Press Release
Date: 16 June 2005 (NR/15/05)
“Little Acorns” - Planting the seeds of Enterprise Education
The “Little Acorns” Initiative which plants the seeds of Enterprise Education in Northern Ireland ’s Primary School pupils has got the thumbs up with teachers from primary schools in the West Belfast and Greater Shankill area.
Teachers participating in the course organised by CCEA, the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment, developed skills to foster an Enterprise approach to learning and teaching in Year 3 and Year 4. Enterprise Education addresses one of the three dimensions of Education for Employability, one of the elements underpinning CCEA’s revised Northern Ireland Primary Curriculum objectives.
CCEA representative Melanie Mulligan , Primary Curriculum Development comments:
“Enterprising activities equip pupils with a ‘can do’ attitude and provide a range of valuable opportunities to improve their self confidence and self esteem.
The aim of Enterprise Education and Education for Employability is to ensure that all young people develop the personal qualities, skills, knowledge, understanding and attitudes which will give them a strong foundation for lifelong learning and work.
Feedback from the course was very positive, all teachers stated in the evaluation that following the two days they were ‘confident’ or ‘very confident’ about implementing an Enterprise approach in their classroom.”
To mark the success of the “Little Acorns” Enterprise Initiative, each school was presented with a framed certificate of participation during a celebration event in the Springvale Millennium Centre.
Anyone wishing to find out more about the “Little Acorns” Enterprise Initiative please log onto www.ccea.org.uk/fla or contact Melanie Mulligan on 028 9026 1200 ext 2619
Participating schools are: Forth River PS, Springfield PS, Harmony PS, St Kevin’s PS, St Teresa’s PS and St Joseph ’s PS
Education for Employability is one of the elements underpinning the objectives in the CCEA revised Northern Ireland Primary Curriculum.
Education for Employability encompasses three dimensions in Primary:
- Fostering Personal development
- Work in the Local and Global Economy
- Enterprise
Media enquiries to Ruth Maguire on (028) 9026 1216, Mobile 07796947993. E mail rhmaguire@ccea.org.uk
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Note to Editors
CCEA is the Northern Ireland Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment.
CCEA places learners and those who have a concern for their educational and personal development at the forefront of its thinking. CCEA's mission is:
"To enable the full potential of all learners to be achieved and recognised"
What we do
CCEA is a unique educational body in the UK , bringing together the three areas of curriculum, examinations and assessment.
Advising Government – on what should be taught in Northern Ireland ’s schools and colleges.
Monitoring Standards – ensuring that the qualifications and examinations offered by awarding bodies in Northern Ireland are of an appropriate quality and standard.
Awarding Qualifications
– as Northern Ireland’s leading awarding body we offer a diverse range of qualifications, such as GCSEs, including the new GCSE Double Award specifications in vocational subjects, GCE A and AS levels, Entry Level Qualifications, and Graded Objectives in Modern Languages.
- CCEA also offers a range of Awards and Certificates in Education, Training and Skills (ACETS) targeted at learners who want to get
the knowledge, understanding and skills needed
to hit the ground running in the world of work.
