Ysgol Y Pant School

The department makes use of educational visits at every opportunity. Regular visits/activities include the following:

Visit	Target Group	Activity	Recent Trips
Cadbury World Birmingham	GCSE Business Studies Year 10	Trip associated with the production and marketing section of the course.
Cadbury World Birmingham	GCSE Business Studies Year 10
Perkin Elmer Llantrisant	GCE Business Studies Year 12	Visit relates to lean production, students receive a visit around the factory and presentation.
Perkin Elmer Llantrisant	Young Enterprise Year 11	As part of the Young Enterprise programme a team building day is held at the business.
Rockwool Pencoed	GCE Business Studies Year 12	Visit relates to production.
Stock Market Challenge Coal Exchange Cardiff / UWIC	GCSE Business Studies Year 10	Visit is organised by First Campus and it allows pupils to manage their own portfolio of shares.

The table represents the most frequently used business contacts that have been fostered. A number of ‘one off’ contacts are made throughout the year in order to support the business studies curriculum where required. The department makes use of the services offered by the Education and Business Partnership to provide contacts/links for specific information needs associated with the business curriculum.

The department also offers extra curricular activities as follows:

Activity	Target Group	How it works
Young Enterprise	GCSE Business Studies Any pupil Year 10/11	The activity is designed to experience how businesses operate. Pupils spend all year running the business. At the end of the year they are involved in a Trade Fair, generating the Company Report and the presentation.
Sony Business Challenge	Year 12 Business Studies students	A group of students take part in the challenge to design, market and present ideas in relation to a given brief. The day focuses on team work and presentation skills.
Young Consumer Competition	GCE Business Studies Any subject Year 10	A team of four students get involved in learning consumer issues to then meet in rounds with other schools at various stages. The competition takes the form of a quiz with buzzer rounds being introduced in the later stages of the competition.
Homework Club	GCSE Business Studies Year 10/11	At any given time in the year the department will offer homework club – for group or individual help. However it is always available in line with the school organisation of homework club. The main focus for support is in relation to coursework.