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ACTIVE LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM:
The High Street Challenge - S3 Business students took part in the High Street Challenge Day run by Young Enterprise Scotland. They were tasked with developing a new high street store to fill a gap in the market and revive struggling high streets. After an intense day of problem solving and decision making activities, the successful team presented a very sound proposal to the YES judges who commended them on their USP combining a range of different world cuisines into the one restaurant.
Dragon's Den - The S2 BIT classes took part in a Dragon's Den in the run up to the Easter break. Classes were asked to come up with a Marketing Strategy for a new Easter Egg product. Each group worked hard to develop some very unique ideas which was presented to a panel of 4 Dragons. After some very careful and difficult decisions the 'Lego' group were successful with their unique product design and ideas to incorporate a range of different miniature lego characters with each Easter Egg. We hope that their enterprising ideas will inspire them to become successful entrepreneurs in the future.
INDUSTRY VISITS/TRIPS:
Some examples of recent trips include;
S2 BIT classes: As part of their Event Planning topic S2 organised an event which included team work, planning, problem solving and decision making activities to ensure that an event was successful. We had a fantastic trip to the Time Capsule in Coatbridge as a result.
S4 Business Management: Visited the Albert Bartlett factory in Airdrie to see a local Scottish business in action. A full factory floor tour was undertaken along with a detailed presentation showing the growth of the business and the success of their marketing strategy to enable this.