Enterprise Challenge Event Programme

LEO is supporting an enterprise challenge programme for

teams of year 9 students going into Year 10.

  May 09 – November 09

Stage 1 - in school events

Great Big Enterprise Challenge Events – for all year 9 students

no limits deliver enterprise events in all Enterprise Academy Schools. The top 2 teams from each school go forward to represent their school in further stages, and work on their enterprise idea during the following months.

Stage 2 - District Events in a central location

Development Workshops

The top two teams from each school attend a central workshop in each District to support the development of their enterprise idea:

Focus – Marketing and selling an idea, communication, presentation skills.

Stage 3 - Dragons’ Den Event

All teams present their ideas to a panel of District judges. The winning team from each school is selected and go forward to represent their school in the final during the afternoon.

Stage 4 – Enterprise Oscars, The Civic Centre, Mansfield

An event during Enterprise Week 2009 where the winning team from each school will attend the LEO Enterprise Oscars. This is an evening event attended by teams, parents, business mentors, school representatives and members of the press. Each school’s winning presentation / advert will be shown and there will be “Oscars” in a number of categories and the winning team from each District will be announced, along with the overall winner across all districts.

What students will get out of these events

Each event will enable students to both develop their enterprise competencies, and their Personal, Learning and Thinking Skills as:

The process will incorporate:

·               problem-solving and creative thinking:  the teams will be given a precise brief, requiring them to come up with enterprise ideas to creatively respond to a challenge and solve problems;

·               rising to the challenge: challenges will be directly related to taking forward an enterprise / business idea and will be designed to develop business understanding and enterprise skills. Central events in July and October, business coaches and specifically- designed materials will all support development of their enterprise idea, at the same time building their enterprise understanding, knowledge and competencies.

·               plan – do – review: challenges require students to develop their project management, planning and organisation skills and financial awareness, and to constantly check where they are and what they need to do next;

·               presentation:  the challenge will require teams to develop their communication and presentation skills to effectively and creatively present their enterprise idea and sell their product or service, thereby developing their confidence and communication skills;