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Bright Stars - School Update

Victoria Academy

Sponsors

Week 1

Team name: Victoria Kickademy

Tell us what you have been doing this week

- deciding on team name
- initial ideas for fundraising
- charities to raise money for
- Oxley’s visited us to discuss the project

What did you learn this week?

- different areas of business
- profit margins

What did you find difficult this week?

- bringing all of our ideas to one/two ideas

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Week 2

Tell us what you have been doing this week

We went to Oxley’s to meet Darren (CEO)

What did you learn this week?

- how to cost our ideas

What did you find difficult this week?

Week 3

Tell us what you have been doing this week

- deciding on our charity cause
- we decided to raise money for a child in our class who is having treatment for leukaemia
- we met Will the design creator from Oxley’s

What did you learn this week?

- how to advertise
- how to design a logo

What did you find difficult this week?

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Our poster design

Week 4

Tell us what you have been doing this week

- poster design!

What did you learn this week?

What did you find difficult this week?

Week 5

Tell us what you have been doing this week

What did you learn this week?

What did you find difficult this week?

Week 6 - Half Term

Tell us what you have been doing this week

What did you learn this week?

What did you find difficult this week?

Week 7

Tell us what you have been doing this week

- holding our cake sale at Oxley’s
- holding our football competition

What did you learn this week?

- the organisation needed for the running of the event

What did you find difficult this week?

- logistics of coordinating all the cakes we needed

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Cake sale

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Football competition

Week 8

Tell us what you have been doing this week

What did you learn this week?

What did you find difficult this week?

Week 9

Tell us what you have been doing this week

- we looked at our fundraising total - we met with Jayne from Oxley’s

What did you learn this week?

What did you find difficult this week?

For pupils to answer:


In one sentence please tell us what bright stars has meant to you?

Being able to raise money to support a child in our class.

For teachers to answer:
Can you tell us the impact this programme has had on your school?

It brought the whole school together to raise money for a child in our school.

Please provide your business plan.

Please provide your marketing plan.

Please provide your finance report/template.

Charity name/money donated to.

Ronald McDonald Charity/child in class currently going through treatment for leukaemia

Final profit (minus the £50 seed funding).

£1032 + £500 donation from Oxley’s = £1532

Prize categories and reasons

  • Best team work, collaboration and leadership
  • Most profitable social enterprise
  • Best community engagement

We recently raised money for something close to home, and it turned into a real community effort. Everyone got involved—from all the parents pitching in with time and donations, to the football teams. Even Greens Pie Shop donated cakes for the cake sale.

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