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ANNEX 4: NATIONAL AWARDS
Determined to Succeed National Enterprise in Education Awards 2005
Summary of winners:
Woodside Nursery, Aberdeen - Early Years Category
Woodside Nursery set up an Enterprise Week as part of a project to improve facilities in the nursery's garden and to raise funds through a raffle. This included different activities such as paying money into a bank, using a cheque book, an 'Enterprising Infants' game, using a telephone book and making a poster. The children took part in play activity which raised their awareness of concepts such as enterprise, advertising, money and teamwork.
Cauldeen Primary School, Inverness - Primary Stages Skene Award
Cauldeen Primary School won the award as a result of a range of initiatives running across the school. These included: Cauldeen Infant Express - a class newspaper for P1/P2 pupils; 'Heilan Beasties' - a P4/P5 project to design, construct and produce ceramics; and 'Cauldeen Gone Crafty' - led by P6/P7 pupils to reduce levels of paper waste and re-use material.
Our Lady and St Patrick's High, Dumbarton - Secondary Stages
Our Lady and St Patrick's High offered enterprise activities across the curriculum and hands-on entrepreneurial experiences. Key projects included OLSPTV, the first pupil-led TV initiative in Scotland (rock group The Darkness gave the channel permission to use their music as its audio theme), and the school's enterprise company, Dun Breatann, has been commended by HM Inspectorate of Education.
Newhills School, Glasgow - Inclusive Education
Newhills School caters for pupils with a range of severe and complex learning difficulties. Pupils experience activities which develop their knowledge of the world of work, and problem-solving and decision-making skills. Projects include selling items in the tuckshop, organising events, putting together a campaign on healthy living and gaining knowledge of practical matters like first aid.
Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd, East Kilbride - Business of the Year
Coca-Cola Enterprises Ltd launched an Education Centre in 2001 to provide free support to Scottish schools by creating learning opportunities out with the classroom and linking up business, enterprise and education. The range of modules available included technology, business management, craft and design, and career education. A local work experience programme and teacher placement scheme is also part of the Centre's work.
Standard Life, Edinburgh - Business Innovation
Standard Life's Basix programme launched in 2003 to help prepare schools leavers for entry into their chosen career and advise them how to approach prospective employers. The programme divided into three sections - World of Work, Skills for Life and Mock Interviews. Developed in partnership with City of Edinburgh Council, Careers Scotland and local teachers.
Scottish Education Awards 2005: Enterprise in Education Categories
Summary of winners:
St Ninian's High School, East Renfrewshire - Enterprise in Education Award for Secondary Schools
Learning at St Ninian's meant preparing for the real world. Each department displayed career chances for its pupils and visiting speakers from the world of work giving them an insight into a variety of jobs. Top chefs and hotel managers are in regular touch with home economics classes to tell them about Scotland's tourism trade and art students put on their own fashion show. Pupils interested in law practised their public speaking skills by taking part in mock trials at Paisley Sheriff Court. An impressive 97% of youngsters completed a week's work experience and many also had an industry mentor.
Donibristle Primary School, Fife - Enterprise in Education Award for Primary Schools
P7 pupils at Donibristle transformed cartoon capers into a lucrative enterprise. The youngsters made a cartoon which premiered at the Cameo cinema in Edinburgh. The animation proved such a hit that DVDs were also produced. A fashion show, homemade greeting cards and a talent show, all organised by the pupils, helped fund the project. P3 pupils organised a litter pick to help clean up their local wood and make it a nicer place. They also lobbied the council for more dog mess bins, and made bird and bat boxes. Involvements in these real life projects helped teach pupils about money management, organisation, good communication and business skills.
Kirkland High School and Community College, Fife and Diageo - Enterprise in Education Award for Best Business Partnership.
Diageo Global Supplies, which runs a nearby bottling plant, sponsored an enterprise course for S1 pupils and awarded a trophy to the best small business. Local staff regularly speak to business education classes about topics such as production. Pupils had the chance to do work experience at the plant and the firm also hosted an annual careers conference for S5 and S6 pupils. Diageo provided a business adviser who helped students involved in the Young Enterprise programme and its managers help to judge the pupils' products. S5 and S6 pupils competed for four real-life jobs at Diageo and won a week's work experience with the company, giving them an idea of what to expect when they apply for jobs in the future.
Scottish Education Awards 2006 Enterprise in Education Categories
Summary of winners:
Hyndhead Special School, Fife - Most Enterprising Special School
Hyndhead Special School teaches 21 students with severe and complex needs.
The school uses a special system that helps pupils to hold conversations, answer questions and offer opinions. Hyndhead encourages enterprise and shadowing of school employees giving students the chance to sample the working world, while other pupils helped out at the local community centre. The school also organised an Enterprise Week where artwork was collected from the children over the year and framed for sale along with T-shirts and painted glassware.
St Margaret's High School, North Lanarkshire - Most Enterprising Secondary School
St Margaret's High School has available to students, various vocational options in the school, including construction and beauty therapy; and motor mechanic skills courses are available at local colleges for the school's 14-16 year olds. A particularly popular sector that students are offered vocational training in is leisure and pupils have the option to train at the Time Capsule leisure centre situated close by and S1 and S2 pupils can visit local primaries to deliver core PE to students.
Modern languages are also a key part of the curriculum and European students are studying at St Margaret's. This, along with practical activities like running French cafés and Spanish Tapas Bars, provided valuable skills training for the local students. These students also had opportunities to travel and have visited China, New York, Spain, Majorca and Italy.
Dunbog Primary School, Fife - Most Enterprising Primary School
Enterprise is at the heart of all Dunbog Primary's activities. Projects undertaken have included; seasonal parties, spring and summer walks, World War II book launches, Christmas card stalls, a production of Scrooge, the Rotary Quiz Plants Project and the Toy Design Play Day.
Dunbog continually works on projects which generate crucial funds for their partner school in Malawi. The children are involved from start to finish in all the work at the school and are challenged to be enterprising global citizens.
Firrhill High School, Edinburgh - Best Business Partnership
Since 1999, Firrhill High has formed partnerships with over 30 local organisations, including large and small business from the industrial, public and charitable sectors. These organisations help the pupils develop skills vital to the workplace.
Firrhill's most successful partnership involved 20 organisations which hosted S3 pupils. Pupils are put into small, mixed-ability groups and for 2 days worked on an agreed project at the workplace. Business partners offered invaluable guidance and support. After the placement, the pupils, with the support of their business partners, returned to school to prepare and deliver a presentation on their experiences. This integrated approach helped pupils understand how their ideas and suggestions could be followed through in the workplace.
Blackburn Primary School, West Lothian - Best School Enterprise
Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat was Blackburn Primary's first theatrical production. This innovative business enterprise required background knowledge, so the pupils visited the Festival Theatre for an insight into how a theatre company is run and the different roles involved. Each pupil then applied for a post. Students were responsible for planning, organising and staging the musical. Each class took on a different role, from production of tickets to box-office responsibilities. Pupils developed their understanding and awareness of marketing, selling, ICT, and finance. Blackburn was one of 3 West Lothian schools to showcase their work at the SECC National Enterprise Conference.
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