S3 Business:
Reporting Window 2

S3 – TERM 2 AND TERM 3

Business Management

CHOCOLATE BAR PRESENTATION 

Pupils were working individually on creating a designing a new chocolate bar for selling only in Alton Towers. They had to design the actual chocolate bar, packaging, adverts and look into the nutritional information for chocolate. All of this information was recorded and presented in a PowerPoint presentation. Pupils then had the opportunity to present their idea with their PowerPoint to a judge who had criteria to mark the pupils on, prizes were then awarded to the top 3 pupils. 

BUDGETS 

Pupils were introduced to budgeting skills using basic personal finance information, where our money comes from and what we spend our money on before transferring this knowledge to what businesses do with money. This topic was explored before skills were applied to the pupil’s enterprise event. 

S3 Community Cinema Event 

Pupils have been taking on a variety of roles within the planning, coordinating, and organising of the Community Cinema Event to be held 5 March. Tasks include creating advertising materials, requesting an advert on Mearns FM, contacting local businesses to request raffle prizes and asking them to display a poster advertising the event, planning and costing the refreshments to be sold at event and using their budgeting skills to calculate appropriate ticket prices. Liaison with janitors, staff and other school staff has all been conducted by the S3 Business Pupils. Please encourage your child to participate and bring their enthusiasm to this enterprise event. 

Save the date! 5 March 6pm Community Cinema Event. 

The majority of work covered in term 1 for S3 Business is based around CfE Level 4 outcomes. The majority of pupils at this stage of S3 are working at Fourth Level C or above. All pupils are making progress, but some require more support with CfE Level 4 content than others.

 Pupils looking to continue studying Business next session should look to choose the Level 5 Business NPA. 

Working Level and Working Grade descriptions for S3 Business & Accounts:

Fourth+:  The student is regularly working beyond CfE Level 4. The grading from A to D reflects how well they are performing within this advanced level. Please note that a grade D at this level is a higher grade than an A at Fourth level. 

Fourth Level A: Making excellent progress at CfE Level 4, performing well against all the outcomes covered. The student can apply the key knowledge and skills of business management and exhibits good competency levels and confidence using ICT and understanding the fundamentals of the topic. Produces an excellent standard of work and when topics allow for extension into further CfE Level 4 outcomes, the student copes very well with the increased challenge.

Fourth Level B: Making good progress at CfE Level 4, performing well against most of the outcomes covered. The student copes well with the application of knowledge and understanding of the topic and exhibits good competency and confidence in using their ICT skills. The student applies their knowledge and IT skills to enhance their work. Produces a good standard of work and when topics allow for extension into further CfE Level 4 outcomes, the student copes well with the increased challenge.

Fourth Level C: Making reasonable progress at CfE Level 4, performing well against many of the outcomes covered while finding others more challenging. Sometimes needs the basic business fundamental concepts broken down into more manageable chunks and a little extra support to enable the student to gain more confidence to produce a higher standard of presentation.

Fourth Level D: Making some progress at this CfE Level 4, performing well against a few of the outcomes covered while finding the majority challenging. Often needs the business concepts to be broken down into more manageable chunks or further consolidation of the level. Often needs to revisit previously visited content to build more solid foundations and confidence before moving forward with developing their business acumen and IT skills further.

Third Level A-D:  Finds the work very challenging while continuing to be exposed to CfE Level 3 content in class. The student requires most tasks to be broken down into smaller, simplified versions to make progress.  The student needs support to develop the literacy and ICT skills required and build confidence in responding to questioning using IT. Grading of A-D reflects where a pupil sits within this group.