Sponsors
Week 1
Team name: Project Pius
Tell us what you have been doing this week
Our teacher met with our business this week- BAE and was introduced to Abbuie, Richard and Rosie
What did you learn this week?
What did you find difficult this week?
Our logo
All our design ideas for logos
Week 2
Tell us what you have been doing this week
Richard, Abbie and Rosie came in from BAE to help us start our project, We have never done one before.
We talked about what a social enterprise was and we began to brainstorm.
We came up with a number of of people/ places we could raise money for and we also came up with lots of ideas how we could so it.
We worked together to come up with a class business name: We voted on Project Pius
We then started to design a logo for our business- we voted on the one we all wanted which represented our idea
What did you learn this week?
Why we have logos
What a social enterprise is
How we can raise money
How to organise ourselves into teams
What did you find difficult this week?
Making sure everyone felt included
Using our time effectively as we are short of time
Week 3
Tell us what you have been doing this week
We were on residential this week
What did you learn this week?
What did you find difficult this week?
Research for our wacky sacks- inspiration
Our job roles
Week 4
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week we got into groups of 4 we voted on our chosen charity to raise money for (Children with Autism) and the product we were going to make (sensory toys for children with autism). We researched toys and voted to make wacky sacks.
We also split into team roles and chose an area to focus on to make sure the tasks were done.
Our buyers made a list and went to ASDA to buy the things needed. We spent £23.17
We set up a digital book to record all our work as we go using Book Creator
What did you learn this week?
How to use a till
How to vote so that everyone had a say
HOw to choose rioles which suit of skills and interests
How to work with new people in a team
How to import photos to Book Creeator
What did you find difficult this week?
Making a final choice for a charity as some children were very keen on a different charity
Finding the time to go shopping as it needed two adults
Taking clear photos
Week 5
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week we started to make our product.
Richard from BAE came in and helped us to set up a finace log for money spent and raised. He also helped the project managers organise a timetable so that they can help meet deadlines.
Our marketing team made posters to advertise our stall. W emade some prototype wacky sacks with different fillings and then asked our autistic children to choose their favourite. We then voted as a class for our favourites as we want to see them to all children. We used this to decidfed how many of each to make.
We wrote to Autus to ask them to come in to speak to us
What did you learn this week?
How to keep a finance log
What different sensory issues autism children can have
How to organise a team for deadlines
How to write to a charity
How to make wacky sacks
Why it is important to make pratice prototypes first so we know what will sell
What did you find difficult this week?
Time - it took ages to make the product and create the posters.
Some tasks take longer than others and this means some people miss out on bits they like
Keeping tidy when creating the product- messy
Messy making the Wacky Sacks
Our prototypes for market research
Stock control
The selling begins
Week 6
Tell us what you have been doing this week
We are now selling our creations. At the moment almost all of our wacky sacks have been made. Every single one of them have had a high quality check and double ballooned with faces. Our selling group have been selling them at the gate and we sold out. So we had to make more.Then we ran into a problem that we had used up all our balloons and went to get more. BAE came to visit and they taught us how to stock control. Our charity emailed us to arrange to come and talk to us about autism. We have also decided to add a new design of mini wacky sacks for 20p and volunteers will make some at home.
What did you learn this week?
That it's not that easy to start a business.
You need to get everything you need.
You run out of equipment quickly.
You need to quality check everything before you can sell them.
We learned how to keep a running total of profit.
What did you find difficult this week?
The difficult part was redoing the process and having to double balloon them and redo the faces.
We struggles to keep up with demand and making the wacky sacks is quite time consuming .
Week 7 - half term
Editing the final video
Project Pius- raising money for a good cause
Week 8
Tell us what you have been doing this week
At the end of week 6 it was sports day and we sold some of our Wacky sacks .We managed to sell over 15 Wacky sacks but none of our Finger Fiddlers .Some people have been taking some wacky sacks to their clubs outside of school. Them people have also been taking a bit of money incase they need to give out change and just brought the money back.This day is our last day of selling so all wacky sacks are half price they are now 50p whereas the finger fiddlers are 5p due to trying to sell them quicker. We have also made a video showing and talking about our roles using Book CreatorWhat did you learn this week?
That it isn't easy to sell everyday How to make an assembly We need to make it half price to sell out quicker so we have none left. How to make a video using Book CreatorWhat did you find difficult this week?
The blog since we have been off for a week and people are confused for when were selling and finishing our project. Getting the video made has been hard as everyone wanted to have a role.For pupils to answer:
In one sentence please tell us what bright stars has meant to you?
We have never done a social enterprise like this before and it has been so much fun running our own business as a class team.
For teachers to answer:
Can you tell us the impact this programme has had on your school?
It has been wonderful for the children to work with a people from business/ industry and receive their advice about how the children's roles would look in the real world.
The children have benefitted from working in small teams, supporting one another to meet deadlines but also working for the greater good of their social enterprise. Its has been lovely to see the confidence of so many children grow, especially when selling.
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Please provide your marketing plan.
Please provide your finance report/template.
