Our S2 Business and IT course includes a range of Business and IT topics to help build the skills to progress to choosing Business, Administration and IT or Travel and Tourism in S3. S2 are timetabled for this one period per week and to help with school closure S2 should work through the Idea Badge activities below.
Pupils consider the importance of Branding to a business and the impact being a well known brand can have on the business. They also develop their creative and digital skills through designing and creating logos for a selection of businesses.
Pupils develop budgeting skills through investigating how financial budgets are produced and used in business. Using these skills they will further develop their digital literacy skills through working with financial records on the computer using Spreadsheet applications.
Pupils will investigate what means to be an entrepreneur and develop an awareness of ethical issues around product development as well as an understanding of the impact of technologies on the environment and business. .