Studio Heads, Snakes and a Dyson
Enterprise Week ended on Friday and for us it was the culmination of a few projects we have on the go. My S1 class are entering a competition in which they had to write a story set in the place where they live. Having done this we’ve been trying to take pictures to illustrate the story – thanks to the maths teachers I was able to take them out in small groups to do this on Thursday meaning that the classroom assistant could take out the remaining groups on Friday. One of the groups have written about an evil hoover, fortunately for them I was about to take an old dyson to the skip, so it was able to lend it to them for its starring role.
S2 had to pitch their language film ideas to our studio heads – we were able to get round the need for the several judges needed between us and English by asking the local arts centre to send everyone available and drafting in our technician, our finance manager and a classroom assistant. The 3 studio heads gave S2 a bit of a grilling, but also gave them hints on how to improve their ideas and decided which of the films should be filmed.
Finally we took to the skies at lunchtime. Aircrews gathered at their planes and prepared for take off – highlights were
- greeting the passengers – each air crew made an effort to do so in at least one language other than English, with many using their French and Gaelic – there was even some Norwegian from our exchange student
- the safety announcements – at least one air crew did their announcement entirely in French with the others opting for a mixture
- the appearance of the 3 snakes – one group asked for the snake to be put away, although after it made a reappearance took it away for the duration of the flight
- the student who came to me and whispered, “are you allowed snakes on a plane?”
- the knitting passengers – it took one group a long time to spot the RE teacher who knitted quite openly throughout their flight
- the “celebrity” who refused to give up her mobile phone
Overall it was a successful task and a successful week.
on November 19th, 2007 at 8:13 am
Hiya,
Thanks for this. I’m really glad you had a good Enterprise Week. I work for the Make Your Mark campaign which helps coordinate Enterprise Week across the country.
I’m keen to hear the views of people who took part in different activities and am posting links on our site at http://blog.makeyourmark.org.uk/
Best wishes for the rest of your enterprising year!