Ede, Netherlands, March 2016
Business Leadership
Business Leadership
My Time In Holland
Going to Holland was an amazing experience that I will never forget. I learnt so much and met some magnificent people. Being the youngest one on the trip, I was worried that I would be shy and distant from everyone however this was not the case at all. I was extremely active and had an extraordinary time.
Ariola Malat, Year 8
Going to that week long international trip to Holand was a very interesting experience. The trip was not only fun but also educational. With the help of our competent instructors and helpful teachers we learned how to start our own companies, which is very useful for future company owners. In addition, we visited many work places and companies. Overall, it was really worth it.
Kinga Morus Year 10
Overall, I had a great time in Ede. I had the chance to experience many firsts; like being on a plane, eating pancakes on a boat and even seeing some of Van Gogh’s original works. This was great chance presented to us and hopefully more students take part of the Erasmus project.
Amira Abdullahi, Year 9
My experience to Ede, Holland was a once in a lifetime trip. It has helped me learn about how businesses are started and how they work. It was also an amazing bonding experience for my peers and I. It not only teaches you about business enterprise, but responsibility, life skills and teamwork. I learnt about the culture in Holland which without this trip I would have never known about.
Maggie Gazey, Year 9
We learned how to work as a team to make everyone happy and how to make a successful product appear from a couple of simple steps we were taught. We discovered things about the world of business that we didn’t even know existed, but the best part was that we had the chance to see all these different people, from different backgrounds and different cultures all come together for the purpose of one project.
With lots of gratitude
Amanda Dos Santos, Year 10
The trip to the Netherlands was both interesting and fun. We learned a variety of things, ranging from cultural to historical as well as the trip's reason for being there; business. We learned how to start our own business, how to brand it and how to brainstorm ideas for a product we would sell to how to keep the business running and forming a plan for our actions, among other things. It was an extremely invigorating and fun experience. Ede is an amazing place - the Netherlands in general is an amazing place actually and I would love to go there again, or on any other of the planned trips.
Abdi Mohamed Year 9
Overall this trip to Holland helped us all to understand the world of work and business, most importantly it taught us how how to be a leader in business and how paramount team work is.
Esther Longe Year 10
Going to Holland was an amazing experience that I will never forget. I learnt so much and met some magnificent people. Being the youngest one on the trip, I was worried that I would be shy and distant from everyone however this was not the case at all. I was extremely active and had an extraordinary time.
Ariola Malat, Year 8
Going to that week long international trip to Holand was a very interesting experience. The trip was not only fun but also educational. With the help of our competent instructors and helpful teachers we learned how to start our own companies, which is very useful for future company owners. In addition, we visited many work places and companies. Overall, it was really worth it.
Kinga Morus Year 10
Overall, I had a great time in Ede. I had the chance to experience many firsts; like being on a plane, eating pancakes on a boat and even seeing some of Van Gogh’s original works. This was great chance presented to us and hopefully more students take part of the Erasmus project.
Amira Abdullahi, Year 9
My experience to Ede, Holland was a once in a lifetime trip. It has helped me learn about how businesses are started and how they work. It was also an amazing bonding experience for my peers and I. It not only teaches you about business enterprise, but responsibility, life skills and teamwork. I learnt about the culture in Holland which without this trip I would have never known about.
Maggie Gazey, Year 9
We learned how to work as a team to make everyone happy and how to make a successful product appear from a couple of simple steps we were taught. We discovered things about the world of business that we didn’t even know existed, but the best part was that we had the chance to see all these different people, from different backgrounds and different cultures all come together for the purpose of one project.
With lots of gratitude
Amanda Dos Santos, Year 10
The trip to the Netherlands was both interesting and fun. We learned a variety of things, ranging from cultural to historical as well as the trip's reason for being there; business. We learned how to start our own business, how to brand it and how to brainstorm ideas for a product we would sell to how to keep the business running and forming a plan for our actions, among other things. It was an extremely invigorating and fun experience. Ede is an amazing place - the Netherlands in general is an amazing place actually and I would love to go there again, or on any other of the planned trips.
Abdi Mohamed Year 9
Overall this trip to Holland helped us all to understand the world of work and business, most importantly it taught us how how to be a leader in business and how paramount team work is.
