Merchant Adventurers
Throughout 2018/19, NYBEP continued to support the Company of Merchant Adventurers of the City of York to establish an enterprise offer to schools across York, North Yorkshire and East Riding that aimed to:
- raise awareness of The Merchants with primary schools, students and their parents,
- facilitate greater member engagement with local schools/students,
- establish and roll out an enterprise offer to support and develop future entrepreneurs and provide opportunities for young people to develop their enterprise / business skills.
Volunteer Feedback
It was a pleasure to work with NYBEP and observe your high-level facilitation skills, as well as demonstrating a clear understanding of the project and the key issues for the children to focus on
Working with The Merchants, NYBEP developed a suite of enterprise activities to be delivered in school for Key Stage 2 pupils, mainly aimed at Year 5 and 6 (8-11 yrs).
These activities were:
- Put Your Town on the Map – encouraging pupils to think of a product or service to improve their local community
- Chocolate Box – working in small teams to design a box of chocolates linked the key themes of Yorkshire and being Environmentally friendly
- Make £5 Blossom – where pupils are given £5 and encouraged to develop a profit-making enterprise of their choosing
- Green Griffins – focused on addressing local environment issues
- Solar Boats – a challenge to build boats made from recyclable materials and powered by solar energy.
