Sewing course

For the first week of the holiday I decided to go to a sewing course that was run by Grace's Grandma Sydney. It was run from Monday-Friday 9-12 for $30. Mea stayed the night before it started as mum was taking us in the morning as it said on the carpooling system sheet.

 On the first day we set up our sewing machines (Grace, Mea and I had our own and the rest were the schools) and started to practice some straight lines on a piece of paper. We then had a sewing test where you had to follow the road and then follow the curving lines. 

We then got a piece of paper that had instructions on how to make a strawberry. We had to cut out some paper templates to use when we cut out the fabric. We then got some red material with white polka dots and cut it out and then used some felt to cut out the top of the strawberry.

We then sewed around the red material, leaving a small gap at the top which we filled with stuffing.

After the stuffing was firmly put in we started to hand sew the top up. We then easily sewed on the top of the strawberry.

Once we finished our strawberry, we started making some hearts just like how we made our strawberry's but we put some ribbon on it and sewed on a button to finish it off.

The next day we chose a material that we wanted to make a small bag out of. We then started to design what we wanted our bag to look like. I wanted to make mine for my iPad so I started to make it. I chose 2 different color materials, one had ballet shoes on it and the other was a plain pink color.

Mine was a lot more complicated than others because I had pockets that I wanted to pad so that it was more protective for my iPad. I cut the padding to the right length and put it in the fabric pockets. I then sewed everything together.

I also added in a mini flap so that I could add some velcro on it and it would keep my iPad in it. I sewed everything and then cleaned up everything like the threads and my area. The next day we started to make some bigger bags.

I decided I wanted to make my own design on my bag so I cut it to the right length and then chose a stencil. I chose a floral kind of design to put on my bag and used the pink paint mixed with the silver sparkly one and it looked really cool.

While we waited for the paint to dry we played on the playground. When it was dry we started sewing the outsides of the bag. We then sewed the seams by making the the sewing machine wear the bag. We then ironed our bags and started to square them up.

It took a little while but it looked great afterwards. Sydney then cut the straps to the right length for everyone and then we were able to start sewing them on. We only had to do a single shoulder strap since there wouldn't be enough if everyone did a double strap.

We then were able to make another heart, bag or strawberry. Sydney thought maybe we could make something for our mums as mothers day was coming up. I made another little bag, a heart and a little wallet/bag for Quinn as he was having surgery.

Mea made him a really cool cape for Quinn with some blue material and the string that is usually attached to a bucket hat.

I was very proud with everything I made and I hope Sydney will run it again as I learnt lots and had heaps of fun with my friends. I really want to make some more things but maybe this time I might make some kind of clothes.

Etime

This term I had been chosen to participate in the online course

Etime. Each term there is a new topic and this term it was all about robots.

Each week there is a new set of tasks. It starts off with a video

explaining the weeks topic of robots (medical industrial e.t.c)

Then you have to add to the weekly discussion wall, 

Etime posts a question or a statement and you comment about it, if

they like you're comment they will feature it in the next weeks

video, I have been mentioned lots of times.

The second task is a Prezi. You go through the Prezi and 

you can watch the videos if you want to. You then do the quiz that

is on the class page, you can keep the Prezi open to help you 

figure out the answer. The third task usually is a 

creative task were you have to draw, make or video 

something (it is all related to robots).

You then hand in the task that was set and then 

you are done. After you have done the task you can clicked

done in the top right left corner and it will mark

it off on your task board.

Athletics Day

For athletics I couldn't do much because of my sore foot so I got assigned to doing the photography. We started off the day by having a debrief in the gym. We then lined up in our last name alphabetical order, I was happy with this because it meant I would be near the front. We got on the buses (not the bendy ones) and made our way to the Trust Stadium were our athletics day was being held.

When we got there we unloaded from the bus and made our way to the stands. We put our bags down and waited for our next instructions. We then got split into year groups and got sent to our first activity. My year started off at shot put. I have never really liked shot put but I gave it a go anyway and came quite high in my year level.

The year 8s then moved onto high jump so I went and helped Mea do some photography. I got some cool shots of some people doing high jump and running races. We then went and had a snack in the stands before the next event. I continued doing photography as the year 8s did some long jump.

It was then time for discus and I was really nervous and excited at the same time. I have already done lots of discus as I used to Athletics and I was quite good at it but it has been a long time since that and I didn't know how well I was going to do. I had my first go and got about 9 meters something. Lots of people bet my score, Leroy got 17 meters! I knew I needed to get further so in my second go I got 10 or 11 meters which I was quite happy with. The next one I got was about 15 meters and I came second over all and first out of the girls which I was really happy with and so was mum.

I then took some more photos but it began to rain so I had to sit the stands so that the camera didn't get wet. Mea and I were sitting in our seats when we heard someone screaming, I looked down the row in front of me and along a bit to the left Ethan was screaming as his foot was stuck in the chair, Mea was yelling for Karma and I rushed over as Lisa and Nicole came over. He had jammed his foot and it wasn't coming out. He cried in pain and finally he was able to get it out. His foot was indented and started bruising strait away.

 Mum came running as fast as she could as she heard Mea and could see people crowding around. His foot was still hurting and mum told me to run and get an ice pack and it was in a green bag. I ran/ hopped to the gazebo and searched for the green bag with the snap ice packs in them. I couldn't find it and I was frantically searching. We then spotted it on one of the chairs in the stands so we went and got the ice pack. After Ethan got the ice pack he calmed down a lot and his foot was bruising lots.

There was then the longer running races and they were a success. We had a couple of people slipping over but there wasn't anything major. I can't wait until next athletics day and I hope I can actually do everything next time.