St Thomas More Induction Day

Welcome to Business Studies

Welcome

• About me and the department• About the course• Success• Where business leads to?• Short activity• Extended learning

The department

• Now combined with languages– Mrs Lindsay (Business Specialist HOD)– Miss McCague (Business Specialist)– Miss Ryan (Business Specialist)– Miss Myhill (Business Specialist)– Mrs Terry (Languages Specialist)– Mr Reid (Languages Specialist)

About the course

• 2 year A Level – new spec

Subject content

Success

• 100% pass rate over the last 5 years• Average of 60% A*-C grades over the last 5

years• A high percentage of students go on to study

business related subjects or go into business after the finish their A Levels

Where studying business leads to?

Short Activity

• In groups I would like you to develop a product that is linked to the cards you are going to choose– Think about the marketing mix• PRODUCT• PRICE• PLACE • PROMOTION

Extended Learning1.) Find two companies on the Stock Market and find out the share value. Write out the company name and any share value information that you found. State where and when you gathered this information. 2.) You need to collect THREE business news articles over the summer. State the date and paper they are taken from and summarise the main points for each.

Extended Learning• 3.) Write 1000 words on business you admire• ‘Compare and contrast 2 businesses that you

admire.’– Introduction – history, type of business, share price– What makes them successful/unsuccessful?– Key points in their history– Why you admire them?– Which is the best and why?