Croughton Business Plan
One of our Playing for Success sessions is devoted to finance and enterprise. Complete with sound effects from Sir Alan Sugar, we use the Moneyville site to see how the students deal with personal financial choices as well as decision-making in the world of business. Despite a rigorous grilling from Sir Alan, most student are hired at the end of the session .
The schools go home with a further challenge. If they can produce a convincing business plan to raise funds for their school council, Silverstone Study will provide £50 – 100 of start-up capital. No school had taken us up on the offer until yesterday. Croughton Primary pupils have produced a quite excellent business plan around keeping chickens. Anyone thinking of producing a similar plan (in any context) would do well to listen to the superb example recorded below.
We were happy to offer the pupils the full £100. There are milestones that need to be achieved before the full funds are released but we are hopeful that the project will make a start before the summer. Student enterprise in real action – we like that at Silverstone Study Centre!
