A three day experiential learning programme.

Last week, all the Year 10 students were involved in a fun and authentic way to engage with experiential learning conducted by Young Enterprise Scheme NZ from Wellington. The BP business challenge is a unique three day experiential learning programme that develops skills, understanding and attitudes about how entrepreneurs start a business and how a successful business operates, and connects the students with their local business community.

The students develop their employability skills of:

• Team work
• Leadership
• Presentation skills
• Problem solving
• Resilience
• Communication

On the final day, the students presented their business ideas, creations and discoveries to a panel of judges. The judges, who were typically local business people, evaluated each team’s presentation and determined a winning team. All the students were awarded with a certificate from YES.

First Place: Confortare Car Pool
Waka Tate, Braydon Sapolu, Houston Howard, James Kapua-Malupo, Jackson Hohaia

Second Place: Big Foot Shoes (BFS)
Billy Baice, Psalms Iosua, Compton Purcell, Ashton Smith, Malakai Tuione, Nathan Mareva Tumaki

Third Place: Paulo Productions
Ikhan Epati-Faifua, Devante Hurrell-Epati, Weston Faleafa, Whare Christie, Sonny Wi, Elijah Tauti