Sponsors
Week 1
Team name: VJS VOICES
Tell us what you have been doing this week
We met with our business mentors West Cumbria Age UK Nicola and Lindsey. We were very excited as Nicola had been the school cook so she knew us very well. We listened to what their jobs were and introduced ourselves. We said we were very nervous and were very quiet. We discussed the importance of our VOICE and decided to think about promoting "Our Voice Matters". and to make it heard in the community linking with West Cumbria Age Concern.
Our first Job was to design our Logo. We planned to launch this at our school enterprise event and ask parents and pupils to vote.
What did you learn this week?
We learnt that our voices are important and that we all had lots of ideas. We learnt about West Cumbria Age Concern and how helpful Nicola and Lindsey were and how much they enjoyed their work. Choosing what to do was difficult as there were so many ideas that how we learnt about developing a plan.
What did you find difficult this week?
Choosing our name and project was difficult but with the help of Nicola and Lindsey they helped us decide on a plan and arrange when they would make their weekly visit.
Logo voting
Logo count graph and result
Bright Star Committee getting the golden ticket.
Bright stars teacm
Week 2
Tell us what you have been doing this week
With the help of Nicola and Lyndsey the committee roles were assigned. we said that we all wrote an application letter to be chosen to go onto the committee and Mr Barton chose us. Nicola and Lyndsey helped us get our roles.
Design team, marketing/advertising: Laila and Sarah
Customer service Feedback and hosting: Amelia, Jotham and Mia
Finance: Owain and Leyton
Media assistant: Madison
Project Manager: Nkem
We thought about our project ideas and our wellbeing and decided that our project would be to make a book of Mantras a book of words to help give us positive thoughts.
What did you learn this week?
We learned about the team we needed for the project and we shared our skills.
Owain said he was very good at maths so should be the finance. Sarah said she was good at designing and drawing.
We learnt about the different people we needed with different skills.
We learnt that being positive is good.
What did you find difficult this week?
Choosing a product. we had lots of events that we could do but too many products and we only wanted one.
There were lots of ideas but eventually with the help of Mr Barton we have decided.
Week 3
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week we learnt about what a business plan is we worked with Nicola and made detailed plans about our product a book of Mantras. Our product name is going to be "VJS Mantras our book of positive thoughts" Nicola helped us th
rough the process and as well as our product we have decided to have wellbeing day where we can sell our product and increase our fundraising by having an enterprise event.
Madison will work with Nkem to promote the project and encourage pupils to submit their mantra.
Owain and Leyton will decide how best to use the £50 to invest in the wellbeing enterprise.
What did you learn this week?
It is important to have a plan.
It is important that everyone has roles and know what to do.
It is important that we work as a team.
Nkem says we must always consider health and safety and how to make sure that we are working safely.
What did you find difficult this week?
We had a lot to think about .
Making a business plan is not easy as we have a lot to consider
Nicola from West Cumbria Age UK helping us to set up our Business plan.
Making a business plan is not easy as we have a lot to consider.
Launching the Mantra Project with the school.
Our voices are important we each share our views.
Our Assembly power-point.
Week 4
Tell us what you have been doing this week
We met together to start the plan.
Design and Marketing: We are creating a power point with Mr Barton to present to the school asking for their help to create a Mantra for the book.
Finance: Owain and Leyton have worked with Nicola to decide on the size of the book and give details to the published to get the costings and how much we would need to sell the books for.
Media: Maddison is to produce a note to go on DOJO to ask for parents help in providing a Mantra for the book.
The Recycle fashion show planned for 7th June.
The Enterprise event is planned for 17th June.
Mantra book sold.
What did you learn this week?
We need to have a plan and meet deadlines.
We need to plan to have our product ready for to sell on our fundraising events.
Everyone has to take their role seriously.
Everything has to be costed.
What did you find difficult this week?
Organising events in a diary is difficult.
Standing in front of the school and speaking.
Week 5
Tell us what you have been doing this week
During this week we asked the pupils and staff of the school to send to the Bright Stars group mantras for our book.
