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Our Future Magazine - March 2013
This magazine has been written wholly by Year 7 students at Malet Lambert. The content actually took them three hours, but they were only able to produce this work because of the dedication of their teachers, parents, carers, peers and friends, and because of their experiences in the many years since they were born. The chaps from Engaging Education helped a little too, by providing guidance during the different projects that were combined to make this magazine.
A special ‘thank you’ must go to Stephen Logan, Robert Black, Charles Cracknell, The John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank and the staff at Malet Lambert High School, for without their support; the project would not have come to fruition. Download a copy below:
Careers Week 2013 - March 2013
National Careers Week 2013 was an important part of the school’s guidance programme. We were delighted to see so many of our business and educational partners give up their time to encourage our pupils to give thought to their futures. The variety of activities organised throughout the week was a pleasure to see! Year 7 pupils learning skills within the construction industry, year 8 pupils ‘fixing up their futures’ at Hull City Hall, year 9 understanding the influence of the digital world on society, year 10 looking at routes into social work, nursing and childcare and year 11 considering opportunities in further and higher education were just some of the highlights of the week.
You can download the full report of all the activities we ran during the week below:
Employability session with Tim Davison - January 2013
On Tuesday 29th January 5 Year 10 and 11 students met with Tim Davison Director of Customer Services from IT@Spectrum. Having previously reseached the business students were able to ask Tim questions about his job role, the business and learn those vital employability skills. Students had to demonstrate the skills by attending the meeting at 8am.
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Tim for taking the time out of his busy schedule to speak to students.
Global Entrepreneurship Week 2012 - December 2012
The week was a great success once again, with our pupils taking centre stage on the opening day. You can read in detail about what we got up to in the GEW magazine.
The 2012 Badgers Sett - November 2012
The Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge won by our own Loui Fowler who got a package of support worth over £3,000. Ruth Badger was so impressed with his business idea that she doubled the original amount. It was a big secret and Loui didn't know he was the winner until it was announced at our awards evening this year. There are few people we can think of who deserve this award as much as Loui who brought an incredible idea to the table that he pitched perfectly, and blew the judges away.
Read more about this years challenge here.
Hull Environmental Enterprise Challenge - November 2012
100 twelve and thirteen year olds from the took part in the Hull Environmental Enterprise Challenge at The Exchange Wilberforce Court. The students were given a secret brief to come up with a business idea and then promote this to a group of judges chaired by former BBC Apprentice star Ruth Badger. Students chosen for the activity were from a variety of abilities but had already demonstrated enterprising skills by showing a positive attitude, punctuality and good attendance in school.
You can read more about the fantastic GEW event here.
There's no stopping! - November 2012
Students were out this week checking out the Wind Champions conference and the 'Start Up Britain' bus today.
Business Ready Assessment - November 2012
Since being accredited with IEBE’s Business Ready™ standard, we are pleased to release the assessment report for our accreditation. You can download the report using the link below:
Employability Matters - November 2012
Employability Matters is a new publication from HTI & IEBE, all about young people’s employability. Every month it will bring you the most important news, policy, research and practice. Plus special features, opinion pieces and upcoming events. View and download the first issue using the link below (we are on page 6!).
IEBE Business Ready - October 2012
We have become the first school in the country to become accredited with IEBE’s Business Ready™, the new employability standard for schools. Read more about this fantastic achievement here.
Pupils broaden their horizons and skills with the Wind Champion project - June 2012
With green jobs at the heart of the region's future, Malet Lambert's Wind Champion Project, which currently has Year 7 and 8 pupils involved in it, aims to raise awareness of the potential career opportunities in offshore wind energy and give an understanding of the qualifications and experience required to gain employment in the wind industry. Read more courtesy of thisisscunthorpe.co.uk here.
