Year 10 pupils at Oakbank School have been experiencing business first hand and seeing the world through an entrepreneur's eye in this year's Enterprise week.

The enterprise activities began when pupils took part in a Just in Time challenge, which involved ten teams on each day inheriting mock-up factories that had gone bankrupt.

The pupils had to organise themselves in order to get the factory back on track and produce fake parts they were told were going to the aerospace industry.

Dave Hoyle, maths teacher at Oakbank School, said of the day: "It gives them some sort of feeling of what it's like to work in a team in a factory environment. They are also learning skills of organisation and how business works, meeting deadlines."

Professor David Lloyd, of SETPOINT, West Yorkshire, was one of the associates in charge of organising the two-day challenge in which 300 pupils took part altogether.

He said: "We place an importance on health and safety and create the same sort of pressures faced in industry in a supportive and safe environment. They are learning about the world of work. It's also a way of bringing science, maths and technology in front of children without them feeling it's boring."

On the Wednesday a VIP day also took place at the school as part of the enterprise week. Thirty students talented in the areas of art, design and technology and IT were invited to interview local business people to discover the qualities a successful entrepreneur needs.

Andy Hartley, the assistant head teacher at the school, spoke more about 'enterprise week' and how it benefited the students.

He said: "It makes them a bit more independent and gives them a can-do attitude. It's all about team work and learning about the rules of industry."

Enterprise week finished with students going out on trips to see local business in action around the area.