Last week Room 1
was lucky enough to have a visit from Alex Fraser (Miss D’Ath’s friend). Alex
has a Bachelor Degree in Industrial Design and has recently completed her
teaching placement at Wairoa College. She shared with us her many talents and
talked to the tamariki about some of the work and designs she had completed in
her degree. The tamariki were in awe of her designs and were very fond of the
skull door-knocker mould she showed them.
Alex
has also worked for Pacific Helmets, a company that specialises in
manufacturing and exporting safety helmet products to the exacting design and
performance specifications of each customer. Alex mentioned that a lot of processes
were involved in making a helmet therefore a lot of people played a major role
in making one helmet (each person specialized in an area of the design,
aesthetics, function, ergonomics and safety construction of a helmet. This
information made the children realize that a lot of thought goes into producing
something from start to finish, there is a lot of trial and error, a lengthy
process and technology (machines both small and big) is involved in
manufacturing something on a large scale.
Room 1 was very grateful for the visit and the
ideas they gained for their own inquiry learning. Thanks Alex!!
One of the many helmets made at Pacific Helmets
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