Sophie Magee from Lisneal College designed workwear specifically tailored for female employees at engineering company, TerexA Londonderry schoolgirl has seen her workwear design for female employees at an engineering firm become a reality.
Sophie's design was the winner of a competition earlier this year across five schools in the north west. As part of the competition, Sophie also received a tour of Terex's Campsie site and took part in a focus groups with female fitters as part of the design process.'Surreal experience' "As a technology and design teacher myself, I know just how big of a deal it is to get an idea from your mind onto paper and then into reality," Mr Allen said.
The principal said the competition went out across Key Stage 3 students and Sophie's design beat hundreds of entries.