Esther Longe Year 10
Suceava, Romania, June 2016
Market Research
0Erasmus+ International project update
After a highly successful first year, our Erasmus+ project Youth to Business Enterprise (Y2BE) has entered its second year with a busy agenda of activities and international trips to the following partner countries: Spain in October, France in February, Poland in May and Slovenia in July.
In their quest for a prize-winning business idea, the Y2BE team of Nightingale students, in close collaboration with their European partners from 7 other countries, have already explored two important areas of business enterprise: Business Leadership in Netherlands in March and Market Research in Romania in June 2016.
So far, the Nightingale Y2BE team of students have worked extremely hard to analyse business and employability trends in their local area through a number of ventures, including interviews with local business people, online research etc. Currently the team of students already selected to represent Nightingale Academy in the Spanish mobility in October are carrying out a rigorous and detailed market research on two business proposals, in order to establish the winning idea, which will form the basis of their business plan. The results of their research will be presented to their European colleagues in Spain, before starting their training on how to design their product.
As the project is gaining momentum, so is its popularity amongst students and staff. Mr Aliaj and Ms Hunt are seeking to recruit new members to the Y2BE to join the Sales team travelling to Paris in February and the Marketing team travelling to Poland in June. The project is open to anyone who has what it takes to be part of this amazing project.
Mr Aliaj
Project Co-ordinator
Head of Modern Foreign Languages
From 28th May 2016 to 3rd June 2016, the second part of the Y2BE’s expedition into the heart of what starting a new business meant commenced. Representing the United Kingdom for the second time, I was fortunate enough to lead the next selection of our team to the plain prairie of Romania...
Robel Asmelash, Year 10
I loved the time that I spent in Romania. We learnt a lot about market research and why it’s so important in running a business.
Even though we were learning lots of new things we were also having fun and meeting new people. We learnt how to deal with people who may not understand English very well.
Alia Milligan, Year 9
I learnt about the difference in market researching, how to start up your own business and a load of other stuff. Overall, I think that the experience I had was great and if I had a chance to go again I surely will.
Julia Nycz, Year 9
During my one week stay in Romania I managed to learn many things within the topic of market research. I learnt more about the product that my classmates had designed and worked on the target market and the usefulness of our product for the public use. Working with people from other countries made my communication skills better and helped me improve on teamwork. As a team we evaluated the use of our product and how we will present it to the public in order for it to be sold.
Susan Arsu, Year 10
The trip offered me various experiences more specifically it gave me a clear understanding of the world of business and the importance of market research. Now, with these new skills I obtained, only with the help of this trip, I can go to the world of work with more confidence and a better understanding of what I want to do with my future. The visits to the local business were very interesting to me as I learned from the professionals rather than working as a team and discovering small pieces of the bigger picture so we improved for next time.
Hazal Ivecen, Year 10
After a highly successful first year, our Erasmus+ project Youth to Business Enterprise (Y2BE) has entered its second year with a busy agenda of activities and international trips to the following partner countries: Spain in October, France in February, Poland in May and Slovenia in July.
In their quest for a prize-winning business idea, the Y2BE team of Nightingale students, in close collaboration with their European partners from 7 other countries, have already explored two important areas of business enterprise: Business Leadership in Netherlands in March and Market Research in Romania in June 2016.
So far, the Nightingale Y2BE team of students have worked extremely hard to analyse business and employability trends in their local area through a number of ventures, including interviews with local business people, online research etc. Currently the team of students already selected to represent Nightingale Academy in the Spanish mobility in October are carrying out a rigorous and detailed market research on two business proposals, in order to establish the winning idea, which will form the basis of their business plan. The results of their research will be presented to their European colleagues in Spain, before starting their training on how to design their product.
As the project is gaining momentum, so is its popularity amongst students and staff. Mr Aliaj and Ms Hunt are seeking to recruit new members to the Y2BE to join the Sales team travelling to Paris in February and the Marketing team travelling to Poland in June. The project is open to anyone who has what it takes to be part of this amazing project.
Mr Aliaj
Project Co-ordinator
Head of Modern Foreign Languages
From 28th May 2016 to 3rd June 2016, the second part of the Y2BE’s expedition into the heart of what starting a new business meant commenced. Representing the United Kingdom for the second time, I was fortunate enough to lead the next selection of our team to the plain prairie of Romania...
Robel Asmelash, Year 10
I loved the time that I spent in Romania. We learnt a lot about market research and why it’s so important in running a business.
Even though we were learning lots of new things we were also having fun and meeting new people. We learnt how to deal with people who may not understand English very well.
