putting it all together…

School was full of excitement and anticipation as term came to an end and the chandelier came together last week.  Between tidying up and signing each other’s shirts the P6+7′s helped us to attach the last few things and hang the rings from the king ring.  We result in a final assembly and lighting up for everyone to see, here’s the result…..

We have also been meeting with shop fitters to see if they can install the chandelier for us over the holidays before everyone comes back to school.

Wiring and lighting up

Dave, our lovely lighting designer has been in school today to finish off the wiring for all the lights…

Here’s a wee sneak preview…

the wooden rings…

…arrived this week and everyone has been busying kitting them out with all their cups / rulers / pencils / drawings

They look and smell beautiful!!

plastic ring of lightbulbs

The acrylic ring arrived this week so Mrs Kelly’s P6 class have been busy fixing in the old lightbulbs with clips made from old metal coathangers.

Manufacturing the rings

We have already taken delivery of the acrylic ring for the lightbulbs to hang in, which some of you will have helped to do on Tuesday.

After some complications with the aluminium construction we made a decision to change our designs of the other rings to be made from wood. We found that this was cheaper, of a similar weight and can be done much more quickly, which is what is now happening.

Our joiner, Gerry can be seen here having just cut out the rings that will next week be used to hang rulers, pencils and drawings from.

Gerry is using a router (the yellowy coloured machine in the photo above) attached to a rotating arm to cut all the circles. This generates a lot of dust, so in the photo below he is clearing this out with a metal ruler.