Ripley Business

Attention Year 11 – Mr Cowper Talks Revision!

cre8tor — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:42:02 +0000

As promised click here to hear Mr Cowper talk revision.

Mr Cowper will talk you through the different tops including:

Business Environment
Marketing
Human Resources
Finance
Production

Year 8 ICT Web site Project Instructions

cre8tor — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 21:50:40 +0000

Click the link below to see instructions and assessment criteria.

Remember any help Lunch times or after school come and see Mr Monaghan….catch him in the morning to make sure he is going to be around.

Website Project

Print the slides out and use them as a checklist so you can keep track of your progress.

GCSE Case Study Information

cre8tor — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:28:05 +0000

Attached below are notes that will help you with your GCSE case study.

Word Format

PDF Format

Also hear Mr Cowper talk Revision click here

Year 8 Link for IT (Mr Monaghan)

cre8tor — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:13:22 +0000

Try to have:

paragraphs on your webpage
a line break
an image
a new background colour
a new text colour

Here’s the link: http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_examples.asp

Come and see me in the tower if you get stuck (before school, lunch time and most days after school). monaghanm@ripley.lancs.sch.uk alternatively!

Blackpool Go For It!

cre8tor — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 08:13:56 +0000

Year 10 Applied GCSE business students went to Blackpool Pleasure Beach (BPB) yesterday to receive a lecture about BPB as a business. They were lucky enough to also have one of the main shareholders in attendence which really helped bring the presentation to life.

Students learnt the fundamentals about what is involved in running one of Britains largest tourist attractions and keeping it at the top. They were also investigated some of the external issues that impacted and will impact on the business. An interesting topic of discussion was the recent failure to attract the casino development.

For pictures from the day please click here

Trading Begins!

cre8tor — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:32:16 +0000

The Year 12′s start their share dealing careers in a turbulent market!

The students (and teachers) apear to have made long term investments rather than think about short term gains for the time being. Mr Cowper explained “Well it’s a marathon not a sprint!” as the Business Studies Teacher team ‘Teachers in the Tower’ are placed a respectable but mediocre mid table position.

However, some teams are ahead of the professional stockbroker who also takes part in the challenge.

To keep up to date on current Ripley team positions CLICK HERE

Year 13 Link for HWK

cre8tor — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:23:39 +0000

All the instructions are found in the link below:

http://www.bized.co.uk/educators/16-19/business/external/activity/ethics.htm

Year 12 go share crazy!

cre8tor — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 16:37:23 +0000

Its going share crazy with over 25 per cent of students in Year 12 entering a share trading competition to potentially win a trip to New York and plenty of smaller prizes over the next few months.

Portfolio Challenge is a UK wide investment game for students with a top prize of a trip to New York. On top of that, both you and your school/college get prize money to spend as well – bonus! There are also other prizes on offer throughout the challenge. Teachers can also try and beat their students in phase one of the Challenge (but they won’t be eligible for the prizes).

What does the Challenge involve?

The Portfolio Challenge is designed for teams of four students and has two distinct phases:

Phase One: Using this website, invest a virtual £100,000^* in a set of stocks between 5 November 2007 and 29 February 2008 and watch your wealth grow.
Each month, the most improved team will be rewarded with a prize (only one prize per team).
Phase Two: The top 20 teams from each region with the best performing portfolios as of 29 February 2008 will be invited to attend the regional finals in mid-March 2008. Teams will be given a series of questions and the top two teams from each region will be invited to the National Final in late April.

So will a team of Year 12′s be on their way to New York in 2008 we’ll have to wait and see. Watch this space for latest news and league positions!

Year 10 Enterprise Day

cre8tor — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 11:05:42 +0000

On Thursday 18th October 2007 Year 10 students took part in an Enterprise Day. Students were split into company teams ranging from BAE Systems to Sony.

Scenario

The Djibouti government after years of civil war and recent discovery of huge gas and oil reserves are ready to spend big to improve the infrasture of the country.

The 11 companies have been invited to discuss customer requirements, negotiate contracts, then produce the items on time and to the required specifications as outlined by the contract.

Successful day

The feedback from students was exceptionally positive with many enterprising skills being developed throughout the day. There was a big focus on feedback, communication, financial capability, risk taking and organisation.

The short video provides highlights of the day:

If you can not see a video above please view it by clicking here

First Ripley Enterprise Launched

cre8tor — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 19:11:09 +0000

Ripley Enterprise is up and running with Jake Relph of Year 10 who has launched a car valeting business for staff to use. He has already booked 5 staff in on the first day of business so the future looks bright. Watch this space for more Ripley Enterprise initiatives.

Some initiatives in the pipe line from other Year 10′s include 2 Gift companies, a new niche record label, a local website and a disco fundraiser for charity.