Month: April 2022

Barony Collections Won the Ayrshire Finals!

This year, S6 pupils from Robert Burns Academy have taken part in Young Enterprise Scotland’s Company Programme, where they start up and run their own company. All pupils are also working towards their accreditation where they gain recognised qualifications.

Barony Collections was one of the teams who took part, who have successfully started their business creating personalised marbled mugs which they have then sold on in order to make a profit. The team have worked through all stages of developing their business by fundraising, conducting market research, designing their logo and branding, marketing their product and selling it. Throughout the programme they have developed lots of new skills such as leadership, communication, creativity and finance as well as demonstrating their resilience as a team.

Barony Collections competed in the Ayrshire Finals last week where they had to product a report, presentation and take part in an interview about their company and experiences. They were officially named as ‘Ayrshire’s Young Enterprise Company of the Year 2022‘ after achieving the Best Report, Sustainability Award and Best product/service. Our team will now represent Ayrshire at the Scottish finals in June.  Well done and good luck to all involved!

Pictured left to right:

Front row – Robyn Cunningham, Miss Kilpatrick (Lead Teacher), Kara McLean

Back row – Kacey Smith, Kate Drummond, Murray Sloan, Robyn Black, Gracie Norris

 

 

Study Leave update

Study Leave for senior pupils will start on Wed 27th April. All senior pupils should continue to attend school as normal till then. The last day of Study Leave will be Friday 20th May with the new senior timetable starting on Monday 23rd May.  The parents of young people sitting 3 exams or less will also be emailed with some additional arrangements for pupils to engage in during study leave.