Inquiry

This term we have had Inquiry. And in inquiry we have had a choice of which group we were in. There were groups like, Graduation, Building, Science, 3D Printing and more. We had taste testers at each station, to help us to decide which three groups we liked the most. I like Building first because it will help me for when I am older because I am going to become an Architect and an interior designer. Then I chooseImpact Projects second and Graduation third. And then after we decided our top three favourite then the teachers choose out of those three, which group we would be most suited at. I got my first choice. Then once we were in our groups we had to choose what we are going to leave behind at Russell St. 

I am going to be leaving a mark at RSS because of the bench that I am making. My bench that I am making is called a Buddy Bench. And a buddy bench is for, if you have no one to play with. Someone can come and ask if you would like to  play with them. It is also making people more happy at Russell St because they have buddy's and friends to play with.         

I am also think outside of the box because if it was just a bench that people would just sit on, how would that change the school if we have already have benches. But I am adding a twist by making something we have not got at school already.

My Planning:

O4/11/15:

What? What did you do today? What have you achieved? 

We found some wood pallets, to use. Then we found out where we needed to cut the wood, by our measurements that we have above. Then we started to see a bench come through. Then we also did some sanding.

So What? What have you learned? What was easy? What was hard? Why?

I have learnt how to saw and remove old pieces of wood. It was quite hard doing both at the start but then after awhile I got the hang of it. It was very hard because sometime when I was sawing rough parts of the wood got hard to saw through.

Now What? What are your goals for next week? 

My goals are to complete all the parts that we need for our Bench!

12/11/15

What? What did you learn today? What did you achieve?

Today we worked on the chair legs and sanding back the chair. 

So What? What have you learned? What was easy? What was hard?

I have now learnt how to sand properly and how to start the cutting with a saw. Sanding was really easy and starting the cutting was really hard.

Now What? What are your goals for next week?

Finish one more piece to our bench then start putting all the pieces together.

18/11/15

What? What did you learn today? What did you achieve?

We put all the pieces together and it was really hard to hammer the nails in because they would always go sideways.

So What? What have you learned? What was easy? What was hard?

I learnt how to hammer nails in properly. It was hard because the nail was always moving. 

Now What? What are your goals for next week?

Sanding, sanding and sanding!

26/11/15

What? What did you learn today? What did you achieve?

I did Sanding , Sanding and more Sanding!

So What? What have you learned? What was easy? What was hard?

I did Sanding and Sanding was really really hard because I did it for most of the time and my arm got tired.

Now What? What are your goals for next week? 

Sanding and painting.

03/12/15

What? What did you learn today? What did you achieve?

I did Painting, Painting and more painting. I learnt the getting a smaller amount of paint on your brush is much more easier and less messier than the opposite. And that going one way when using a paint brush makes everything look nice and professional.

So What? What have you learned? What was easy? What was hard?

Painting one way was quite easy, and getting the right amount of paint on the brush was hard.

Now What? What are your goals for next week? 

Cutting out the stencils that we are using for painting our letters.

10/12/15

What? What did you learn today? What did you achieve?

I achieved Painting the base the second coat. Also drawing the stencils, cutting them out and painting the words black. After that then I also added some splats of paint and hand prints. 

So What? What have you learned? What was easy? What was hard?

I learnt that staying in the lines when you are painting is very, very hard. And that using a small brush can make painting little letters more easy.

Now What? What are your goals for next week? 

That people are using the Buddy Bench for its purpose. And people are coming and asking if the person on the Buddy Bench if they would like to play.