Firstly we continued to the work from last lesson on deciding in our opinions for the future of Stanton site. I decided the area would be best as a shopping center because that way no beautiful countryside will have to be disturbed to make way for an WAG (Wife-And-Girlfriend) heaven!!!! This would probably mean the [...]
Entries from February 2007
February 26, 2007
Mapping and Decision time …
In today’s lesson we mapped some of Stanton Ironworks’ main features physical and logistical. Such as the M1, main site, service roads in and out and the towns nearby. We used the Ordnance Survey map – Vale of Belvoir maps to do this. I use this ma quite a lot for hiking around the countryside. [...]
February 24, 2007
Afternoon Out …
After my friend and I being refused entry to ‘Hot Fuzz’ by a noobish worker at Odeon Derby we decided to go to Nottingham. The cinema person would have refused my entry anyway he said ‘Oh, you’re only just fifteen’. I don’t care I am actually fifteen so I was pretty outraged and as for [...]
February 20, 2007
Ironworks, and Vista
Today’s lesson was very much a ‘writing’ lesson as our task was to write an extended piece of writing on the nearby ironworks describing their history. Saint Gobain who own the works have decided to axe 220 jobs, we looked at the affects this would have on the community and local area. We viewed a [...]
February 19, 2007
Are You British?
We began by talking about the Excel graphing homework for next week.
We watched a powerpoint where members of staff gave their opinions on ‘Britishness’. Mr Horton’s was quite interesting – it went into great depth about whether our ancestors is related to us being British or English. Mrs Bennet’s was also interesting as she wanted [...]
February 15, 2007
Back From Cornwall …
Hiya
I’ve literally just got back from our short break in Cornwall. We stayed in a barn conversion near Fowey which was fantastic. We visited many towns such as: Fowey, St Austall and Padstow – most of them very extremely nice but my fave was Padstow. We saw Rick Stein’s restaurant, Patisserie and Seafood School. As [...]
February 9, 2007
Garden – Snow
Garden – Snow
Originally uploaded by TDStringy.
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February 6, 2007
My Place
Monday:
We began by taking a questionnaire about how we feel about Ilkeston, I gave a very negative response as I despise it. (my opinion)
We went through the homework sheet which involved the local news articles, and our comments mine again slightly negative!!! We started looking at the area which we personally consider to be local to [...]