Year 5 Enterprise Challenge at Victoria Dock Primary School - May 2012
On Tuesday 22nd May, Year 5 from Victoria Dock joined forces with a team of Malet Lambert staff and pupils to take part in an Enterprising Challenge. The challenge involved designing and creating a playground with a healthy lifestyle ethos, whilst keeping to a tight budget of £25. Children were divided into teams of 4 along with a Malet Lambert pupil and given one hour to complete the challenge. Read more here.
Our Hull Magazine, 1st Edition - April 2012
Students have been enterprising in English and have helped create a fantastic new magazine, Our Hull. This magazine has been written wholly by our Year 8 students in association with Engaging Education. You can download a copy here.
Interactive Enterprise Magazine - March 2012
We are proud to introduce the second issue of our interactive PDF magazine promoting enterprise in education. It's a quick and concise way of keeping up to date with all the Enterprising stuff we've been getting up to. Download a copy here.
Think Power - February 2012
If you are at school or college, a teacher or a careers adviser, or if you are looking for an apprenticeship, Think Power is a new website full of practical information and learning advice for those interested in the power sector. Watch the video and find out more here.
The John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank - February 2012
The John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank is for young people aged up to and including 21 years old that live in Hull and the East Riding. It offers grants of up to £1,000 for individuals or groups of young people who need finance to help make their idea happen. (More funding will be considered in exceptional circumstances).
Find out more about this fantastic opportunity here.
Interactive Enterprise Magazine - January 2012
We are proud to introduce our new interactive PDF magazine promoting enterprise in education. It's a quick and concise way of keeping up to date with all the Enterprising stuff we've been getting up to. Download a copy here.
The Badgers Sett 2011 Final - November 2011
Well done to the Malet Lambert Green Queens who faced off against Ruth Badger during GEW week 2011 and took the top spot!
Hull Environmental Enterprise Challenge - November 2011
100 twelve and thirteen year olds from Malet Lambert School in East Hull took part in the Hull Environmental Enterprise Challenge in the traditional and historic setting of the Guildhall. The students were given a secret brief to come up with a business idea and then promote this to a group of judges chaired by Claire Young. Students chosen for the activity were from a variety of abilities but had already demonstrated enterprising skills by showing a positive attitude, punctuality and good attendance in school.
You can find out more on the Hull Bondholders website.
Hull City Enterprise visit
A small group of our students from the ASDAN class visited The KC stadium for an enterprise activity day where they found out all about Hull City.
Teenage girls shed the building-site stereotype
Hall Construction teamed up with the Sector Skills Council for Construction for an event involving females from five East Yorkshire secondary schools. Our year 10 girls had a great time. Izzy Sargeson, year 10 said: "The event has made me really think about pursuing a career in the construction industry. Taking part in today's activity changed my outlook and made me realise these are careers suitable for females."
Read more, courtesy of thisishull.co.uk.
GEW logo competition winners!
A competition to design the logo for next year’s Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull was adjudicated by Claire Young. There were nearly sixty entries of exceptional quality. The competition was won by young people from Malet Lambert with Poppy the enterprising pony designed by Shauna Burnett and Dora the Enterprising Dinosaur designed by Molly Butcher.
The winners will receive a prize on the 14th November during Global Entrepreneurship Week.
Both Malet teams through to the final of The Badger's Sett challenge
The overall winners of the 11-16 age group in the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge are The Green Queen’s and East Hull Urban Arts, both from Malet Lambert; each gaining an investment of £300 from the Badgers and the chance to double their money when they face Ruth Badger herself on Thursday 17th November in Global Entrepreneurship Week. Well done to both teams who were commended for their excellent ideas and sound business models.
Read more about the event from Hull Enterprise and Stephen Logan.
Our Students attend the Hull Skills Academy
The Skills Academy, located on Geneva Way, is an interactive learning environment that gives children and young people an insight into the construction industry and a chance to gain practical employability skills.
With facilities and services that range from hands-on trade activities and construction industry related career development, to a community engagement zone and traditional desk-based activities, the Skills Academy is the perfect location for schools in Hull and the surrounding area that are looking to introduce practical learning into their curriculums.