We worked with Nicola and approached Fir-press to cost putting the book together. We worked out how many pages we would have a the potential cost. We also discussed time to get the book ready for sale.
RE-THINK:
We decided that the book would take too long and the cost of producing it would be difficult to make a decent profit, so we thought of other things we could make. We decided to produce picture frames.
What did you learn this week?
It was important to consider all the production options and the costing even if it meant changing the product outcome. We worked on finance and costing and found that we needed to make a cheaper product to get a better profit return. The finance group costed the frames they were ordered.
What did you find difficult this week?
Getting a product was difficult to make a profit so we changed from a book to a photo
Getting pupils and staff motivated to get the Mantras to us so that we could choose ready to produce the product.
Creating wellbeing products
Creating wellbeing products
Week 6 - half term
Week 7
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week was production week. The frames arrived and the production team set about putting the Mantras into the frames ready for our sales week next week.
The enterprise event was planned with us collecting the product idea from each class, the cost to make it and the potential profit it might make. We have started to get the finance information and work out how much we might make.
What did you learn this week?
We really worked well as a team to put all the mantras into the frames. As we were putting the Mantras into the frames we talked about the mantras and made changes to the ones we used. Mantras can help you develop positive thinking and feeling good but one we chose as it was from the Rugby player.
What did you find difficult this week?
Choosing the Mantras, there are so many that we liked and felt would be positive but one we really liked and used was the one from Rob Burrows it was sad but very powerful and would inspire positivity
Selecting the Mantras from pupils entries.
Making Keyrings as well as pictures.
Finance group costing the Mantras
Costing the profit
Launching the sale of our Mantras.
Week 8
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week was our week for launching the product for sale.
We made a promotional video to send out to our parents and organised the sales event.
We will also post on our face book page.
The finance team met to have a further finance meeting and look at how the costings were going. We got the information for all the classes and began working out what profit we would make with the Mantra pictures and the wellbeing products being made for the enterprise day.
What did you learn this week?
We enjoyed making the promotional video for the Mantra Products and really love our mantras.
It was interesting costing the making of the mantras and working out the price we should charge to make a profit.
Cost to make was £1.60. Sale price £5.00 profit for each Mantra £3,50.
What did you find difficult this week?
Making a choice of the mantras we had lots of really good ones.
Costing the mantras so that they would be at a price to sell, affordable, was a difficult decision. We think in the end we all agreed.
Week 9
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week was the Enterprise day where parents were invited to purchase all the products we made. It was a great event as each class really thought about well being and we had some great products. Nicola came and opened the event we sold the products to pupils as well and sold tea coffee and cake. It was very busy even the teachers bought our Mantras some had been made into keyrings as well as pictures. Even our headteacher, Mrs Robertson bought a picture for her office and we made a special key ring for her. We had a great time.
What did you learn this week?
This week learnt about costing products. Each class was given £20.00. They had to tell us how much they needed to spend on making the product, how much they would charge and how much they would make. Nichola helped us collected the information we used to predict the profit.
What did you find difficult this week?
Getting the class information and predicting the profit
For pupils to answer:
In one sentence please tell us what bright stars has meant to you?
"A new and creative way to help people with their wellbeing."
For teachers to answer:
Can you tell us the impact this programme has had on your school?
Strengthened our community links and offering a significant focus on whole school wellbeing through the pupils voice. All our Mantras are framed and will take pride of place around the school our key ring we will carry with us to lift our spirits.
Please provide your business plan.
Please provide your marketing plan.
Please provide your finance report/template.
Charity name/money donated to.
We raised £1714.82 and half of this will go to purchase dementia friendly equipment at Rosecroft Care Home Workington. £328 towards Wellbeing baskets for every resident of the four care homes in Workington 157 will be handed out on Respect your Community Day next week.
Final profit (minus the £50 seed funding).
££1664.82
Nichola selling Mantra
The Headteacher bought one of our Mantra Pictures and a Keyring
Bright Stars 2024
