2011-2012+TT+Year+6

To all Y6 Student,

Please finish the survey. Here is the link before the end of the Technology Lesson.

Y6 Joy and Y6 Peace Please search some information to answer the following questions. 1) What is textile Technology? 2) Why do I have to study this subject? Submit you work to Ms. Cheung on 26/6.

Y6 Hope Please search some information to answer the following questions. 1) What is textile Technology? 2) Why do I have to study this subject? Submit you work to Ms. Cheung on 27/6.

Details of Summative assessment

In the summative assessment, you work will be assessed in criterion E. Students need to bring their felt cake to the assessment. After the assessment, they have to submit the felt cake with the paper at the end of the assessment. Besides, students can answer all the questions with the Technology holder which will be distributed to them at the beginning of the assessment. For you reference, you may refer to the cover page of the assessment.

BRING YOUR FELT CAKE ON 5 JUNE, 2012.

If there is any questions, please contact Ms Catherine Cheung via email, catherinecheung@vsa.edu,hk.

Dear all Year 6 Students,

Plan stage

Here comes to the plan stage. In the plan stage, there are 4 things you have to do.

1) Introduction of the plan Briefly mention what would be included in the plan stage, what the plan is used for, what the final product will be, where you will make the felt cake, etc. 2) Production plan Clearly show the logical steps, number of materials and tools and the time allocation. 3) Time line An accurate time line must be shown to present the effective use of time. 4) Plan evaluation In the plan evaluation, please consider the effectiveness of the plan. For example, I think my plan is very detailed and specific. You may refer to the. Before you submit your work, please check your work with

Dear all Year 6 students,

Here comes to the workshop of Textile Technology. In the workshop, you will learn the procedures of setting up a sewing machine and sewing skills (sew a straight line and a circle).

In the classwork, you have to finish a sewing exercises. If you have done the sewing exercises, you may move to the felt cake making. For the details, please refer to.

If you want to attach some strawberries on the felt cake. please refer to

Workshop Date Y6 Trust 23 Apr. 2012 Y6 Joy 24 Apr. 2012 Y6 Peace 24 Apr. 2012 Y6 Care 11 May. 2012

Cheers, Ms. Cheung

Dear all Year 6 students,

In the Textile Technology, you are going to have a task which is making a felt cake. We are going to have some work in investigation, plan, create, evaluate stage.

First of all, you need to develop a mind map to brainstorm the unit "making a felt cake".

In the mind-map, you can start your brainstorming with the unit "making a felt cake". Then you make think about any idea links to the unit, such as " the method of making a felt cake", "the color", "the texture", "the style", "the function", "the tools and materials" and the "types of cakes". After that, you may names different methods, colors, texture, styles that you can think of under the title.

You can choose to draw it on a piece of A4 paper or use any online software to help you, eg. [].

For your reference, you may refer to, , ,

Introduction

After you have done the mind-map, you need to prepare an introduction for the task. In the introduction, please include the following paragraph.

1st Paragraph Show your understanding of the task Content Task: making a felt cake Use felt and polyester wadding to make the felt cake Use sewing machine to complete the task

2nd Paragraph Briefly talk about the stage that you are going to work on. Content use the design cycle to make the product Design cycle consist of 5 different stages, namely investigation, design, plan, create and evaluate stages Work on the investigate, plan, create and evaluate stages

3rd Paragraph Expectation of your work Content imagine the impact of your work on life (yourselves), society or environment.

Remarks of the introduction 1) Write in paragraph 2) Write down your name and homeroom before submission 3) Do not write more than 1 page

Research with in-text citation Please answer the following questions and support your point of view with information in the internet.

1) What is hand stitching? What is machine sewing? Name the differences between hand stitching and machine sewing. 2) What is felt? What is polyester wadding? Name their functions and uses. 3) What is a felt cake?

Importance of making in-text citation or referencing In research, you may use the information from different sources, varying from books to internet and from newspaper to magazine. You need to do the in-text citation in order to show respect to the authors and let people know where the idea comes from. If students failed to do the in-text citation, it would be a plagiarism. Plagiarism by students, professors, or researchers is considered academic dishonesty or academic fraud, punishment such as marks penalty, warning or/ and demerit would be given. Plagiarism is illegal in society as in some contexts it is considered theft or stealing.

For the steps of making in-text citation, please refer to when you are using Microsoft word.

When you are using Pages, please refer to. Please make the citation of the sources according to the school citation reference guideline.

Example of the research for Y6 Hope only. 3) What is a felt cake? A felt cake is a DIY carft which is made from felt and polyester wadding (www.craftbits.com/project/yummy-**felt**-**cake**). It can be made by any stitching(http://www.craftbits.com/project/yummy-felt-cake), cutting(http://www.she-wears-flowers.com/2011/01/felt-cake-tutorial.html) and sewing. It is not a real cake so that it cannot be eaten, but it looks like a real cake.

During the class, you have to finish the worksheet of citation and in-text referencing exercise. . For the answer of the in-text referencing exercise, please refer to

Provide a correct bibliography at the end.

Deadline for Y6 Trust Mind-map: 2nd April, 2012 Introduction and research (with captions, citations and footnotes): 16th April, 2012 Mood Board and Bibliography: 7th May, 2012

Deadline for Y6 Joy Mind-map and introduction: 17th April, 2012 Research (with in-text referencing): 24th April, 2012 Mood Board and Bibliography: 8th May, 2012

Deadline for Y6 Peace Mind-map and introduction: 17th April, 2012 Research (with in-text referencing): 24th April, 2012 Mood Board and Bibliography: 8th May, 2012

Deadline Y6 Hope Mind-map and introduction: 25th April, 2012 Research (with in-text citation): 2nd May, 2012 Mood Board: 9th May, 2012

Deadline for Y6 Care Mind-map and introduction: 20th April, 2012 Research (with in-text citation): 4th May, 2012 Mood Board and Bibliography: 11th May, 2012

Cheers, Ms. Cheung