Welcome to GCSE Business Studies

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• Welcome to GCSE Business Studies
• September 2002

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Quick Activity

• Think of 5 different businesses Write down what
  they do and why they do it
• Now try and answer
• What is Business ?

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Why Study Business ?

• What will you get out of it
• Relevance to real world
• Your own business one day

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Scheme of work

• Course guide
• What topics will you study
• Exam / Course work
• How you will be taught
• Theory / Projects / Activities

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Exercise / Text Books

• Text Books
• Treatment / Payment
• Exercise Books
• Responsibility / Tags

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Class work / Homework

• Classwork
• Date / Title / Neatness
• Homework
• Once a week / When set

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Resources / Materials

• Library
• Textbooks / Business section
• Internet
• www.bized.ac.uk / BBC Bytesize
• Newspapers / Radio / TV
• Stay in touch ..
• Business Department
• Shared area / Books / Magazines

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Support Structure

• The Clinic
• homework, behaviour etc
• Your tutor
• Phone calls / letters home

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Expectations

• What we expect of you
• What you expect from yourselves
• What you expect from us

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Expectations

• Punctuality - Lessons homework
• Behaviour
• Standard of work - in class / homework
• Mistakes are acceptable
• Respect
• Waiting for lesson
• Computers
• Taking time to watch / listen read current
  business events

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• QUESTIONS