This term, our fifth class pupils are learning all about what it is to be an entrepreneur.The Junior Entrepreneur Programme (JEP) is a 10 week entrepreneurial education programme for primary school pupils. This innovative programme opens the minds of primary school pupils to the joy of entrepreneurship at a time in their lives when they are full of imagination and open to new possibilities.
JEP incorporates many areas of the curriculum including interviewing a local business person and presenting their own business ideas to “The Dragons” as shown below. The programme culminates with the development of a product which is researched, marketed, financed and advertised by the pupils themselves.
They learned about entrepreneurial skills and had visits from local entrepreneurs Richard Roche and Kevin Donellan who told them all about how to start up a business of their own. The children then came up with several enterprising ideas and presented them to the “Dragons” in a Dragon’s Den style event. They then voted for their favourite idea which was a Children’s fitness dvd, “Fit For Life”.
They are now ready to work on the designing,producing,marketing and selling phase of their product.
There is no doubt that their involvement in the Junior Entrepreneur Project will be a very exciting and worthwhile experience. We wish them success.
Below are some photos from the programme so far.
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