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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Enterprise is the Business



Teacher Evaluations 2008


Very well organised and enjoyable day. Chance for children to be truly independent in a positive and motivating way!
Daviot Primary, Aberdeenshire Council


Excellent workshop, very useful for future teaching the kids to think outside the box. Should be more workshops available like it. Wish we had it in my day.
New Deer Primary (parent helper), Aberdeenshire Council


Excellent experience for pupils and CPD for Teachers
Fenwick Primary, East Ayrshire Council


Another wonderful day, the pupils loved it! They enjoyed the element of competition
Mearns Primary, East Renfrewshire Council


Fab experience for all! Active learning at its best! Thank you to all who organised it!
East Craigs Primary, Edinburgh Council


Have been to this in the past and found it really valuable. Children loved the experience and very worthwhile especially incorporating the ‘Curriculum for Excellence’
Lorne Primary, Edinburgh Council


A fantastic day – very well organised and stimulating for all pupils – will def come back next year
Head of Muir Primary, Falkirk Council


Children learn such a lot in a fun, enterprising way!
St Andrew’s Primary, Falkirk Council


Well done to all the organisers! A brilliant experience that all the children really enjoyed. Very relevant to CFE!!
Leuchars Primary, Fife Council


Good course prompting the children to explore lots of different skills
Strathmiglo Primary, Fife Council


Very impressed by the quality and inventiveness of the items made. Pupils were all engaged in the process
Oakwood Primary, Glasgow City Council


A truly fantastic, fun and action-packed day! Both the children and & thoroughly enjoyed ourselves developing our enterprise skills. Thanks you! Keep up the good work.
King’s Oak Primary, Inverclyde Council


This is my third year at enterprise day and it gets better every year, well done, enjoyed our day
Mosstodloch Primary, Moray Council


Absolutely electric, loads of enthusiasm and excitement, a great day
St Sylvesters Primary, Moray Council


Children learned a lot, day was well organised and fun was had by all
Cumbrae Primary, North Ayrshire Council


Pupils challenged and enjoyed the experience. Thank you
Rochsolloch Primary, North Lanarkshire Council


All children were very engaged & motivated. Thank you
St Thomas’s Primary, North Lanarkshire Council


This is the third year our school has attended this and I feel it is the best so far. The children were enthusiastic and hardworking and got a lot of out the day. I enjoyed it too!
Newmains Primary, Renfrewshire Council


A fantastic opportunity for the children to work together as a team, independent of teacher support. The children’s enthusiasm was great to see
Edenside Primary, Scottish Borders Council


Brilliant day, a lot of fun had whilst actively learning
Kingsland Primary, Scottish Borders Council


Excellent day, kids got a lot from it, pace, challenge maintained well through the day. Thank you!
Kirkfieldbank Primary, South Lanarkshire Council


Children obviously enjoyed the whole enterprise experience. Had an insight to business world and worked as a team very rewarding.
Townhill Primary, South Lanarkshire Council

Monday, September 15, 2008



Pictured are Mossneuk Primary pupils with their winning highest profit trophy at 'Enterprise is the Business' on the 10th September 2008.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Here are our highest profit winners from 'Enterprise is the Business' held on the 9th September 2008. Pictured are pupils who took part, Helen who presented the course and Cllr Mary Smith - Chair of the Education Committee with SLC, who came to present the trophies.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008

St Andrew's & St Bride's High School - 'Who Wants To Be An Entrepreneur'

On the 16th June 2008 pupils from St Andrews and St Bride's High School S5 and S6 pupils attended 'Who wants to be an entrepreneur' with Matt. They were all competing against each other for the prize of £20. Pictured are the winners from the competition.

Inverkeithing High School - 'Who Wants To Be An Entrepreneur'


Pupils from Inverkeithing High School attended 'Who wants to be an entrepreneur' with Matt Stewart on Tuesday 17th June 2008. Pictured are the winners from the poster competition and their winning £20.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Peebles High - 'Who wants to be an entrepreneur'



Pictured are Matt and pupils from Peebles High. On Friday 6th June Matt presented 'Who wants to be an entrepreneur' to S5, S6 pupils. This was the winning poster and their prize of £20.

Hermitage Academy - Helensburgh

Pupils from Hermitage Academy - Helensburgh came along to 'Who wants to be an entrepreneur' on the 9th June 2008. All pupils had a great and enthusiastic day. Pictured are poster winners with their winning £20.

