SENIOR SCHOOL
Entrepreneurs for a just , loving and peaceful society
Young Entrepreneurs : The Biscuit Boyz – Naum Trandos ( 8Ha ) and Jet Matich ( 8Be ).
Last year , our Year 8 students had the opportunity to undertake a small business project . They spent a semester creating legitimate business ideas and proposals for an operational business . The project offers students flexibility in their choice of the type of business , the focus of the business and how to create the business . There are however some non-negotiables . The main one being that the business goal is in line with our own school purpose – which helps to create a just , loving and peaceful society .
Students work through five modules to create the varied sections of a business plan in the first term . They cover finance , marketing , vision and values , business structure , as well as developing a deeper connection to a just loving and peaceful society . In the second term they combine their work and create a business proposal encompassing all sections of their business plan which they present to our very own Shark Tank .
The creativity of the students in 2020 has been impressive and includes :
• The Biscuit Boyz - Naum Trandos ( 8Ha ) and Jet Matich ( 8Be ) decided to use access to a commercial kitchen to create biscuits to sell at the Tuck Shop at Guildford Grammar School . They created a range of cookies and designed
Students work through five modules to create the varied sections of a business plan in the first term .
Pitching an innovative chicken feeder .
and produced some professional standard marketing material . They stole the hearts of the sharks and we are still hopeful that they may go into production .
• Mother Cluckers - Alex McAuliffe ( 8St ), Mia Sarich ( 8He ), Oscar
McCallum ( 8Be ) and Zach Bourke ( 8Wb ) created an innovative feeder for back yard chickens . Their design reduces food wastage by up to 50 % and uses recycled product from the recycling yard .
• Locknet – Lachlan Gooding ( 8Ha ) has developed an idea to provide a secure internet connection in rural and remote communities . Lachlan ’ s idea really created interest amongst the sharks , and he answered their questions with an impressive grasp of the technical issues .
• Skater X - Ryan Thomas ( 8SG ), Lachlan Dunne ( 8He ) and Ethan Trager ( 8SG ) created an interesting low carbon proposal to create skateboards and a skateboarding culture amongst PSA schools that promotes health and wellbeing . Their plan was to use a bamboo base due to its strength and low carbon properties , developing deep knowledge in bamboo production that was very impressive .
Mr Mike Burbridge Senior School Teacher
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