Last year, Year 5 worked hard to build a ‘business idea’, from which a profit could be made and donated to charity. The charity we chose to support is The Olive Branch for Children. Here is some information about the wonderful work they do, with the help of communities like ours. 

‘The Olive Branch for Children helps remote communities in Tanzania assess their primary needs and establish programs that target the most vulnerable. The goal is to establish community-led programs that empower remote communities and generate models that can be replicated in communities throughout Tanzania and elsewhere.’

http://www.theolivebranchforchildren.org/index.php

Using maths skills taught during lesson time, our pupils researched the most cost effective ways to produce sweet jars, which could be sold. Furthermore, thanks to the support of parents/ carers, they worked towards raising the money that was then used as a start-up cost for their ‘business venture’.  

I am pleased to say that their hard work and enthusiasm has truly payed off, and have raised £100, which has since been donated to a very worthy cause. The remainder of the sweet jars will be sold at the Year 5 parent/ career meetings coming up soon, at a cost of £1-£3 per jar.

Learning from this good example, this Year 5 group has already started to think about their ‘business plans’, and we look forward to sharing these with you all very soon!

The generosity of our community is something we are very proud of and we would like to take this opportunity to thank the pupils, staff and parents/ carers for your continued support.