Using ‘Enterprise Education’ to engage disadvantaged, disengaged and vulnerable children

 As a classroom teacher of GCSE & BTEC L3 courses, I always have to create an opportunity to work with a KS3 students, be it by creating a Christmas Market, Enterprise day or other `market place' linked to a Young Enterprise or Tycoon in School, competition, but I always enjoy it when I do.

Today was no different, but I was lucky enough to work with three business owners who had twenty minutes each to tell their stories of their journey from school to running their own business and who doesn’t love a great story.  The three videos below were unscripted.  Michelle had only jumped of the plane the previous evening and Nick had some pressing strategic issues to deal with that day, but they are all masterclasses on inspiring young people to stop, reflect and find a better version of themselves so that they can make better use of their time and create even more opportunities for themselves if and when they do.  

So it was great to observe three life-times of experiences being shared with a small class of Year 9, 14 year old learners.

Michelle Chappell - World class customer service champion and Director of On Your Bike

Nick Blyth - Founder & MD of The Paella Fella

Nanette - Clinical Psychologist in a previous life and Owner of We Love Pets in East Grinstead

Teaching resources

Outline plan of activity

Slide deck of bespoke 'Enterprise Day'

Supporting work booklet can be made available on request

Student led presentations

Therma Farm

Caddillac

Safe

Iron Maiden Cover Band & Herby Rapper

Reflections 

Over 20 years of observing disadvantages, disengaged and vulnerable children in UK educational settings

 

Changing state quickly in the classroom

Here is a collection of resources which will support one2one and peer mentoring:

• in the classroom
• at timetabled weekly meetings
• at tutor time with peer mentors from upper school

They are all tried and tested and readily accessible for teachers and pupils to access and use.  If you come by any other resources that have proved valuble email them to me at tthompson@oxfordspiresacademy.org and Ill add them to the post.

I hope that you find these useful. 

Mr T

Mentoring session outline & session notetaker
Blob tree
ECM Questionnaire
Feeling good
What I value & what I believe in
All about me
I am...
What I really want...
Three little circles
Feeling angry - approaches, techniques, triggers, strategies
Wheel of life
Consistency is the key


Resources have been provided by Lifespace a charity based in Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire to support young people.

Announcing! Dragons Den Style Competition for Y7-9!

Special Competition open to ALL students in Years 7, 8 and 9!

First, the Prizes...


1) Opportunity to present to a real life Dragons Den style panel and win a competition for your House! This will include Mrs Croft!


2) Opportunity to be assigned Business Mentors in KS4 and KS5 that can help you to possibly turn your idea into a reality! The Business Department may even help you fund it!


3) Winning indivdual or team upto a maximum of 3 people to be entered into the TeenBiz National Entrepreneur Competition which could lead to a Prize of £500 funding and a Business Start-up Kit plus professional mentoring from a real Entrepreneur! Please note: You must be aged 13 or over to take part in this part of the prize.


The Details:


It’s a New Year, with new starts and new ideas and we want to hear about them.


If you could run any business for the day, what would it be? What would you do differently? Do you think they need to change things?


We are looking for the next generation of entrepreneurs, so show us what makes you stand out from the crowd. This is a chance for your ideas to get noticed, and for you to gain funding & be mentored by an experienced entrepreneur should you first of all, win the Y7-9 House Dragons Den Competition!


Maybe you have your own idea for a business that fills a gap in the market, or improves a product or service that already exists.





How To Enter:


See Mr Coakley in B3 in the EBIT Building or email me direct with your submission in any format! We suggest a word/pdf document, or a link to a video on youtube/vimeo.


Closing Date:


Friday 3rd February 2011 6pm!


Please note, submissions can come from an Individual, Pairs and Trios only and if you are more than one, then you must all be in the same House!
 
Good luck!

The Learners Toolkit

Hi 
for those who might wish to spend some time here developing your learning to learn skills I have attached a few lessons that you can do independently under the following headings:

• The HABITS of emotional intelligence (and developing them)

lesson 1   Understanding emotional intelligence
lesson 2   Test your EQ
lesson 3   Get to know your best friend YOU
lesson 4   Its my Life
lesson 5   Goals for life
lesson 6   Build your confidence
lesson 7   Be your own life coach
lesson 8   Mind power & self belief
lesson 9   Persistence and Resilience
lesson10  Mood Control
lesson 11 Optimism
lesson 12 Taking care of mind and body
lesson 13 Stress Management 
lesson 14 Thinking skills
lesson 15 Asking the right questions
lesson 16 Mastering your memory
lesson 17 Train your brain to wait
lesson 18 Having courage to think in different ways
lesson 19 Grow your confidence and courage
lesson 20 Courage to be brave
lesson 21 Empathy
lesson 22 Communicate and co-operate for success
lesson 23 Prioritise & Plan
lesson 24 Review the habits of EQ
lesson 25 What have you learnt about EQ 

• Lessons in learning to learn (creating independent learners)

• Instilling values for success in life

Well done to Esme Partridge !

Big Congratulations to Esme for facilitating the creation of this wonderful space !

The launch of the OSA Prayer Space, part of an ongoing series of ‘Faith Awareness Weeks’. (This is the first one, presented by Oxford Youth Works in collaboration with Emmanuel Church).

Monday 12^th December-Thursday 15^th December, H2


Why not pop along before Thursday afternoon and:

• have a quiet prayer for someone who might need your help and support this Christmas.
• reflect on where you are with your learning. 
• Ask questions about religion that you think you would like to ask.
• or just be calm and quiet.

Assembly for Year 11!

Assembly 9th December on Prezi

The PowerPoint slides that accompany this Prezi can be seen by clicking here