Met with Ruth  B, Julie W and Emma R with OCN to discuss enterprise accreditation.

useful exchange of views with a decision made to hold until further guidance was available from SSAT

Discussed with the 3 the Primary Financial Literacy Programme and its likely impact on the 3 High schools

Two really good meetings this week in Norwich and Swaffham

The next meeting of the West Norfolk group will be on 4 October 2007

Just advance warning or notice (whichever applies).

As part of NEWG (Norfolk Enterprise Working Group) our developments for this year are:

• Fair Trade Event 2007 - this event is aimed at Year 9 Gifted and Talented students. The dates available for this year are: Tuesday 3rd and Wednesday 4th July 2007.

• Financial Literacy/Capability Event 2007 - this event is aimed at Year 10 C/D Borderline students. The dates available for this year are: Tuesday 10th and Wednesday 11th July 2007.

Both events will be held at City College, Norwich. Each event will be open to 15 students per participating organisation. Places are limited and will be offered on a first come first served basis.

PLEASE NOTE - That in order to promote and develop Enterprise CPD opportunities in Norfolk if you subscribe to these events two members of staff per school will be expected to deliver the days, following prior delivered training sessions.

For further information about either a] particpating in these events or b] coming along to discover more - contact Izzy Adams at The Blyth-Jex School, via email, on adams@blythjex.com.

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If I look at the size of Norfolk and the amount of Schools and FE Colleges that we have in the County it could make my hair stand on end. Why? I hear you say. Well there is only one of me and a whole lot of geographical space to cover.

I firmly believe that Networking and Collaboration is the way forward. It would be a practical impossibility for me to visit all 52 Secondary Schools, 6 FE & Sixth Form Colleges etc and even if I did, it would not necessarily make me an expert in all Business Related Qualifications, Work-Related Learning Programmes and Enterprise Activities offered in the County.

I am in the process of conducting a survey on the Business Related Curriculum as it stands in Norfollk. It will include all courses studied, the level they are studied at and all teachers teaching on these courses. This will allow us to work in sub-groups around the County so that we can help and support colleagues new to the profession, new to the subject are and/or new to the County. This in turn will improve the learning experience of our young people and extend the support provided to our colleagues.

I am here to facilitate the above process and to bring people together to develop ideas, share good practice, gain in confidence, to test out new ideas and to ensure that people feel good about what they are doing. (I don't think we get enough time to do this.)