This term our topic is “Back in Business”. Within this topic, pupils have each taken on a role in setting up and running a small enterprise and will evaluate its success.
Pupils created their own groups and brainstormed ideas of a Christmas or Winter craft that they would be able to make and sell. Once groups and product ideas had been settled, it was time to decide who would perform each role. Each group had to have a person or persons in the following positions:
- Finance Director
- Marketing Director
- Design Director
- ICT Director
- Director in charge of Stock and Quality Control
To decide which role would be given to each pupil, and to learn about real life hiring processes, each pupil completed their own job application for their preferred role. If there was more than one candidate competing for the same position, then application process continued to the interview stage. The standards were very high!
Throughout this topic, the pupils have been investigating ways to meet this challenge of creating and developing products that they can make to a high enough standard to sell. They have continually assessing their ideas along the way, and have identified problems and come up with solutions.
They are all very excited to showcase their products. We will finish the unit by evaluating each group’s and individual successes and areas to improvement and reflect on the real world applications of the skills they have learned.
