Benefits for Schools

Supporting The Children’s Plan

Cross Curriculum Dimensions

Compelling Learning Experiences

Building Community Cohesion

Real Life Scenarios

Preparing Children for the World of Work

Developing Enterprise in Three Different Ways

  • Learning through work - applying academic theory to solving practical business problems e.g. In English, writing business letters, writing a news story or creating advertising copy
  • Learning about work - through active research into local businesses, students gain a broader understanding of the career opportunities which exist in the different industry sectors
  • Learning for work - students develop key skills in problem solving, communication and teamwork, through the use of ICT in a business context

 

Students apply their learning in business areas such as marketing, sales, publication and operations.

As a result, they are able to assess their competencies, talents, interests, enhancing their career management skills.  

The Localbiz Project helps to deliver learning outcomes in the following areas

  •    Business and Social Enterprise 
  •    WRL
  •    Economic Wellbeing                      
  •    Curriculum Enrichment
  •    Citizenship

 

Having worked closely with several schools over the pilot period, the Localbiz team have created, reviewed and updated a wide array of teacher support materials to make it as easy as possible for teachers to get started. Our telephone support service is also available to discuss ideas and provide guidance.

Available for primary and secondary school teachers, these are in the form of comprehensive Teacher Guides, Student Workbooks and PowerPoint Presentations. All materials are available in electronic format on our on-line Project library (word, excel and PowerPoint) for immediate use. Teachers can use lesson plans ‘as is’ or adapt to suit specific circumstances.

For some student groups such as Young Enterprise or gifted and talented children, teachers can simply pass over much of the documentation to the students and let them get on with it. All programmes can easily be extended, using further support materials available in the Project Library. Issues covered include ‘helping create Press Releases’ and ‘Dealing with Awkward Customers’, as well as numerous ‘How To’ guides.

Adding data to the website is very easy and no programming skills are needed. This means that ecomomics, maths, history, media and business studies teachers can use the site, first as a source of local information and second to be able to add content.

Students will need the occasional use of a web browser (for example, internet explorer) to fill in forms and add news stories, graphics and video etc. (but not in every class). Pilot studies have shown that students often do the data input from their home PC or laptop.

However, students with appropriate HTML skills can have the opportunity to extend their learning further e.g. by adding Flash to web pages.