No, this is not a battle between Coronation Street and Walford. Today, Shene Year 9 students took part in a pilot arranged by the Education Business Partnership with a facilitator who had been recommended to them. The students, in Young Apprenticeship style, had the challenge of launching a product - a soap - from its inception to its final stages.
In groups of about 6, students:
- decided on a corporate name for their group
- discussed their target market
- selected the essential oils, additional oils, botanicals and colour for their soap, through smell,sight and science
- costed their product
- created its name
- designed a corporate logo
- developed a sales and marketing strategy
- presented their pitch to their fellow students who then grilled them about each element of the process
Some readers will recognise that The Apprentice did a similar challenge a couple of years ago and the losing team made a terrible mistake in their costings, mistaking sandalwood for cedarwood. No such problem befell our apprentices, and the facilitator and judge were duly very impressed. The 2nd and 3rd teams will have their soaps made up; the winning team will also have their soap made up, but with the wrapping inscribed with their logo going around all three teams' soaps. Better still, the soaps will be on sale at the Sheen Festival to be held on the 17th July. Interestingly, all the groups - except one, shame on you - wanted some of their profits to go to a charity. Come along on the 17th, buy some soap, and help a charity!
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