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After three successful months Polesworth’s Year 10 Enterprise Team
have been declared the county’s top fundraisers.
A team of Year 10 pupils were set the challenge to use business ideas
in order to make money for St Mary Anne Evan’s Hospice in Nuneaton. They
were given £50 initial start-up capital, which was donated by Jaguar, in
order to launch their projects.
The students used their initiative and entrepreneurial skills to
devise money making projects that they could run over the three month
period allocated.
Their first project, named ‘Santa’s Little Helpers’ involved
providing refreshments for Year 12 parents evening, as there was an
obvious gap in the market. The refreshments followed the Christmas theme
and the group made their own Christmas shortbread with the help of Mrs
Knight. This project was very successful and raised a great deal of
money, especially as their production costs were so low and the high
demand for their delicious shortbread meant that they could charge a
relatively high price.
The teams second project, named ‘Project Cupid’ was definitely the
most successful and innovative idea. The pupils identified the need for
pupils to celebrate Valentine’s Day before students left school for the
half-term holidays. Not only did they have to utilise their skills in
persuasion to ensure that this day could take place within school but
also convince Mr Crook to produce Valentine’s Key rings to be sold and
distributed throughout the day. The Enterprise Team also sold Valentines
messages that were placed on the school information screens and silk
roses.
Despite the school closure due to snow, the pupils yet again worked
their magic on Mr Clark and managed to negotiate a non-school uniform
day for pupils for the rearranged Valentines Day. The day eventually
took place and a vast amount of money was raised on behalf of St Mary
Anne Evan’s Hospice.
The project finally came to an end for the students on Wednesday the
14th of April at Jaguar’s Heritage Museum. The Enterprise Team delivered
a well polished and highly professional presentation about their three
month projects. The defining moment came when the students unveiled the
cheque for £1259.53, which was by far the largest sum of money raised by
any of the local schools that entered the enterprise competition.
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