Sweet Surprise

Our jep projectsweet surprise The best kind of prize Is a sweet surprise JEPWere It All BeganIt all started when teacher put us into groups.When we were in our groups we had to come up with 3 ideas. When our groups came up with 3 ideas that were helpful in our everyday lives, we had to pick one.

After we picked our ideas, we started buying accessories in order to make a sample of our idea for the presentation to the Dragons.

The Dragons 2015The dragons came to our class on the 21st of January 2015.It was very educational and interesting.

DragonsMs. B. Lawlor Ms. M. BehanMs. R. OSullivan

Our ideasWe presented our ideas to the Dragons:

Message Mugs.Cool keys and magnets.Customised Phone Cases.Animal Jars.Sweet Jars.

They chose the Animal Jars.

A business visitor to the classroomNatasha Martin came to our class to share her story and to give us advice on how to make our product a success. Natasha told us advantages and disadvantages about being an entrepreneur .There were lots of questions asked and we all learned a lot about her business so far .She gave us some ideas on our own product.

5Our Market Research SurveyWe learned about the importance of market research in business. We created a survey and surveyed 48 people.

We asked people what they would like on the jars, we asked them what they would like in the jars - sweets were the most popular by far and we also surveyed people about the price they were willing to pay for our product.Roles and responsibilities*We learned how important it is that every person knows what their skills and strengths are.

*We thought about which area of the business we would most like to be in and which we would be most suited to each individual one of us.

*The areas are:

FinanceDesign and ProductionStory-telling Marketing

Main roles for each team*Design and production Team:

They were responsible for the production of the product. They cleaned the jarsPasted light paper with PVA gluePainted an undercoat once it was dryDesigned the outside of the jarCut circular pieces of the material as lids.

*Finance Listed materials neededCalculated how much materials costCalculated and collected class investment Decided how many sweets to be put in every jarPut sweets in sweet bagsOn sale days, made sure cash tallied with amount sold from each class.

*Marketing:

Design of flyers and postersCreated tag line and logoCreated order formsCreated and judged Design a Jar CompetitionOrganisation of stall for School and County Showcase Day *Story-Telling:

Recording the story of the JEP ProjectTaking pictures Interview teamsCreate the folder

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