Read more about the Skills Academy here or check out the coverage below, courtesy of BBC Look North.
(c) BBC Look North
Year 9 Students from Malet Lambert represent Hull at the North East Football Club competition
On Friday 7th October, 20 students attended the North East Enterprise Challenge at Newcastle United FC ground at St James Park. The teams represented at the competition included Hull City, Middlesborough, Sunderland and Newcastle United FC.
The Challenge took place in the magpie executive box overlooking the impressive St James Park pitch. The student brief was to design an app for their representative club that would engage fans. Student had to come with a new app concept, explain the target audience and price.
Comments from the day include:
"I have learnt how to work in a group and participate in an activity. I have also learnt how to design an app on paper and the confidence to talk to new people"
"I have enjoyed the day I have never been to Newcastle so it was a new experience for me. I have learnt was goes into making an app"
"I have learnt to work as a team and to put together an organised presentation. I have also learnt that having to explain to judges about our app wasn’t that embarrassing"
"Today I learnt how to design a new product and how to work as a team"
"I think that today was a very enjoyable day. I liked looking around the stadium meeting new people and taking part in the challenge. Overall I had a great day"
"I have a learnt today that if you put all of your ideas together you can create something also to work in a team well and don’t get shy, be confident"
"I have learnt how to put my ideas together with other people and how to design an app"
"Today I feel I have learnt how to work better as a group and how to design a product to high expectations"
"I have learnt how to work as a team and how to think about things I wouldn’t normally think about"
"Today was very good I had a really fun day and would definitely do it again"
"Today I have learnt a lot. I have learnt how to work better in groups and how to be patient when working with other people"
"Today I have learnt it’s not always about winning and to work with people who I wouldn’t normally work with"
At Malet Lambert School we believe it is essential students get opportunities to develop their enterprise skills. We would like to thank the premier league, Hull City and Newcastle, OCR and the Department for Business and Innovation for this excellent opportunity.
Year 11 students present at the Hull Exchange launch
Pictured with Sam Whitaker and Ann Newlove from Hull Esteem Emma Gale, Liam McCullion and Tom Cooper.
On Friday the 30th September 3 Year 11 students Emma Gale, Tom Cooper and Liam McCullion presented at the launch of the Hull Exchange about their work experience and employability skills.
The exchange is a hub designed to help young people with employability and skills issues. Located in Wilberforce Court, in the same building as Hull Esteem Consortium’s offices, The Exchange will create a lasting legacy in terms of assisting various different agencies that support local young people, whether that be through work experience, enterprise opportunities, gaining life skills or supporting a route into education, employment or training.
Throughout my time putting the presentation together with my fellow class mates. I have realised the amount of different business opportunities and there is a business world. This day was just one of many more connections I wish to make in my life.
I learnt that some activities or things you are asked to do are hard and you have to leave your comfort zone for. But isn’t that just preparing us for later in life where we have to make deadlines and we have to succeed under pressure.
I have also learnt to be more natural when presenting and how to have fun more than stress with events like these. I am very pleased with the way the day went as the connections we made in later life are unbelievable, and will help us with our careers choices and which path to follow. Thank you for this brilliant opportunity, it has been worth it in the long run.
I learnt about development around Hull and skills such as confidence and determination which I can apply in my curriculum. I also received business contacts to influence my decisions in college. The day helped me to gain an understanding of what it’s like to present to an audience. It also helped me further my business idea.
For more information on the Hull Exchange visit: http://www.esteem.cc/the-exchange.php
Year 9 students attend the MADE Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Festival
On Thursday 22nd September 25 Year 9 students attended the MADE Festival in Sheffield. Students had the opportunity to listen to a variety of business leaders including Vince Cable, Claire Young and Peter Jones from Dragons Den.
Students reflections from the day...
"I have learnt that to be successful not to give up. That you can be what you want to be no matter what it is. Take little steps at a time, don’t give up."
