Claire Kane, Carla Watson and Simon Kelly from St Nicholas’ Primary School, Broxburn, West Lothian came along to our well attended Primary Business Meeting for Enterprise on Friday 28th October.
They talked about their award winning approach to Social Enterprise that has been running in the school over the past year in order to give North Lanarkshire staff a flavour of how to organise and develop a Social Enterprise approach.
For more information on the cafe click here
We are very fortunate to have Claire Fraser and Bert McGlone from the Scottish Social Enterprise Academy coming along to our next Primary Business meeting on the 28th October. To find out more information please check out their brilliant website and blog.
We’ll be hosting a Understanding Social Enterprise Workshop on the 25th November. It is funded by the Scottish Government – more details to follow. If you’re interested please email Lynn.
http://www.theacademy-ssea.org/
If you haven’t already, check out Skills Development Scotland’s World of Work online tool.
It cleverly analyses using a number of clever and engaging approaches.
Especially try the ‘My DNA’ section.
Food for thought for students and teachers alike.
Due to unforeseen circumstances the final of this year’s Dragons’ Lair final has been changed from the 25th October to the 20th December.
The deadline for applications has therefore been extended to Friday 18th November.
Please click here for more details on how to enter and apply.
Hi Everyone.
I’ve been getting quite a few enquires from new Enterprise Coordinators asking for suggestions as how to organise the pupils to ensure they have a say in the Enterprise activities within their school.
How does your establishment do this? Do you have a stand-alone Enterprise Leadership Team or is Enterprise covered within your Pupil Council. Have you had any particular problems or successes you’d like to pass on?
It would be really interesting to hear your views. Please leave a reply at the end of this post (by clicking on the ‘response’ part next to the speech bubbles at the top right-hand-side of this post) to briefly outline what you do/are planning to do this session.
This sharing of practice would be of great benefit to all – Thank you!
Time is running out to get involved in this year’s Dragons’ Lair event. Groups of pupils who are interested can find out further information at this website
Groups can apply for their application pack by emailing nlcenterprise@sbglanarkshire.co.uk
Good Luck!
TEACH-IT2 Training
There are still some places available for the free TEACH-IT 2 training sessions in Dunrobin Primary. The dates are as follows:
Friday 30th September
Monday 10th October
Tuesday 11th October
For these sessions you will need your establishment’s username and password. We’ll bring this along on the day if you don’t have a note of it. If you would like this beforehand, please email Lynn Taylor.
The TEACH-IT resources are fabulous – they provide many links to assist enterprising activities and inspire creative learning across the curriculum. Book your place now through CPD manager.
Many S4 to S6 teams around North Lanarkshire will be busy preparing their business plans for this year’s Dragons’ Lair event.
May we remind you that the closing date for applications is Monday 10th October.
Here are the brilliant prizes on offer:
Top Prize – a Sony Viao Laptop and Printer for each pupil in the team to take home and £1,000 for the school
Second Prize – an Amazon Kindle for each pupil in the team to take home and £500 for the school
Third Prize – a £50 Amazon voucher for pupil child in the team
All of the children participating in the final will be presented with certificates on the day.
If your establishment is taking part, it is worth taking into account the timetable below, as there is a very short turnaround time between submissions and the notification of successful teams.
· Monday 10th October – Closing date for applications
· Tuesday 11th October – Scoring of applications, the top 6 will be selected to participate in the finals
· Wednesday 12th October – Gillian Timmons from North Lanarkshire’s Regeneration and Infrastructure Business Team will contact successful schools and arrange a visit for the next day
· Thursday 13th October – Gillian Timmons will visit teams in their own establishments and share useful hints and tips to aid their preparation
· Tuesday 25th October – Final at the Business Atrium Centre, Coatbridge 1300hrs to 1630hrs
The successful children will be able to bring one friend or family member to support them on the afternoon. This is limited due to the audience capacity of the atrium.
For further information, please contact Jim Lawson or Lynn Taylor.
Young Enterprise Scotland (YES) work with young people between 5 and 25 to give them business skills to reach their full potential. This year YES are holding a beginning of year event on Wednesday 28th September between 1630hrs and 1730hrs in the offices of Document Outsourcing:
Document Outsourcing Ltd
Document House
Phoenix Crescent
Strathclyde Business Park
Bellshill
ML4 3NJ
All who have been involved in YES in the past, or who would link to find out more are welcome to the event. Please contact Jim Lawson or Lynn Taylor to register your interest.
If you already participate in YES and have a business adviser could you please get in touch and let us know who they are and provide us with updated contact details for our records. Thanks.
GO-XL! Will launch in Committee Room 1 in Kildonan Street on Tuesday 27th September between 0900hrs and 1115hrs. Many schools have already expressed their interest to be involved. If your school would like to participate in this event please contact Jim Lawson as soon as possible.
Enterprise Coordinators and representatives from the schools involved who will be working with the pupils are most welcome, as are representatives from associated cluster primaries. Time will be given during the morning for clusters to get together and organise their arrangements.
The programme for the morning is as follows:
0930hrs – Registration and Welcome
0940hrs – Project Background
1000hrs – Project Arrangements
1020hrs – Break
1040hrs – Cluster Arrangements
1115hrs – Close
For any more information please email either Jim Lawson or Lynn Taylor.
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