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Photo: Lord Dean of Guild, Joe Morrow (second right) presents the Dundee Guildry Primary Schools Enterprise Cup to the pupils of Class 6B, Blackness Primary School, and Class Teacher, Matthew Pound (first right).11 classes from 7 Primary Schools in Dundee have been beavering away for the last three months to set up new business enterprises to raise money for local charities in the city. 250 pupils from Ardler, Blackness, Camperdown, Eastern, Glebelands, Rosebank and St. Peter and Paul’s RCPrimary Schools have thoroughly enjoyed their new experience and the great skills they have learned.
Now in its 16th year, the Dundee Primary Schools Enterprise Project, run by the Guildry of Dundee,provides each P6 and P7 class involved with £150 to conceive, develop and deliver a business initiative, guided by Guildry business mentors. The initiative aims to provide an opportunity for children to develop a wide range of skills including negotiating, judgement and decision making, marketing and design, finance, people management and above all, teamwork.
Winning this year’s Dundee Guildry Enterprise Cup
Class 6B at Blackness Primary School created and developed a new business called Fruit Fanatics, offering a wide rangeof fruit ice lollies, ice poles, fruit cups, smoothies and fruit kebabs. Trading to parents, friends and other school pupils, the businessmade £1070 profit over a 3 week period, which will be donated in full to the MacMillan Cancer Research charity.
Class Teacher, Matthew Pound, said ”“I was delighted to have won the Guildry business project with my class, when we visited Morgan Academy to deliver a presentation of the results of our project. We had a terrific time getting involved and immersing ourselves in the roles and practises of business. Class pupils have learned life long skills and work practices while growing their own confidence to run projects themselves!”
Judging the school entries with Guildry Assessor, Brian Cram, Lord Dean of Guild, Joe Morrow said “ It is so brilliant to see the energy and enthusiasm shown by all the pupils involved, as they work together in teams, apply their learning andsupport each other to achieve a common goal. It is hard to believe that the quality of research, preparation and delivery of suchhighly creative projects has been achieved by primary school pupils.They have raised thousands of pounds for charity through theirtalent, commitment and ingenuity. This definitely bodes well for the future of the City of Dundee.”
