Page 79 - Bellfort Issue 3 2014

GCSE Business Studies In November crisps and snacks. history of 2013 the Year 11 the com- Applied Busi- Our first stop was at Tayto pany since ness class en- Factory where we entered the Aunt San- joyed a trip castle and were given a short dra started planned and organised by the introductory talk before don- in 1953 Year 14 Travel & Tourism stu- ning our hygienic hair nets, while he dents as part of their Event aprons and – for some of the demon- Management Unit. By visiting sixth form and staff – “beard strated Tayto Castle and Aunt San- nets”. A guided tour around how a dra’s Candy Factory students the factory was fascinating as range of delicious sweets are were able to see two very suc- we got to see how crisps were made. These made excellent cessful local businesses in ac- made from the delivery or po- prizes for the students at the tion. The differ- tatoes to the finished bags of end in the quiz! What hap- ences were stag- crisps being pack- pened to the missing fingers? gering—from the aged and sent to The Business Studies depart- small scale, hand- the customer. ment would like to thank the made production staff at Tayto and Aunt San- of sweets in the After a quick stop dra’s for a thoroughly enjoy- Candy Factory to at McDonalds we able and educa- SUMMER 2014 the large scale, were on our way tional trip. continuous production used to Aunt Sandra’s by Tayto when making their factory. Uncle Jim entertained the group with stories of the Travel & Tourism As part of the A-level Travel & Northern Ireland – Tayto Cas- Tourism course students have tle and Aunt Sandra’s Candy to put their event manage- Factory. ment skills to the test to plan, organise and run a trip. This Following on from a popular year there were four groups trip last year, another visit to who organised and delivered Ravenhill was in order for the very successful and enjoyable rugby fans of Dunclug to when it was on tour at the trips this year. “SUFTUM” as we attended Bord Gais Energy Theatre. A the Ulster v Edinburgh game in long journey down through The first trip was organised for November. A comfortable 41 – Ireland culminated in a deli- the Scripture Union students. 17 victory for the Ulstermen, cious meal at a nearby Pizza After discussing possible including Express before we took our events with the members of five tries, seats in the theatre to see a SU it was decided that the made the spell-binding performance most popular trip would be to experience from Glinda, Elphaba and co Dundonald Ice Bowl. Here the even more that left the guests thoroughly students enjoyed a fun-filled enjoyable! entertained with plenty of evening involving ice-skating, memories to share on the jour- ten-pin bowling and a meal. ney home. The final trip of the year was a Sixth A trip was arranged for Year 11 Form day Applied Business students to trip to Dub- attend an educational trip to lin to see the two “must see” attractions to popular visitors to Broadway show “Wicked” 79