Sponsors
Week 1
Team name: Lime Class Sock Rangers
Tell us what you have been doing this week
Monday: Woody Leece from Forth engineering came in to talk about his job role, the children had lots of questions. They gathered ideas about what we could do as a class for the project.
Tuesday: The children discussed what a business is and what social enterprise is.
Wednesday: We watched a video from a family member in the class who worked in marketing.
Thursday: Final idea was decided...sock monkeys. The children created some logo ideas.
Friday: Children were given the job role homework sheet to complete at home.
What did you learn this week?
"About different jobs"
"What Woody does for a job"
"We talked about our ideas and what we wanted to do as a class"
"The different job roles we could pick from"
What did you find difficult this week?
"Thinking of a team name"
"Thinking about how what we could do to help Maryport"
"Working out what job I would be best at doing"
Our ideas board.
Video from pupil's family member who works in marketing.
Our final logo design and slogan.
We sent a poster out to parents, talked about how to spend the money and thought about our final logo design with a slogan.
Week 2
Tell us what you have been doing this week
Monday: Woody came in to speak to us about how he uses robots at Forth Engineering.
Tuesday: We received the £50 and decided how we would be able to spend it.
Wednesday: We also used AI to help us to create our logo and make a slogan for our team.
Thursday: We made poster appealing to bring things in to make the sock monkeys.
Friday: We spoke about the different kinds of sock monkey designs we could have.
What did you learn this week?
"That we got a £50 note to spend"
"That we can use chatGPT to help us make our logo"
"What a slogan is"
What did you find difficult this week?
"Thinking of what we would need to spend the money on"
"Thinking of what our product is going to look like"
Week 3
Tell us what you have been doing this week
Monday: BANK HOLIDAY
Tuesday: We began making some sock monkeys in class.
Wednesday: We continued to make sock monkeys in class.
Thursday: The children came up with their own ideas about what we could sell on the sock monkey workshop with parents and families. Some children made some posters for the event.
Friday: Sophia's Grandma came into school to work with a group of children to make some amazing sock monkeys!
What did you learn this week?
"How to make a sock monkey"
"Ideas about how we could spend the £50 that we got"
"When the sock monkey workshop morning will be for our mams and dads to come in for"
What did you find difficult this week?
"Making a sock monkey they are really hard!"
"Working on my sewing"
"The parts of making a sock monkey"
"How to thread a needle"
"To think about what to spend the money on and not spend too much"
Sock Monkey Making Morning Poster for Families
The start of making our sock monkeys in class!
Week 4 overview
Sweet bag making for our stall!
Our trip to Cash & Carry and Lidl
Week 4
Tell us what you have been doing this week
Monday: Woody from Forth engineering came into class and spoke to the children about how his job has similarities to our sock monkey business.
Tuesday: Shared photos from Sophia's Grandma coming into school to help to the whole class.
Wednesday: Two adults and three children went to cash and carry in Workington and Lidl in Maryport to buy the supplies with the £50 budget for our workshop with families.
Thursday: Sent a message to parents for a cake appeal. Children helped make sweet bags.
Friday: Some children baked. Prepared the hall for the parents coming into school on Monday 18th.
What did you learn this week?
"How Woody's job is the same as us"
"How working as a team is important"
"What Woody does at Forth"
"How to make a sock monkey with my Grandma"
"How to spend money in a shop"
"What cash and carry is"
"What we need for our workshop on Monday"
What did you find difficult this week?
"Making sock monkeys, it is really tricky to use the needle and sew"
"Using enough sweets to fill the bags"
Week 5
Tell us what you have been doing this week
Monday: An amazing monkey making morning with parents and families in the school hall.
Tuesday: Shared photos and updates with families via Seesaw.
Wednesday: Shared photos and updates with families via Seesaw.
Thursday: Created a list of ways to look after a sock monkey for a sock monkey leaflet to sell.
Friday: We visited Forth Engineering in Flimby. The children had to walk from school and had a tour from Woody and Luke. The children had lots of questions and loved controlling a robot!
What did you learn this week?
"How to make a sock monkey"
"My mam even learned how to make a sock monkey"
"What Woody's work looks like"
"The things that Woody and Luke get to do at Forth engineering"
"Lots of things at Forth engineering help Sellafield"
"What it looks like inside Forth"
What did you find difficult this week?
