In preparation for the SQA exams, the Business Education department will run two masterclasses to help prepare students. The details are as follows:

Higher Business Masterclass – Wednesday 15 May
(08.40 – 10.30) ICT 1

National 5 Business Masterclass
(10.40 – 12.30) ICT 1

Well done to the following S1 and S2 pupils for their outstanding effort in BICT!

Conor O’Shea                                             Willoughby Densham

Izzy Gordon                                                  Jiabao Yang

Harriet Hayton                                           Ethan Scott

Matthew Killen                                           Erin Cruickshank

Mia Benjamin                                               Grace Loudon

James McLaughlin                                     Megan MacIver

Congratulations to S5 pupils Emma, Heather and Lara who finished in second place of the ‘Design a Sub’ competition!  Over 80 schools from across Scotland entered the competition and yesterday the team were invited to the final which was held at the Scottish Events Campus.  The girls pitched their concept, The Champion Sub, to a panel of judges who commended them on their marketing plan and presentation.  The team were presented with a £750 amazon voucher – well done !

Congratulations to our Higher Accounting teams who have qualified for the semi-finals of the Student Investor Challenge.  Following weeks of trading the pupils will now battle it out in a bid to reach the grand final in London later this year.  Good luck!

Higher business management pupils have been challenged to design and market a brand new Subway sandwich or flatbread with the prospect of seeing their Sub design go on sale in over 100 Subway stores throughout the region.  Yesterday, as part of the challenge, pupils ordered their proposed ‘Subs’ in order to undertake a taste test and photo shoot.

Congratulations to our S3 Business Management team who finished third place at the Silverburn Dragons’ Den competition.  The team was Kirsten, Faiza, Olivia, Holly and Rae (all S3).  They presented their company ‘Mugish’ along with their products to the Dragons, in front of an audience of around 50 people. The team gave a confident and engaging presentation which thoroughly impressed the judges. Well done!

The BICT department would also like to congratulate Chloe, Rachel, Kate, Hibah, Austin, Ross, Matthew and Thomas (all S3) on their very successful presentations.

Congratulations to the S6 Young Enterprise Group, ‘Joy Jars’,  who participated in the Christmas Trade Fair at Soar at intu Braehead.  They were able to showcase their products and also gave them the opportunity to try out their selling skills.  Well done to Joshua Dube who won the ‘Banter Award’ for demonstrating his best bantering techniques.

Well done to Annabel who was the winner of the recent ‘name the BICT mascot’ competition.  Annabel’s winning entry was ‘Sparky’!

All students in out department are asked to complete the Literacy and English Survey by clicking on the link below:

http://www.erc.education/pupils/EngLitSurvey/EngLit.asp