Alia Milligan, Year 9
I learnt about the difference in market researching, how to start up your own business and a load of other stuff. Overall, I think that the experience I had was great and if I had a chance to go again I surely will.
Julia Nycz, Year 9
During my one week stay in Romania I managed to learn many things within the topic of market research. I learnt more about the product that my classmates had designed and worked on the target market and the usefulness of our product for the public use. Working with people from other countries made my communication skills better and helped me improve on teamwork. As a team we evaluated the use of our product and how we will present it to the public in order for it to be sold.
Susan Arsu, Year 10
The trip offered me various experiences more specifically it gave me a clear understanding of the world of business and the importance of market research. Now, with these new skills I obtained, only with the help of this trip, I can go to the world of work with more confidence and a better understanding of what I want to do with my future. The visits to the local business were very interesting to me as I learned from the professionals rather than working as a team and discovering small pieces of the bigger picture so we improved for next time.
Hazal Ivecen, Year 10
Alicante, Spain, October 2016
Product Design
Throughout the week students were a shining example of maturity, integrity and enthusiasm. They were great credit to themselves, their schools and a source of enormous pride for their teachers.
Mr Avni Aliaj
Y2BE Project Coordinator
Personally, I am not a fan of speaking in front of a huge audience. I always doubt myself. Speaking in front of other people was rather intimidating at first. However, when I finished our presentation all of my friends were giving me complements on my speaking skills. I was very proud of myself in that moment and my confidence rocketed.
Nicola Michalak, Year 11
In the future I intend to work in Fashion designing and Interior Design therefore this trip with the topic of Product Design really helped me develop my skills and prepare myself for the future.
Susan Arsu, Year 11
My trip to Spain has been the best experience of my entire life. Not only I learned so much about Business and how to design a product, but also because Alicante was a truly beautiful place, and our host families were very welcoming and made us feel at home.
Blinera Zejnullahu, Year 10
This project gave me the opportunity to prove myself that I can lead a group of people who speak different languages and cross the language barriers to produce a great outcome.
Katarzyna Telestak, Year 12
I believe that what helped me understand the process of design were the trips to different factories and the interviews with professionals that have a huge understanding of the world of business and shared the knowledge with us.
Bogdan Horniak, Year 12
During my trip to Spain I learnt a great many things when it comes to teamwork, leadership and solving problems. It is one of the experiences I will take away with me in life and it will help me in the future, as I continue my path to university.
Sergio Daia, Year 12
Working with people from other countries, cultures and beliefs has helped me truly understand what teamwork is about. It means to be open to other people’s ideas, to be able to support and to be supported and I also understand that a team cannot be made with one person and that you should treat all the members the same.
Ibrahim Sidibe, Year 11
During the trip we worked with people who all spoke different languages, which was a very accurate description of life as an adult in today’s world: living in a new place, being responsible for yourself, adapting to work and the people around you, and also the chance of stress relief with friends after work (school).
Kinga Morus, Year 10
Mr Avni Aliaj
Y2BE Project Coordinator
Personally, I am not a fan of speaking in front of a huge audience. I always doubt myself. Speaking in front of other people was rather intimidating at first. However, when I finished our presentation all of my friends were giving me complements on my speaking skills. I was very proud of myself in that moment and my confidence rocketed.
Nicola Michalak, Year 11
In the future I intend to work in Fashion designing and Interior Design therefore this trip with the topic of Product Design really helped me develop my skills and prepare myself for the future.
Susan Arsu, Year 11
My trip to Spain has been the best experience of my entire life. Not only I learned so much about Business and how to design a product, but also because Alicante was a truly beautiful place, and our host families were very welcoming and made us feel at home.
Blinera Zejnullahu, Year 10
This project gave me the opportunity to prove myself that I can lead a group of people who speak different languages and cross the language barriers to produce a great outcome.
Katarzyna Telestak, Year 12
I believe that what helped me understand the process of design were the trips to different factories and the interviews with professionals that have a huge understanding of the world of business and shared the knowledge with us.
Bogdan Horniak, Year 12
During my trip to Spain I learnt a great many things when it comes to teamwork, leadership and solving problems. It is one of the experiences I will take away with me in life and it will help me in the future, as I continue my path to university.
Sergio Daia, Year 12
Working with people from other countries, cultures and beliefs has helped me truly understand what teamwork is about. It means to be open to other people’s ideas, to be able to support and to be supported and I also understand that a team cannot be made with one person and that you should treat all the members the same.
