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Transition Year Cross-Curricular Collaborative Project
TY Coordinator:

__________________________________

Cooperating Teachers: __________________________________ (Business)

__________________________________ (Accounting)
__________________________________ (CS)
__________________________________ (DCG)
__________________________________ (Engineering)
__________________________________ (Home Economics)
__________________________________ (Art)

The Project
As part of your TY programme, you will be required to work as part of a group of five, on a
project which incorporates a number of different subjects which you may or may not have
previously experienced. Along with the other members of your group you will be working closely
with the teachers of these subjects. The subjects are as follows:

Business
Accounting
Construction Studies (CS)
Design and Communication Graphics (DCG)
Engineering
Home Economics Science & Social (HE)
Art

The project commences Monday 5th September 2016 and will run until the Christmas holidays.

Project Outline
Your group will set up your own mini-company where you will research, design, make, advertise
and ultimately sell a product. The product must be a small decorative artefact or functional object,
which can be made in bulk, minimum 50 units, using materials, tools and machines available in
the CS and Engineering workshops. The use of materials and machines from the Art and DCG
rooms is also permitted. The product must be suitable for sale at the local Christmas market and
retail at a maximum cost of 20. All money will be invested by the group members and any profit
or loss at the end will belong to the members. Each group member will be allocated a leadership
role in the group.
The group will complete a presentation of your work to an audience of your peers, cooperating
teachers, principal and members of the board of management and local community as part of a
creativity and innovation seminar. The presentation will be completed orally and must include
visual images and details of the project along with physical samples of the product. The seminar
will take place in the school gym on Friday January 20th 2017 and provides the opportunity for all
groups to showcase their projects, skills and innovative ideas. This will also provide the
opportunity to make some final sales of your products

Project Objectives
You must work in collaboration with your fellow group members and class teachers in order to
design, produce and sell a product suitable for sale at a Christmas market, which retails for no
more than 20:

Conduct market research on customer demands for a small decorative artefact

or functional object suitable for sale at a Christmas Markets

Generate potential designs for the product

Generate 2D and 3D forms of your ideas

Develop a prototype of one design and refine the design

Construct a specified quantity of the product

Devise an advertising and marketing strategy

Sell your product at the local Christmas market

Maintain accounts throughout the project

Turn over a profit

The Process
The project will be divided into five phases. Some of these phases may be running at the same
time as others.
Phase 1: Market Research and Idea Generation

Brainstorm ideas and research existing products Combination of Classes

Conduct market research on products that sell well at Christmas markets Business

Survey customer demands for products at Christmas markets Business

Phase 2: Design and Refinement

Choose 1 product and generate 3 possible designs CS, DCG, Art

Develop 3 designs on SolidWorks DCG

Produce Working Drawings DCG, CS

Analyse designs, choose 1 and create a prototype CS, Engineering

Identify any issues surrounding the making process and solve CS, Engineering

Phase 3: Product Construction

Make a specified number of the final product CS, Engineering

Add finishing decorative touches to the product Art, DCG, CS

Phase 4: Marketing, Advertising and Finance

Maintain accounts for the various aspects of the company Accounting, Business

Create a brand name and image for the company Business, HE, Art

Develop a creative and professional packaging for the product Business, HE, Art

Establish an effective method of advertising your product Business, HE, Art

Design a visually attractive layout for a sale stand Business, Art, HE

Phase 5: Selling the Product

Choose events in the Christmas market in which to sell the product

Produce a visually attractive display

Keep an account of all sales and expenses Accounting

Project Requirements

Each member must take leadership of one phase

All members participate in each phase

A record of each class must be kept in the group diary

Each member completes an individual reflection on each stage

Each member completes a reflection on the project as a whole

Accounts of all material costs, expenses and income must be maintained

All profits or losses must be distributed equally among the group members

Final presentation of work

Assessment (200 Marks)

Records from every class, signed by 2 group members and teacher (10 marks)

Reflection on each phase (35 marks)

Final Reflections (30 marks)

Final Accounts (25 marks)

Final Presentation (100 marks) (Breakdown Below)

Presentation Requirements (100 Marks)

Evidence of market research (10 marks)

Design brainstorms and idea generation (10 marks)

3 Design ideas (10 marks)

2D and 3D representations (5 marks)

The prototype and refinement (5 marks)

Images and details surrounding the marketing process (15 marks)

Evidence of keeping accounts (10 marks)

Examples from the advertising, marketing (10 marks)

Evidence of creative branding and packaging of the product (5 marks)

Visual representation of the selling process and stand (10 marks)

Evidence of effective group work and leadership (10 marks)