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On Friday 11th March the York Entrepreneurs Society hosted a day dedicated to introducing local school children to the world of business.
The York Entrepreneurs brought together nine local, small and isolated North Yorkshire schools to participate in an entrepreneurial challenge: the designing of a chocolate bar. Their main aim was to allow the year six children the opportunity to interact with other pupils beyond their local communities.
One of the event’s organisers, Laura Broadbent, told The Yorker that the day would help the children develop their social skills in a key transitional period of their lives. She believed the day would help prepare the pupils for the jump up to High School this coming summer by improving their abilities for co-operation and communication.
The pupils were divided into twenty groups of seven children each and given the task of designing and marketing their own chocolate bars. The event organiser believed that this task would give the children a fascinating insight into the world of business. All the pupils were given a basic overview of enterprise concepts, such as marketing, advertising and finance.
As part of the task each pupil, in their groups, were given specific positions relative to a particular concept of enterprise. The positions ranged from group leader to head of marketing and finance. Each group was also given a York University student to act as a supervisor and give the pupils guidance throughout their challenge.
Fred Neame told The Yorker that he believed the day to be a rousing success helping these local school children develop vital social and enterprise skills. It gave children, who are usually isolated, a chance to experience something completely different and opened up a path to a variety of new experiences.
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