Ibrahim Sidibe, Year 11
During the trip we worked with people who all spoke different languages, which was a very accurate description of life as an adult in today’s world: living in a new place, being responsible for yourself, adapting to work and the people around you, and also the chance of stress relief with friends after work (school).
Kinga Morus, Year 10
Paris, France, March 2017
Marketing
The Nightingale Y2BE Marketing team of 8 students travelled to Paris to present our product, HeatGale, a compressed gym top that changes colour whilst working out to inform one’s training routine. Part of this presentation was a demo video expertly put together by our talented sixth formers, Fardin Mohamed and Bogdan Horniak. Whilst in Paris, The Y2BE marketing teams representing all 8 partner schools followed an intense programme of activities, including visits to local businesses, talks by a number of business leaders and a number of workshops where they learned how to devise a marketing plan for their product or service.
Once again, the Nightingale students were a shining display of maturity, diligence and positive attitude throughout the week. Below is what they had to say about their experiences
Mr Aliaj
Project Coordinator.
The Erasmus+ Y2BE trip to Paris was truly extraordinary. The city itself was absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. We were privileged enough to be working closely with one of the top catering schools in the city. Seeing the level of etiquette and quality in the way the students there presented themselves was astounding.
Angel Famuwiya Year11
The trip to France was a major learning experience for me. Not only did we receive training on aspects of marketing, in which we were taught how to efficiently market our product, we also learnt social skills such as how to communicate with people from different countries and how to operate correctly in a team.
Esther Longe Year11
I learned a lot of useful information about marketing that will be helpful in our future business life. Mr Clark gave a workshop on marketing to mixed groups of different nationalities. We shared the information with each other and prepared a beautiful presentation. It was both challenging and fun to work with different students with different ideas.
Shevval Keskin, Year 12
During our visit to Facebook Paris headquarters we learned about targeting the marketing audiences more effectively.
Ahmad Mosa, Year 11
During my trip to France, I have learned a great deal of useful information about marketing. The workshops we had were really interesting. Working as a team in a group of people with different backgrounds helped me to improve my leadership and teamwork skills. I understood the importance of marketing in a business field as well as its four key factors: product, place, price and promotion.
Seher Keskin Year 12
As part of our learning about marketing, we had many workshops where we learned how to market a product by using the “4P” or marketing (Product, Price, Promotion, and Place) in mixed groups with students from 7 other countries. This was followed by a presentation in teams. What a challenge that was!
Gualter Amado, Year 10
Once again, the Nightingale students were a shining display of maturity, diligence and positive attitude throughout the week. Below is what they had to say about their experiences
Mr Aliaj
Project Coordinator.
The Erasmus+ Y2BE trip to Paris was truly extraordinary. The city itself was absolutely breathtakingly beautiful. We were privileged enough to be working closely with one of the top catering schools in the city. Seeing the level of etiquette and quality in the way the students there presented themselves was astounding.
Angel Famuwiya Year11
The trip to France was a major learning experience for me. Not only did we receive training on aspects of marketing, in which we were taught how to efficiently market our product, we also learnt social skills such as how to communicate with people from different countries and how to operate correctly in a team.
Esther Longe Year11
I learned a lot of useful information about marketing that will be helpful in our future business life. Mr Clark gave a workshop on marketing to mixed groups of different nationalities. We shared the information with each other and prepared a beautiful presentation. It was both challenging and fun to work with different students with different ideas.
Shevval Keskin, Year 12
During our visit to Facebook Paris headquarters we learned about targeting the marketing audiences more effectively.
Ahmad Mosa, Year 11
During my trip to France, I have learned a great deal of useful information about marketing. The workshops we had were really interesting. Working as a team in a group of people with different backgrounds helped me to improve my leadership and teamwork skills. I understood the importance of marketing in a business field as well as its four key factors: product, place, price and promotion.
Seher Keskin Year 12
As part of our learning about marketing, we had many workshops where we learned how to market a product by using the “4P” or marketing (Product, Price, Promotion, and Place) in mixed groups with students from 7 other countries. This was followed by a presentation in teams. What a challenge that was!
