When you choose WST to plan your school tour you’re choosing to travel with the experts. With over 300 combined years of experience, our 2013/14 brochure is packed with tours linked directly to the subjects, study themes and learning outcomes from the National Curriculum, but more than that, our Tour Consultants have an in-depth knowledge of your subject and your chosen destination.
Business and Finance
Business and Finance
What is it?
A business is an organisation concerned with the trade of products, goods and services between companies and consumers. Making a profit is the general aim of a business, and the term "finance" refers to the managing of a business's money and assets.
What does it involve?
Finance and business involve having a good understanding of many different things such as supply and demand, economics and the time value of money. The details can be extremely complex, but the general aim of any business to provide something that constumers will want to buy, and make a profit from the productions and sale of said products.
Why do it and what are the benefits?
Learning about business and finance during the school years is a fantastic idea, as it can teach valuable life skills such as how to manage money and organise different aspects into working together effeciently. For those thinking about a future career, an understanding of business and finance management will also be a great attribute to have.
What equipment do we need?
Business and finance education can come in many forms, varying from studying historical businesses to experiencing the workings of a company first hand - it's hard to predict what sort of equipment you will need, so check with the destination in mind beforehand!
Who is it suitable for?
In general, older students will be the most interested in business and finance, but you can introduce simplified versions of it to younger students if you feel that it would be beneficial.
Costs?
The costs of business and finance learning will again depend on what sort of thing you do! Almost any establishment will have some knowledge to take away from it, but specific business education events may cost more than general admission into a venue.
Issues/Things to think about? (unsuitable for age groups, medical conditions etc)
Younger students may find business a little boring, so if you want to include them in the activity you will need to find a way to make it fun! Getting students to run a mock business may be a good way to engage them.
How do we include?
Involving those with disabilities in business and finance is a great idea, as all it requires to start off is an interest in learning and a willingness to engage!
Doing it abroad?
Business and finance are found wherever there are humans, so you can learn about it all over the world - you just need to be able to recongise it when you see it!
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Venues with this Activity
STUDYTRIPS is one of the largest independent and most respected educational travel companies in the UK.
South West Lakes Trust is the region's largest combined environmental and recreational charity. Its 50 inland water sites, spread across Devon, Cornwall and West Somerset, attract in the region of 2m visits annually. It is listed as being in the top 3,000 of the country's 150,000 charities.
NST is the UK's leading school tours, school trips and educational travel company for primary schools, secondary schools and colleges.
Since 1967 we've been creating expertly planned school tours - helping groups get more from their time away... Take a Learning Journey.
Curriculum-linked school trips
FHT Travel Ltd provides a knowledgeable and professional student group travel services, with bespoke visits based on each institute’s subject specialism needs and offering great value for money. Whilst away, a full and varied programme can be arranged, giving students the ideal opportunity to enhance their studies away from the institute.
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A secret little known, until now?
Rainham Hall is a charming and remarkably fine example of a Queen Anne house, built in 1729 by an enterprising merchant and ship’s captain, John Harle.
Small pre-Reformation stone building
A delightful small 15th century building, with fascinating local architecture and a museum exploring Easton's industrial past.
The house contains a collection of local bygones and memorabilia associated with the local Collyweston slate mining industry, which hasn't been in operation since the 1950s.
We have a huge range of practical adult and child courses ranging from complete beginner to advanced. Our theory courses expand your knowledge and skills in specialist areas from VHF radio courses to sea survival!
Roofed and walled in stone, this complex of passages is the largest and best-preserved of several mysterious underground tunnels associated with Cornish Iron Age settlements. The purpose of such 'fogous' - a Cornish-language word meaning 'cave' - is unknown. Refuges, storage chambers or ritual shrines have all been suggested.
Explore the crawl through mock up tunnels in the Peak District Lead Mining Museum then head over the road and under the ground for a guided tour of the real thing! Fun, educational and immersive this pair of matched attractions will fill your day nicely and stick in the mind.
