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enterprise education
Young people need opportunities to be enterprising through applying their knowledge, skills and attributes - to 'make their mark' both inside the school and their external community.' Put simply, students should have the opportunity to develop financial skills that can be taken into the real world and used in a practical way such as learning to manage money, understanding credit, mortgages and bank loans. Enterprise Education should also facilitate economic and business understanding. This can be achieved by allowing students to take part in setting up a real business or project that can develop a risk-taking attitude and help them understand the economic environment. Why is Enterprise Education important at St. Aidan'sThe skills that students gain are often of a very practical nature. In summary, five key things students will take away from their time at St. Aidan's are:
Examples of Enterprise Education at St. Aidan's.Below are some of the enterprise activities that are taking place throughout the school and involving a range of pupils in different year groups: Young Enterprise Company Programme - Year 12 'Funky Junk'A green business that recycled old computer chip boards into clocks that were sold within the school, a retail outlet in York and a local retailer. To read more about Funky Junk click here. Plant PeopleA Year 10 company that provided staff, parents and students with a range of locally sourced flowers and plants throughout the year. This enterprise was headed up by Alex Hayward and made over £400. Fashion Show EnterpriseDesign and Technology students headed up and ran a fashion show evening to parents selling tickets and displaying their work to a large audience with help from Mrs Callan-Travis. Year 9 Maths Financial Skills WorkshopsThe whole of Year 9 Maths students have been engaged with superb financial skills awareness headed up by Mrs Etchells. Students have gained understanding of credit and learnt how to handle budgets and manage money. Bank of England School ChallengeA group of Year 13 students headed up by Mr White (Head of Economics) learnt how to respond to a rise/fall in the interest rate using models and financial data as a basis for their predictions. To read more about the Bank of England School Challenge click here. Awards & Recognition of EnterpriseOver the last two years the school has been highly successful in gaining numerous awards for Enterprise. Here are just a few of them: Young Enterprise Regional Winners - 'Funky Junk' 2007 Projects for 2007/2008Below are some of the exciting enterprise activities planned for the following academic year that will involve a range of different pupils throughout the school. Year 8 Mini Enterprise - students will have the opportunity to work in a real enterprise, making and selling gift cards to staff and parents within the school. Tanzania Social Enterprise Project - an ambitious enterprise project that will seek to set up a charity providing health care products to our link in Africa. This will be run by a selection of Year 12 students. PHSE work for Years 7 & 8 - Our lower school years will start to be engaged in Enterprise throughout PHSE giving them an opportunity to learn about enterprise and enagage in some small enterprise projects. Young Enterprise Companies in Year 12 - Our flagship school programme will be running for the third year enabling over thirty Year 12 students to be engaged in Enterprise and competing against other schools in North Yorkshire. Below is a list of companies who have helped in establishing Enterprise within school:
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