Year 8
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Pupils will be able to:
- Identify businesses
- Identify what businesses do
- Recognise the difference between business owners-Soletraders, Partnerships, Shareholders
- Recognise the difference between private/public limited companies, Franchises and charities
- Understand why businesses set up/exist
- Conduct a class survey
- Display results of a survey using ICTStudents should be aware of when to select and use appropriate software for spreadsheets, databases and word-processing software.
- Students should understand the difference between qualitative and quantitative information.
- Students should be able to create graphics.
- Students should be able to combine text and graphics in a variety of ways.
- Students should be able to use word processing effectively in a variety of situations
- Students should be able to use spreadsheets appropriately
- Students should be able to create charts using a variety of formats and insert titles and legends
- Identify how a business decides what to sell
- Explain how businesses set their price
- Be able to work out profit margins
- Recognise different methods of promotion
- Identify how a business sells its products
- Explain imports and exports
- Recognize good customer service
- Identify some safeguards for customers
- Design a leaflet
- Use all features in Publisher
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Year 9
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Pupils will be able to;
- Identify why production takes place
- Explain the difference between goods and services
- Gain a knowledge of where goods come from
- Understand the difference between primary, secondary and tertiary production
- Explain why businesses choose particular locations
- Understand what is meant by the Chain of production
- Design a booklet using ICT
- Recognise the 4 factors of production
- List the methods of producing goods
- Understand how production has changed over time
- Describe CAD and CAM
Pupils will take part in the Young Enterprise Quickstart Programme. Through this programme pupils will:
- Work in small groups and start up their own mini company
- Work together to come up with a company name
- Pupils will create a mission statement for their company
- Pupils will come up with a slogan
- Pupils will design a company logo
- Pupils will assign each other a role in the mini company
- Pupils will research and come up with a product idea
- Pupils will design and complete their own market research
- Pupils will decide on a price for their product
- Pupils will set up their stall and sell their products to their peers and members
- Pupils will evaluate their own performance
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Year 10
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Pupils will be able to:
- Recognise the reasons businesses need money
- Identify business premises
- Produce a spreadsheet
- Use all features of spreadsheet
- Explain how businesses get money
- Gain a knowledge of how businesses record money
- Recognise the different methods of payment
- Understand how profit and losses are calculated
- Understand why businesses need people
- Identify how businesses find people to recruit
- Gain a knowledge of the selection process
- Complete an application form
- Complete a CV
- Explain what is meant by the term reference
- Understand the interview process
- Recognise rewards for working
- Identify the elements of a contract of employment
- Understand the responsibilities of employers
- Give reasons why employees get dismissed
- Understand the reasons why employees use trade unions
- Be familiar with the Health and Safety at Work Act
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