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Week 1
Team name: Red Squirrels
Tell us what you have been doing this week
We have spent time this week brainstorming ideas for our project - we had loads!
After discussing various ideas we have decided to create a Seasonal Nature Magazine to include local facts about nature, plant facts, recipes, walks, nature art and poetry.
We will launch the magazine on our annual plant sale date and invite parents and members of the community to come along for afternoon tea.
We have applied for our positions within the project and are looking forward to finding out what our roles are next week.
We designed logos for the magazine and thought of a name for the publication.
What did you learn this week?
We learnt about brainstorming, sharing ideas and compromise!
We found out about what a social enterprise is and what each role within the project involve and the skills we need to have to do them.
What did you find difficult this week?
Thinking of innovative ideas.
Designing a simple yet eye catching logo.
Planning a snappy and effective name for the magazine.
Week 2
Tell us what you have been doing this week
Right now the magazine team are designing the front cover, finalising the logo and planning content in detail. The plant team are listing the plants we will have available for the sale and making signs for this.
The cake team are finding recipes and printing them. The customer service are making name badges and planning what we need and I am typing this in!
The finance team are going around finding out what pepole are putting on their lists and making the prices for it.
What did you learn this week?
We've learnt the importance of working in a team, communitcating our ideas and making lists!
What did you find difficult this week?
Deciding how to spend the money carefully and effectively so it works the best for our project.
Week 3
Tell us what you have been doing this week
we have been carrying on with our jobs and getting things done.
The magazine team have finshed the logo and in our computing lesson, Mr Rafferty showed how to put it onto our magazine template.
We decided together on how we wanted it to look and have started dpoing some work to put in it.
Weve written poems and drawn pictures of flowers we can see near to our school.
What did you learn this week?
I learned the difference between a buttercup and a lesser cellandine
What did you find difficult this week?
Some and the flowers were tricky to draw
We had to count up all the plansts we have grown - there was alot!
a Lesser Celandine
Lots of plants!
Forget-me-not
Week 4
Tell us what you have been doing this week
We have been finalising our logo for the magazine cover and gathering content for the inside.
We have written poems inspired by wildflowers and drawn pictures to accompany them.
The Year threes have been on residential so us Year fours have really enjoyed getting into our jobs and ticking off from our planning sheets.
What did you learn this week?
We learnt about different sorts of flowers that we can find in the local area.
We learnt about what makes an effective logo.
What did you find difficult this week?
nothing
Week 5
Tell us what you have been doing this week
On Thursday we hosted our Plant Sale for parents, friends and members of the community. The sun shone , lots of plants and cake was sold and it was a great success.
As well as plants that we had grown from seed, we sold a variety of cakes (all school-made), tea and coffee and rhubarb cordial (also school made).
Instead of fixed prices we asked people to 'make a donation' but are confident we have made a good profit. The finance team just need to count everything up!
We also launched our nature magazine by telling visitors to the plant sale about it and taking email addresses.
What did you learn this week?
We learnt about customer service - welcoming people into school and chatting about our work. We were able to put our teamwork skills into practise by working with friends to make sure the plant sale went well.
What did you find difficult this week?
The plant sale was busy so it was difficult to make sure we chatted to everyone.
Cake making
Homegrown rhubarb
Our wonderful plant sale with afternoon tea and cake!
Some excited customers and a brilliant customer service team in action!
Week 6 - Half Term
Tell us what you have been doing this week
We have been enjoying a welcome week off!
What did you learn this week?
What did you find difficult this week?
Week 7
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Week 8
Tell us what you have been doing this week
We have been finishing of our evaluations which we we have done individually. We have finalised the money that we earned and have printed of copies of the magazine for everybody in our class.
What did you learn this week?
How do an evaluation.
What did you find difficult this week?
doing an evaluation!
Week 9
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week we have been working hard in our garden. harvesting our crops (peas, raspberries , lettuce , rhubarb, strawberries) so we can sell these to parents and people in the community. We have been busy keeping all our plants well watered in the heat this week. We have also been printing off more of our magazines and are continuing to sell these to parents and the wider community who have been very supportive of our enterprise and learning more about our school and Bright stars.
What did you learn this week?
The best thing about harvesting is eating the food straight from the plant! They taste sooooo much better that way. They have also learnt how important watering our plants especially when very hot. How to publish our magazine to sell.
What did you find difficult this week?
Some of the children have learnt how to publish our magazine this week which has involved learning new skills whilst being patient and follow step by step instructions carefully.
For pupils to answer:
In one sentence please tell us what bright stars has meant to you?
Bright Stars has been exciting and interesting because we have learnt about business and social enterprise whilst working with the community.
For teachers to answer:
Can you tell us the impact this programme has had on your school?
This project has been a great format to focus our Y3/4 class in Outdoor Learning lessons as they often find it difficult to work effectively as a team. Having this as a focus and encouraging them to work to their strengths has been very motivating for them and great to see.
Our plant sale was really enjoyable and the magazine has been extremely well received by local hostelries, parents and community members - so much so that we intend to make it a permanent fixture with a twice yearly publication! We are already planning content for the Autumn/Winter edition!
We would love to get involved with Bright Stars again as fell that it provides great format and structure for holistic and practical learning.
Please provide your business plan.
Please provide your marketing plan.
Please provide your finance report/template.
Charity name/money donated to.
We will donate £150 to NW Air Ambulance and use some money to buy more paper to continue distributing our magazine. The remainder of the money will buy plants for the school garden.
Final profit (minus the £50 seed funding).
£347.20
