The JRCS Enterprise Provision

21 Jan The JRCS Enterprise Provision

Introduction

The enterprise provision at Jo Richardson Community School is led by Miss Ryzak with the support of the Sixth Form enterprise champions, Feba, Trey and Melani. The definition of enterprise is “having or showing initiative and resourcefulness”. It’s all about being able to spot opportunities and then make the most of them.

The aim is to raise aspirations by creating meaningful and immersive encounters to enable the highest possible outcome for everyone involved. The fundamental enterprise skills that are challenged through contribution to the encounters provided by the provision and targeted by employers allowing students to triumph in the world of work are: strategic thinking, commercial awareness, decision making, innovative and original thinking, prioritising, working independently and being able to communicate professionally.

The enterprise zones

Enterprise Zones are a fundamental part of the provision and will give students an opportunity to fundraise or run enterprise events. There will be a half-termly sales focus where different year groups will be able to showcase their ideas and make profit. 10% of their profits will fund the provision and allow purchase of completion rewards or setting up rewards events.

The enterprise zones will be used on rotation meaning that not only will the upper years or business students be able to sell goods, but also the younger years, actively supported by enterprise leaders. This would allow all students to gain the experience in managing their own business if they are thinking of pursuing one in the future. An example of this would be a group of Year 9s who are selling their own baked goods at school, supplying a diverse business setting as everyone can take part.

Enterprise Zones in the Autumn Term

Winter Fair

During the last week of the Autumn term before Christmas we hosted Christmas themed sales. We had Christmas music and lots of different products such as hot chocolate, cones of sweets, popcorn, candy canes, as well as different games students could play and a raffle giving the chance to win Apple airpods.

These sales and activities were led by Sixth Form students where Year 13 Business students were selling for profit as part of their course assessment and Year 12 students were raising money for charity as part of the First Give programme.

DofE

We also have a term long ongoing activity taking place where Year 9 students, lead by their teacher Mrs Montague are selling home baked goods to complete 12 hours of volunteering as part of DofE. All the money they are collecting will go towards their chosen charity RSPCA.

RPC Mentoring Scheme – A new opportunity Alert

This week we have launched a new immersive meaningful enterprise opportunity for Year 10, the RPC mentoring scheme.

RPC is a well-established law firm based in London, Hong Kong, Singapore and Bristol. As a school we are in an extremely fortunate position to have a great relationship with one of the firm’s partners who created and is supporting a mentoring scheme for our students.

The programme will run for a year and will provide opportunities for students to experience the workplace as we will be travelling for some of the sessions to the RPC London office, learn from successful London city workers tips and skills for what makes a difference in workplace, as well as teach our students about different work and training opportunities for their future.

Additionally, every student who takes part is matched with a successful professional who will be their personal mentor and support them in their skills discovery and possible future plans, including further education, training and career aspirations. This programme for years now has been highly regarded by our students and makes an enormous difference to their perspective, can give them a push and support them with their ambitions and aspirations.

To apply, Year 10 students need to fill out an application that has to be sent to Miss Draisey. The deadline for this amazing opportunity is 24^th January, where all the applications will be sent to RPC for careful consideration. The places are limited, so complete your application now and do not miss the opportunity.  We are looking forward to receiving many applications.

This section will be updated weekly with our new Meaningful Immersive Experience coming up as well as progress of the current encounters.

Miss Ryzak, Melani, Feba and Trey