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Week 1
Team name: Busy Bumblebees
Tell us what you have been doing this week
On week 1, we had a visit from Michelle from ARMMA. Michelle spent some time with us talking about her company and her role in the company and how she used a range of the core skills (listening, speaking, problem solving ect.) within her role. We spent time discussing what a social enterprise is, the 5 P's of business and started brainstorming some ideas and working in teams and looking at the 5 P's for each idea.
What did you learn this week?
Children's responses:
> We need to give money back to our community and charity
> A product is a thing that they can have and a service is a job that you do for someone
> We have to think about who our business will be for and help (old, young, boys, girls)
What did you find difficult this week?
Children's responses:
> Thinking of some new ideas
> Remembering all of the skills for a business
Week 2
Tell us what you have been doing this week
On week 2, we met with Alec (engineer) and Neil (architect) who discussed their job roles in the company and also shared the key skills that they used. We also looked at our ideas in more depth and worked together to decide which would be best to be a part of our social enterprise. We then decided on our company name - Busy Bees.
What did you learn this week?
We learnt about their roles and skills an dhow everybody works as a team, utilising their skills and abilities.
An architects is... "Someone who designs the buildings that someone is going to build."
An engineer.... "someone who actually builds the buildings." and "makes sure that they're safe"
What did you find difficult this week?
Nothing :)
Week 3
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week we met Andrew, who was a 'radioactive specialist' (engineer). He discussed his role in the company and how his skills are used.
We started our business plan and began to look at what resources we needed to make our project happen. Michelle spent time talking us through UN Sustainability Goals and we realised we were working to improve number 3, Good health and wellbeing!
We also designed our logo !
What did you learn this week?
What did you find difficult this week?
Learning about Lottie’s role.
Discussing what makes a good project manager.
Week 4
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week we met Lottie, who was a project manager. She manages the project and tracks progress, making sure that everyone was doing the right job to the required deadlines.
Lottie spent time helping us continue our business plan, discussed planning and gave us some examples of interview questions. Once we had made a start on this, we then discussed job roles and interviews. She helped us prepare for interviews by having us ask each other interview questions and helping us answer correctly.
What did you learn this week?
"A project manager isn't bossy when they're in charge, they're helping everyone"
Project managers help oversee operations.
What did you find difficult this week?
"Answering interview questions"
"What to spend our money on"
Week 5
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week Lottie and Alec came back and helped us with our marketing plan. They helped us by showing and telling us different ways that we can advertise what we are selling. We started our finance plan and made posters on the iPad using Pic Collage.
What did you learn this week?
"Adverts need to be bright to catch people's attention"
"Word of mouth means telling people about our business"
"If our posters are too colourful with too many pictures, people might get confused"
What did you find difficult this week?
Nothing!
Week 6 - Half Term
Tell us what you have been doing this week
HALF TERM
What did you learn this week?
HALF TERM
What did you find difficult this week?
HALF TERM
Week 7
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week, Michelle can back and brought Jon with her! Jon is a project manager and does a similar role to Lottie. We had a really fun time with Jon, working practically on how different businesses work together to get what they need! One team gave the second team a brief and a deadline and the two teams agreed a price. The second team completed their task on time and the first team were happy with the result so they got paid!
What did you learn this week?
"We always have to work together"
"Make sure it's clear what you want"
"Sometimes if you can't do something, someone else will be there to help"
What did you find difficult this week?
Nothing :)
Jon and Michelle discussing the key skills needed to work in partnership with another business.
Jon’s challenge!
Week 8
Tell us what you have been doing this week
This week, we researched and discuss where to find the best projects for the cheapest price. We were put into teams depending on our job roles and used iPads and asked each other about where to find the items we needed for cheap, using our own experience! We finished our business plan and finance plan, horayy!!!
What did you learn this week?
How to best manage our money.
Why cheaper doesn't always mean better e.g. £3 for 5 or £5 for 10.
"You can find really good deals in shops or on the internet"
What did you find difficult this week?
"Finding things for cheap"
"Choosing what we want to spend our money on"
Week 9
Tell us what you have been doing this week
We made all of our products and had our sale! After a little bit of a delay, we worked even harder to make it happen. Michelle came back in the afternoon to help us make sure we had done everything that we needed to do and even stayed to help at our sale! We had such a wonderful time and made a profit, which we are very proud of!
What did you learn this week?
"Always check that everything has our logo on it" "We need to make sure we give people the right change"
What did you find difficult this week?
"Finding change on our stalls"
For pupils to answer:
In one sentence please tell us what bright stars has meant to you?
We have never had an experience like this before, it has taught us a lot!
For teachers to answer:
Can you tell us the impact this programme has had on your school?
The programme allowed my children to experience something new and something REAL. They had an incredible time and learnt so much. They loved seeing how the essential skills (teamwork, creativity, problem solving ect) can relate to real life, which helped them understand the importance of these skills. We feel very fortunate to have been a part of it and have loved every minute!
Please provide your business plan.
Please provide your marketing plan.
Please provide your finance report/template.
Charity name/money donated to.
Animal Welfare Furness Charity No: 1189973
Final profit (minus the £50 seed funding).
£152.36
Prize categories and reasons
Best team work, collaboration and leadership
Although we all had different rolls, we worked together to make sure everything was done correctly. We worked together by listening to each others ideas and helping each other. We didn't argue and we were kind to each other, even when we didn't really like an idea.
Some of our artwork (that was also turned into keyrings)
Our sale underway!
