NEWS FOR
SCHOOLS
JANUARY 2017
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hair plant club grow
marketing success
Hair Plant Club from Forge Valley School scooped the top prize of £150 in the
Media & Marketing competition for the best design and marketing solutions.
Winners
Hair Plant Club
Forge Valley School
Runners Up
Yorkshire Prints
Forge Valley School
Highly
Commended
Jars of Joy
Forge Valley School
The Letter Studio
Sheffield High School
Oh My Tee
Sheffield High School
On Fire
Stocksbridge School
Snapshot
Bradfield School
Hair Plant Club pictured receiving their prize from David Grey MBE, Executive Chairman of OSL Group Holdings Ltd and Chairman
of the BiG Challenge Steering Group, and Councillor Jackie Drayton, Cabinet Member for Children, Young People & Families
For more pictures from the event continue reading overleaf!
Yorkshire Prints, Forge Valley School
Jars of Joy, Forge Valley School
The Letter Studio, Sheffield High School
Jack Crofts, Vicuña Royale
Cllr Jackie Drayton
Oh My Tee, Sheffield High School
On Fire, Stocksbridge School
Petra Billing, DLA Piper
Snapshot, Bradfield School
destination:
amsterdam!
It's Final
report time!
Want to get through to judging day and be in with
a chance of winning one of our great prizes in April?
You have just two more weeks to complete and
submit your Final Report!
Your Final Report is your formal submission to the BiG
Challenge judges, showing them how your business has
performed. You need to ensure your report is as good as you
can make it so that you can make an impact and make it BiG!
As well as the Key Stage Awards for the best businesses
in each age group, there are a number of special
Category Awards to be won:
Best Continuing Business
Best Final Report
BiG sponsor Petra Billing, Office Managing Partner
at DLA Piper in Sheffield, announced the 2017 BiG
Trip destination is AMSTERDAM in the Netherlands!
Best Presentation to the Judges
Best Website
Biggest Profit Made
Petra said: “‘Amsterdam is a great destination for the BiG Trip
this year and our offices there are very cool! The Amsterdam
team are very much looking forward to making sure the
winners have a great time in June.”
Don’t miss out! To be able to win you need to enter your
Final Report. See the story on the right for more details
and visit the BiG website to get started!
CODE>MAKE>WIN
is back for 2017!
Why not join other young Sheffield Digital Makers and
compete for cash prizes of up to £250?
Winners are selected for producing digital products in four
categories: Games, Software Apps, Robotics and Animation.
You could submit any tech products from your BiG Challenge
entry or even create something digital to support your
business!
Find out more at codemakewin.org.uk – Happy Coding!
Champion’s Award
Made In Sheffield Award
Shining Star Award
Each team member of a winning team will receive a cash
prize of a £50 Meadowhall voucher.
To be in with a chance of winning one of these great
prizes, or the grand prize of a 5-day business trip to
Amsterdam, teams must enter their final reports by
midnight on Friday 27th January 2016.
Your report should be sent electronically to
[email protected] and a paper copy should be
posted to Sero Consulting Limited, Sheffield Technology
Parks, Arundel Street, Sheffield S1 2NS.
See the BiG Challenge website for further details.
Got questions for our expert
entrepreneurs? Email them at
[email protected]
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