Wider curriculum
case studies

Mini-enterprise
The whole of Year 10 set up and run mini-enterprises within their social education programme.

Summer school for gifted and talented
Year 9 and Year 6 pupils work together to design and make a hand-held bagatelle game during a summer school.

City and Guilds enterprise programme
The programme aims to provide pupils with an opportunity to design a product for manufacture and sale.

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‘Education must enable us to respond positively to the opportunities and challenges of the rapidly changing world in which we live and work. In particular, we need to be prepared to engage as individuals, parents, workers and citizens with economic, social and cultural change... with new work and leisure patterns and with the rapid expansion of communication technologies.’

Values and purposes underpinning the school curriculum – National Curriculum for England

Wider curriculum

Many opportunities exist within the wider curriculum to develop pupils' enterprise and entrepreneurial skills, and so better prepare them for this changing world. Projects can involve curriculum projects, cross-curricular activities, off-timetable events, clubs or holiday projects.

Characteristics of enterprise are discussed further in About enterprise.

Learning through enterprise – contributes to improving motivation and raising achievement by helping pupils make connections between what they learn in the classroom with the world outside. It provides opportunities for pupils to: consider their own future careers learn about the range of possibilities for employment and self employment recognise their own strengths and areas for improvement recognise the relevance of their school studies to their future working lives Learning about enterprise – helps pupils develop an understanding of enterprise in business and the wider community. It provides opportunities for pupils to: meet and work with entrepreneurs from the community and understand the skills and attributes of entrepreneurs find out about how to set up and manage a small business Learning for enterprise – provides an opportunity for pupils to develop and practice entrepreneurial skills. It provides opportunities for pupils to: use interpersonal and entrepreneurial skills and attributes in a real enterprise take on different roles within an enterprise and learn about the importance of each

Guidance on how to incorporate enterprise approaches into your teaching can be found in Good practice in enterprise education.

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