Business Studies Tours - 2009/2010.

Business Studies Tour of Beacon Sweets 2009

Well it was with great excitement we went off to Tiger Brands for a tour of Beacon Sweets. As much as the boys were warned to focus on the production lines and the production process I think they were slightly off track by the option of eating as many chocolates as they could possibly consume.

This is an amazing experience for the boys and the magnitude of this production line still leaves us in awe.

The huge chocolate silos containing the different types of chocolate, all controlled by sophisticated computerized systems, is unbelievable. The storage rooms containing the different ingredients imported from all over the world. To see the huge stock of sugar, cocoa, rice crispies, nuts and loads of other ingredients that go into the chocolates we eat on a daily basis.

After the tour the boys were allowed an opportunity to purchase stock from the staff shop. This was an added bonus as stock is cost plus 10%. Many of the boys sold their purchases to willing peers back at school at a much higher profit.

This is certainly one of the boys’ favourite tours, for reasons I do not need to explain.

Business Studies Tour of the Moses Mabhida Stadium

On Monday 1st February and Monday 8th February we were very fortunate to take the Business Studies boys down to the stadium. All of our seven classes were afforded this privilege.

Most of us have seen the unmistakable silhouette of the stadium on our Durban skyline and what an experience it was to have been a part of the experience.

We were given a delightful and most educational presentation by “Mama2010”. The facts and figures regarding the building of the stadium were mind blowing. It was also very interesting to hear all about “The 2010 and Beyond Strategy” and “The Stadium Precinct Projects”. Some of these developments include: The People’s Park, Heroes Walk, Imbizo Place, Isaiah Ntshangase Avenue upgrade, Pedestrian linkage to the beachfront including the M4 Underpass, which we got to view and is still under construction.

The boys then had the option of a Sky Car trip to the viewing platform on top of the 360m long arch, 106m above the pitch, where they experienced spectacular views over the ocean and city.

After a tour of the stadium we can all say that this is truly an iconic masterpiece of which we can be very proud of having in our city.

Mrs J Jones
Subject Head: Business Studies.

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