<div dir="ltr">Dear Kerry,<div><br><div>It is hard because we are often the loners of the school. We really need to start a cluster group or regional networks to share ideas. There probably already is one but I know nothing about it! </div><div><br></div><div>I am at an all girls school so my focus at year 9 is garment construction through the manufacture of a dress. At year 10, however, I have been experimenting with a stretch sewing course where students learn stretch techniques and design and manufacture a hoodie, including an original screen print or print design somewhere on the hoodie. It's still in the planning for semester one next year. (Of course I need to develop it with the AusVel's curriculum in mind.) You could look at jeans deconstruction, redesign and manufacture also.</div></div><div><br></div><div>Back to reports,</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><i><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#ff6600"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></b></font></i></div><div><i><b><font face="garamond, serif">Lisa Walsh</font></b></i></div><div><font face="garamond, serif">Design & Technology</font></div><div><font face="garamond, serif">Avila College</font></div><div><font face="garamond, serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="garamond, serif"><img src="http://teresa.avila.vic.edu.au/signature/Avila_signature.jpg"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><i><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif" color="#ff6600"><b style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"></b></font></i></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 November 2014 at 18:17, Kerry Novak <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:Kerry.Novak@assumption.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">Kerry.Novak@assumption.vic.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="149e5d5d7b73837f__MailEndCompose"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Hi everyone – I am the textiles teacher at Assumption College, Kilmore. We are having difficulty attracting students to textiles at
these levels and I was wondering if any textiles teachers out there would mind sharing their year 9 and 10 courses with me so I could get some ideas about what is working for you? I would really appreciate any assistance that you could offer.<u></u><u></u></span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Regards, Kerry Novak<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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