THE Junior Leadership Team and Year 6 children at Westville House School enjoyed developing businesses Dragons Den style. Following an informative and encouraging Skype lesson from Nick Hewer the children pitched their business ideas to a panel of local businesses.

Questioned heavily on market research, product development and profit margins, all the children managed to secure financial backing from the dragons and went on to sell their products at the end of the week to raise money for Barnardo’s. They raised £207. f

Mrs Jules Coulthurst who organised the event said: “It was a brilliant experience for our children to chat their ideas through with Nick Hewer. He was so helpful to the children. It was very exciting learning how to develop a small business and put into practice some of the academic skills.”