Miss Longshaw

A year 9 student asked if he could take my 3D printed astronaut home and paint it…. He brought it back today ⭐️

Wonderful year 9s turning their clock drawings into CAD renders! ⏰

Lovely year 9 students completing their final designs for the design movement clock project - next onto CAD 💻

Theory done ✅ time for the practicals 💪

Successful focaccia lesson with the year 8s this morning! The smell was incredible!

It’s not Patriotism, it’s Vandalism. Really frustrating and upsetting to watch this unfold. All it is doing is making people feel unwelcome. It’s nothing to do with pride.

Design movement inspired clocks by our wonderful year 9s!

Some lovely bags designed by the year 7 pupils!

Emotional week saying goodbye to our lovely year 11s. I took them on as my first class as a trainee teacher and am incredibly proud of what they have achieved over the past three years 👏

Year 10 Textiles students preparing for the upcoming NEA with the lovely Miss Harrison ✍️

Easter net making and year 8 finalizing their designs. Such a fun last week!

as ks4 finish their NEAs, the year 7/8s wrap up their term two projects. Some beautiful making diary’s being developed across Ks3 to summarize their learning 👏

Never a dull day at the @DesignMuseum 📸 got to see my favorite designers work - Ettore Sottsass

some beautiful chair models made in the department 🍃🍃

Year 10s using CAD, circuits and hand tools to make their own unique desk lamps. Had so much fun!

49 schools in #Solihull have sent letters to parents asking them to "pause" before buying smartphones for their children. It is being led by the headteacher of Alderbrook School, which has recently introduced a voluntary phone hand-in scheme for Year 7s. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

having a walk around the faculty today and saw such fun lessons with the year 10 students. The textiles group were learning to make bag patterns using paper, then the product design students learning about CAMs/Forces and Stress with their car/bridge designs.

Year 7 pupils attempting GCSE questions today. So impressed with the use of key words, understanding fully different material categories, their source and the use. Can’t wait to continue to develop this over the next year.

Lovely laser cut Christmas card designs with my year 7 pupils today! 🎄

Staff Bake Off! Aka… got the enjoy lots of yummy cake. This year’s theme was identity 🍰

The most *improved* schools in their P8 schools, 23-24 These schools also deserve huge recognition of what they’ve done. And people should be looking at them and asking how this was achieved. A massive improvement in the opportunities of so many children