must be completed by the end of the term
2.must be completed properly
3.must be done
4.have to Stand out

Resources:
(things I need to make the sign)
*paper
*ruler
*colour
*glue
*pencil
*cardboard

Planning Log

Planning Log

Keep a record of both what you intend to do and what you did over the course of the next 3 weeks as we work through the Technology Process.

	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7
What I plan to do	brainstorm	survey	planning log, signs
Materials I will need	scrapbook, pencil	pencil,book	planning log
People/Sources I need to consult for more information.	teacher friends	teacher,friends,people	teacher, students
What did you find difficult and why?	finding ideas	questions	find ideas
What I will do next as a result of any difficulties.	share brainstorm ideas with a friend

STAKEHOLDERS

The Stakeholders are the people who have an effect on the production of your product

The Primary Stakeholder is your client ie. the person or community of people that your sign is going to be created for. eg. ….

Wider Community Stakeholders:	Key Stakeholders:	Primary Stakeholder:
parents	students	me

ATTRIBUTES: These describe the physical (what it is like) and functional (what it will do) characteristics of a product. These characteristics are key or essential for the successful function of a product and should be re- evaluated at each stage of the design process.

With your sign in mind, complete the following attributes table:

Attribute	Method of Measurement	Specification
eg. Eye catching	sign will appeal (be noticed) by stakeholders	Sign must be clear, stand out and be creative
Size	ruler	sign needs to be big
Colour	stand out	it needs to be blue
Create awareness (e.g. clear message)	clear message	put the sign somewhere on the wall
Durable/ Weather resistant	strong	the sign needs to be made out of cardboard
Ideal location (in the right area)	in the street	in the street

Design a sign

Names of people in my group: pharrah,maranda.

Your task is to design a sign that will clearly assist in eliminating a problem within our school.

- Make sure you are clear what the task is.
- Can you identify the key words in this task (highlight them and discuss it with a buddy)

Thinking about signs and signage (Make a list of all the signs you have seen ….. and the purpose of the sign )

Type of sign:	Purpose of the sign:
Rubbish Sign	pick up rubbish
Bags Sign	put up your bag
Class Sign	no runing in the class
No running sign	to keep salf
A sign for the office	to show were is the office is

Brainstorm some Ideas/ problems that we have around our school environment.

*Rubbish in the street
*Bags left around
*Shoes not in the right place
*People chewing gum
*Throwing balls in the street
*Kids running in the breeze


ISSUE CHOICE AND JUSTIFICATION

You need to think and expand on your answers, one sentence is not sufficient.

What is your issue in our school? RUBBISH

Who does it affect?people, teachers and other people in the SCHOOL

Why is it happening in our school?people are bringing gum to school.

When does it happen? when you are at school or some were you do not need to be.

Where is it happening?at school,in the hall.

What needs to happen to prevent this issue?put up signs saying do the right thing.