Using ‘Enterprise Education’ to engage disadvantaged, disengaged and vulnerable children

 As a classroom teacher of GCSE & BTEC L3 courses, I always have to create an opportunity to work with a KS3 students, be it by creating a Christmas Market, Enterprise day or other `market place' linked to a Young Enterprise or Tycoon in School, competition, but I always enjoy it when I do.

Today was no different, but I was lucky enough to work with three business owners who had twenty minutes each to tell their stories of their journey from school to running their own business and who doesn’t love a great story.  The three videos below were unscripted.  Michelle had only jumped of the plane the previous evening and Nick had some pressing strategic issues to deal with that day, but they are all masterclasses on inspiring young people to stop, reflect and find a better version of themselves so that they can make better use of their time and create even more opportunities for themselves if and when they do.  

So it was great to observe three life-times of experiences being shared with a small class of Year 9, 14 year old learners.

Michelle Chappell - World class customer service champion and Director of On Your Bike

Nick Blyth - Founder & MD of The Paella Fella

Nanette - Clinical Psychologist in a previous life and Owner of We Love Pets in East Grinstead

Teaching resources

Outline plan of activity

Slide deck of bespoke 'Enterprise Day'

Supporting work booklet can be made available on request

Student led presentations

Therma Farm

Caddillac

Safe

Iron Maiden Cover Band & Herby Rapper

Reflections 

over 20 years of observing disadvantages, disengaged and vulnerable children in UK educational settings

 

Securing my GCSE Business knowledge for Theme 1 (Year10) Starting a business

Dear all

the link below will take you to some short video clips.  The videos do not last much more than 5 mins and are great at refreshing you on topics that you may not feel secure on.

Let me know if you like them or if you need other resources that you think may help too, so click here and get stuck in. 

Feel free to make notes or bring questions to your classes once you have watched them,

Enjoy

Mr T

Festival of Education Friday 2021 -Part 1 - 18th June 2021

 

Good evening,   A quick note to let you know that recordings of sessions from last week’s Friday Fest are now available to view. Please feel free to share these links with colleagues.   You can view and search recordings here: https://vimeo.com/showcase/8587419   Schedule – you can view a list of the sessions held last Friday here.   Recordings of our Festival Keynotes are available here.   Best wishes,   Shane Mann, Festival Director

Building on the mock exam grades and ensuring the final grade reflects the effort and hard work that I have put in

There is no getting away from the fact that hard work and effort produces the results and this will always be the case.  GCSE exams require exam technique skills and sound subject knowledge and the only way to develop both is to think of strategies that support and underpin both.

Finding a way to recap a topic that suits you is key.  If your a visual and or auditory learner that might be listening to a podcast or YouTube video and I have a link of suggestions below.

Testing your subject knowledge is best done with past paper exam questions and then looking at the mark scheme to see how you got on.  That way tends to be the best way to embed the exam technique as well as remind you of stuff you didn't know or maybe forgot.  Seneca Learning can also provide this in a lesser degree and is quicker at providing instant feedback and hitting you with similar questions until you get them right.

I have attached a PowerPoint here of exam-specific activities that we have discussed in the parent consultation evening so that will be time well spent looking at the demands of the different questions and the importance of including CONTEXT in your answers. 

Anyway here is a link of resources that are free:

Podcasts

Videos

Two Teachers have established themselves well over the last 12 months  

BizCon

Tutor2U are also doing live sessions with the one delivered at 3pm today on Marketing available here

Seneca Learning 

Business Challenge Week 2020

 Dear candidates

Your chance to launch your own budget airline and pitch your ideas as if you were a candidate on The Apprentice.

The Apprentice Challenge from Sir Alan Sugar

The Success Criteria

Storyboard and design booklet

Can you:

• Identify a target market, 
• Create a brand name and logo that will compete for success, 
• Plan a storyboard for your TV advert, 
• Design the steward and stewardess uniform and 
• Deliver a pitch of your ideas.

We look forward to announcing and rewarding the top three

Good luck and enjoy

Mr Mumby 

Ten steps to success on the Unit 2 Finance Exam

Dear Year 11

this is the page that will help you learn all the key terms, equations and the TEN topics that you have studies in this unit.  Feel free to use it wisely.

1. Key Equations that you need to know as your not given them in the online assessment
2. Fixed costs, variable costs and total costs
3. Costs Revenue and how to make and improve profits see BBC video here
4. Business Tools - Calculating the Brake Even Point 
5. Cash flow forecasting
6. Profit and Loss Accounts (AKA Income Statements)
7. Budgeting
8. Sources of Finance available to a business
9. Balance Sheets (AKA Financial Statement)
10. PowerPoint of key topics

and once you have got your head around the main topics why not try the online assessment by clicking  here or use the retired test here and here

I do hope that you use it as it is very much what you do now that's important if you want to do well in this assessment on Thursday 26th November 2020

Good luck and enjoy

Mr T

Learn to touch type to save time on your PC

Two fun and interactive websites to teach yourself how to touch type. 

Can you improve your speeds and your Personal Best of words per minute?

BBC Bitesize Topics - Typing

Typing Club