Sponsors
Week 1
Team name: Happy Hesket Stalls
Tell us what you have been doing this week
We decided what our company would be and what it would do. We came up with the name Happy Hesket Stalls through a vote. We made a list of possible names and then voted. We decided we wanted our company to raise some money for two places - our school and Great North Air Ambulance.
We thought of lots of possible ideas for our company to work. The main ideas are to have a café and a plant stall and invite people to buy them. We will have a big event day to sell things. People from Penrith Building Society helped us understand what a business actually is.
What did you learn this week?
This week we learned about:
- the different departments and jobs in a business
- a business needing to make money
- the need to plan what the business does
- how Penrith Building Society works
- what we needed to do to make our business work
- the importance of working as a team to get things done
What did you find difficult this week?
Things we found tricky this week:
- thinking of the name - everyone had different ideas
- we didn't really know what a business was
- understanding different departments
- starting from nothing
Thinking of possible ideas for our business.
Happy Hesket Stalls is launched.
Planting has begun!
More plants...
Week 2
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week we have:
- planted lots of seeds! We had seeds donated by families in our class. We planted the seeds in pots and made labels for them.
- had a visit from Louise at Penrith Building Society to talk to us about money
- We decided to have a big event day
- we wrote letters for donations
What did you learn this week?
This week we have learned about:
- we learned about profit and how it is having more money at the end than you started with
- making a loss. A loss is having less money than you spent.
- having more things donated so we limit our costs and have more money
- we aim to make money not lose it.
What did you find difficult this week?
Things that were tricky this week:
- not just having your own ideas, sharing ideas with others and going with other people's
- agreeing as a team and making decisions together about how to go ahead.
Week 3
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week we have been focussing on marketing and advertising. We had a visit from Heather at Penrith Building Society who talked to us about how to market our brand. We designed logos and made posters for HHS Big Day. We also wrote and held a collective worship for the whole school to explain what we are doing and when. We wanted to make them feel excited and really want to come to our Big Day so that we can make more profit and help our chosen organisations. We wrote a letter to all of our families to invite them to our Big Day and explain all about Bright Stars.
What did you learn this week?
This week learned:
- the importance of advertising
- how we could best advertise our Big Day
- what a logo is - we looked at different examples and made our own
- how to plan and organise a presentation
- the importance of repetition (don't forget to bring your pennies) in adverts
What did you find difficult this week?
This week tricky things were:
- understanding the different types of marketing
- how to create different logos
- standing in front of an audience
- making mistakes in front of other people
One of our logo designs.
One of our posters to advertise HHS Big Day.
Introducing Pompals...A Happy Hesket Stalls exclusive.
Pricing up for our Toy Stall.
Week 4
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week we have been very busy. We have:
- planted more plants
- looked after the plants we have planted
- created pompals - little pompoms with googely eyes, feet and labels identifying who we are donating to.
- decided not to hold a talent show
- designed labels for stalls and finalised who would do what
- had support from Lucy and Michelle at Penrith Building Society
- created a profit and loss board.
It was a really fun week - we loved inventing things with each other and using our creative skills.
What did you learn this week?
This week we learned:
- to make sure we keep track of our money - our spending and our profit.
- to coordinate our jobs and tasks to help us make the best use of our time and to get in as much as possible.
- to make sure our Big Day is well advertised - we put our posters up around school.
What did you find difficult this week?
We found it difficult to:
- balance the books - working out what we had spent and what we still had to spend.
- work out how to make the pompals - there was a lot to do, we have made approximately 200
Week 5
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week we:
- made bookmarks
- had a visit from the Great North Air Ambulance (GNAA), Kerry with Paddy and Harry the dogs and the CEO of Penrith Building Society
- made signs and price tags for all of our stalls
- made pompals
- sorted donated toys and books
- made cakes
- made plant pot holders and looked after plants
- held our Big Day
What did you learn this week?
This week we learned to:
- sell things to customers
- run and organise the Big Day by ourselves
- work out change customers needed
- how to drain our parent's bank accounts!
- to organise shifts and rest breaks
- to run a stall professionally - not to leave it unattended and no eating or drinks
What did you find difficult this week?
We found it difficult to:
- get customers to buy more
- make decisions together
- help younger children at the stalls
- work out change sometimes
- set it all up
- resist buying everything
Miles the pilot from GNAA joined our Big Day
The times table challenge was a popular event at our Big Day!
Counting our takings
Bagging our takings for the bank
Week 6
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week we have:
- counted the money we raised at our Big Day
- taken off all of the money we spent
- worked out our total profit
- created and advertised our Bingo Bonanza
- sold tickets
- written to parents to explain the event
What did you learn this week?
This week we learned how to:
- how to count money
- sort £s into £10 bags, 50p into £10 bags, 20p, 10p and 5p into £5 bags and copper into £1 bags
- sell tickets and be persuasive
- write a letter to parents
What did you find difficult this week?
This week we found it difficult to:
- count the money accurately
- calculate profit
Week 7 - half term
Bingo Bonanza!
More Bingo Bonanza!
Week 8
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week we have: - Held our Bingo Bonanza - Learned the Bingo Bonanza dance! - Sold tickets - Held a non uniform day - with sweets donated for prizes - Counted the money from the bingo - Calculated our final profit. - We raised a total of £1668.27!What did you learn this week?
This week we learned to: - help younger children to play Bingo - how to calculate our final total - to divide the profit between GNAA and our schoolWhat did you find difficult this week?
This week we found it tricky to: - managing younger children whilst playing our own game - multi tasking. - not to eat the chocolate whilst we were getting everything ready.For pupils to answer:
In one sentence please tell us what bright stars has meant to you?
Bright Stars is super duper FUN, it made us happy and joyful to see others enjoying something we created and it made us realise it's about how you do things not necessarily the outcome!
For teachers to answer:
Can you tell us the impact this programme has had on your school?
Bright Stars has been hard work for all of us but immensely rewarding. Seeing the children learn about and then constructing their own business, growing this into something that really works and enjoying their success has been a delight. Working in partnership with Penrith Building Society has enabled them to learn more deeply about how businesses work and has given them hands on insight into the world of work. The children have all developed their confidence and ability to work effectively as part of a team.
In a wider context, the children have engaged with our whole school community, creating excitement and anticipation. They have been professional and taken their roles seriously when working with younger and older children, with staff from Penrith Building Society and with Parents. Younger children are now wanting their own opportunity to set up a business.
Please provide your business plan.
Please provide your marketing plan.
Please provide your finance report/template.
