Sponsors
Week 1
Team name: Ice Cold
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week we have been introduced to our Bright Stars Mentors from NNL, they explained what their roles were in their business before our teachers talked about how we can start our own. We discussed product ideas for our business, brainstorming which idea would work best for our community and school. We ended the session by looking at the 5P's of business and finalising our business plan.
What did you learn this week?
We learned:
1. What a business is
2. How a businesses/social enterprises runs
3. To start a business small in order to grow larger
4. The 5P's of business
5. Short Snappy slogans
6. Who Lindsay is and her important job at Age UK West Cumbria
7. What a charity is
What did you find difficult this week?
As a class we found finalising our product ideas difficult because we needed to think smaller about our business plan initially. We also found deciding on a snappy logo and business name tricky.
The 5P's Business Model
Our Sustainable Development Goals
Week 2
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week we have been exploring different job roles in a social enterprise and how everyone helps the business to run efficiently and successfully. We talked about the importance of working together as a team, even though we all may have different roles we should remain focused upon what we are trying to do together. As a class we started by sharing positive comments about each other which helped boost people's confidence and explore job roles they may not have considered.
To finish, we explored our business plan again and finalised which Sustainable Development Goals we wanted to focus on.
What did you learn this week?
We learned about the different job roles in a business and how they all work together towards a common goal, we then discussed which skills people would need in order to run a profitable successful business. We have focused upon self reflection this week and being proud of our strengths and others.
What did you find difficult this week?
We found it difficult to make sure that everyone was proud of their strengths and promoting themselves whilst supporting others goals. Alongside this, we found it hard to apply for just one position.
Week 3
Tell us what you have been doing this week
Today we discussed how we were going to bring our business to life. We reflected on the prior week, thought about our individual roles and responsibilities and how we were going to work as a team to make our dream a reality. We focused on deadlines this week, we created a list so everyone is aware of what needs to be done and when it needs to be completed by. Alongside this, we utilised our British Value skills to vote democratically on a logo for our business Ice Cold - to do this we used the following criteria: is it memorable, does it explain who we are and is it versatile.
What did you learn this week?
We learned a lot about planning ahead and organisation as we had to look in detail at our business and how we could make it a special event for all the community to enjoy together during Sports Day. We focused on turn taking whilst communicating and listening to others ideas sympathetically.
What did you find difficult this week?
This week we found it difficult to plan our ice lolly stand into an already busy diary with enough notice so our community members could attend and timetabling how different year groups could join us.
Our Final Voted Logo
Poster Marketing Time
Displaying Our Ideas
Week 4
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week we have been focusing on the creative marketing aspect of our business and how we are going to bring our ice lolly/drink stall to our fellow pupils and local community. We focused primarily upon working collaboratively and brainstorming where we could advertise our products, to do this we had to consider the costings of our venture. We discussed how much our initial outlay for our products would be and how we were going to price our wares whilst keeping it affordable to make a reasonable profit. We then calculated our business model and added the relevant pricing to our posters.
What did you learn this week?
We have learned about the importance of small gestures and how they can influence changes to not only ourselves but the people around us too - this occurred through talking to people in our school and seeing their appreciation that we stopped to share our ideas and gain their opinions.
What did you find difficult this week?
We found it difficult to decide which information we needed to prioritise on our marketing posters and where we should advertise them within our school whilst looking at raising our aspirations.
Week 5
Tell us what you have been doing this week
We have been exceptionally busy this week as a class getting prepared for our ice lolly and drinks stall on the WC: Monday 9th June. We have focused on working as a team and communicating clearly with our friends to create the products for our stall and how we are going to provide them to our peers. We discussed how we could ensure everyone felt comfortable with their activity and how as a class we could help each other complete the different jobs - we reminded each other of our special skills from our job application forms and used our voices to communicate this so people knew who to ask.
What did you learn this week?
We learned how to communicate with each other effectively as a team and prioritise different activities and jobs over others. To do this we asked short simple questions to understand which activity was more time consuming and needed more people helping, from this we could rearrange ourselves.
What did you find difficult this week?
We found it difficult making sure everyone was working on their correct area and communicating with each other when their objective was complete, but we did get the hang of it and helped when needed.
ICE COLD SJS Advertising
Week 6 - Half Term
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What did you find difficult this week?
Week 7
Tell us what you have been doing this week
Half Term Week - Children not in School.
What did you learn this week?
Half Term Week - Children not in School.
What did you find difficult this week?
Half Term Week - Children not in School.
ICE COLD SJS Stall ready to go...
Week 8
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week has been incredibly busy and exciting, we have set up our Ice Cold stall on Monday for everyone in our local school community and it was a huge success. We were blown away by the amount of money we have raised whilst doing our bit to keep everyone happy and content in the warm weather during our daily miles. We are very proud of all the hard work we have put into our stall to make it a success, we couldn't have done it without pulling together as a team with NNL our business mentors and the support from our school.
What did you learn this week?
This week we have learned how to interact with customers we don't know very well and how to hold a conversation with them. We have also learned how to maintain our businesses finances and raise more funds.
What did you find difficult this week?
We found counting the correct amount of change difficult when we were given larger notes especially when people were buying multiple items (also not snacking on our items). It tested our Maths skills.
Week 9
Tell us what you have been doing this week
On our final week we have been working hard to complete our final orders and enjoyed handing them out to our happy customers. This week we have celebrated our successes and the learning journey we have taken with Ice Cold, we cannot believe our business has come this far and had so much support from our local school community. We have been busy talking with our fundraising committee at school about how we can continue to bring everyone together in future. As a class we are hoping to continue our efforts this term to raise funds for new equipment alongside our fundraising committee.
What did you learn this week?
We learned how to speak to others respectfully through our vocabulary choices and how the pace/tone of our voices can create a good impression to our customers and friends. Overall, we have learned how we can work together and value everyone's contributions, no matter how big or small they are.
What did you find difficult this week?
It was difficult at first because we had several orders to complete to a high standard to maintain our quantity and quality control, but we came up with a methodical system to approach make it work!
For pupils to answer:
In one sentence please tell us what bright stars has meant to you?
To us Bright Stars means Ice Cold it gives happiness and helps our school community to come together over a shared love of chilly treats.
For teachers to answer:
Can you tell us the impact this programme has had on your school?
Bright Stars has had a brilliant impact on our school, it has allowed the children in our Year 5 classes to become passionate about their business and their goal of bringing the community together. It has given them something to work towards and provided a common interest amongst all peers which has created stronger friendships and bonds between our year group. They have learned how to work together as a team and most importantly how to communicate sympathetically with everyone. Bright Stars has given everyone the ambition and drive to reach further then they have previously because they have had everyone right behind them supporting them every step of the way. The program has been a great way to build key communication lines in our class, school and wider community which we have all benefitted from!
Please provide your business plan.
Please provide your marketing plan.
Please provide your finance report/template.
Charity name/money donated to.
Friends of Seaton St Paul's C of E Junior School
Final profit (minus the £50 seed funding).
£123.17
