Sponsors
Week 1
Team name: Pebbles of the Port
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week we met with Suzanne and Chloe from Forth Engineering to talk about our ideas. We have decided which projects we were going to do. We have decided on a team name for the project and we are working on our logo. We have decided on roles in each of the projects and fundraisers. We also made posters and put them up in school and advertised our cake sale and sent it to our grown ups.
What did you learn this week?
We learnt how to share ideas and listen to others. We learnt that sometimes our ideas are not chosen. We learnt how to work together.
What did you find difficult this week?
Deciding on an idea and what team name we would have.
Deciding on our Project jobs
Working together
Week 2
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week we have decided on a logo and promoted a cake sale on Seesaw, Facebook and in school by making posters and flyers. We have made a list and bought what we needed for the coffee morning. We have made some cakes to sell at the coffee morning and made lots of money. We helped serve the cakes and drinks and took the money. We counted and banked all the money we raised. Our sales team helped to show people what product we are going to make. We have ordered our frames, collected our stones and we have sent out order forms.
What did you learn this week?
You could raise lots of money doing a business. We learnt how to work as a team because we had different jobs to do. We learnt that you need to spend money to make money. Our frames were quite a lot. We learnt that we need to shop around for the best products to save money.
What did you find difficult this week?
We found it difficult to choose a logo from everyone's drawings. The sales team found it difficult to keep track of who they had asked at the coffee morning because it as so busy. And time!
Week 3
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week we have begun to make our product. We have been learning quickly how to make the products. As we did not get many orders in a first, we have been promoting our product by posting on Facebook, going out to speak to grown ups at home time and asking our families to share our product. We have been counting money that has been coming in.
What did you learn this week?
We learnt a lot about which stones work best for our product and how to arrange them so they look good. We learnt that we had to work hard to show people our product so we could sell more. Found the right pebbles for our product. we learnt how to read the order forms to know what the people wanted.
What did you find difficult this week?
We found it difficult not getting lots of orders to begin with. We found it difficult getting use to how to design the product. Finding the right size body and heads for the frames.
The children starting to make the products
The children working together to make the products
keeping our money book correct
counting our money
Week 4
Tell us what you have been doing this week
Making lots of frames. Taking in lots of orders. collecting money and filling in our money book. Handing out lots of new order forms. Collecting the right size pebbles for what we need. Learning how to change the pebbles to make ears for animals and hearts. We have set dates for our litter picks on the beach. We have contacted a local nursing home to arrange a visit and activity. We had to order more frames to keep up with demand.
What did you learn this week?
We have learnt lots about all the jobs involved in keeping a business running. We have learnt that it takes a lot of work and time to make products to sell but it has been enjoyable. . That we had to look forward and think about how many more frames we would need.
What did you find difficult this week?
some of us found making the right design a little bit tricky. Some of us found experimenting with the right size pebbles a little tricky. Reading the order forms.
Week 5
Tell us what you have been doing this week
We have been making more frames. We have made decisions to order more frames to complete all the orders. We have been making more money. We have been giving everyone a deadline to get their orders in to make sure we have enough frames and time to make the frame. we have been collecting the money in for the orders. Finishing off orders and handing them out.
What did you learn this week?
We learnt that to complete orders we have had to but more frames and pay for postage which means we will lose out on profit. We learnt that we had to give people a deadline so we could work out how many frames were needed.
What did you find difficult this week?
We continued to find, finding the right stones, size and shape, for the frames a little tricky. We found fitting it in with all the other things going on in school a bit tricky.
Pebble Art
Pebble Art
Counting the money.
Lots of maths fun!
Week 6
Tell us what you have been doing this week
We have been in touch with a nursing home to go and talk and do activities with the residents. We have set another date for a litter pick down on the shore. We have made our last few frames and handed out all of our orders. We have had Suzanne from Forth Engineering come over to count money and talk with us about what we need to do next. We have begun to collect the photos together to make a video.
What did you learn this week?
We have learnt that running a business can be hard work but lots of fun! We have been quite surprised at how much money we have made from our frames. some of us have learnt more about counting money and filling in the budget book.
What did you find difficult this week?
We have not really struggled with anything this week as we have been finishing off making our frames and handing out our final orders.
Week 7 - half term
Litter picking at the beach!
We collected so much rubbish!
Week 8
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week we have met up with Suzanne from Forth Engineering and been to the beach for a litter pick to make our environment a better place.What did you learn this week?
We learnt that the walks around the beach didn't have much rubbish which was good. When we got to the beach there was quite a lot. We learnt that by taking the litter away the animals and creatures that use the beach would be safer.What did you find difficult this week?
Nothing!For pupils to answer:
In one sentence please tell us what bright stars has meant to you?
Bright Stars has been a lot of fun and it has taught us how to work well as a team in business.
For teachers to answer:
Can you tell us the impact this programme has had on your school?
Bright Stars has had a huge impact on our school. It has brought our local community closer to the school, through the coffee morning. It has allowed parents and carers to share in the work the children have been up to. Through working with Forth Engineering it has allowed us to engage the children in the world of business which they would not have had the opportunity to do otherwise. The children have developed new skills and found things they didn't know they could do, which has given them so much confidence. The whole project has brought the children in the class closer together. They have developed their team work and collaboration skills really well. The children are listening better to each other and taking on board other children's ideas. They have developed their oracy and what they want to say to their peers and adults.
Please provide your business plan.
Please provide your marketing plan.
Please provide your finance report/template.
