New Branch

From researching the different form of beauty throughout the world, it got me thinking more about what affects this has on children today.  This is where I decided to look into bullying and what is going on in the world today.  When I attented my comprehensive school- Pentrehafod, there were two girls who commited suicide, yes there were multiple reasons contributing to them doing this to themselves but when we were informed of thier suicide we were informed both girls were being bullied and had been suffering with depression.   This is one of the ways in which I found my sense of place within my project.  I then decided to add some true stories to my project to display the consequences of bullying.

Toy- Reflection

Struggling with making my toy for my assignment, Im not as creative as I initially thought and havent done any form of painting before.  So far so good and my ideas seem to be coming together.  Ive experienced a few problems with working out which materials are best to paint on to make my toy(boardgame).  The pics attached show my progress so far.

Pages of Scrapbook

Project Progress

So far my ICT project has been mainly cutting and sticking but now I have moved on to including more facts and references.  I can see the whole idea coming together and finding more ways for it to branch off.  My intial idea was "What is Beauty" this then branced off to different forms of beauty in different countries, also about pressures and influences in the media.  After further research I found a website that discuesses beauty throughout the times

http://maddieruud.hubpages.com/hub/Standards_of_Beauty_An_Illustrated_Timeline 

I adapted information from this website and adding additional facts and opinions.  Im considering using this as an element of my final piece.

20inch waist: Attractive?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2096377/The-human-hourglass-The-Romanian-model-just-20-INCH-waist.html

Is this a good look?

Within the fashion industry models are getting thinner and thinner.  This link above is an article on a Romanian model with a 20 inch waist, giving the girl an "hourglass figure".

Is this the kind of thing we want the future generations to aspire to look like; surely there are health repercussions to come along with such a small waist.

Guest Speaker- Governor

Guest Speaker Steve Gullen- Governors Role

On the 23rd of January 2012 we had a guest speaker to educate us on who governors are, what they do, and how they are elected.

A Governors role is to run a school. The governing body is made up of; parents, LEAs, teachers, pupils and members of the community. The head teacher is automatically a Governor but they can choose to take a step back and not participate.
Every 4 years there is an election. To be elected votes are cast, teachers will vote teachers, parents with vote parents and soforth. LEAs and elected by the council and no votes are cast.
The community governors are people which have no attachement to the school, they are people who live in the community and just have a sense of pride regarding how well their local school does.

It is more important for them to be interested and to care about the school that to be experts on education.

I found the lecture interesting and very informative and has made me look into becoming a governor myself for my local school. I am now looking into finding out more.....

Plastic Surgery for Children??? ... continued

After researching cosmetic surgery in teenagers further after seeing the case of the "Human Barbie" injecting her 15yr old daughter, I found an even more shocking story from the United States where a mother injected her daughter with botox at the age of 8 because she thought it would enhance her chances of winning in a childrens beauty pageant. After following up my reasearch I have found out social services have been involved and are taking action against the mother.....

Here is a link on the story;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EOgkA3p9zI&feature=related