Students start unit 1, section 1 of the OCR Business Studies course. This unit is Business Activity and in the first half term, students will learn about what is a business, why are businesses set up, the role of an entrepreneur. .
Students will continue with unit 1 which is ‘business activity’ but continue with stakeholders and ownership and finish with growth
Students will begin alternate units between 2 teachers. This half term, students will look at the role of marketing and market research as well as the role of HR, organisational structures and communication in business.
Students will continue finance and influences on a business in time for the 2nd set of mock exams
Students will have their second mock at this point and start off with going through the paper and learning what improvements which they needed to make. Students will then go back to unit 1 and revise what they had learnt before Christmas.
Students will be working on ‘finance’ and ‘influences on a business’ revision which they learnt post-Christmas. They will have both Business 1 and Business 2 final exams towards the end of this half term.