MOVE over The Apprentice!
Youngsters at the Wybers Wood Academy, in Grimsby, have been testing their business skills.
The Year 5 and 6 pupils were set the task of creating a working business idea to serve other year groups.
They worked in groups of four to develop ideas, create adverts and then hold a stall during an enterprise day.
Assistant principal Tracey Grove, who organised the task, said: "We came up with the idea of a business module for the students as a way to get them using maths and literacy skills in a real-world environment.
"They created their business ideas themselves and then had to work out costs and how to market their ideas.
"They created a TV advert as well as posters to show their ideas to the other year groups.
"The task was set over six weeks.
"They have all really enjoyed it and have proven themselves to understand the principles of business.
"They have shown great teamwork and skills of negotiation as well as understanding money and finances."
One team received a special award for their efforts.
Ten-year-olds Erin Clarke, Kacey Buckly, Rebekah Pearson and Rio Barnard ran their own version of the classic "hook-a-duck" game.
The group was selected for the award for creating not one, but two adverts, tailoring their approach to the different age groups of the school.
Erin said: "We came up with the idea to do hook-a-duck, but we thought someone else might have the same idea, so we wanted to come up with a unique idea.
"We decided to add in that you had to knock the duck off the table and into the bucket and fish the ducks out – as many as you can in one minute.
Rebekah said: "It has been really fun and we have all enjoyed it. I think we have done well and made some money.
And Kacey said: "We made two adverts for the different age groups at the school. We included different things like a teddy and a theme song in the video for the younger children and sweets in the older ones.
"We have all worked really hard and Rio helped a lot, but he was ill when we had our stall."
