Campaign - LO4

Wymondham High School
Folly Road
Wymondham
Norfolk

14th December 2010

Dear Sir/Madem

The campaign part of the Diploma has done well in some parts but not as well in others. We haven't managed to raise many donations due to the fact that around this time of year a lot of people are getting charity bags through the door and its a convienient time to get rid of things before Christmas and people have only so much to give. But you could consider this idea if you havent already because it seems to work well. But on the other hand we have raised a big amount of awareness of your charity with our posters,leaflets and performances. Another good thing is have also enjoyed working on this topic and have learnt alot about your charity. Overall i think the campaign was successfull because we may not have gotten many donations but we all had a good time,learnt alot and raised awareness for your charity.


                     Yours faithfully
                      Kaidee

Letter to our charity

Wymondham High School
Folly Road
Wymondham

Norfolk

7th December 2010

Dear Quidenham Hospice


                                        Im writing to you to update you on how we are doing with our campaign module. We've made posters and leaflets which have been put up and given out around school and we've also asked the school to get involved and to bring in any spare donations they have. We incorperated a part on the fact that you take electricals, which not many charity shops do, and we've tried to put on our poster that you do gift aid. We have put a date on our poster for any donations poeple have to be brought in on that day and we hope to bring you a big bagful of good quality donations. To raise awareness we have also made a t.v advert which might be shown in assemblies and form time to show the rest of the school what we are doing.
I'd just like to thank you for helping us with our project and we hop you've enjoyed working with us as much.

                  Yours faithfully, Kaidee.

Artefact - Todays Lesson - 7/12/10

In todays artefact lesson i carried on with my shoe. I cut the masking tape off of my shoe usuing a penknife which took forever and used that as a template to make the paper part of my shoe,which next week i will glue together and put a thin material round.  I need to remember to bring in some needles to stick onto my shoe before it's dipped in wax. Ive got a lot to do next week so i really need to concentrate.

23/11/10 - Artefact Lesson

In todays lesson we looked at a slideshow of artists which was aimed to inspire us and make us think about our shoe design. I wasnt going to change my shoe until i saw this slideshow and have now changed my shoe design, which instead of a checked shoe with a cotten reel as a heel, i have decided to stick some needles to a thin material and dip in wax to create a blurred vintage effect. We finished any plans we needed to finish and then went on to start creating our shoes. I had to make a shoe pattern for my 'Fashion Shoe' and i done this by getting a shoe template and covering it in masking tape,and cutting out the sections which would then fit together to form the shoe much like the net of a cube. Next lesson im continuing this and making the base of my shoe out of a thin material. I learnt about some interesting artists in this lesson and how u can make a shoe out of anything to look like anything, if u put your mind to it.

Health and Safety when making my shoe

When making my shoe i will be using materials such as sharp needles and wire which can be dangerous,to prevent injury make sure i keep my needles in the packet until i need them and if im using wire be careful to cut it with wire cutters and make sure its near no one elses face. I also need to be carfull when using the penknifes and need to keep away from everyone else and make sure im not jogged.

Paper Shoes

The paper shoes we made at the start of the year in Artefact were meant to help us later on when we were making our actual shoes. This is because we had to put the shoe together and design it ourselves which made us thinkabout what we wanted our shoes to look like. My paper shoe was blue and gold and i tried to give it a vintage edge with the rich waxy gold colour i used ... it reflected a little bit on the design of my actual shoe as i used the blue and the vintage effect but ive changed my shoe design now which you can read in another one of my newer blog posts but it still has the vintage edge and making the little paper shoe made me think independantly about how i wanted my shoe to look.

How our Campaigns going

Last week when donations were meant to be bought in none of the Campaigns got any donations and we think this is because we didnt advertise out Campaigns enough or for long enough and its considered 'uncool' for children our age to donate.And I think one of the reasons is that a lot of people couldnt be bothered to walk all the way to the Drama Studio at their lunch or breaktime and i think it would've helped if we had a different room for them to bring their donations to. So, now were going to change our target audience to the teachers,weve now started making posters to be read out in staff breafing so that all teachers know including the part time teachers which can hand their donations in to Mr.Cole or Mrs.Haythorpe if they arnt here on a tuesday. We hope the teachers will do a better job at donating than the students!