Last Wednesday Year 9 got the opportunity to participate in the NatWest – Next Big Thing Challenge. The event was delivered by The Inspirational Learning Group.
The day began with a personality quiz where students discovered their ‘personality animal’. The quiz posed questions such as: Do you think before you speak or do you think out loud? Do you work better in a team or are you more comfortable working alone? Apparently if you get ‘Black Bear’ you’re a natural leader! The quiz helped the students decide who would take on which role within the team; who would lead, who would delegate tasks and who would motivate their team.
Find your animal personality by doing the quiz: https://launchyourcareer.com/p/quiz
The students were then invited to think about what might be ‘the next best thing’ for their peers. Students were given lots of advice on marketing, money management, forecasting, choosing an ambassador, designing logos and coming up with slogans. Towards the end of the day students were able to present their business idea and act out the advert they had devised to promote it. Presented were a wide variety of unique ideas, such as: SOLVIT – a foldable shoe to save space; SWEETS 4 U – custom made sweets to order and SIMPLI FOOD – a lunch box that keeps your food warm!
Miss Bracegirdle and Mrs McDowall were given the tricky task of judging! SPRAYED were announced as the winners, with their business idea of a vegan shoe spray to keep shoes smelling fresh! Their chosen ambassador was Usain Bolt. Well done to Matthew, Jack, Flynn, Harvey and Ellis from team SPRAYED!
We are very proud of the whole of Year 9, not only for their impeccable behaviour on the day but we were also amazed by the creative ideas that they came up with!
