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Business Enterprise is our focus in Resources Management works
Key Stage 3; developing students’ within a large organisation. It was
understanding of how the an enjoyable day for students

business world operates. This Travel and Tourism giving them a taster of life in the
year we have been busy putting As part of the BTEC Travel and private sector, which included the
theory into practice. Tourism course we visited the benefit of pizza for lunch.
Year 10 award winning Galgorm Resort
and Spa in late September. To set
Year 10 have being learning the
us up for the day we enjoyed a
basic concepts of business, such Professional Business Services
rather delicious breakfast in Gillies
as the different types of business Project Management was the
Restaurant, allowing us to
ownership, how products are main focus at the start of the year
experience the level of customer
made and how to market goods. service provided and atmosphere for Year 14 PBS class: this gave
Students have undertaken a of the Resort. The visit provided them an opportunity to put into
marketing project to design their us with the opportunity to get a practise all the knowledge they

own shoe brand with some clear insight into the customer have learnt on running a business.
budding entrepreneurs in the service provision within the The students planned and
Resort for both internal and
making. organised a sixth form trip to
external customers. We were
Business Enrichment Crumlin Road Gaol Paranormal
guided through the Resort by
This year we have introduced a Activity evening. This was a fun
Richard McGowan (Project
new enrichment programme in night and thankfully everyone
Manager-School of Excellence &
Year 10 with students developing Staff Wellness Centre) who survived (even if the teachers

their computer skills while eagerly answered all the were more scared than the
designing professional business questions put before him. students). The students
documentation. Needless to say there were quite organised the trip in great detail
GCSE students a few on the list. It was an and even discovered the
invaluable insight into the
GCSE students have been difficulties of leadership in action.
planning and preparation of
focusing on the skills required to The CTEC class also got to
services for customers to such a
be a successful entrepreneur. experience event management
high standard.
Students have undertaken and organised the post-16
research into setting up a information afternoon. This was a
hairdressing salon for their great success and helped
Controlled Assessment, while Key Stage 4 Business Trip students develop team working

learning the key aspects of a As part of the Professional and organisational skills.
Business plan. Business Services and CTEC
Year 11 students enjoyed a courses, the students made a trip This year in the business
successful trip to the Tayto to the large IT firm Allstate in department we have been
factory to learn about the Belfast, where they received an in- focused on letting students

marketing and production depth tour. This gave an experience business in action.
process of crisps. Not only was it invaluable insight into how large There is truly no better way to
very informative but a tasty treat companies operate. We focused learn that than through real life
60 for everyone. on developing students’ examples!
understanding of how Human