‘Ugly bug ball’ sessions
Session 1: Set up companies. Discuss real-life design companies and names. Children to create a company name and logo. The children might also want to think of a strapline.
Session 2: Introduce the jobs within the company (for example designer, sales and marketing, accountant) and discuss what skills these roles require. Children then apply for the job that they feel would suit them best. Some children may prefer to prepare for an interview rather than write a letter.
Session 3: Introduce the design brief and give time for the children to discuss their initial ideas.
Session 4: Skills session – how to create and use a pattern.
Session 5: Companies to design and cost up their outfit design.
Session 6: Buy items/resources from the shop that has been set up in the classroom.
Session 7: Companies to begin to make their outfits.
Session 8: Each company to reflect on their outfits, thinking carefully about the skills they have been using and how they could improve their designs further.
Session 9: Companies to pitch their designs, explaining why their design meets the brief.
The planning document shows an example of the school’s planning, illustrating how this project fits into the wider curriculum.