schools
Reaction works with high schools in the North East from Berwick-upon-Tweed to Prudhoe and from Amble to Haydon Bridge to improve enterprise learning opportunities for students and to make a wider range of learning activities and materials available electronically to more students than ever before.
Activities for students
Enterprise Fairs
Reaction’s unique enterprise fairs give high school students an opportunity to find out what it means to be an entrepreneur. Our fairs have built up a successful track record over the past five years. They offer students the chance to put questions direct to half a dozen local business people such as
- Why did you start your own business?
- What was the biggest obstacle?
- What keeps you going?
With the emphasis on new and micro businesses, small groups of students mix informally with owners who are in show and tell mode. Students are asked to consider what makes a successful entrepreneur and how they might measure up to the challenge. Feedback tells us that it’s not just students who enjoy the Fairs…businesses do too as they get to meet other local businesses.
If you are interested in hosting an enterprise fair in your school get in touch
Grow your ideas - be a young entrepreneur
This one day course is targeted at KS5 students, and consists of a series of short sessions with real life entrepreneurs, and workshops designed to increase creativity and entrepreneurial capacity.
reaction helps young people to
- Find out what makes local entrepreneurs tick
- Explore different ways of earning a living
- Discover their enterprise talent
‘Reaction planned and prepared the day for us. We got the chance to speak to some real life entrepreneurs who had the experience of setting up their own business. They were easy to talk to as they were only in their twenties. We got to ask them about all aspects of their business life and it gave us an insight into what they did and gave us ideas for the future. All in all, the day was a huge success which provided an interesting insight into business life.’ - Warren Lumsden Berwick Community High School
If you are interested in running a Grow Your Ideas workshop in your school get in touch
CPD for teachers
Northumberland Enterprise Learning Network
Reaction hosts the NELN network for school enterprise co-ordinators in Northumberland. To find out more, click here
Enterprise 4 u
A practical half day CPD module you can use to develop enterprise education in your school. This CPD pack has drawn on the experiences of the schools that have taken part in the Tynedale Enterprise Learning Pathfinder and Northumberland Enterprise Learning Network.
This essential pack is a brief and practical introduction to help you and your team get started with staff development for KS4 enterprise education. Designed to be used by staff in secondary schools, it gives practical suggestions for planning, delivering and evaluating successful staff development.
It will provide answers to key questions such as:
- How should you approach staff development?
- Who should be responsible?
- What could and should be done?
What methods might be used to ensure that staff have the confidence, skills, knowledge and understanding to work effectively with young people?
To receive your own enterprise 4U pack, contact us or download it at www.neln.org.uk
