You Can Do It Project Diary

Lucy Woods

6th September 2011

• In this lesson I began to create an initial plan which will act as a guide to complete my tasks efficiently and on time using excel. I entered all the Main Tasks and Sub tasks and allowed myself to have contingency time. I also created an ‘on-going’ plan which I will update throughout the project. I decided to give it a ‘blue’ theme and will continue this theme thoughout the project.

Planning

6th September 2011• In this lesson I also created a sources

table. This will help me keep track of all the sources I will use throughout the project.

4th October 2011

• I began to create my ‘Eat Well’ database on Microsoft Access. I imputed all the correct field names and ensured that the field size was relevant. I then imputed validation Rules were necessary and imported the data. I took print screens of all the steps I made and arranged them in a PowerPoint of ‘Database evidence’.

Database

• I began to create a questionnaire in order to evaluate information about the youth of our society and what actions they take to stay fit, healthy and maintain a balanced diet, I received feedback from my test buddy and decided to to

18th October 2011

In this lesson I continued to develop the aesthetic appearance of my database and ensure that the questions were not biased and could be easily answered and fitted onto one page. I divided the pages into sections under the titles ‘Eating Well’, ‘Getting Active’ and ‘Feeling Good’ – the aims of the small steps for life programme. It was then distributed to the public in order to obtain results.

18th October 2011

19th October 2011I started to input all the information I obtained from the Questionnaire into a spread sheet on Excel. Ensuring that each cell had a drop down box of options using data validation. I have used the contingency time in my plan to complete this section.

19th October 2011• I developed my spread sheet by imputing ‘COUNTIFS’ in

order to make graphs representing the information.

In the case of this COUNTIF I made a name range called ‘gender’ and selected ‘males’ in order to obtain the number of males who had taken part in the survey.

I continued my spread sheet by making graphs with explanations underneath. I will refer back to these throughout the project.

20th October 2011

20th October 2011 I then created a PowerPoint of evidence showing what I did to make my spreadsheet and insure it works.

4th November 2011 I then created a meal card encouraging people to try new foods. I decided to take foods from food groups that were not extremely popular in my survey. I also took a original image of my meals and included GDA guidelines.

15th November 2011I then created an ‘information point’ to introduce an Olympic value and the SmallSteps4Life programme. It encourages

students to take up a challenge. I am currently on track to complete this project in time for the deadline.

29th November 2011 I then designed a challenge card ensuring that the aesthetic appearance was appealing. This card was decide with the purpose that a student will be encouraged to take up a challenge for four weeks. This will be the challenge card that allows them to keep a record of their progress over the four weeks.

December - FebruaryDuring these two final months I worked hard on improving my project, creating an e-portfolio and writing a review of the entire project.