Stallholder help Is your PTA holding a summer fair? Sourcing
Pupil-led projects
With students making up the largest stakeholder group in your school, can you get them raising funds while developing valuable new skills?
Pupils Profit offers primary school
children the opportunity to set up and operate one of two small retail businesses. The Healthy Tuck Shop offers a range of wholesome snacks, such as cold-pressed fruits and plain popped corn, and the Stationery Shop stocks eco-friendly recycled products including scented pencils and bookmarks. Both schemes can be run by up to 30 children and will help pupils develop a wide range of skills: regularly practising maths by handling money and analysing data, developing their confidence by taking on responsibilities and realising achievements, and using their creativity to put their marketing strategy into place.
48 SUMMER 2017 FundEd The products are affordably
priced so that no one goes without, while additional training allows pupils to gain a detailed understanding of managing a business. One teacher said, ‘The Healthy Tuck Shop has been a massive success at our school – it is always busy.’ With low set-up costs and an
easy-to-follow guide, the Pupils Profit scheme offers a unique way for children to learn about running a company, with pupils proudly championing healthy eating across the school. To find out how to set up and
operate a sustainable Healthy Tuck Shop or Stationery Shop business, go to
pupilsprofit.com.
enough volunteers to man stalls, and being able to provide a good variety of games, activities and refreshments is always an issue, so enlist the help of pupils. Encourage children to brainstorm their options, considering upfront costs, revenue potential, how their stall might complement other attractions, division of responsibilities and marketing. Here are a few suggestions: Fresh lemonade or mocktails A cold glass of lemonade is deliciously refreshing on a hot summer’s day. But if your children are feeling adventurous, they could add cucumber, lavender, watermelon or strawberries to create their own range of healthy mocktails! Encourage students to consider flavours that work well together, the prices of different ingredients, food miles, etc. Bucket dash! Players have to carry a bucket of water for 10 metres then empty the contents into a washing-up bowl. They can refill the bucket three times, but they only have two minutes and the bucket has holes in the bottom! Any player who manages to get an agreed amount or more into the bowl then wins a prize. Grow a £1 If your school has a PTA, then can they stump up an investment of £1 for every pupil? Children can then club together to buy seeds to grow small plants to sell; to purchase ingredients to bake cakes; or buy buckets and sponges and offer a car-washing service. The options are endless, though do bear in mind that risk assessments may need to be carried out by an adult! And don’t forget that any pupil that doesn’t take part will need to repay their investment!
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