A GCSE Location lesson based around Eastenders. The idea of the lesson is rooted in Learning Study where learning variables are turned off and on with the whole picture being brought together at the end of the lesson as consolidation. The lesson focuses around students locating new businesses based on new information, the information is as follows: Proximity to Customers Cost of Land Infrastructure Competition Skilled/Unskilled Workers All factors as one. The idea of the lesson is to provide discussion around what the students considered when locating and why they considered it. The end activity enables students to make a rational decision about if location is important or not.

An interactive approach to the teaching of cashflow forecasting. The idea of the activity is the students engage in a board game where they record inflows and outflows onto a blank cashflow forecast. From there the students look at calculating total inflow, outflow, NCF etc all with support. This is followed up with a Nando’s scale task designed to support and challenge.

An interactive and engaging lesson on sampling method. This was created specifically for the OCR Cambridge Tech Enterprise and Marketing. The idea is that the students use Skittles to create and analyse different sampling methods. This could be used for other GCSE and A-Level specifications. The only additional item that is needed to teach the lesson is Skittles.

A lesson on organisational structures for GCSE Business Studies students. The lesson is an interactive approach to what is traditionally a dull subject with students being tasked with the creation of an organisational structure using paper cups. There is structure for the lower end and additional support in the powerpoint in the form of QR codes. Additional Resources Required: Plastic Cups for stacking Post-it-notes - for starter and progress checks. There are instructions in the notes of each slide on how to do the activities.

A lesson on the recruitment and selection process which is historically a dull subject. This is student led through the use of research and a structures worksheet and QR codes to guide students through the process - add in additional engagement by adding a funny picture of yourself and get the students to think about the things you would have done to get your job in school. Its a nice starter that the students will know a little about. Therefore assesses student understanding at the start. The lesson concludes with the students looking at why having a recruitment and selection process is important. Very hands on and lots for the students to do.

A personal learning checklist for the OCR Cambridge National Enterprise and Marketing examination unit RO64. The Personal Learning Checklist aids in tracking student understanding and can be populated based on any assessments. This is designed to be used alongside the H/W that are listed on here as all the knowledge of the spec is tested through those. All teachers need to is identify the students knowledge using the below codes: 1 = Good Understanding (Green) 2 = Partial Understanding (Amber) 3 = No/Little Understanding (Red) This RAG analysis can then be mail merged to provide students with a personal set of revision topics based on their own understanding of the content.

A personal learning checklist for students studying the GCSE 9-1 Business course. This has topics broken down via theme and section within the theme e.g. section 2.1. All the core knowledge that students need to know is listed. All the teacher need do is input data and it will provide a RAG analysis of student data. From any testing assess the students knowledge and use the following codes below to assess learners understanding of the topics: 1- Good Understanding - Green 2 - Some Understanding - Amber 3 - No or Little Understanding - Red This can then be mail merged in order to provide the students with a personal list of topics that they need to focus on in order to improve their knowledge.

A revision lesson targeting knowledge and understanding of the early calculations within the AQA Alevel specification. However this can be used for other specifications and used as a stretch and challenge activity for MAGT students within GCSE classes. Topics covered are: Costs, Revenue and Profits Breakeven calculations Breakeven charts Cashflow forecasting.

An interactive and independent style lesson which provides students with an introduction to business growth. It looks at the different types of growth, the motives for growth and why some business remain small scale. This can be facilitated to some interesting discussion around the topic of growth. There are tiered worksheets aimed at scaffolding for the top, middle and lower ability students as well as added support in the form of QR codes to help support students with the more complex elements of growth.

A revision lesson on the topics of globalisation and protectionism. The QR codes provide students with the information to complete and create their concept maps. They then use this concept map to undertake the exam question which is peer or self assessed. I use a PIE structure which allows the students to show impact of their suggestions on the business and then explain this out. The QR codes work for any device i.e. mobile phone or iPads.

A cost, revenue and profit lesson for OCR Cambridge Technical Level 3 in Business. This is designed for Unit 1: The Business Environment but could also support learners in other areas of the course. The lesson ends with a look at the difference between cash and profit and how business might improve profit. There are differentiated activities with challenge activities to support the high prior attaining and more able students with scaffold in the form of QR codes to support those at the lower end.

A lesson on the topic of inorganic growth looking at the motives for mergers and takeovers as well as the root knowledge. The lesson then looks at the concept of unit cost and introduces the idea of economies of scale in a basic form for students to illustrate the benefits of growth. The students also look at the overall benefits of mergers and takeovers. There is QR code support as well as extension activity built in to stretch and challenge all.

A Lesson and resources for GCSE Business 9-1 - following the Edexcel specification. A complete set of example questions, lesson and out of school resources to support the teaching of this complex topic.

The lesson turns the classroom into the stock market floor with students buying and selling in a range of made up organisations. The news in brief gives an insight into the next weeks trading as students become money hungry and strive to outdo each other. The lesson teaches the concepts of shares and share prices. More specifically the factors that might influence share prices.

The lesson is a trading game based around the topics of factors of supply and demand. The students work in groups buying and selling batches of fictional Teddy Bears. As different things occur the price for raw materials changes as does the selling price of the Teddy Bears. At the end of the lesson I do a small debrief with the students looking at the factors affecting the supply and demand for products. Very interactive lesson that engages students from the off.

An introductory lesson on the concept of Game Theory and the Nash Equilibrium. The lesson is interactive with the students participating in some Game Theory games before looking at some of the concepts around the topic and and how to construct a basic playoff matrix.

An A Level business lesson on the topic of Payback periods. The resources contains step by step student instructions for calculating payback periods as well as a learning ladder. The idea of the learning ladder is based on that of SOLO taxonomy enabling students to move from the most basic understanding to one where they can review a range of factors in relation to the topic.

An interactive introductory lesson on the topic of critical path. I either get the students to complete the critical path on their desks using whiteboard pens or I buy a roll of wallpaper for them to write on. The lesson starts by looking at my breakfast before introducing the idea of critical path. I print out the slide showing nodes etc and give this to the students to aid them in completing the exercises.

End of unit assessment for Edexcel GCSE business 9-1 spec section 2.3 Making Operational Decisions. Complete with assessment, mark scheme, student revision notes and a feedback builder. The feedback builder is designed to be used after the assessment by the students to identify where they went wrong and to build meaningful target for improvement. To use this the teacher must: Mark the MCQ section but DO NOT indicate if the student has the answer right or wrong - just provide a number of marks for this section. Mark the two short 3 mark answers fully providing questions to extend the learners answer or thinking. Mark the Fender 6 mark question - but do not annotate or provide any written feedback - the students will build this feedback during the DIRT session.

Edexcel GCSE Business 9-1 Theme 1 - Section 1.4 End of Unit Assessment and Mark Scheme. This assessment covers the whole of section 1.4: Making the Business Effective This is complete with a mark scheme and a student/teacher/peer assessment tool to aid students with the DIRT following the assessment and to build meaningful and useful feedback to move forward and make progress.