Business & Enterprise
The Academy's Business and Enterprise specialism underpins both curriculum and non-curriculum based learning, providing an education that will raise students' aspirations and ambitions. Our approach is always to be at the forefront of curriculum development in a purpose built environment and within a culture of achievement.
The Business and Enterprise specialism enables us to offer a broad and balanced, academic and vocational curriculum, whilst also ensuring that students benefit from specialist teaching. Our specialism informs and reinforces all Academy activities inspiring students to embrace new challenges, opportunities and innovations. Students have the opportunity to learn through experience by participating in Academy-based companies and through regular and meaningful links with the local community. They also develop important life skills such as self-confidence, problem solving and team work.
Business & Enterprise Week November 2009
Following on from the success of last year’s Enterprise Week, we have again decided to run an action-packed week for students from Monday 16th to Friday 20th November 2009. On Monday, Year 10 students took part in the Make Your Mark Challenge – a national event where students work in groups to complete a secret brief and compete against each other to represent the academy in the regional heats. Tuesday saw our Year 12 students taking part in ‘Streetwise’ a motivational workshop and our Year 7’s getting creative with ‘Eco-fashion’. Wednesday had our Year 9 students undertaking the ‘Smoothie Challenge’ – making, packaging and promoting new healthy drinks. On the Thursday both Year 8 and Year 11 were getting enterprising with ‘Green Dragons’ – an environmentally, innovative design project – for the Year 8’s and a problem-solving challenge day for Year 11.
To top it all off our gifted and talented ICT and English Students from Year’s 8, 9 and 10 and some willing Sixth Form helpers photographed and interviewed students and presenters throughout the week to create an ‘Enterprise Newsletter’ on Friday to hand out to all students at the end of the day!
Hayley Stamp
Director of Business and Enterprise
Newsletter (368 KB)