H2U Vol 7 Issue 6 June 2008 - Highcliffe School

By practising the three
“R’s” (Reduce, Re-use, Recycle)
we are managing to
reduce our material consumption
by a meaningful
margin.
We now wish to expand
this initiative further and
are looking to our locale
for assistance. Many
manufacturing companies
throw away materials that
we can make entire products
from and consequently
we are looking for
contacts that might be able
to supply us with certain
timbers, metals or plastics.
Hardwoods or softwoods
are used frequently by us,
as are ferrous and nonferrous
metals. Plastics
are a littletrickier
and
we generally
only
have
need for
thermoplastics
such as
acrylic
and polypropylene though
we do sometimes require
nylon for making bushes.
If anyone thinks they can
assist us with our environmental
improvements then
please get in contact.
Report by Mr Nicholls
Graphics Pack
Our Year 10 Design Technology
courses are progressing
well and are currently
moving into the exciting
phase of product development
through sketching
and Computer Aided
Design work.
Our aim is always to support
our students in the
achievement of innovative,
quality products
by
demonstrating
new
graphical
presentation
skills, which,
wherever
possible,
emulate
techniques
used in industry.
Consequently,
it is
of benefit to
any student
studying GCSE Design
Technology that they own
a basic kit of equipment
to help them realise their
ideas.
In support of this
we have selected
a range of quality
equipment, which
we can source
from our suppliers.
For a list see
the box on this
page. The equipment
has been
chosen on cost and quality
and should represent
a substantial reduction in
price if purchased on the
high street.
I must stress that the
Graphics Pack
Propelling Pencil 0.7mm
Leads 0.7mm
0.25mm fine-line Rollerball Pen
0.5mm fine-line Rollerball Pen
Thicker black felt-tip pen
Compass (Staedtler)
Pencil sharpener
Pack (24) of colouring pencils
Eraser
30cm Ruler
Clear Pencil Case (330 x 125mm)
Total Cost - £10
price of the pack, detailed
above, is a cost price to us
and includes no ‘mark-up’
of any sort.
Students have had an opportunity
to order this pack
from us and we very much
look forward to its influencing
the quality of the
student outcomes over the
next few weeks.
Report by Mr Nicholls
Electronics—New Lights
Our lighting in the hall now
has become completely
computer controlled both
analogue and digital lights.
When we started on the
lights they were rather archaic
and manually controlled
which was a bind.
The fact that they actually
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