Wednesday, June 04, 2008

" Ollie The Enterprising Octopus" - Teacher Evaluations




Here are some of teacher comments about our resource pack "Ollie The Enterprising Octopus". See below very positive comments from local schools and how well Ollie has been doing in class.




Hunter Primary - Josephine Johnston -
Very well presented, organised, easy to follow, resources were all there.
Braidwood Primary - Dorothy Thomson -
This is an excellent resource and perfectly pitched at Primary 3 pupils. The pupils enjoyed all of the lessons and ran a fantastic showcase of their work.
Mossend Primary - A. Baillie -
Bright, colourful, well presented. Children adored Ollie.
Muiredge Primary - Christine Marshall -
Well organised, colourful, clear objectives and easy to follow. Favourites were creativity, responsibilty and organisation.
Carnwath Primary - Rosemary Morrison -
Very well produced and useful resource. The children really enjoyed planning and designing a desk tidy and taking responsibility for a toy. I would recommend this pack whole heartedly. It fits in so well with the Curriculum for Excellence.
West Coats Primary - Irene Taylor -
Thought it was great for developing communication skills, team work and problem solving etc...
Udston Primary - Lee-Anne Sliman -
Liked the idea of teaching individual skills. Children were engaged in activities and enjoyed working through pack.
St Elizabeth's Primary - Lorraine Sweeney -
My pupils and I thoroughly enjoyed the pack and we achieved all it's outcomes.
Blackwood Primary - Lynne O'Donnell -
Very good colourful and interesting lessons. The children (and me) thoroughly enjoyed working on the creativity and communication activities. Overall the pack is well resourced and an enjoyable experience for the class.
St John's Primary Blackwood - Stephen Hall
Pupils enjoyed working through skills pack. Benefits to pupils who maybe had confidence difficulties.
Woodside Primary - Julie McGowan -
Very professionally produced, easy to use and follow. Clear links to Enterprise skills and ACFE.






Strathaven Academy - "Who wants to be an Entrepreneur"


Matt Stewart presented "Who wants to be an Entrepreneur" to pupils from Strathaven Academy on Tuesday 3rd June 2008. Pupils had a really good day and had great "Ambition and a Can Do Attitude". Pictured are Matt and pupils with their winning poster and £20.

Dalkeith High School - “Who wants to be an Entrepreneur”


On Wednesday 28th May 2008 Matt Stewart ran his course 'Who Wants To Be An Entrepreneur' in Dalkeith High School with enthusiastic S5 and S6 pupils. Pictured are Matt and pupils from Dalkeith High with their winning poster and £20.

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Ollie CPD Launch SLC


Ollie CPD launch for South Lanarkshire Council – twenty teachers attended and received their “Ollie” pack.

Thursday, December 06, 2007

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Who WantsTo Be An Entrepreneur - Auchinleck Academy


These are the pupils from Auchinleck Academy with their winning poster and £20 from the course 'Who Wants To Be An Entrepreneur' which Matt presented on the 10th October 2007.

Monday, March 12, 2007

Who WantsTo Be An Entrepreneur - Waid Academy


Pupils from Waid Academy with their winning poster from the course 'Who wants to be an Entrepreneur'.

Saturday, March 12, 2005

Tuesday, December 21, 2004


Pupils from Knox Academy Haddinton with thier winning poster. Posted by Hello

Wednesday, December 08, 2004

Friday, December 03, 2004

Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Friday, November 19, 2004


Mhairi Clare Hendry from North Lanarkshire Council with Matt and Helen Posted by Hello

Thursday, November 18, 2004

Tuesday, November 16, 2004


Cumbernauld High pupils with Matt Posted by Hello

Monday 15th November

I started National Enterprise Week with a visit to Our Lady's High and worked with 180 S5/S6 pupils delivering the "Who wants to be an Entrepreneur" workshop.
The pupils were very good to work with and gave me great attention and participated very well.

Pupil Comments

"Great workshop,I learned alot about Entrepreneurs and what they do"

"I tought it was very good and entertaining, I realise how easy it is to succeed with a bit of determination" Ross Sneddon

"This has helped me realise my ambitions as others have" Ami Skimming

"Gave me the confidence to succeed and a good laugh" Theresa Camerley

Why not check out the Scottish Executives Enterprise website at www.determinedtosucceed.co.uk


Matt