The life of a textiles teacher: The end of the year

So, with Deborah's very valuable help, the last of this years show has been cleared away. Georgie and Ivan (Mr Bicknell) have been disassembling and removing the flats and the cleaners will soon be working their magic ready for the new term - which will probably be here before we know it! Time then for me to give you a glimpse of what's to come, this year's AS students have been busy working away on their "Design Diaries", these are simply visual record books of both the big BTEC/Foundation show and any trips that they have been on (Clothes Show, Grace Kelly etc), which can then be referred back to at later dates for ideas and prompts. They should have also evaluated the work and had a go at some visual responses of their own - well in an ideal world anyway! You will be seeing quite a bit more of the work by these guys from September - but here is a tiny taster.....