Schools Brief A: The Product Design Brief Guidance

2024 Starpack School Brief A Guidance Y7&8
•It is recommended that this project be run over approximately 7 sessions in lessons or at an extra-curricular club:
  1. Introduction to the project and the concept of sustainability
  2. Introduction to packaging and the materials used
  3. First go at generating ideas
  4. Sharing and discussing ideas
  5. Drawing up the ideas and choosing final design
  6. Writing up development boards (and making model)
  7. Writing up development boards (and making model) and evaluation
2024 Starpack School Brief A Guidance Y9&10
This activity can be run for as long as you feel your learners need, but a suggested plan for each session is:
  1. Introduction to the project and the concept of sustainability
  2. Introduction to packaging and the materials used
  3. Investigating what needs to be packaged – sizes and shapes of fruit/veg and size of overall packaging – how is the fruit/veg going to be cut and processed – what about food waste? 
  4. First go at generating ideas – mind mapping – discussion with peers
  5. Sharing and discussing initial ideas
  6. Analysis of materials in more detail
  7. Drawing up the best two ideas – testing and modelling - choosing final design
  8. Designing the graphics for the pack
  9. Writing up development boards 
  10. Writing up development boards and evaluation
2024 Starpack School Brief A Guidance Y12
This activity can be run for as long as you feel your learners need, but a suggested plan for each session is:
  1. Introduction to the project and the concept of sustainability
  2. Introduction to packaging and the materials used
  3. Investigating what needs to be packaged – sizes and shapes of fruit/veg and size of overall packaging – how is the fruit/veg going to be cut and processed – what about food waste? 
  4. First go at generating ideas – mind mapping – discussion with peers
  5. Sharing and discussing initial ideas
  6. Analysis of materials and manufacturing processes in more detail, with a focus on sustainability
  7. Drawing up the best two ideas – testing and modelling - choosing final design
  8. Designing the graphics for the pack
  9. Creating 3D model of final pack
  10. Creating pack and writing up development boards 
  11. Writing up development boards and evaluation

 

Schools Brief B: The Product Analysis Brief Guidance

2024 Starpack Schools Brief B Guidance Y7&8
It is recommended that this project be run over approximately 7 sessions in lessons or at an extra-curricular club:
  • Introduction to the project and introduction to the packs
  • Initial exploration of packs and the materials used
  • Further research of the packs
  • Conducting additional research and gathering information
  • Deciding how to present findings and starting to create this
  • Creating submission
  • Creating submission (if needed)
2024 Starpack Schools Brief B Guidance Y9&10
This activity can be run for as long as you feel your learners need, but a suggested plan for each session is:
  1. Introduction to the project and introduction to the packs
  2. Initial exploration of packs and the materials used
  3. Further research of the packs
  4. Conducting additional research and gathering information
  5. Deciding how to present findings and starting to create this
  6. Creating submission
  7. Creating submission (if needed)
2024 Starpack Schools Brief B Guidance Y12
This activity can be run for as long as you feel your learners need, but a suggested plan for each session is:
  1. Introduction to the project and introduction to the packs
  2. Initial exploration of packs and the materials used
  3. Further research of the packs
  4. Conducting additional research and gathering information
  5. Deciding how to present findings and starting to create this
  6. Creating submission
  7. Creating submission (if needed)

 

Schools Brief C: The Research Brief Guidance

2024 Starpack Schools Brief C Guidance Y7&8
It is recommended that this project be run over approximately 6 sessions in lessons or at an extra-curricular club:
  1. Introduction to the project and examples of packs
  2. Initial exploration of packs found at home and the materials used
  3. Design survey and conduct it at home and with friends
  4. Gather results of survey and decide how to present report
  5. Deciding how to present findings and starting to create submission
  6. Creating submission
2024 Starpack Schools Brief C Guidance Y9&10
This activity can be run for as long as you feel your learners need, but a suggested plan for each session is:
  1. Introduction to the project and examples of packs
  2. Initial exploration of packs found at home and the materials used
  3. Design survey and conduct it at home and with friends
  4. Gather results of survey and decide how to present report
  5. Deciding how to present findings and starting to create submission
  6. Creating submission
2024 Starpack Schools Brief C Guidance Y12
This activity can be run for as long as you feel your learners need, but a suggested plan for each session is:
  1. Introduction to the project and examples of packs
  2. Initial exploration of packs found at home and the materials used
  3. Design survey and conduct it at home and with friends
  4. Gather results of survey and decide how to present report
  5. Deciding how to present findings and starting to create submission
  6. Creating submission

 

Schools Brief D: The Primary Brief

About a week before running the activity, ask the children to collect their packaging waste for a week and make sure that they wash it before putting to one side in a bag
You can run this project in a day or across a number of sessions, but we recommend spending some time covering the following:

  • Introduction to the competition and the project
  • Get the children to tip their collected rubbish out in to the middle of the room and then sort it in to packaging made from plastic (rigid and flexible), metal , glass, and paper/board
  • Discuss how different materials can be identified within this main groups – for example look at the recycling marks on plastics packaging and use a magnet to identify steel and aluminium packaging
  • Work out how many packs are made from each major material group and each material within that group and discuss the best ways to present these results
  • Discuss whether the amount of packaging they use at home could be reduced
  • Decide how to present the results and create the submission
  • As an extension activity, the pupils could take one example of packaging and come up with a way of giving it a new lease of life in a new use at home