COMMUNITY ENTERPRISE I t h as b e e n an oth er exci ti n g yea r i n t he Business and Eco n o m ics d e p ar tment, sta r ti n g i n August wit h t he la unc h o f t h e n ew bu si n ess BTE C co ur ses in b ot h Year 1 0 a n d 12. As a depa r tment o u r mi ssion is to insp ire a pa ssi o n fo r b u s i n ess a n d eco n o mi cs in ever y st ud ent. We as k e d al l o f o u r GCS E stu dents i n t heir ver y f i r st l e s s o n “ h ow do yo u beco me a successful e ntre p re n e u r? ” a n d a l l owed th em the whole ter m to g a i n k n ow l e d g e a n d enter pr i se exper ience in ord er to be ab l e to an swer th i s en qu i r y quest ion. Once a m ont h , we s aw o u r K i n gs’ co mmu n i t y come toget her i n t h e fo r m o f o u r bu si n ess brea kf a st mor nings. Pa rent s we re i nv i ted to sh a re th ei r b usiness ex p er t ise a nd ex p e r i e n ce w i th stu dents a l l ow ing t hem to have th e k n owl e d g e th ey were l ea r n i n g i n c lass come to li fe. Tycoo n g ave al l stu dents at K i n gs’ the op p or t unit y to d e ve l o p t h e i r enter pr i se sk i l l s a n d gain t he ex per ie n ce o f s ta r ti n g u p th ei r ow n b usines.
We had team s from KS2 a l l t h e way u p to KS5 t ak ing p ar t. The c re at i vi t y, h a rd wo r k a n d a ma z i n g enter p r ise sk ills of o u r s t u de nt s wa s e vi de nt at t h e K ings’ winter fest ival, w i t h 1 2 s t u de nt b u s i n e s s e s op erat ing on t he ni g ht. We we re t h r i l l e d to s e e o u r KS5 team , Sp ec t r um , g o fo r wa rd to w i n t h e ove ra l l Tycoon I nter nat ional Co mp e t i t i o n . K-Fac tor was an eve nt t h e Bu s i n e s s BTE C s t u de nt s p lanned and ran at t h e e n d o f Te r m 2 a s p a r t o f t h e i r cour se. There was si gn i fi c a nt p l a n n i n g b e h i n d t h e scenes and t he r un u p i n c l u de d p ro mo t i o n days, m eet ing sp onsor s a n d o rg a n i s i n g re h e a r s a l s. Th e t alent show was an a ma z i n g s u cce s s a n d i t wa s a great showc ase for t h e n e w BTE C co u r s e s, w h i c h a re hand s- on voc at ional co u r s e s. I t wa s a ve r y p ro u d m oment for our d epa r t me nt a n d we c a n’t wa i t to r u n it again nex t year ! M iss Keat ing Head of S econd ar y Bu s i n e s s
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