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other. We package the product with clear cellophane and
ADSTRINGO ribbon, making sure to add a business card to the packaged
The product we’re making product.
is being made available
to consumers as a way of During our time as a mini-company, we have learned
innovating what would to combine the many skills we possess, such as IT skills,
originally be seen as an communication skills, team-working skills and research
uninspired item, the coaster. skills. Each member contributed to the growth of Adstringo,
As well as producing with good business etiquette. We dealt promptly with the
something that looks problems we faced, which is a big reason for the success of
appealing, it also provides this mini-company.
great utility in the dining and kitchen space. It does this by Many thanks to Mr. Robertson and Miss Argue for guiding
functioning both as separate coasters and as a centerpiece us with our Mini Company and many thanks to Mr. Patterson
for a table with the use of magnetic components. and Mr. Vahey for helping with the production of our
This Mini-Company consisted of five members - Stuart Elliott coasters. Also a huge thank you to Cavan Gifts for agreeing
(Managing Director), Alan Speares (Purchasing & Production to sell our products at their store and anyone else who
Manager), Melvin Beju (Finance Director), Emmanuel Bakare helped bring our company to fruition.
(Marketing Director) and Brendan Liu (Sales Director).
We first took orders in St. Patrick’s College at a Bank of
Ireland trade fair, before continuing to sell our product in
the Backyard Christmas Craft Fair soon after. Later on in the
year we sold more products at a craft fair in our own school.
More recently we have started selling our products locally
in Cavan Gifts. We advertise our product on Instagram and
Facebook, and we have a customer support email.
We purchase wood from a joinery and we cut it into the
hexagonal shape for the coasters. We then drill a hole into
the side of each hexagonal coaster and glue a neodymium
magnet into the hole, so that the coasters attract to each

The game is a True/False game where a statement related to
I.C.E. the topic studied that day is read out by the teacher and the
In September 2017, the pupils have to decide whether it’s true or false.
school had a fire drill and
that’s when the idea for I.C.E The worksheets are based on the information learned each
was created. We decided to day in the PowerPoint. The worksheets have a variety of
make an educational pack questions, true or false answers and scenario questions.
containing information for When we did our market research on the primary schools in
primary school children of the county of Cavan and we got very useful feedback which
a certain age group to learn helped us to decide on details for the product, such as price
about internet safety, the dangers of fires, car accidents, and and packaging.
other important issues. There are three people in the Mini
Company: Sian Gear, Sian Tobin and Marcus McDermott. The Mini Company was a great experience for us and we
now have a better understanding of how running a business
The pack contains a PowerPoint full of almost fifty slides works. We would like to thank Ms. Argue, Mr. Robertson,
which are broken down into five days. Mr. Patterson and Mr. Vahey for their continuous help and
On the first day, I.C.E (in case of emergency) teaches primary support during the course of the year.
school children about what emergency numbers to use
where and when and teaches about hoax calls. The second
day includes a variety of different types of emergencies
(e.g. fires, robberies, etc.). The third day gives information
concerning accidents (e.g. swimming accidents, scalds, etc.).
The fourth day explains how to help someone or yourself if
you get into a situation where first aid is needed and also
about what should be in the first aid box. The fifth and final
day educates children about strangers and the dangers of
social media (e.g. what to do if a stranger grabs you, the
different types of strangers, etc.).

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