Gualter Amado, Year 10
Skolyszyn, Poland, June 2017
Finance
NTA Y2BE Erasmus+ Finance Team visits Poland
As we are reaching the end of the second year of our 3-year Erasmus+ project Youth to Business Enterprise (Y2BE), a group of 8 students accompanied by three members of staff from Nightingale Academy joined their 7 partners in Swiecany, a little town in a picturesque region of southern Poland. This was mobility no. 5, after previous visits to Netherlands, Romania, Spain and France. After being trained on aspects of marketing in Paris last March, the NTA Y2BE Marketing team had prepared a Marketing Plan for their HeatGale compressed top, including an emphatic promotional video, entirely devised and created by a small group of NTA 6th formers. This was presented to all partners on the first day in Poland, before than launching into intense training about financial matters of the business. The activities included a day of workshops at Nowy Sacz Economics University, visits to a number of local businesses, talks by professionals, training sessions in school etc. Throughout the week, Y2BE teams of students approached every activity with high levels of enthusiasm, dedication and maturity. This enabled them to tackle some academically challenging tasks, in an area of business that requires a great deal of understanding of micro-economic concepts. On the last day they managed to prepare detailed finance plans for their products or services, which they presented with confidence to the rest of the teams.
On the way back, we visited Auschwitz concentration camp. As one of our students put it, this was ‘a really good horrible experience’! In spite of some very upsetting stories and scenes which caused a lot of emotional upheavals and outbursts of crying, the students persevered on visiting every part of the camp.
Below is what some of the students had to say about the visit.
Mr Aliaj
Project Coordinator
During the visit to a university and learned various techniques and ways to do business. During one activity we were divided into two teams Sellers and Bakers and were given a task to do. Our task was to make the most profit as possible as a baker or a seller by doing business with someone of the opposite team and getting them to agree to buy our products at a price which would benefit us more. I personally did quite well and made some of the highest profits, during which I learned more about the importance of communication skills during business deals.
Kevin Akassou, Year 10
The most useful part of the trip was learning about the idea of a breakeven point in which you needed to make losses to end up making gains and that just made all of what we did make so much sense and I can already tell that it will help me in the future because it is a very smart way of looking at deals and the long term money making.
Bailey Domin, Year 10
We went to an Economics university to do a workshop based on profits, which was a challenge. Then when we went to school we worked on finding out prices as our product also required a lot of research to have a goodunderstanding of the kind of costs we have to consider before deciding on the price. I am very happy to have been part of this trip.
Katie Frost, Year 9
I have fortunate enough to be selected as part of the Erasmus trip to Poland, representing the United Kingdom team to market our product. What is different from the last trip to France is that this time, instead of living in a hotel for a whole week, we stayed with a host family. My host family was so welcoming and lovely, that I nearly though I was still in my own home from the first day.
Claudia Vaduva, Year 10
My favourite part of the trip, was on Thursday, whilst visiting the various companies, because we got to learn in detail about the different stages of production and how much effort goes into making a single product, as this helped to put everything into context for our own product.
Greta Burdaite, Year 9
One of the most memorable events for me was when we went to a University in Nowy Sącz and we learnt about economics and I was give the really difficult task to translate from Polish to English on behalf of the professors. This was extremely hard since a lot of the words they were using I had difficulty understanding, although I did my best and managed to somehow translate well enough for everyone to understand.
Julia Nycz, Year 10
One of the most memorable experiences for me was the Saturday visit to the former Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz. We were told horrible stories about how Jews, gypsies, people with disabilities etc from all over Europe were made to gather in one place and were put through horrible torture before being gassed and then burnt. There were specific camps established according to the physical condition of the prisoner. In some camps women were experimented on which would result to trauma, permanent disability or death. The people with good physical conditions (mostly men) were made to work whilst women and children were sent straight to death. We visited Birkenau, the biggest part of Auschwitz, which was shown to be attempted to destroyed by Nazis to clear evidence before the liberation. It was a very sad and sobering experience!
Ilhan Mohamed, Year 9
As we are reaching the end of the second year of our 3-year Erasmus+ project Youth to Business Enterprise (Y2BE), a group of 8 students accompanied by three members of staff from Nightingale Academy joined their 7 partners in Swiecany, a little town in a picturesque region of southern Poland. This was mobility no. 5, after previous visits to Netherlands, Romania, Spain and France. After being trained on aspects of marketing in Paris last March, the NTA Y2BE Marketing team had prepared a Marketing Plan for their HeatGale compressed top, including an emphatic promotional video, entirely devised and created by a small group of NTA 6th formers. This was presented to all partners on the first day in Poland, before than launching into intense training about financial matters of the business. The activities included a day of workshops at Nowy Sacz Economics University, visits to a number of local businesses, talks by professionals, training sessions in school etc. Throughout the week, Y2BE teams of students approached every activity with high levels of enthusiasm, dedication and maturity. This enabled them to tackle some academically challenging tasks, in an area of business that requires a great deal of understanding of micro-economic concepts. On the last day they managed to prepare detailed finance plans for their products or services, which they presented with confidence to the rest of the teams.
