Who's The Boss?

...our students are

$20 Boss is a subject with Mrs Bruckner in which students are loaned $20 to start a business.  It is a class that helps us learn how to start and run different types of businesses, and also how to develop skills to manage business finances and make other business decisions.

We had a brainstorming session to come up with business ideas.  Some of our group wanted to run a sausage sizzle at school; then we heard about the Mercy Feast Day.  We discussed things with Ms Wilson, and decided to run a burger bar.  When it came to planning, we used the enterprise skills we’d been learning about in class to plan our business.  We planned each stage of the project, including stock, suppliers, orders, OHS and COVDID-safe issues, preparation, advertising and finances.  A lot of the time we used critical thinking, trying to prepare for things that could possibly cause problems and find a few solutions to each one just in case something went wrong.

Getting closer to the day, it was important that we had enough quantities of the burgers, buns and  toppings required.  We had to also check that all of the equipment was in the right condition to be able to cook and sell burgers.  There was also a lot of communication with staff and students to see if they wouldn't mind giving us a hand on Feast Day.

Our $20 Boss Burger Bar was very successful on the day.  The help that we got from teachers and other classes was much appreciated, we couldn’t have made it through the day without them. Teamwork was the most important factor in the success of our business, especially in serving around 250 hungry customers on the day.  The biggest challenge was the wind which made it very hard to put the burgers together! 

We'd like to thank everyone who helped out on the day and also any one that helped out prior to the day and got us all set to go.  This was important in helping our business be successful. 

Jack Vaughan, Ethan Wyss, Jordan Beard, Matthew Lenssen and Wil Absalom
Year 10 Students