On the 25^th and the 26^th of September Biz World came to our school to do a workshop.  The people doing the workshop with us were Briege Corkery and Shane Enright from Bank of Ireland. They spoke to us about how to start your own business.  The first thing they did was to separate us into groups.  There were four groups.  Then each group made their own business plan.  The four groups came up with great imaginative ideas such as “Safe Kids”, “FitFlix”, Tech Know” and “Find my Sliotar”.  We then presented our ideas to 3^rd and 4^th class.  They all got one “Biz Buck” each and after the four groups were finished explaining their business ideas to them, the 3^rd and 4^th class then gave their biz bucks to the company they thought was the best.  Then later on we went  to the dragon’s who were Donal O’Callaghan and Jason McCarthy.  The dragons listened to our business ideas and then bought shares in our company. After each company had received their biz bucks they then deducted all the expenses  they had in setting up their company such as advertising  and bank interest, etc.  All the companies were very happy with the biz bucks they received. Now we will know how to start our own business in the future.   By:  Ciara O’Riordan

Pupils with Business Plan for their Company “Tech Know”

Pupils with Business Plan for their Company “”Safe Kids”

Pupils with Business Plan for their Company “Fitflix”

Pupils with Business Plan for their Company “Find My Sliotar”