?? Young Entrepreneurs Challenge - Sheffield Children Inspired!

?? Young Entrepreneurs’ Challenge - Sheffield Children Inspired! Young Entrepreneurs’ Challenge - Sheffield Children Inspired! St Mary's Primary School won the Children's Choice AwardAt Tutorful, we believe in inspiring the next generation of business owners. That's why we've launched our Young Entrepreneurs' Challenge initiative in which we invite year six pupils to create their own company in a day, teaching them business skills along the way!Run in conjunction with the University of Sheffield, the event saw 54 enthusiastic pupils compete in teams of six and pitch to judges who included our Co-Founder, Mark Hughes, and Lee Strafford, previous Chairman of Sheffield Wednesday and Co-Founder of PlusNet.Designed to promote entrepreneurship in the youngest students, the children learnt how to come up with a business idea, map out their spending and pitch to potential investors.The judges chose St Thomas More Catholic Primary School children’s ‘Homework Helper’ as their winning entry, an ingenious service to help children struggling with their home learning. The panel highlighted the children’s inventive marketing campaign as a key factor in their decision. St Thomas More Catholic Primary School children’s ‘Homework Helper’ won the Judges' AwardThe Children’s Choice Award, as voted for by the other participants, went to St Mary’s Primary School for their design of a high-tech pen attachment which checks pupils’ spelling and calculations. Other children described the product as ‘an incredibly cool idea’ and ‘something which would definitely help us with our work!’The judges were particularly impressed with the quality of all of the children’s pitches. Janet Grant, a judge and mentor from the University of Sheffield’s Enterprise Zone, praised the pupils’ presentation skills, which she said rivalled those of undergraduate students.The event is designed to inspire children to dream of one day building and running their own companies. Many of Sheffield’s schools have their own enterprise events but linking this to the University of Sheffield and local businesses raises the children’s aspirations and lets them se e where their ideas can take them.The other ideas pitched were...MatchaPet.com, a service which helps people with no pets find someone who needs a pet-sitter. SchoolNAV, an app which helps students find their next class and get there as soon as possible.Identigo, a tablet device which attached to your clothes to help new students and teachers get to know you.ChoreChallenge, an app that helps parents encourage their children to tidy their rooms and wash the dishes.HandyHelpers, a device which lets students get help from teachers or classmates both in school and at home..Tutors4u, an online service which provides students with a tutor when they are struggling with their homework - this one was our favourite!Music4kids, an app which lets school children select their favourite music for singing assemblies.Who knows, perhaps the event will inspire the next Bill Gates or Alan Sugar?If you're school would like to take part in one of our future events, taking place at universities around th e country, please contact us at support@tutorful.co.uk.