Tuesday the 7th January 2014

Today was the first school day after the break and as well as the first d.t lesson. Before the break we had finished off with the investigate and with no time to spare we were off with our design stage today. According to me the design stage is a very fun stage as there is a lot of sketching. It makes me feel as if I am an professional. Though this time will be a bit more difficult since we are now in class 8 hence we have more expectations and the task is more difficult to sketch and detail then last time. However I am confident to do my designs since I already have so many ideas and plans for what my fruit/vegetable rack will be, hence i just have to jot it down on paper. Today we had a look at couple of designs from previous classes. This made it even more clear on what we have to do to reach certain grades. I grew excited and immediately took my notebook and started drawing rough sketches of my rack and giving approximate measurements. I didn't start straight away on the A3 paper as I know that first I have to be aware of what I will be drawing so I don't waste the paper or mess it. I struggled a bit on the measurements as some went over the limit which was 15,000 cm cubed. I managed to use the help of my friends to rectify and show corrections to what I should do in my designs. Now I was fully prepared to start off with my actual designs.