Mrs Louise Ratcliffe | Business Teacher

Year 10 Business students have been getting a taste of the ‘real world’ this week, as they act as consultants for two local businesses as part of the Mindshop Excellence program.

CSM Service Bodies and Southern Downs Regional Council (SDRC) have provided our students with practical business projects to work on this week and our students have risen to the challenge in devising creative solutions and project outcomes.  Our SDRC consultants have been working on a very topical project related to creating community awareness about water usage, and the CSM group have been looking at the issues associated with merging two businesses, in particular, a new location.

The Mindshop Excellence Program is facilitated by Power Tynan Financial Advisors.  The culmination of the week-long experience was on Thursday when students presented their recommendations to the business management, staff, school representatives and their parents at the final presentation meeting.

The College would like to thank the host businesses and Power Tynan for their support to enable our boys and girls to have this invaluable experience.