Y8 Life skills (Healthy Eating) – Einstein Winners/Star Bakers Arthur, Olivia and Alvina
Well doen to Arthur, Olivia and Alvina from 8E, who won the first of the Healthy Eating Life skills Cereal product design task. All Y8 Einstein students had to design and m,make their own healthy cereal bar/bite product or granola, in small groups. Some were healthier than others, some held their shape better and some tasted better, but the winners managed to get the balance between all three aspects just right, with their dried fruit and cashew rice crispy bites
Year 8 Finish their clocks
The last group to go through this year have finished their clocks. Some fabulous development work has led to these designs. A really good group to work with and some genuinely creative individuals. Well done all. 
Another Round of Clock Designs from Year 8
Here are another set of brilliant clocks from our year 8’s. There are some great abstract and quirky designs from this group and what’s more, they all finished with time to spare!! Well done this group!!
Mr R’s Designer of the Week
I’m really happy to be able to have another designer of the week to celebrate. This week’s comes from my year 8 class – Hani. Hani produced a great clock design that really cleverly used shape and colour to create a very 3D effect in his design. I really look forward to seeing this one get made!! See for yourselves.
Year 8’s doing their creative thing!!
Modelling using the jackstraws and scrafitti idea generating strategies in card provides for some more unusual design ideas. A good opportunity for us to talk about design kits, randomness in the creative process and how abstract design can inspire concrete ideas.
ESF Chef of the year – Junior Winners
Alessandro and Yash Year 8 triumphed in the junior section of ESF Chefs’ Competition against all the other ESF secondary schools on Friday 27th May 2016.
Working in a pair, their brief was to make street food classics into fine dining dishes – with 2 hours to make and present a main course and dessert.
Alessandro took charge of the main course, making Arancini Alla Siciliana, risotto balls stuffed with ham and cheese, served with a traditional tomato sauce. He said: “I chose this [dish] because it is traditional Italian street food which I think I can make restaurant level by adding a few small touches and plating it cleanly.
Yash made the dessert, Mango Kulfi with Cardamom Biscuit and Falooda, drawing on his Indian heritage. He said: “I chose to make this dessert because it brings together very traditional dishes and flavours. I am really pleased I can represent my school by making this amazing dish.”
The panel of chef judges all loved their modernised food from their own cultures and were really impressed with the presentation and balance of flavours and textures.
Claudia Lau Year 12 represented Island School in the senior section. She impressed the judges with her dishes of: Potato Galette with Ham, Poached Eggs and Truffle Oil and her dessert of Pandan Pancakes with Peanut-butter.
As well as bringing the trophy back to Island School, they also won a hamper of utensils donated by Masterful Ltd, restaurant vouchers donated by Maximal Concepts and a chef’s jacket donated by Chefworks.
Head of Hospitality and Food Technology Mr Lord said: “Many thanks to all the judges and sponsors and a big congratulations to all the competitors – well done to the boys, who put a lot of time and effort into practicing.”
Year 8 Physical modelling
Jordan Dubinsky, 8D, created a physical model, using corrugated cardboard and masking tape, to develop the design, and test the feasibility, of a freestanding acrylic hot air ballon themed clock.
Some great Album art coming on in year 8
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Post to share this work by Lorenzo in 8w. It just one example of some excellent photoshop work coming out of the years 8’s at the moment. I really like what Lorenzo has developed in terms of the text typography for his work and that is one-off the reasons to feature it here. Next week will be the final week of this project so more of these outcomes will follow.
Mr R’s Designer of he Week
I was amazed by 8R’s creative work in he last lesson and will get round to publishing a list of some of the work they completed for their clock project. However, one student really shone and that was Rochelle. Here is just some of he ideas she came up with in the lesson. What amazes me apart from the diversity of her ideas is the maturity of thinking and communication. Well done Rochelle!!
Year 8 Digital Literacy Logos Work
The unit on Logos Year 8’s do is part of their Media Literacy awareness in Digital literacy. We spend a number of weeks developing skills with vector graphics software before deconstructing logos and how they communicate. We work on typography, colour and shape before anlaysing a brief and developing ideas for that brief. Below are some of the best outcomes from this unit across the year. Well done all those whose work is featured.
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