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Pitching an Idea

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Life Skills›Entrepreneurship|Ages 9—11|ID: mt_bAYy0ytbfC

Presenting a business idea to others convincingly; explaining what makes it good and why people should support it; building confidence in public speaking about ideas

Mastery Evidence

  • Deliver a 1-2 minute pitch for a business idea covering: what it is, who it helps, and why it's good
  • Answer at least two questions about their idea from an audience
  • Explain why being able to explain your idea clearly matters for getting support

Assessment Prompt

“If [child] had to stand up in front of the class and explain a business idea in two minutes, could they do it confidently and persuasively?”

Prerequisites2

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  • Marketing Basics soft

    Marketing skills support persuasive pitching

    • Having a Business Idea soft

      Business idea provides context for what to market

      • Making Something to Sell hard

        Must have experience making something to sell before generating business ideas

        • Needs & Wants soft

          Cross-domain: needs vs wants (Money & Finance) helps understand what makes a product desirable

          • What Money Is hard

            Must understand money exists and is limited before distinguishing needs from wants

        • Goods & Services hard

          Must know what goods are before creating a product to sell

        • Buyers & Sellers hard

          Must understand exchange before making something to sell

          • Goods & Services hard

            Must understand goods and services before grasping buying and selling

          • What Money Is soft

            Cross-domain: understanding what money is (Money & Finance) supports grasping exchange

      • Who Is a Customer? hard

        Must understand customers before spotting problems to solve for them

        • Making Something to Sell soft

          Making a product helps understand what customers want

          • Needs & Wants soft

            Cross-domain: needs vs wants (Money & Finance) helps understand what makes a product desirable

            • What Money Is hard

              Must understand money exists and is limited before distinguishing needs from wants

          • Goods & Services hard

            Must know what goods are before creating a product to sell

          • Buyers & Sellers hard

            Must understand exchange before making something to sell

            • Goods & Services hard

              Must understand goods and services before grasping buying and selling

            • What Money Is soft

              Cross-domain: understanding what money is (Money & Finance) supports grasping exchange

        • Buyers & Sellers hard

          Must understand buyers and sellers before exploring customer concept in depth

          • Goods & Services hard

            Must understand goods and services before grasping buying and selling

          • What Money Is soft

            Cross-domain: understanding what money is (Money & Finance) supports grasping exchange

    • Who Is a Customer? hard

      Must understand customers before learning to reach them through marketing

      • Making Something to Sell soft

        Making a product helps understand what customers want

        • Needs & Wants soft

          Cross-domain: needs vs wants (Money & Finance) helps understand what makes a product desirable

          • What Money Is hard

            Must understand money exists and is limited before distinguishing needs from wants

        • Goods & Services hard

          Must know what goods are before creating a product to sell

        • Buyers & Sellers hard

          Must understand exchange before making something to sell

          • Goods & Services hard

            Must understand goods and services before grasping buying and selling

          • What Money Is soft

            Cross-domain: understanding what money is (Money & Finance) supports grasping exchange

      • Buyers & Sellers hard

        Must understand buyers and sellers before exploring customer concept in depth

        • Goods & Services hard

          Must understand goods and services before grasping buying and selling

        • What Money Is soft

          Cross-domain: understanding what money is (Money & Finance) supports grasping exchange

  • Making a Simple Plan hard

    Must be able to plan a business before pitching it

    • Budgeting Pocket Money soft

      Cross-domain: budgeting pocket money (Money & Finance) provides planning foundation

      • Needs & Wants hard

        Must understand needs vs wants to make budget trade-offs

        • What Money Is hard

          Must understand money exists and is limited before distinguishing needs from wants

      • Buying Things soft

        Buying experience helps with realistic budgeting

        • Coins & Notes hard

          Must recognise coins/notes and their values before practising buying transactions

          • Coin Values soft

            Curriculum coins/notes recognition (Maths Y1) underpins exploratory coin knowledge

            • Reading and writing numbers to 20 hard

              Recognising coin values requires reading numerals (1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50)

              • How Many in Total? hard

                Reading/writing numerals 0–20 requires understanding that numerals represent quantities (cardinality)

                • One-to-one counting hard

                  Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'

              • Writing digits 0-9 hard

                Writing numerals requires the motor skill of forming digits 0-9 (taught in English handwriting)

          • What Money Is hard

            Must understand what money is before learning to recognise specific coins and notes

        • What Money Is hard

          Must understand money as exchange medium before practising transactions

      • Saving Money hard

        Must understand saving concept before budgeting a fixed amount

        • Needs & Wants soft

          Understanding needs vs wants helps motivate saving decisions

          • What Money Is hard

            Must understand money exists and is limited before distinguishing needs from wants

        • What Money Is hard

          Must understand what money is before learning to save it

    • Having a Business Idea hard

      Must have a business idea before making a plan for it

      • Making Something to Sell hard

        Must have experience making something to sell before generating business ideas

        • Needs & Wants soft

          Cross-domain: needs vs wants (Money & Finance) helps understand what makes a product desirable

          • What Money Is hard

            Must understand money exists and is limited before distinguishing needs from wants

        • Goods & Services hard

          Must know what goods are before creating a product to sell

        • Buyers & Sellers hard

          Must understand exchange before making something to sell

          • Goods & Services hard

            Must understand goods and services before grasping buying and selling

          • What Money Is soft

            Cross-domain: understanding what money is (Money & Finance) supports grasping exchange

      • Who Is a Customer? hard

        Must understand customers before spotting problems to solve for them

        • Making Something to Sell soft

          Making a product helps understand what customers want

          • Needs & Wants soft

            Cross-domain: needs vs wants (Money & Finance) helps understand what makes a product desirable

            • What Money Is hard

              Must understand money exists and is limited before distinguishing needs from wants

          • Goods & Services hard

            Must know what goods are before creating a product to sell

          • Buyers & Sellers hard

            Must understand exchange before making something to sell

            • Goods & Services hard

              Must understand goods and services before grasping buying and selling

            • What Money Is soft

              Cross-domain: understanding what money is (Money & Finance) supports grasping exchange

        • Buyers & Sellers hard

          Must understand buyers and sellers before exploring customer concept in depth

          • Goods & Services hard

            Must understand goods and services before grasping buying and selling

          • What Money Is soft

            Cross-domain: understanding what money is (Money & Finance) supports grasping exchange

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