On the way back, we visited Auschwitz concentration camp. As one of our students put it, this was ‘a really good horrible experience’! In spite of some very upsetting stories and scenes which caused a lot of emotional upheavals and outbursts of crying, the students persevered on visiting every part of the camp.
Below is what some of the students had to say about the visit.
Mr Aliaj
Project Coordinator
During the visit to a university and learned various techniques and ways to do business. During one activity we were divided into two teams Sellers and Bakers and were given a task to do. Our task was to make the most profit as possible as a baker or a seller by doing business with someone of the opposite team and getting them to agree to buy our products at a price which would benefit us more. I personally did quite well and made some of the highest profits, during which I learned more about the importance of communication skills during business deals.
Kevin Akassou, Year 10
The most useful part of the trip was learning about the idea of a breakeven point in which you needed to make losses to end up making gains and that just made all of what we did make so much sense and I can already tell that it will help me in the future because it is a very smart way of looking at deals and the long term money making.
Bailey Domin, Year 10
We went to an Economics university to do a workshop based on profits, which was a challenge. Then when we went to school we worked on finding out prices as our product also required a lot of research to have a goodunderstanding of the kind of costs we have to consider before deciding on the price. I am very happy to have been part of this trip.
Katie Frost, Year 9
I have fortunate enough to be selected as part of the Erasmus trip to Poland, representing the United Kingdom team to market our product. What is different from the last trip to France is that this time, instead of living in a hotel for a whole week, we stayed with a host family. My host family was so welcoming and lovely, that I nearly though I was still in my own home from the first day.
Claudia Vaduva, Year 10
My favourite part of the trip, was on Thursday, whilst visiting the various companies, because we got to learn in detail about the different stages of production and how much effort goes into making a single product, as this helped to put everything into context for our own product.
Greta Burdaite, Year 9
One of the most memorable events for me was when we went to a University in Nowy Sącz and we learnt about economics and I was give the really difficult task to translate from Polish to English on behalf of the professors. This was extremely hard since a lot of the words they were using I had difficulty understanding, although I did my best and managed to somehow translate well enough for everyone to understand.
Julia Nycz, Year 10
One of the most memorable experiences for me was the Saturday visit to the former Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz. We were told horrible stories about how Jews, gypsies, people with disabilities etc from all over Europe were made to gather in one place and were put through horrible torture before being gassed and then burnt. There were specific camps established according to the physical condition of the prisoner. In some camps women were experimented on which would result to trauma, permanent disability or death. The people with good physical conditions (mostly men) were made to work whilst women and children were sent straight to death. We visited Birkenau, the biggest part of Auschwitz, which was shown to be attempted to destroyed by Nazis to clear evidence before the liberation. It was a very sad and sobering experience!
Ilhan Mohamed, Year 9
Karaman, Turkey, October 2017
Sales
Erasmus+ Y2BE trip to Karaman, Turkey.
During the 6th mobility of the Erasmus+ Y2BE project in Turkey , not only have I had a great time with my Y2BE friends and saw amazing landscapes, but most importantly, I also learnt how to be a good sales person. During our first activity we were divided into mixed groups and taken to the local bazaar (fruit and vegetable market), where we had to try and buy best quality apples for the lowest possible price. This meant we had to negotiate in a language we didn't speak to get what we wanted. How about that for a challenge!! Great fun!
Julia Nycz Yr11
Amongst other things, we learned how to bargain and to be prepared to give up on the product if negotiation isn’t going well. When you bargain you have to be very persuasive and to not give the seller the impression that you really need or want the product because otherwise they would not come down on price, thinking that you are going to buy it anyways. We bought bagels at a normal bakery, where it is harder to bargain, but we still managed to lower the original price quite significantly. When selling, we learned that timing and location are extremely important, so we sold the bagels at school , during breakfast when it's best to eat them. We all loved it!
