Year 10 pupils from Blackwood Comprehensive School have taken part in this year’s Stock Market and Investment Challenge for schools and colleges, recently held at the Cardiff School of Management.
The Stock Market Challenge enables students to apply their knowledge of mathematics and business, and helps them to develop their communication, problem-solving, decision-making, team-building and negotiation skills.
The event saw 100 Year 10 and 80 Year 12 students taking part from schools and colleges across Wales.
Working in teams, their task was to manage a fund of shares and foreign currency by interpreting information and investing in the markets. The team with the highest total fund at the closing bell of each competition were the winners.
Lucy Smith, a member of Blackwood Comprehensive School’s team at the Year 10 event said: “We really enjoyed taking part. It was an exciting day and we enjoyed getting into each of the roles and working as part of a team. It was an intense day but we had so much fun.”