Enterprising Educationas a optional School subjectat Vehkalahti Secondary School

WHY ENTERPRISING IN ELEMENTARY (8.th & 9.th Grade) SCHOOL?

Bad news from local industry– Hundreds of jobs vanished from

Hamina to bigger cities Debression spread

Could we do something to make atmosphere better and brighter?

Entrepreneurship education is popular in many places – why not here?

– At least we are trying to add enterprising and create something new

I'ts good to pick enterprising, because...To success in the modern world you

need to be able to independently make choises, be creative, you need to have teamwork skills etc.

Enterprising-course improves the youngsters skills and abilities, which he or she needs now and in the future.

Internal and external enterprisingIn eight class we practice internal

entrepreneurship development two hour in week.

Moreover in ninth class entrepreneurship so explore versatile to entrepreneurship and possibly real practice business establish. In ninth class we have entrepreneurship two hour in week.

Learning by doing:

Pedagogic drama etc. exercises

Action- and themedays

In school different occasions, rummage sales, community efforts and development cooperation(in finnish taksvärkki)

Godparent Business, YES Center, visits to firms and entrepreneurs visits in school, practice enterprises and study trips.

Web- and internetwork, moodle- learn environment.

8th Grade Exercises:Group games

PP-karaoke

Tuning the product and marketing

SWOT, concept maps

Problem-solving

BS-Bingo

Event organisation

Mini companies

Behavior and greeting exercises

Brainstorming exercises

Self-esteem exercises

NY- 6h camp

Yes box – exercises

The segment of strengths

Pedagogical drama

NY-own economy

9.th Grade exercises

12-hours camp

Sponsor Companies

Visiting Companies versatile

Success tales in business

Learning different business form and

business vocabulary

Shoebusiness-game

Visitors from companies

Performers and experts to support enterprising features

Own Company

12-hours enterprising camp

• Ninth grade pupils guide seventh grade pupils how to do a project.

Visitors we have had :

Jarkko Aitolahti - Director of Bakery Aitolahti KY Harri Tepponen – Housefactory Villiruusu OY Jani Lakanen – Orienteering World Champion Sirpa Sandström – Teacher of Performance Mika Rosendal – Expert with Computers Mika Urpalainen – Director of local entrepreneur

association Teemu Penttilä – Ecoway OY:n tj Sanna Vapalahti – Decor shop entrepreneur Pete Salminen – director of Sporting goods Store Niko Tarjasalo – President of Techdata OYJ Finland Mika Hänninen – masseur Milla Lehkonen – Cursorin yritysneuvoja Combat security ST1 – gas station WinWind - windmillfactory

Mascot competition 2012• Local Shopping mall

wanted their own Mascot – competition to entrepreneurship-students in Hamina

• Exploring shopping mall, practicing creativity, perceiving, marketing

• Price: summerjobs for 5

Design-model by15-years old boy

Väylä-Saurus live

On the market (marketplace)

• Our young entrepreneurs in Hamina Marketplace selling self-made buns and cakes.