Alex Izak, Year 10
Apart from all the fun and excitement we had throughout the week, the most curious thing I learned at the university lecture was that when buying, 80% of that decision is emotional compared to 20% based on logic. Incredible!
Nikola Michalak, Year 12
When at the University, the lecturer emphasised that you must talk about the benefits of your product, instead of just talking about the features of the product, you must emphasise what it does. An example of this is with make-up: you can be cliché and say that your make-up is made up of natural minerals, or you can say that your product will make your costumer look younger and more attractive. Costumers will buy your products, not necessarily because they need it, but because they desire it!
Bona Sola, Year 11
During this trip I have developed my oratory and presentation skills and I managed overcame language barriers whilst communicating with my peers and the host family. I have also developed my negotiation skills and team building skills and feel that these are skills which will help me in my future career.
Deivis Ndrio, Year 12
During the Erasmus trip to Karaman, Turkey I have learned how to: work as a team, overcome language barriers, negotiate, finance your product and how to develop marketing strategies. In the following paragraphs I will explain, how I acquired these skills and how these skills will benefit me....
Ahmad Mosa, Year 12
During the 6th mobility of the Erasmus+ Y2BE project in Turkey , not only have I had a great time with my Y2BE friends and saw amazing landscapes, but most importantly, I also learnt how to be a good sales person. During our first activity we were divided into mixed groups and taken to the local bazaar (fruit and vegetable market), where we had to try and buy best quality apples for the lowest possible price. This meant we had to negotiate in a language we didn't speak to get what we wanted. How about that for a challenge!! Great fun!
Julia Nycz Yr11
Amongst other things, we learned how to bargain and to be prepared to give up on the product if negotiation isn’t going well. When you bargain you have to be very persuasive and to not give the seller the impression that you really need or want the product because otherwise they would not come down on price, thinking that you are going to buy it anyways. We bought bagels at a normal bakery, where it is harder to bargain, but we still managed to lower the original price quite significantly. When selling, we learned that timing and location are extremely important, so we sold the bagels at school , during breakfast when it's best to eat them. We all loved it!
Alex Izak, Year 10
Apart from all the fun and excitement we had throughout the week, the most curious thing I learned at the university lecture was that when buying, 80% of that decision is emotional compared to 20% based on logic. Incredible!
Nikola Michalak, Year 12
When at the University, the lecturer emphasised that you must talk about the benefits of your product, instead of just talking about the features of the product, you must emphasise what it does. An example of this is with make-up: you can be cliché and say that your make-up is made up of natural minerals, or you can say that your product will make your costumer look younger and more attractive. Costumers will buy your products, not necessarily because they need it, but because they desire it!
Bona Sola, Year 11
During this trip I have developed my oratory and presentation skills and I managed overcame language barriers whilst communicating with my peers and the host family. I have also developed my negotiation skills and team building skills and feel that these are skills which will help me in my future career.
Deivis Ndrio, Year 12
During the Erasmus trip to Karaman, Turkey I have learned how to: work as a team, overcome language barriers, negotiate, finance your product and how to develop marketing strategies. In the following paragraphs I will explain, how I acquired these skills and how these skills will benefit me....
Ahmad Mosa, Year 12
Benedikt, Slovenia, March 2018
Presentation Skills
Nightingale Academy’s Erasmus+ Y2BE Presentation team travels to Slovenia
As the Erasmus+ project Youth to Business Enterprise(Y2BE) is approaching its final stages, a team of 11 students and staff travelled to their Slovenian partner school in Benedikt, where they spent one week training on aspects of presentation skills. After their initial presentation on their business idea’s sales strategy previously explored in Turkey last October, participants went through a busy agenda packed with a large variety of activities devised to develop their presentation skills, in preparation for their final presentations of their business plans later this year in London. Students were put into transnational teams and given the task of devising a promotional touristic presentation about Slovenia, mainly based on their own experiences of the country during the visit. On the last day, they used their gained knowledge and expertise to prepare and pitch out their presentations to a large audience of students and teachers. Through an expertly devised series of tasks, students were able to develop a number of other important skills, such as communication, team building, leadership and problem solving in a friendly, yet challenging environment.
The work-hard-play-hard motto of the project also meant they had a lot of fun in the process by visiting a number of local and national attractions, parties and other social events.