"How fiddly it is to make a sock monkey my dad had to help me a lot"
"Walking all the way to Forth it was a long way"
Sock Monkey Making Monday!
Our Fantastic Forth Visit.
The countdown is on!!!!
Our Certificate of Adoption Design
Week 6 - Half Term
Tell us what you have been doing this week
We have had a lovely restful half term! The children have been excited counting down until the launch of the sale of their sock monkeys. This will go on sale after the week off...
What did you learn this week?
What did you find difficult this week?
Week 7
Tell us what you have been doing this week
Monday: Finalising the sock monkey stall, getting bits and bobs ready!
Tuesday: SOCK MONKEYS GO ON SALE...TODAY!
Wednesday: Our accountants have been busy counting all the money we have raised so far. Results to be posted soon!
Thursday: Looking at our achievements so far, looking at the videos that has been created.
Friday: Final reports completed and paperwork.
What did you learn this week?
"How good our sock monkeys are"
"Counting up what we made from the stall"
What did you find difficult this week?
"Deciding how much to sell the sock monkeys for"
"Waiting so long to buy our sock monkeys"
Our Sock Monkey Stall!
Our Price List
We have raised so far...
Week 8
Tell us what you have been doing this week
Monday: Woody from Forth came into school. He helped the finance team to count up all the money raised. At this point we had raised an amazing £366! We made Woody a card to say thank you!
Tuesday: We have finally sold all of our sock monkeys!
Wednesday: A group of children walked down to the charity shop in Maryport town centre - Knoxwood Wildlife Rescue Trust and donated £200!
Thursday: We discussed what we have done so far in our project.
Friday: We celebrated our successes and had a reveal of how much we have raised.
What did you learn this week?
"Where the charity shop is in town"
"That the charity shop isn't as far away as Forth, Forth was a very long walk"
"What the charity shop does"
"The animals that are taken care of"
"That the animals don't live in the back of the chaity shop in Maryport"
"Our money will help a lot of sick animals"
What did you find difficult this week?
"Saying goodbye to Woody"
Thank you Woody from Forth for all the help each week in our class. Your Monday sessions have been a great opportunity for the children to ask about your job.
Week 9
Tell us what you have been doing this week
Monday: Lime class discussed ways they could spend their profits. They were praised for their efforts and asked what they would enjoy to do in the local area as a treat. Tuesday: Miss Kirkbride made final plans on the surprise. Wednesday: The children made a poster about what they have learned so far from Bright Stars. Thursday: Final count up of all the money raised. Shared with parents. Friday: The children created their own movie showing a summary of their Bright Stars experience.
What did you learn this week?
"How amazing bright stars is" "How much fun we have had" "What a profit is"
What did you find difficult this week?
"Deciding what to spend out spare money on" "Counting the money again but I did find it fun"
For pupils to answer:
In one sentence please tell us what bright stars has meant to you?
It meant a lot. We really enjoyed making sock monkeys, the visit to Forth and the chance to sell sock monkeys.
For teachers to answer:
Can you tell us the impact this programme has had on your school?
The programme has had a positive impact on our school by developing pupils’ confidence, teamwork and enterprise skills. It has strengthened links with families and the local community while helping children understand how they can make a real difference through social action and fundraising.
Please provide your business plan.
Please provide your marketing plan.
Please provide your finance report/template.
Charity name/money donated to.
Knoxwood Wildlife Rescue - 1079659
Final profit (minus the £50 seed funding).
£341.10
Prize categories and reasons
Best team work, collaboration and leadership
The children took ownership of the project from start to finish. They embraced their individual roles and responsibilities, shared ideas confidently and made key decisions throughout the enterprise. Pupils worked together to solve problems, support one another and ensure everyone's voice was heard.
Most profitable social enterprise
Our school should win this category because we turned an initial investment of just £50 into £391.10 through careful planning and teamwork. Pupils successfully designed, marketed and sold sock monkeys and other products, generating a significant profit. All while having fun! £200 was donated.
Best community engagement
Our school brought pupils, families and the wider community together through our sock monkey making. Family workshops increased parental engagement, strengthened home-school links and inspired families. We walked to Forth Engineering for a tour and walked to the charity shop in Maryport town centre.
A final count of our money we have raised.
WELL DONE LIME CLASS!
