In the past week things have gotten a little crazy! In our last post we mentioned how we had come up with some pretty cool ideas. Our teacher told us not to worry if the idea seemed impossible... we would find a way to make it work. Our community jumped on board to help make our ideas a reality. Let's start with Fairlite Plastics. Fairlite Plastics specialise in Perspex cut to size, Lexan polycarbonate, Alupanel Composite Aluminium, Central Coast plastic supplies, Laserlite Roofing, Suntuf Roofing, Boat Windscreens, Marine Plastics, Corflute, Engineering Plastics, Brochure Holders,Polystyrene Foam, Hobby Supplies, signage products and much more. We are giving them a big plug because they really helped us out We needed a window for our cow. Yes a window.... and well the cow isn't flat and a window for a cow is a very odd request. We sent our teacher out to see what she could do. The first plastics place sent her on the way laughing about how she wanted to replace the cow udders with an acrylic dome...but she is glad they did. Why? Because this wouldn't have happened. So our teacher came back with a dome. Ok, it wasn’t exactly what we had in mind… we were after all going to replace the udders… but there is always a plan B. We then got in touch with friend of the school Jason Breakwell. Jason travelled up from Sydney to help us cut a hole in the cow. Now we needed Jason for four reasons:
Jason got to work straight away. Our teacher was a little on edge while he hacked into our cow but he did an awesome job. Anyone walking by the school would have been wondering what was going on. He gave us instructions on how to attach the window when we were ready to go. Jason then worked with Steven, Brandon, Aaron and Frankie to construct our corrugated iron canvas. This will be used for our multimedia presentation. We cannot wait to show you what we have planned for this! We had archibull class in the afternoon and began defining our ideas further. We also spent some time exploring the impacts of the current drought. We were particular moved by this poem. tendaily.com.au/news/australia/a180716wnv/the-haunting-poem-that-is-the-silent-face-of-drought-20180717
Many of us at Youth Off The Streets have seen our families struggle or feel like there is no way out of a situation. This really hit home for us and is essential what is driving our design. Catronia led the way pulling the group together in a final brainstorm. We finished lil T-bone off with a sponge bath of sugar soap and put him to bed. Overall, a very successful day. It feels like this project is on its way!
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This lesson we continued to examine the issue of food security. Our teacher wanted us to be aware of some of the amazing organisations that have come up with solutions to beat the problem. These organisations included Oz Harvest and Food Bank. You can see some of our learning here. We also began to start making connections to inform our design. Can you follow the diagram below? We waned to see where we fit into the picture. The ideas then began to flow! We can't wait to show you what we have come up with!!
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September 2018
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