Wow! How that bacteria grows!

Remember the personal hygiene sesson we did? Well here are the results.

Some weird bacteria has formed. We know wash our hands more now!

Growing bacteria!

Today we found out all about bacteria. To help us with our first assignment. 

We even got to grow our own. 

The results will be next week! 

The end of week 8 and half terms here.

It's the end of week 8 and our half term break.

What have we learnt this week?

Roller setting hurts thumbs!

Directional and brickwork setting is hard to do.

Emma takes a good photo.

What porous means.

About colour pigments.

We have deadlines to meet.

That we are very professional with clients.

How to set out an assignment.

The layout of a fact sheet.

Dressing out roller set hair into different styles.

That bacteria grows very quickly.

Bacteria and germs are everywhere.

Setting hair in different ways makes different styles.

We like the song bang bang!

We know lots of things on the consultation sheets now.

How to use the till.

Emma should audition for BGT or XFactor next year.

Exams are nerve racking.

How to finger dry.

Who dracula from sesame street is.

Maths and english tests are hard.

All about scales.

How our questionnaires fit into our assignments.

Have a great half term everyone. See you in a week!

Personal Hygiene, growing bacteria. The Results!!

Last week we swabbed various things and wiped them on petri dishes to see how clean or dirty things can be.

We were shocked at the results and now know how bacteria and germs are everywhere! 

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Underneath a finger nail. ARGHHHH

A nail and under a ring! ARGHHHHH

An ID card! ARGHHHHH

and finally......

From hair and scalp!! ARGHHHHHHHH

What an experiment.

I think know a lot more about bacteria, germs and personal hygiene now and what fun we had doing it!

The end of week 7.

Wow it's been a busy week this week.
Look at what we have learnt.


How to make conversation with the public.
All about personal Hygiene.
How to gather and use information.
How to improve our speaking and listening skills.
How to roller set.
Roller setting hurts your thumbs.
How Ratios relate to hairdressing.
Riding in the minibus was fun.
That sweat is bacteria poo!
How to blow dry short hair.
Not to get too nervous when asked to do a client.
How to make individual curls smooth.
How to write letters.
More about Romeo and Juliet.
About grammar.
How to complete a style after roller setting.
How to take rejection from the public.
How to approach a stranger.
How to help fine hair feel thicker.
Working on family and friends is harder than a stranger sometimes.
Pin ups

Personal Hygiene. Growing bacteria!

As hairdressers, we need to know all about good Personal Hygiene. 

In theory today we sure did.

We named all the things wrong with this stylist!

We got 24!

After learning all about sweat and bacteria, we got some Petri dishes out to find out just how many germs there are around us. We swabbed and rubbed getting as much as we could.

Here is Emma swabbing her hair and scalp.

We also did.

Clean combs and dirty combs.

Clean hair grips and dirty hairgrips.

Door handles, phones, ID badges, 

Nails, nail varnish, ear rings, 

Our drinks bottle, hands and even our armpits! 

Here they are all done and sealed. Can't wait to see the results next week!