"I have learnt what inspired some of the most successful people in the Business Industry. I learnt that if you try hard at something it may give you a better life in the future. Also I have learnt that business’s start out in a lot of weird ways. I met some successful business people aged 16/17 who have some of their own businesses."
"I would like to say a big thank you to all of the Entrepreneurs and I am very grateful towards Claire Young who made it possible for Malet Lambert to attend the event."
"I think that overall it was a good day. I especially enjoyed Peter Jones and Emma Harrison’s speech, as they were funny, interesting and inspirational."
Trip to Xing Smoothies, York - 28 June 2011
On Tuesday 28th June 2011 we went on a trip to York to learn about Xing
Smoothies. When we arrived we split into 3 groups, some people were making the smoothies, others selling and working on the till. Another group were responsible for giving out menu's and free samples
to entice potential customers into the shop and buy smoothies.
The trip was a great enterprising day as we learnt a lot on how to market and sell our ideas. It was a great opportunity for us and we all enjoyed it. Next time you are in York why not try Xing Smoothies, we would definitely recommend it.
Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge - 23 June 2011
The Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge will take place again this year it will be officially launched in Hull early next month following the establishment of a partnership with former BBC Apprentice Ruth Badger, the Youth Enterprise Bank, Hull Training, HWS Hosting, GH Events, Force-7, Hull Youth Council and Durban Ltd. It is a competition open to young people aged 21 and under with an enterprising idea such as a new business, a co-operative, community enterprise project or an enterprising project in a school, youth club or college.
The age range and prize money is listed below.
- 11 and under - £500
- 11 – 16 year olds - £750
- 16 to 18 - £1000
- 19 - 21 year olds if in education and training - £1500
The winners of each section will get the opportunity to pitch at Global Entrepreneurship Week to double their winnings against a panel chaired by Ruth Badger. All the winners will have the opportunity to access business advice from Maureen Foers OBE, Yorkshire's Women's Enterprise Champion and colleagues from Hull’s major telecommunications company KC to further develop their enterprising idea. All entrants in the competition will also have the opportunity to access business advice from a number of Hull's young entrepreneurs including winners of the badgers sett Enterprise Challenge in 2010.
The competition is supported by a website designed by one of Hull's young entrepreneurs Richard Myers of HWS Hosting and will be launched in mid July to outline what the competition is www.hullbadgers.co.uk.
You can download the informational flyer to print out and distribute, and grab a copy of the application form using the links below:
Careers Academy - 6th April 2011
On Wednesday 6th April, the Malet Lambert Enterprising took part in a Career Academy event at Canary Wharf. The Career Academy is a two-year programme, for 14 to 16-year-olds, supported by some of the biggest names in British business. Students joining a Career Academy:
- support for their learning, leading to national qualifications
- one weeks specific work placement
- special employer-led lectures, seminars and company visits
- one-to-one mentoring by an experienced business employee volunteer
- networking opportunities with other Career Academy students around the UK.
Career Academies UK was founded in 2002 and is a registered charity. It supports a movement of over 800 employers and 120 schools & colleges, working together to raise the aspirations of 16 to 19-year-olds. Nearly 90% of Career Academy graduates go on to higher education, or an equivalent level of work-related training, compared with a predicted 40% based on their GCSE performance at the start of the programme.
As part of this programme students visited a business in Canary Wharf London. The Career Academy event was held to help enterprising young people to realise that anything is possible as long as you work hard towards it. The day started off by catching a train down to London and various underground lines to reach Canary Wharf. Once there the group made their way to the CITI building, and then on to a treasure hunt around the area. In the afternoon a session was held, in which two mentors spoke to the group as well as other schools about realising the career dreams.
During the session, the group was taught the D.A.N.C.E Method.
D. Dream
A. Act Now
N. Never Give Up
C. Confident
E. Enjoy
With these we can reach our dreams.