Wirral Sailing Centre is based at the 52 acre West Kirby Marine Lake and offers water sports activities and courses to anyone aged 8 and over. It is a registered RYA Training Centre.
Diggerland has many educational benefits. Students are taught to use everyday construction machinery including real diggers and dumpers!
The average human lifespan is approximately 650,000 hours and about 180,000 of those hours are spent sleeping! Why not spend some of the remainder trying a new sporting hobby or challenge? Wanting to expand your existing skills and knowledge? Need recognised qualifications for your aquatic sport? Need first aid training for your business?
Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet is a unique eighteenth century industrial works. Catch a glimpse of life at home and at work at a rural scythe and steelworks dating back to the 18th century.
A steel, metals, recycling, and renewable energy hub
Newport Docks si the UK's second largest steel port and in 2014 handled over 70,000 tonnes of timber out of a total of 12 million tonnes of cargo each year. It is also a recycling hub.
The secret Tollbridge between England and Wales
Whitney Bridge (a working Toll Bridge) is Grade II listed ancient structure with a social and historical interest. The original toll bridge was enabled in 1774 as a more convenient crossing to the River Wye, other than by ferry.
Working watermill in the heart of Winchester
The City Mill is a rare surviving example of an urban working corn mill, powered by the fast-flowing River Itchen, which can be seen passing under the mill, thrilling our visitors.
Corn mill with original wooden machinery in a peaceful riverside setting
An 18th-century corn mill in a peaceful, rural setting. Rebuilt in 1776 on a site marked in the Domesday Book, this substantial mill was extensively repaired in 1994 and still retains its original elm and applewood machinery (now too fragile to be used).
Enjoy a stroll over White Mill bridge or sit in the garden and enjoy the tranquillity of the River Stour.
Working water-powered mill used in the manufacture of linen
Nestling in an idyllic wooded glen offering lovely walks and picnic spots this, the last working water-powered linen beetling mill, offers a unique experience for all the family.
Try some scutching, hackling and weaving as you take part in hands-on demonstrations, against the thundering cacophony of beetling engines.
Famous waterfall and fascinating industrial site with tin workers' exhibition
Set in a steep gorge, this place demonstrates the power of water and its impact on industry.
Our film 'Reflections on Tin' traces its 400-year history, from 1584, including a visit by the famous artist JMW Turner.
The Irish Linen Centre and Lisburn Museum is located in Market Square at the heart of Lisburn's old town centre. The Museum has a permanent exhibition 'Flax to Fabric, the story of linen' in the Irish Linen Centre and mounts a programme of temporary exhibitions relating to its textile, social history and art collections.
A little-known gem, Gainsborough Old Hall is among the biggest and best-preserved medieval manor houses in England. It is part timber-framed but mostly brick-built. It was built in the latter part of the 15th century with Elizabethan additions, and has an impressive kitchen with an enormous fireplace, a noble great hall, and an imposing lodgings tower.
Step back in time to the 1950s in this fascinating home and photographic studio
Explore the contrasting sides of this house: the neat, professional, spacious business rooms and the cluttered, cramped living quarters of the renowned portrait photographer Edward Chambré Hardman and his wife Margaret. They lived and worked here for 40 years, keeping everything and changing nothing.
Villages and countryside criss-crossed with trails
The Buscot and Coleshill Estates are traditional estates on the edge of Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. They are made up of 7,000 acres, three villages, 850 acres of woodlands and 12 let farms.
We offer free visits to NT education group members, free teacher visits, an education officer to assist with planning, education volunteers and a covered area for picnics and lunches.
The last remaining thatched windmill in England
Built in 1822, this is the last remaining thatched windmill in England - the last survivor of five in the area.
To view the original workings of this fascinating mill come and visit the interior on special Sunday's from 1pm until 5pm.
Windmill interior opening dates for 2015 are 12 April, 10 May, 14 June, 12 July, 9 August and 13 September.
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