Textiles & Food Technology

Junior Food Technology 

Year 8 students have completed the breakfast section of their Food course and have now moved on to snacks and healthy meals, guided by the Australian Guide to Healthy Eating. They’ve made chewy bars and homemade pasta sauce with pasta.

Year 9 students recently completed their Indigenous-Inspired Burger project, using bush herbs, spices, and outback sauces, which is always a popular task at Gisborne Secondary School. Additionally, they’ve made Lamingtons and Sticky Date Pudding – hopefully, they made it home before getting eaten!

Year 7 Textiles

Well done to all Year 7 students who have successfully completed their Supermarket Stitch project! The students demonstrated creativity, problem-solving, and surface pattern techniques in producing these unique products. Their success is a result of careful planning, learning new embroidery techniques, and drafting patterns with paper templates before transferring them onto felt. Throughout this topic, students explored transforming fabric into 3D sculptures, learned about fabric origins and manufacturing, and considered the importance of textiles in design.

Next term, Year 7 will transition from hand techniques to machine-based skills as they are introduced to the sewing machine. They will work on constructing either a bag or a cushion while exploring block printing, tie-dye, photochromic dyes (light-sensitive smart dye), and computer-aided design with our new embroidery machine. Students will also begin using the sewing machine independently.

I’m excited to share their future successes with you next term. Well done to 7B, 7D, and 7F—it has been a pleasure watching your creativity and skills blossom!

Year 9 Textiles

Year 9 students have successfully completed their Shorts and Pants project, and many have proudly shared that they’re wearing their creations as pyjamas! It’s wonderful to teach students practical skills that not only result in something they can wear but also give them the confidence to evaluate their work and learn how to improve for future projects.

The students began by selecting their own fabrics and using commercial patterns to construct their garments. They demonstrated independence by using sewing machines to complete their projects, and some even took it a step further by upskilling and adding concealed or exterior pockets.

It’s fantastic to see their pride in their work and their growing skills as young designers!

Moving forward the students will be making a Coachella inspired bucket hat and a travel bag with zip. Throughout these practical activities students will be exploring safety considerations in design, commercial manufacturing process and fabric manufacturing/fabric properties.