My Group

One of the first tasks that we had to do in class for the start of A2 coursework was choose the people we are going to work with throughout the year or if we wanted to work individually. This is because it was important we get started on the coursework as soon as possible as the A2 coursework is going to be much harder and we are going to produce a lot more work than the AS coursework.

The group that I worked with for my AS coursework consisted with three people; two girls and myself. At the start of the year it was only two of us working together however once we started the course, another girl who joined the class late also came into our group. However though it was three of us in the group only two of us mostly contributed to the production side of the work which was very stressful as we had already planned the tasks between each other and so it slowed us down. This also lead to us starting the filming part of the production very late due to many reasons such as we didn’t have frees at the same time, we weren’t that organised and that when we made plans to meet up one member of the group never really showed up. This put a lot more pressure on the rest of us and so this year we decided not to work with people who would not contribute with the work.

My A2 Group:

v  Aabidah Ali

v  Safina Rashid

v  Sonia Ahmed

For my A2 coursework, I am still going to be working with one member of the original group. This is because I am comfortable with working with her and also that I know that she won’t back out halfway through the course or leave all the work to another member of the group to do. Communication within the group is necessary and as I see her everyday and am in most of her lessons, I will be able to talk to her about the work regularly and keep on top of things and won’t fall behind which was a factor in our late start last year. As I worked with her last year, I am also confident that if needed to meet up outside of school she will which is important as there is a lot more work to complete this year and getting together to talk about it is essential. This year we have a new member to the group who has decided to join us as she wasn’t happy with the group she was working with for AS. Looking at her AS blog and the work she did throughout the year with her last group, we felt that she is determined to work hard and will also work fairly within the group which is beneficial to all of us. We also see her regularly outside of lessons which is important as we are going to have to meet up at several times outside of lessons and school to discuss the coursework.  I am quite confident that with the group that I am going to work with, I will be able to complete the production part of the coursework to a high quality extent.