The primary program is a hands-on enterprise education program run over one or more weeks designed specifically for primary school students. It is then followed up with an extensive program which can be run over a term or longer.
The program is flexible in delivery. It can involve a single class or the whole cohort. Each school is able to deliver the curriculum through a range of sequenced activities to achieve the required learning outcomes. For students the learning is investigative and hands-on, making normal school work more relevant.
Through the program students acquire practical knowledge and develop self worth, community responsibility, a work ethic and respect for others. Students identify areas they excel at and set personal goals for future development.
The Program challenges participants to work together to create a community with its own currency, bank, mini businesses, market and governance system.
Students have the opportunity to observe people, goods and services in their local shopping centre. They gather ideas to incorporate into their own enterprises and market days.
Role playing the part of the customer, students will learn they can choose when, where and what to buy or when acting as proprietors, that they have to control costs and meet customer demands to succeed in a competitive market.
Participating in a simple Sandwich Shop simulation, students will discover why a basic sandwich with ingredients costing a few cents needs to sell commercially for many times that amount.
The simulation will help students to understand the following concepts: ingredients, product, design, quality, market, cost, production, operation, marketing, profit, loss, break even, supply, demand, goods, services, resources, capital, labour, resources and overheads.
The program enable students to apply the knowledge and skills learned at school to challenges they will face in life beyond the classroom.| Next > |
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