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ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE FOR S1 On Monday 26 th November all S1 pupils took part in an interactive enterprise challenge on Litter and Recycling. Pupils worked in teams to form ‘marketing companies' for the day and were asked to come up with a campaign to tackle the growing problem of litter and waste. The companies created a poster, a slogan, a badge and a presentation which outlined the problem and the reasons why their company should be employed to implement their campaign. Rather than teachers coming up with the best campaign, pupils were the judges and scored the companies under various criteria. Apart from learning about litter, recycling and waste; pupils enjoyed themselves thoroughly. |
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ENTERPRISE - FIFTH GEAR Fifth Gear involved the whole of S5 in an enterprise event. The aim was to design car templates in such a way that the buyers would purchase your company's product rather than the other 11 companies. The company who made the most money was the winner. The S6 Events Working Group also took part and in fact raised the most money but since it was a S5 competition.......... they got the glory, See picture of S6. The competition for S5 was tied and the winning group was decided by Brian Chapman beating Mark Rodger to the winning post by collecting the most group letters. The winning group are pictured at work and with the advisers who are business people who very kindly came to help us. A big thank you to them and to the Ayrshire Chamber who arranged for them to come. Thanks too to Lorna MacInnes (Enterprise Development Officer) Sharri Parker, Annette Ainsworth, Natalie Sinclair, David Elliott. Scott Paterson and Iain Hendry who did the sound and took the photographs. Biggest thanks of all to Carol Armstrong whose organisational skills are not "Fifth Gear" but "Top Gear"! Report by Lesley Hamilton |
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MAKING THEIR MARK S4 pupils - Erin McKenzie, Lyndsey Templeton, Lauren Conway, Fraser Kerr, David Don and Lewis Campbell took part in the national enterprise competition "Make Your Mark", They did very well and were the only Ayrshire representatives at the regional final at Hampden Park, Glasgow, where they made their presentation . Thanks to Miss Templeton in the English dept for preparing the pupils and travelling to Glasgow with them. S5 girls - Ola Smith, Lauren Eyre. Claire Wilson, Ashleigh Lindsay and Laura Mack took part in the East Ayrshire enterprise challenge. They were runners up despite making the most money. Well done girls! Mr McGougan and Miss Christie travelled to Prestwick with the team. |
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QUESTION TIME AT K.A. The panel was Helen Sayles formerly of Fenwick who is now vice president of Liberty Mutual Assurance, a large American company, and she is based in Boston. Bill McGregor, originally from Newmilns, is a former Head Teacher of James Hamilton Academy and currently the secretary of the Head Teachers Association of Scotland. Alan Rober tson is well known for his many appearances for Kilmarnock Football Club where he is now the youth development officer . In another life, he was a Chartered Accountant. Claire Cunningham has forged a successful career for herself as an ariel dancer . She is a trained singer and has turned her talents to acting and dancing despite using crutches. Craig Conway is the youngest member the panel and is a professional footballer with Dundee United Football Club. He described his best moment as being the recent match when Dundee United played Barcelona . Each member of the panel told of different paths to their current career. They also described some of the set backs and rejections they had encountered and received. W ithout exception, all said determination to succeed was the driving force to achievement and to learn from mistakes and move on . Nowadays, there are many routes to success and the secret is never to give up. Report by Lesley Hamilton PT Vocational Education and Enterprise |
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Enterprise in Education We are trying to develop skills, attitudes, values and the way pupils think. Scotland has a history of enterprising individuals eg James Watt, Alexander Graham Bell and our own Sir Alexander Fleming. In Kilmarnock Academy, we are attempting to promote and nurture the type of thinking which will inspire our pupils to have the belief and determination to follow through their ideas, to take risks and understand how to live and work in today's constantly changing world. L. Hamilton |
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Mrs Hamilton was appointed PT Enterprise in June 2005 Contact school Enterprise:
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| Session 2006/2007 Enterprise in School |
Global Achievers Here are some of the senior pupils who have volunteered for the Global Achievers enterprise group. We are twinned with Troup County High School, La Grange, Georgia, USA. Our first task is to form our company and try and make it profitable.  We plan to import American produce to sell in Kilmarnock Academy and to export Scottish produce for the Georgian group to sell in their school in Le Grange. The group is made up of S4/5 and 6 boys and girls who have all taken on responsibilities and positions within the group and will be organising the sales of products in our school soon (hopefully for Christmas market). We are still recruiting new members and meet on Thursday lunchtimes in A9. The global achievers website is www.globalachievers.org and has links to our link school website in the USA . For more info. Contact Mrs Hamilton, Mrs Snodgrass or Mr Carrigan |
Business Dynamics - June 2006 |
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Pupils making their presentations on their business idea.
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Ryan Gilmour, Jamie Fleming, jamie Young, Graeme Boye, Jonathan Gough, Ross Jarvie.
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Rachel Gemmell, Rachel McCartney, Amanda McGuffog, Denise Rodger, Alison Cochrane.
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What is Jamie Young representing in his group's presentation?
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Work Experience - September 2006 S4 pupils were out on work experience over two weeks in September 2006. In many cases, it was the first opportunity to try the world of work. Some pupils will have discovered what they want to do when they leave school, others will return to school determined to work harder to avoid the kind of work they sampled on work experience. No matter what, it has been a learning experience.All the employers visited were delighted with their Kilmarnock Academy "employees" . |
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Craig Boyle at First Stop Builders Merchants |
Callum Buchanan at Arnold Clark |
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Laura Mack at Loanhead PS |
Simon Robertson at JH Donald |
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William Shaw at Stylo Barrett Shoe Shop |
Gary Littlejohn at Burton Menswear |
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David Wilson at Stagecoach offices |
