{"id":1724,"date":"2026-08-03T13:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-03T04:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=1724"},"modified":"2026-08-03T13:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T04:14:16","slug":"year-10-business-innovation-stage-1-credits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=1724","title":{"rendered":"Year 10 &#8211; Business innovation (Stage 1 Credits)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Length:<\/strong>\u202f1 semester (10 SACE credits)&nbsp;<br><strong>Contact:<\/strong>\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HASS<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/?page_id=500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u202fLeader<\/a>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Recommended Background<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Grade C or higher in&nbsp;year&nbsp;9 HASS.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>Course Description<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Stage 1 SACE Business Innovation at The Heights School offers students an engaging introduction to entrepreneurial thinking and business principles through a hands-on, real-world framework. In this course, students develop essential business skills by analysing case studies and designing innovative business models, before applying their knowledge in the Impact Boss program. Impact Boss enables students to take their ideas from concept to pitch, presenting to stakeholders and evaluating feedback as part of a dynamic portfolio. This integrated approach empowers students to cultivate creative problem-solving, critical thinking, and enterprise skills relevant to today\u2019s rapidly evolving business landscape.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Students&nbsp;will study&nbsp;one or two of the following contexts:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>start-up business\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>existing business.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Assessment<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Students\u2019 performance will be\u00a0determined\u00a0according to the subject\u2019s Performance Standards, as outlined by the SACE Board. Grades A+ to E- will be used for reporting purposes.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br><strong>School-based Assessment:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Assessment Type 1: Business Skills<\/strong><strong>\u202f<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Task 1 \u2013 Case Study\u202fof an existing business\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Task 2 &#8211; Proposal (Business Model)\u202f\u202f\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Assessment Type 2: Business Pitch (Impact Boss)<\/strong><strong>\u202f<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Portfolio to\u202fPitch\u202f(to stakeholders)\u202f\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Evaluation\u202f(of feedback)\u202f\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Length:\u202f1 semester (10 SACE credits)&nbsp;Contact:\u202fHASS\u202fLeader&nbsp;&nbsp;Recommended Background&nbsp;Grade C or higher in&nbsp;year&nbsp;9 HASS.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Course Description&nbsp;Stage 1 SACE Business Innovation at The Heights School offers students an engaging introduction to entrepreneurial thinking and business principles through a hands-on, real-world framework. In this course, students develop essential business skills by analysing case studies and designing innovative business models, before applying [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1724","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1724"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1725,"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1724\/revisions\/1725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/curric.theheights.sa.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}