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16 The Link Magazine. February 1993
Students look at high street design
Year 9 students at Greendown with a project promoting pens, pen- year group had come up with. "We
School have been congratulated by cils and stationery. thought the work was by much older
a panel of judges for theirhigh stand- Team member Katie Thorpe said pupils. We all agreed that the win-
Mu JON ard of work. she and her four colleagues deliber- ning entry could be transferred into
Managers from WH Smith, J ately did not use music as a theme. a shop window straight away."
Sainsbury, Interface Graphics and "We were given a brief and a range TechnologycoordinatorChrisGill
PROPERTY Arosa signmakers judged design of ideas we could try. We ques- said he was very pleased by the
SERVICES technology work by thirteen year tioned other students about what support of local companies. Their
olds as part of a 'Design in the High people buy at WH Smith and put involvement gave students an
ALL TYPES OF PROPERTY Street' module. Teams of students ourdesigns ma project folder. Then awareness of what goes on in the
URGENTLY REQUIRED had to consider the problems busi- we made large pencils, clipboards world beyond school.
FOR PRIVATE OR COMPANY nesses have in designing shops and and writing paper and arranged it The next design project for Green-
LETS IN THIS AREA marketing products. attractively." down Year9 students involves local
Cheviot House, 41 Bath Road Many teams looked at the pack- Leader of the judging panel members of the Engineering Coun-
Swindon aging and presentation of pop art- Marlyn Phillips of WH Smith said cil who will be working with stu-
Tel: (0793) 430526 ists featuring record covers in their the panel had been very impressed dents on ideas for moving technol-
designs, but the winning group took by the ideas and the designs that the ogy.
a practical approach and came up The winning team receiving a platinum disc from Martyn Phillips of WH Smith,
from left, Katie Thorp, Rachel Wells, Emma Smith, Sarah Corn pson
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