Section 1 - Introduction

Students can complete this worksheet during this PowerPoint lesson

Lesson objectives

• To be able to discuss the main themes of the OCR GCSE case study

• To be able to describe the products in the case and roughly the method of manufacture

• To be able to answer quiz questions based on the case study

Starter

• Have you ever sat on a beanbag? Can you describe the experience?

OCR GCSE Case Study overview

This exam is all based round a case study which you will be given to read before the exam. You also get a fresh copy of it in the exam so you don’t have to learn this all off by heart.The case company is Holden plc who are a manufacturer and Bromley Furnishings who are a retailer. They don’t exist and neither does Bowton the town featured in the case.The exam is 1 hour 30 minutes and has 90 marks – which is a mark a minute.You should study the businesses in the case in detail so that you are ready to answer questions in your exam.

• Section 1 – tells us that Holden Plc Manufactures beanbags and cushions

• 1) What does the word “manufacture” mean?

• 2) How are beanbags made?

• 3) How are cushions made?

What does the word “manufacture” mean?

• The making of a product on a large scale using machinery.

What machines do you think are used to make cushions and bean bags?

How are beanbags made?

• Watch a short video here

• How many processes did you see in the video? E.g. Cutting fabric

How are cushions made?

• Watch this video

• What items at the start did the video suggest was needed to make a cushion?

• There were 10 did you get them all?

Holden plc - locations

The Head Office is in Bowton UK

What happens in a Head Office?

The production is currently based in China

Why would Holden plc produce its goods in

China?

Quiz on section 1 - introduction

1. How long is the exam?2. How many marks in total is the exam worth?3. What is the name of the manufacturer in the

case study?4. What is the name of the retailer in the case

study?5. What two products are featured in the case?

Answers to section 1 - introduction

1. The exam is 1 hour 30 mins2. The total marks are 903. The manufacturer is Holden plc4. The retailer is Bromley Furnishings5. The two products featured in the case are

bean bags and cushions