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Strategies for developing a time plan

The Major Textiles Project is worth 50% of the HSC mark. It is important that the design and manufacture of the textile item is completed by the submission date. This tutorial provides strategies for developing a time plan.The time plan presented is only a sample, you should discuss your plans with your teacher.

Developing a time plan is an effective way to manage your time when working on your major textiles project. The first step is to map out Year 12. Do this by working with the weeks within the terms and include the holidays. Remember this will vary each year. Also consider your school assessment guidelines or calendar.

The time plan below gives you some ideas of what to include. You will need to fill it out in more detail to suit your needs.

Remember to check the submission date on the Board of Studies NSW site.

Major textiles project (MTP) timeplan

ACTION TAKEN
Term 4
Week 1	MTP outline distributed. Discuss outline. Read Syllabus Exam & Assessment Supplement document to understand the difference between an excellent project and an average one. Visit craft shops; look through magazines and books, watch videos. Consider your skills, time, energy and budget. Draft a description of the design concept. Identify constraints for MTP, that is limit on size, portfolio pages etc. Purchase diary to record ideas and inspirations, fabrics and thoughts.
Week 2	Purchase of materials for portfolio. Collection of fabric samples
Week 3	Organise a box to store all the information, samples and experiments.
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8	Submission of description of the design concept and oral presentation on MTP.
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11
Week 12
Christmas break

Term 1
Week 1
Week 2	Submission of Section one of portfolio, Design inspiration.
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
Week 11	Submission of Section 2 of portfolio, Visual design development.
2 week break

Term 2
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Week 6	Submission of Section 3 of portfolio, Manufacturing specifications.
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10
2 week break

Term 3
Week 1
Week 2	Submission of Section 4 of portfolio, Investigation, experimentation, and evaluation.
Week 3
Week 4	Estimated submission of MTP. Check with NSW Board of Studies to predict actual date.
Week 5
Week 6
Week 7
Week 8
Week 9
Week 10

In the outline above, you will see dates given for each section. This will help save you from a big rush at the end, as well as provide you with a quality project, worth a good mark. You will have to discuss the dates with your teacher and fit in your examination periods accordingly. You must also realise that while you have due dates for each portfolio section, you will not be marked by your teacher, however they may choose this time for editing any mistakes, or making suggestions.

Some questions to ask yourself

• When is the project due? Have I received the official date from my teacher?
• What are the dates my teacher has set for each part of the portfolio and the project itself?
• Have I listed on my time plan when my exams and assessment tasks are due?
• What do I need to complete during the holidays?
• What are my goals for this project and how will I achieve them? Write yourself a list and for each goal describe how you think you would like to achieve them.
• Have I looked through the newspapers for craft shows, fashion parades, and musicals etc that are relevant to what I am doing? Include these in your time plan.

To achieve an excellent mark, you will need to do some pre-thinking and planning. Stick to your time plan and you will be able to achieve a quality project and portfolio.

Source: Terrigal High School Inservice