The networking skills of our grade 9 students were on full display as they pitched their ideas and interacted with guests.
Over the course of the year, the students have worked individually or in teams to either identify business opportunities in their chosen industry, engage in community-based projects or develop a marketable skill based on a personal interest.
The initial step in this process was for students to develop an understanding of the marketplace. Through a combination of primary and secondary research, they deepened their knowledge of their market, both broadly in terms of industry trends and more narrowly in terms of the behaviour and needs of individual market participants.
With an understanding of the marketplace, students then sought to develop solutions in response to needs identified, with some of the most compelling ones being recognised with awards presented at the networking event:
Strength of Concept Award: Tabi Café
Inclusion Award: Paint4Learn
Social Benefit Award: Blood Donation Project
Innovation Award: Bookey
Technical Skill Award: Classique
Branding Award: Sugarlicious
Creativity Award: Running Fish
Looking ahead to next year in the Startup Studio, students will have the opportunity to continue developing their existing startup ideas or form new teams, collaborating on innovative solutions to solve real problems.
World Children's Day (WCD) is celebrated on November 20 each year to promote international togetherness, awareness among children worldwide, and improving children's welfare.
The readers of this article have all likely experienced a ‘traditional’ exam setting. Rows of desks, pen and paper, and exam papers that are primarily constructed to test knowledge and recall of the course content. There is certainly some value to an exam paper that assesses a student’s knowledge, but ultimately, knowledge and recall represents a very narrow range of the skills actually needed in the modern world. Recognising this, the IB has taken an revolutionary look at assessment in the middle years, with the eAssessment.