"Success doesn't come easy. It’s achieved through hard work. It was great to visit the financial centre of the UK and see the view of London from 36th Floor of the Citi Group. I will certainly remember this business and enterprise visit for a long time!" - Tom Cooper Year 10
Enterprise Academy success for Year 9 Students - 04th April 2011
25 students in Year 9 attended the Enterprise Academy celebration evening at the KC stadium on Tuesday 29th March 2011 receiving their certificates. The Tigers Jamie Devitt and James Chester handed out certificates alongside Danny Tickle and Shaun Long of Hull FC. The enterprise academy programme is run in school with Hull City AFC. The programme aims to develop business and enterprise skills. On completion of the course students receive an OCR Level 2 Qualification in Business Enterprise and Enterprise. Well done to all who attended.
Malet Joins The Hull Bond Holders - 22nd March 2011
Malet Lambert School is delighted to announce that we have joined the Hull Bond holders. The Bondholder scheme is fundamentally about bringing businesses together to raise Hull's profile and change its image, providing a positive context in which Hull's businesses can operate. Hull is undergoing a dramatic evolution. At the heart of this change are the businesses that fuel the city's economy and who are critical to its future. The Bondholder scheme unites businesses to harness this powerful network for the benefit of the city region. We are keen to invest in the future of the city as part of our traditional values and contemporary aspirations. View our Bond Holder profile here.
National Standard in Enterprise Education - 11th March 2011
Malet Lambert School is very pleased announce that we have achieved the National Standard for Enterprise Education certified by the university of Warwick. The National Standard takes account of not just the amount of activity occurring in the school but how it is managed, supported, planned, organised, and delivered. This includes assessing and recording the enterprise skills development of individual students.
The National Standard has been produced by a team of staff at the Centre for Education and Industry, the University of Warwick, who have specialist experience in enterprise education. Achieving the NSEE will show the following characteristics:
- There will be a commitment to enterprise education for all students.
- There will be a clear view of where enterprise education fits into the school
- There will be strong commitment from the leadership team and shared understanding and support from a majority of school
- There will be regular evaluation of enterprise education provision and assessment of the impact on individual pupil/student development of enterprise capabilities
At Malet Lambert School we are committed to enterprise education for all students as part of our contemporary aspirations providing opportunities for innovation, adaptability and a global career ambition.
We would particularly like to acknowledge the support received from the local business community, Charles Cracknell Hull Youth Enterprise Manager and Julie Jones from the Special Schools and Academies Trust.
SMart Futures Competition - Tuesday 19th January 2011
The strength of the both presentations and the student questioning yesterday was the highlight of the morning yesterday. The scores were incredibly close between Hornsea and Malet Lambert with just 1.6% between them and Hornsea taking the edge to be the outright winners! South Axholme, Hessle High, Malet Lambert and Beverley High are also going through to the final round – the naming of the Hornsea zones. Details of this will be sent out shortly but please put the 11th March in your diaries as the opportunity to present your proposal to SMart Wind.
SMart Wind Competition - Wednesday 19th January 2011
Four year 8 students from Malet Lambert School have taken part in a recent competition to name one of the 8 sections of the Hornsea Zone Wind Turbine farm. This is a new initiative costing around £15 Billion over the next 10 years. It is the largest engineering project in the world. The aim is to provide the UK with 20% - 40% of electricity through the projects wind farms in the North Sea. This is an exciting opportunity for Malet Lambert students to name the area that will be printed on maps in several different languages for the next 100 or so years.
The students spent much of their lunch time and time at home working on the project. We had the most professional display in the competition and produced a fantastic presentation. The students were then grilled by a judging panel and other students from around East Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. Our students proposed a site at the Europarc business park near Grimsby, which we later found out, was one of the potential sites actually being considered. We were the only school to suggest one of the real potential sites. During the presentation our students handed out the leaflets they made to the other groups, again showing another level of professionalism.
We have passed round one and have been entered into round two. Overall, we came second to Hornsea school, but beat the likes of Beverley High School & Hessle High School. It was a very impressive mature performance from our students who after the results were announced went over to Hornsea to congratulate them. It was a proud moment for me as a member of staff to see our students perform in such a magnanimous way.
