The Junior Achievement Award (JAA) is a new national award scheme for children aged 7 to 11 (Key Stage 2).
The Junior Achievement Award uses a peer education approach to helping children plan and review the learning gained in an almost limitless range of activities that interest and motivate them. They recognise and reward children’s achievements, and are designed to develop a range of personal and social skills, including:
- Self confidence and self esteem
- Communication
- Giving and receiving constructive criticism
- Taking responsibility
- Planning and reviewing their own learning
Currently the Junior Achievement Award is at the pilot stage, so we are limiting the number of groups that can access them. We have now identified all the groups involved in the pilot and will be making the programme nationally available from 1st September 2008 onwards.
The Junior Achievement Award will be launched at the Junior Achievement Award Conference on Wednesday 10th September 2008 at the Royal Horticultural Halls Conference Centre in London and Thursday 18th September 2008 at Partnership for Learning in Liverpool. This event will launch the new award and highlight its benefits, explore progression links to the Youth Challenges and Youth Achievement Awards and provide a forum for some of the people involved in the pilot stage to talk about their successes.
To book your place for the launch events, please click here
To view a sample of the Junior Achievement Awards booklet, click here
