Section outline

  • Assessment 1 - Social Enterprise 'product' 

    We’ve learned about social enterprise, team building, and the skills and attributes of enterprising people. This assessment is a chance to apply this learning to a real-life problem or issue in our community.


    Achievement Objectives
    • Understand how exploration and innovation create opportunities and challenges for people, places and environments.
    • Understand how people participate individually and collectively in response to community challenges.


    Task Requirements

    You are required to produce a product that addresses a community problem or challenge.

    The deadline is 3pm on Thursday 6 May 2021


    It’s best to:
    - work in groups of 3
    - ensure any materials used or products produced are environmentally friendly / sustainable.

    Steps to follow
    • Watch / read examples of local social enterprise solutions
    Link to  tvnz article on bread bag tags cardboard replacements
    • Lost: Read these instructions to identify what’s required
    • Explore: Gather information on community issues & possible solutions (eg brainstorm, websearch)
    • Focus:  Organise the information (eg mindmap) and narrow down your options - choose one!
    • Plan:     Decide and then write down Who? Why? What? Where? When? How?
    • Do:        Produce the product (good or service) and provide it to people to benefit the community
    • Reflect: Discuss what went well, what you’d do differently, the impact you had, etc. Write this down.
    • Share:   Present to others your ideas, the issue you addressed, the product, your impact, etc.



    An example

    A community issue might be litter on Flat Bush public grass areas or at school.

    Possible solutions could be:
    - attractive rubbish bins made of sustainable materials, 
    - easy to understand signs, 
    - an education programme,
    - a ‘no packaging’ in lunchboxes programme.