Activity 3: Who shall we speak to?

Learning Objective 

To enable pupils to prepare for a visit to school by a representative from a local business. 

Entrepreneurship Characteristics 

Creativity  

• Communication  

Organisation

• Planning 

Learning activities 

Recap the idea(s) for an enterprise project generated in Activity 2. 

Pose the question “Who could we ask to find out more about our idea(s)?” 

Explore the possibilities of inviting a representative from a local business to visit the school, organising a virtual visit, or arranging a visit to a local business.

Pupils prepare questions they will ask the visitor e.g. 

• “What do you do?” 
• “What do you make?” 
• “How do you do it?” 
• “How do you sell it?”  
• “What do you think of our ideas?” 
• “What advice can you give us?” 

Pupils plan who will ask the questions, who will be responsible for meeting the visitor and who will thank the visitor at the end. 

Learning outcome 

Pupils develop simple planning skills and begin to express an idea to someone else. 

Resources needed

•  None 

Curriculum for Wales 

1. Areas of Learning and Experience 

Health and well-being 

• Our decision-making impacts on the quality of our lives and the lives of others. 

Humanities 

• Informed self-aware citizens engage with the challenges and opportunities that face humanity and are able to take considered and ethical action. 

2. Cross-Curricular Skills 

Literacy 

Speaking

•  Purpose 
• Collaborative talk 
• Questioning 

Listening 

• Listening for meaning 
• Listening to understand 
• Listening as part of collaborative talk 

Writing 

• Planning and organising for different purposes, audiences and context.