In the last week we have covered many subjects with in the subject textiles. With the Year eight students we started the week off by looking at their year seven results, this is to give them an indication were their strong areas are and where they need to aim higher. Next was to give them their design brief and get them to read through it and highlight any information they felt was key to starting the research process. This is an excellent technique used to show there reading and processing levels, as well as showing they have full read and understood the brief. Once they have read and discussed the brief they are then asked to write a short sentence about what they have been asked to design and make. Overall the students listened well and understood mostly what they were being asked to create, any students that didn't understand were taken aside to discuss what they didn't understand and then explained in a simpler way. At times I get frustrated that they don't complete the tasks set and also That they don't understand a way in which to complete the tasks, but then when I see them on the playground and the way they talk to each other I am reminded of the fact they are only children and that I have been educated more than them.