Business Studies 

Complete this task for one KMS Bacc Knowledge point

12.1 - Visit

Attend a Cardiff University lecture that interests you (click here for link) 

Attend a School of Business or Economics or Technology Open Day at a university of your choice. 

12.1 - Watch

Watch a BBC Click episode concerning a topic which inspires you (click here for link) - requires TV licence. 

Watch an episode or two of BBC Talking Business (click here for link) there are several categories to choose from. 

12.1 - Listen

Listen to BBC Sounds The Story of Economics (click here for link) which is from 2011 surrounding the history of Economics 

Listen to an episode or two of BBC Understand podcast (click here for link) there are economics and technological episodes to choose from. 

Complete this task for two KMS Bacc Knowledge points

12.2 Action

Complete a Udemy or Future Learn course on programming (language of your choice - Python will aid your progress at AS better, but you choose your language for A2 so you’d be getting a head start).  Note: there are free courses available on both sites that are really great, you shouldn’t have to pay for a course if you don’t want to.  They also both have sales regularly so it is worth being patient. 

Create a program using the language of your choice in order to demonstrate its development.  Choose to either demonstrate it within a lesson or record a video in order to talk through the important points as well as its development. 

12.2 Action:

What you do with your activity has to suit your development as an individual as well as help promote getting involved in extracurricular opportunities (i.e. supporting your local community).

• Discuss your findings with your teacher - ask for a 10 to 20 minute segment of a lesson to talk about what you found out.  It will be really useful to set a driving question to help all in attendance understand what we were discussing.

• Attend/watch/listen as a group.  As a team write a list of the key points observed, together come up with a set of questions or links the content has to either: 

  • your lives,

  • your community or,

  • your future.

• Record a podcast episode for Ms Davies concerning your activity.  The podcast recording must be provided to your teacher and approved first, to provide you an opportunity for feedback.

• Write an article to be included within the school newsletter.  The article must be provided to your teacher and approved first, to provide you an opportunity for feedback.

• Write a review of the lecture/course/episode giving a detailed account of its content and delivery - ensuring you give your recommendation or not depending on its content.

• Create a program using the language of your choice in order to demonstrate its development.  Choose to either demonstrate it within a lesson or record a video in order to talk through the important points as well as its development.

12.3 - Hand In

The hand-in needs to be the easiest part of this KMS Bacc task.  Here you should just be evidencing the action you have already completed, so this should be the easier step here.

• Minutes of the discussion held in class.

• Key points/Questions minuted from your watch party.

• Podcast recording.

• Written article.

• Written review.

• Key points of demonstration or video demonstration.