Premier League Enterprise Challenge - 23rd November 2010
On Tuesday 23rd November 2010 16 Year 9 students in yellow population took part in the Premier League Enterprise challenge in partnership with Hull City AFC.
Football clubs are constantly looking at ways to improve communications with fans of all ages. As future fans and potential season ticket holders, young people have been identified by many clubs as a key group to engage with. This year's Challenge question was set by Premier League CEO Richard Scudamore;
“In an ever changing world, your task is to create new and improved communication channel for the club to engage young fans”
Teams of Y9 pupils from our school and Archbishop Sentamu were invited to attend Hull City’s Enterprise Challenge. After a tour of the stadium, refreshments and a chance for last minute preparations in the corporate hospitality boxes participating students will take centre stage and pitch their presentations to an executive panel of judges having no more than 5 minutes in the hot seat. The judges’ were as follows:
The Panel:
- John Davies
- Marc Ledingham
- Sophie Hukin (Premier League)
- Russ Fry
- Ash Allanson
- Mark Maguire
Following grueling questions from the panel and being judged on strict criteria, the winning team was announced from our school:
The Tigerettes:
- Hollie Harrison
- Hannah Mckay
- Amy Thomson
Well done to all students who took part demonstrating excellent enterprising skills.
Hull Challenge - 15th November 2010
At Malet Lambert we aim to prepare students for working in a Global Environment and develop enterprising skills.
Today saw the first day of Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull, when over 140 pupils from our school listened to explorer and motivational speaker Miles Hilton Barber www.mileshilton-barber.com.
The pupils undertook the Hull 'Carbon' Enterprise Challenge that saw the pupils come up with environmental friendly products. Students in groups of 5 worked enthusiastically throughout the day and by the end of the activity many had come up with some great ideas. They had all produced an ideas sheet, setting out what their idea was and how it was going to be successful, another page about the likely competitors in their proposed market place and also a money matters page, setting out how much money their idea was going to produce, taking into account both their costs and revenue streams Finally, and most challenging of all, they had to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges from local organisations. The four top teams were awarded a range of viuchers from High Street Stores sponsored by the Insurance Partnership, Hull and Humber Chamber of Commerce, Mail News and Media and Jenkins Shipping Port Services
Eleven groups were invited to present these were Turbo Turner, U-Bot, Super Stopper, Historical Trails, Dress The Earth, Gym Lectricity, Eco - Exchange, Green Queens, HVB Cars, November Enterprise Group and Branch Out.
The Video
Winners
- Historical Trails
- Gym Lectricity
- Turbo Turner
- Branch Out
Overall the first day of GEW 2010 was a great success and the our pupils certainly seemed to enjoy the day and learnt a great deal about enterprise and the environment. All the pupils received a copy of Hull´s Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010 Dave Garbera´s new book Smilers Part Two Lessons in Enterprise.
The pupils were joined by a delegation from the Institute of Directors (IoD) led by Alex Mitchell, the Head of Influencer Relations at the IoD and Alex Charlotte Britton Chair of IoD YDF who were very impressed by what they saw
Miles Hilton Barber said, "It was a privellege to launch Hull's Global Entrepreneurship Week Celebrations with pupils from Malet Lambert School who certainly were very innovative and enterprising throughout the day"
Stephen Logan Business Champion, Malet Lambert School said, "As a school we think its very important to take part in the activities that take place every year in Hull to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship Week and we are very pleased to be the school that launched the week the pupils were very creative and enterprising."
We would like to take this opportunity of thanking Charles Cracknell from the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership for helping put together such a fantastic event.
Pictures/Links from last years fantastic event
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/makeyourmarkcampaign/4125431014/
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/makeyourmarkcampaign/4130033807/
- http://blog.enterpriseuk.org/2009/11/17/malet-lambert-school-stand-out-from-the-crowd/
For more information on Hull GEW activities visit the site: http://www.youthenterprise-hull.co.uk/
