END OF FIRST HALF TERM

Well done to all of you.

The first half term has been very successful, I have been really impressed with some of the work I have seen and the learning you have achieved.

There have been one or two teething problems with the technology but you have done well to overcome these and produce a good standard of work for your 1st Controlled assessment - Assignment 1a. Now you have the task of completing Assignment 1b - Creating your own magazine front cover.

Please see the exemplar on the Assignment 1 page of the blog and remember that it is really important that you try and show how well you know the conventions, that you can be creative and that you DO NOT BEAK COPYRIGHT LAW by using images which you have found on the internet - trace or copy them (in pen or pencil) but do not cut and paste from websites please - you will not get marks for this.

Those of you who have yet to submit your Assignment 1a - analysis of two front covers please ensure that these are finished by the beginning of next half term. Catch-up sessions will be arranged after school to ensure that you are up to date.

NEXT HALF TERM

We will be beginning with some film making - there are some competitions which we can enter. We will also start looking at advertising: scripting, filming and editing ads for specific audiences. The concept we will be dealing with in this is Representation and this practical work will lead us towards our work on the second assignment which will begin before the end of term.