Ed's Excellent Practical Application Of DT Skills
Year 8, Ed Twyman's DT Teacher, Tom Walton, and Form Tutor, Will Bower, have both been very impressed by Ed's practical application of his DT skills during the the lockdown.
Together with his father, Ed built a skateboard ramp, following a design and build video he found on You Tube. They sourced materials, then shared the cutting, drilling and joining tasks 50:50, but Ed did all the measuring and marking out himself. Although the design looks quite simple there are a number of places where there's not much margin for error and Ed's father was very impressed with how accurate his measuring was.
Then as a second challenge Ed got involved with sewing much needed scrubs. He was provided with fabric and a pattern by a member his local village sewing group who was coordinating their local effort. He then used instructional videos on You Tube to work out how to sew the scrubs together.
It is fantastic to see Ed's skills put into practical application and we are very impressed by the results of both projects.