Life Skills Entrepreneurshipusually ages 9–11

Social Enterprise

Using business skills to help others or solve social and environmental problems; making money AND making a difference; examples of social enterprises

How to tell they’ve got it

Tick these off as you see them — no test required.

Explain what a social enterprise is in their own words (a business that helps people or the planet)
Give an example of a real social enterprise or charity shop
Suggest a social enterprise idea that could help their school or community

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Try this together

Could your child come up with an idea for a business that both makes money and helps people or the environment?

Where this sits on the map

Stuck here? Check the skills it builds on first. Confident? Here’s what it unlocks.

Builds on

Having a Business Ideaages 7–9Must understand business ideas before applying them to social problems

Being a Good Sellerages 7–9Understanding ethical selling extends to social enterprise values

Social Enterprisethis skill · ages 9–11

Unlocks

Ethics in Businessages 9–11Social enterprise awareness supports ethical business thinking

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

This skill sits outside the F–6 Australian Curriculum — no candidate code matched (v0.1). No NSW K–6 outcome code matched (v0.1). No Victorian Curriculum 2.0 code matched (v0.1).

Nearby on the map

Ethics in Businessages 9–11 Pitching an Ideaages 9–11 Real Entrepreneursages 9–11 Scaling Upages 9–11

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