Mini Company Competition!

Dear Readers,
Today was the day we had all been waiting for. The Student Enterprise awards. This was the first round and it felt like it just snuck up on us all to quickly. All this week we have been preparing our stands and speechs so we could blow the judges away with our idea! And thrust me the stress was unbelievable.

So the Mini Company I'm involved with is Green Hero. The magazine for primary school children. Our aim is to teach them and their parents about caring for the enviorment but in a fun and easy way. We got amazing feedback from the first issue and we have just given out second issue.

We also got really good feedback from the judges! They loved our idea and how professional everything was. We were one of the last groups to be judge so the waiting was tense and at one stage we thought they had forgotten us! But of course that was just nerves. Even though everything seemed like a disaster yesterday, like that nothing would be finished on time, it all came together in the end and we pulled together as a team. I'm really proud of what we have achieved, especially since we were shortlisted for the county final!

Some of the other Mini Companies there were really good and looked amazing. I think it was interesting, looking back on the day, how harsh and judgemental you can be on yourself and your work. Every stand and idea I saw, I compared our own and criticised our efforts, thinking they weren't enough, thinking we had failed. Trying to be positive is really hard when you're under pressure and nervous. We were excited going but the longer we waited the worse my nerves got and the excitement drain away. But then when we we were called out as shortlisted it felt good. It's amazing how....human, one can be. We can be good in giving others a chance but never ourselves. Maybe it's just me, let me know.

Il update you if we get through!

Roisin.P.