Enterprise Week: Build it. Test it. Pitch it.
In short
The Pioneers Enterprise Week is fifteen 75-minute sessions for ages 9-11. Teams question a panel of local founders (or explore founder case studies), survey the school, build, test and improve a prototype, cost a product and a service example and then their own idea, plan a mood board, a paper homepage and an advert, then pitch to their families at a Pitch Afternoon on Friday.
Included in the £49 educator licence. One zip file, about 11.5 MB.
- Time
- 5 days, 3 sessions a day
- Group
- A class in teams of 4-5
- Prep
- An afternoon, plus bookings
- Screen
- Optional, with tool spots
Look inside
Real pages from this kit. Have a flick through.
Slides children can read from the back row, a guide with every word you need and printables that look great in black and white.
Build it slide: three ways to build a prototype
Three ways to build a prototype, from cardboard to a drawn app screen. Every child makes something they can hold up.
What children make and take home
- A prototype, tested and improved into version two
- A survey of up to 20 people and a bar chart of the results
- A magazine mood board, a paper homepage and an honest advert
- A four-slide pitch, presented to families
Why it works in a real classroom
- A founder panel guide with a ready-made brief, and a route if no guests can come
- An AI fact-check on the board, and a paper homepage every team makes
- A Pitch Afternoon letter, so families come and see the work
- An assessment rubric, so the evidence is done when the week is
Get the kit
How to download the Enterprise Week
Four quick steps. Everything comes as one zip file with numbered folders, so you always know what to open first.
- 1
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- 2
Unlock with the £49 licence
One payment covers every teacher and leader in your setting, for good.
- 3
Download the zip
One file, about 11.5 MB, with everything in numbered folders.
- 4
Unzip and open folder 01
Windows: right-click, Extract All. Mac or iPad: double-click or tap. Then open 01 Start here.
The whole kit, in one download
Slides, guide and every printable · zip file · 11.5 MB
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5 days
The week
Monday
Spot it
Meet the Founders, Problem Detective and a founder panel with problem interviews.
Tuesday
Dream it
Idea Lab with an AI fact-check, Meet Your Customer and a survey.
Wednesday
Build it
Make It Real, Test and Improve, then Count the Costs with a product and a service example.
Thursday
Sell it
Money Matters, Brand It with a mood board and a paper homepage, and Get the Word Out.
Friday
Pitch it
Pitch It, a dress rehearsal and a Pitch Afternoon for families.
What's in the zip
Everything you need, in numbered folders
Open folder 01 and it tells you what to print, what to read and what to press. No hunting through files the night before.
01 Start here
- One-page checklist with what to book two weeks before
02 Facilitator guide
- 31 pages: every session on one page, a founder panel guide with a no-guest route, a four-day plan, safe use of AI, an assessment rubric
03 Slides
- Five daily decks and a Pitch Template for each team: four core slides plus optional extras
04 Print
- Two-sheet Week Board (A3)
- Founder Panel and Problem Interview Sheet
- Founder's Log
- Survey Sheet and bar chart
- Service and tech prototype sheets
- Test Cards and Version Two sheet
- Worked examples, Money Matters sheet and First Batch planner
- Mood Board and Brand Sketch Sheet
- Homepage Planner and Advert Planner
- Pitch Cue Cards and paper pitch slides
- Pitch Afternoon letter and Family Feedback Cards
- Certificates and postcards, plus 10 more
Real UK founders
Founders children will meet
Real people who started with a simple idea, some while they were still at school. Every fact is checked against a published source, and the guide shows you how to invite a local entrepreneur too.
Rikke Rosenlund
BorrowMyDoggy
Matches dog owners with dog lovers nearby.
Solveiga Pakštaitė
Mimica
A food label that turns bumpy when food has gone off.
Tessa Clarke & Saasha Celestial-One
Olio
An app where neighbours share spare food.
Ben Francis
Gymshark
Gym clothes, first made in his parents' garage.
Omari McQueen
Dipalicious
His own vegan dips.
Kim Innes
Humble Crumble
Crumbles, from a market stall to bakeries.
Pip Murray
Pip & Nut
Nut butters, first blitzed in her own kitchen.
Cassandra Stavrou
PROPERCORN
PROPERCORN popcorn.
Lucie Macleod
Hair Syrup
Hair oils, first mixed in her student kitchen.
Honor & Cat Black
Maiden Cricket
Cricket kit designed for girls and women.
Cross-curricular
Curriculum links, life skills and tools
Curriculum links
- England KS2: D&T (design, make, evaluate), maths (money, statistics), English spoken language, PSHE Living in the wider world
- Wales: enterprising, creative contributors; Careers and Work-Related Experiences
- Scotland: effective contributors; Career Education Standard 3-18
- Northern Ireland: Thinking Skills and Personal Capabilities; Using Mathematics
- Computing: using technology safely and judging whether online content is reliable
- Gatsby Benchmark 4, and 5 when founders visit for the panel
Life skills it builds (Skills Builder)
Optional tools on a screen
The kit runs on paper. These free tools add a bit of magic on the big screen.
AI · Kit Add-on Studio
Add exactly what your group needs
A warm-up, a themed version, a stretch task or an adaptation for one child. Describe it and the studio writes it to fit the enterprise week, ready to print.
AI · Kit Add-on Studio
Ask for exactly what your group needs
A warm-up, an adaptation, a themed version or an extension. It's drafted inside the kit's rules: teams of 4-5, no pretend money, low-ink printables, UK English.
Free account: 3 a day. Never include pupils' names.
What you'll get
- Where it fits in the kit, and how long it takes
- Timed steps with words to say
- What to gather, and a low-ink printable if it helps
- Ways to support and stretch, and what success looks like
Print it, or copy it straight into your plan.
More for ages 9-11
The same story, other lengths
Answers
Questions about this kit
It's the part pupils remember most, and it counts towards Gatsby Benchmark 5. The guide shows how to build a diverse panel, gives you a brief to send, and has a complete case-study route for when no guests can come.
You run the AI fact-check on the board with a school-approved tool while the class directs what to ask and what to check. Every team plans its homepage on paper, and nothing is published. If you have time and an approved tool, you can build one live as a demo.
Time to take an idea all the way. They talk to real founders, gather real data, build and improve a prototype, and present to a real audience. By Friday they know their idea inside out, which makes standing up to pitch it far less scary.
Yes. The timing rescue page has timed plans for three merged sessions, says what each one drops, and which sessions never to cut.
Pricing
Free taster, then £49 once for your setting
Start here
Free
Taster lesson, with a free account
- A complete one-hour lesson, not a cut-down sample
- Slides, a word-for-word guide and every printable
- Founder Match cards and a Problem Safari
- A certificate for every child
Educator licence
£49 once
Every teacher and leader in your school, club or group. No subscription.
- Every kit, in every format, for every age group as it's released
- Editable slides, word-for-word guides and every printable
- Unlimited Kit Add-on Studio
- Everything in the £29 plan too: every course, every tool with unlimited AI, the role models and all the resources
- Yours for good, with free updates
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