Mr Aliaj
Project Coordinator
We were taught the characteristics of successful sale strategies and many tricks and things to bear in mind to correctly talk in public and to show confidence through your words and your body language. An example of this was the visit to “Tovarna podjemov” on Tuesday, where we learnt presentation skills, which can be very useful later on in life, and not only in a business environment but also in other areas on one’s life and career.
Nel'li Coy Ramos, Year 8
Friday was very emotional and memorable at the same time. We had to present our plan on how to promote Slovenia to potential tourists. Sure enough, all the awkwardness had now evaporated and not only we gave a fantastic presentation, but we had lots of fun doing it too.
Eliana Gabriel, Year 9
We also visited Noela cosmetcs company which produces facial cream made from snail slime. We even saw how they kept the snails. I thought that was an amazing business idea. We had talks with several business people who told us many things about starting up a business, which doesn’t seem as hard as I had thought.
Dzhansu Keskin, Year 9
We finished our presentations about Slovenia and it was great, considering we’d only met our team members a few days before. This was a display of excellent team work by everyone, even those who’s English wasn’t so good.
Jyn Walker, Year 10
This trip gave me a boost in confidence by giving me the challenge of creating presentations from scratch. This means that I had to think about every aspect of my presentation. I had to research about my topic, learn the facts and present my findings, all without the teachers’ help.
Samuella Yeboah, Year 9
My time in Slovenia surely has to be the best week of my life! This is because, not only I learned so much about presentation skills and the world of business in general, but also because I had the opportunity to meet a lot of new people and friends from different countries. All of this couldn’t have happened without my wonderful host Valentin and his younger sister, Karin and their lovely family. And a huge thank you to my teachers for giving selecting me as part of the Nightingale Y2BE team.
Rion Zejnullahu, Year 9
As the Erasmus+ project Youth to Business Enterprise(Y2BE) is approaching its final stages, a team of 11 students and staff travelled to their Slovenian partner school in Benedikt, where they spent one week training on aspects of presentation skills. After their initial presentation on their business idea’s sales strategy previously explored in Turkey last October, participants went through a busy agenda packed with a large variety of activities devised to develop their presentation skills, in preparation for their final presentations of their business plans later this year in London. Students were put into transnational teams and given the task of devising a promotional touristic presentation about Slovenia, mainly based on their own experiences of the country during the visit. On the last day, they used their gained knowledge and expertise to prepare and pitch out their presentations to a large audience of students and teachers. Through an expertly devised series of tasks, students were able to develop a number of other important skills, such as communication, team building, leadership and problem solving in a friendly, yet challenging environment.
The work-hard-play-hard motto of the project also meant they had a lot of fun in the process by visiting a number of local and national attractions, parties and other social events.
Mr Aliaj
Project Coordinator
We were taught the characteristics of successful sale strategies and many tricks and things to bear in mind to correctly talk in public and to show confidence through your words and your body language. An example of this was the visit to “Tovarna podjemov” on Tuesday, where we learnt presentation skills, which can be very useful later on in life, and not only in a business environment but also in other areas on one’s life and career.
Nel'li Coy Ramos, Year 8
Friday was very emotional and memorable at the same time. We had to present our plan on how to promote Slovenia to potential tourists. Sure enough, all the awkwardness had now evaporated and not only we gave a fantastic presentation, but we had lots of fun doing it too.
Eliana Gabriel, Year 9
We also visited Noela cosmetcs company which produces facial cream made from snail slime. We even saw how they kept the snails. I thought that was an amazing business idea. We had talks with several business people who told us many things about starting up a business, which doesn’t seem as hard as I had thought.
Dzhansu Keskin, Year 9
We finished our presentations about Slovenia and it was great, considering we’d only met our team members a few days before. This was a display of excellent team work by everyone, even those who’s English wasn’t so good.
Jyn Walker, Year 10
This trip gave me a boost in confidence by giving me the challenge of creating presentations from scratch. This means that I had to think about every aspect of my presentation. I had to research about my topic, learn the facts and present my findings, all without the teachers’ help.
Samuella Yeboah, Year 9
My time in Slovenia surely has to be the best week of my life! This is because, not only I learned so much about presentation skills and the world of business in general, but also because I had the opportunity to meet a lot of new people and friends from different countries. All of this couldn’t have happened without my wonderful host Valentin and his younger sister, Karin and their lovely family. And a huge thank you to my teachers for giving selecting me as part of the Nightingale Y2BE team.
Rion Zejnullahu, Year 9