ACHIEVING ECONOMIC WELLBEING
Achieving Economic Wellbeing is much more than just
understanding how money works. Educational achievement is the
most effective route out of poverty, and so many of our
programmes are designed to encourage engagement and increase
employability.
NatWest Enterprise Day
Students from The Blue Coat School took part in this enterprise
based initiative.
Supported by colleagues from NatWest Bank, the day centred
around a series of activities which demonstrated the various
aspects of running a business.
Students were tasked with creating a product they thought was
both marketable and saleable. They then had to develop a
business plan for their product complete with working designs
and a sales and marketing plan.
Working in teams, the students then had to present their ideas
in a ‘Dragons Den’ style pitch, with the best ideas receiving
accreditation from the ’experts’.
The day was an outstanding success, with students tested across
a variety of skill sets including, creativity, problem solving,
team work and presentation skills.
Primary Enterprise Olympics
Year 5 students were treated to a similar ‘business’ day at New
Heys School.
Guided by ‘real’ business people who are part of the schools’
extended business network, the students were taken through a
whole host of business related activities.
The activities, which were designed to help younger children
understand how a business works, centred on the design and
development of a product, which could potentially be sold in
school.
The young business brains excelled on the day, and similar
projects were rolled out to both Shorefields and Broadgreen
schools.
Airline Masterclass
All the glamour and glitz of the airline industry flew into
Parklands CLC, when students from The Blue Coat School became
Stelios for a day and developed their very own airline.
Representatives from Young Enterprise masterminded the project,
presenting students with a virtual budget to plan a full
corporate package for their airline, including the development
of a brand identity and a full financial forecast plan.
The project mirrored ‘real’ business in many aspects, from
working within tight budgets and timescales, to assessing the
competition and working under pressure..
All the students who took part commented on how challenging the
day had been and how much they had enjoyed ‘working under
pressure’ although a few were unsure if they could cope with it
every day!
International Development Project
Broadgreen International School have spearheaded this project
designed to celebrate cultural differences and promote social
cohesion in school.
The programme has now become an annual event spread over two
full days, allowing students to learn about different cultures
from around the world through a series of interactive workshops
and ‘hands-on’ activities from performance based cultural
exchanges, to cookery demos and more intimate ‘experience’
sharing sessions.
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