Business & Economics

In the first half of the year, we welcomed Ghanim Al Sulaiti a 26 year-old successful Qatari entrepreneur to provide an intriguing talk to our pupils. Mr Al Sulaiti, the owner of a number of popular local brand: Evergreen Organics, Mylk and Botany spoke to our Sixth Form pupils about the rising trend of veganism. He also provided useful insight into how to overcome the challenges of owning a business during a pandemic. Interestingly, veganism and sustainability were topics that many pupils had a traditional perception of. However, this talk clearly opened the eyes of our pupils and motivated them to take a greater interest in making better lifestyle choices. This was in addition to opening up to the thought of being a vegan albeit whilst developing a greater understanding of why sustainability and veganism is a growing lifestyle trend among many around the world.

As part of our drive to enrich the business mind-set of three of our pupils, the business department took part in the Business Olympic Program for Schools (BOSS) in which we proudly obtained 17th place out of 95 schools globally. Sixth Form pupils, Muhammad Abdullahi, Mubarak Al Sulaiti and Andhrea Nicole, were the representatives for Sherborne Senior School. For titles of the best virtual managers, they were competing against teams from around the world across 46 countries for 12 weeks.

With the assistance of Revas Business Simulation Games, the participants were managing their own virtual travel agencies for 7 virtual months. During this time, they played 7 rounds, making realistic business decisions, and testing various strategies for introducing services to the market. Virtual managers were competing in 11 virtual markets adjusted to the time zones of their schools. The competition in every market was very fierce, and the level of some decisions surprised even the organisers of the competition.

Congratulations to our pupils for taking part in the competition! We are very proud of the fact that our school provides them with a space for development and gaining international experience. We are looking forward to the next edition of the competition!

Mrs McCormack Head of Business & Economics

“Sherborne Senior School celebrates diversity and aims to create global citizens who are dynamic, creative, independent learners.”

BSO Report, April 2022