Million Makers: The Schools Challenge
15th – 21st November 2010
Million Makers sees groups of pupils compete
across the UK to make the most money by setting up their own mini
enterprise.
The challenge puts pupils in a real life
business situation, teaching them valuable lessons both about
themselves and the world of business.
Taking place throughout the autumn term and
culminating in Global Entrepreneurship Week (15th – 21st
November 2010) Million Makers is free to
take part, and all funds raised support The Prince’s Trust.
How will your pupils benefit?
Million Makers encourages the development of essential skills as
outlined in the PLTS framework. Pupils have the opportunity to
develop skills in fundamental concepts such as:
Organizing
oneself- Managing change
- Economic wellbeing
- Taking responsibility
- Perseverance
- Innovation
- Developing a “can-do” attitude and nurturing the drive to make
things happen
This is an enterprise opportunity that will challenge even the most
able pupils. Ofsted has reported that pupils are motivated by
enterprise learning. They enjoy being given the autonomy to tackle
relevant problems, take responsibility for their own actions,
engage in real issues and evaluate the outcome of their
decisions.
Why support The Prince’s Trust?
The Prince’s Trust aims to support young disadvantaged young
people across the UK. By taking part in Million Makers, your pupils
can make a positive contribution to the lives of young people less
fortunate than them in their local area.
By learning about the work of The Trust, pupils will come to
learn about the diversity of their local community and the real
challenges local people their age are facing.
Free resources
The Prince’s Trust will provide a free set of resources to
support Key Stage 3 curriculum in Enterprise, PSHE and
cross-curriculum teaching.
These resources cover topics including: forming enterprise
groups, generating ideas and thinking them through, budgeting,
planning the ideas, market research and collating the data, costs,
revenue and profit, promotion, confirming costs, final checklist of
tasks and evaluation.
Click the link below for an example activity sheet:
Activity 1: Forming
enterprise groups
Global Entrepreneurship Week
The resources cover 10 topics which can be used flexibly both in
lessons throughout the Autumn term and during Global
Entrepreneurship Week itself.
Please feel free to carry out your enterprising initiatives at a
time in the school calender that suits you, but for the
purposes of the competition all funds raised must be sent
across to The Prince's Trust by 3rd December 2010.
What we'll provide you with
- A dedicated point of contact at The Prince’s Trust
- Access to Prince’s Trust merchandise and marketing
materials
- A fully comprehensive teacher’s guide
- Full set of resources based around the Key Stage 3
curriculum