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Pupils make 2010 calendars ... then sell them
ENTERPRISING youngsters at Lythe Primary School went into business to make money by producing their own calendars for sale.
The 24 children aged from nine to 11 made more than 100 of the calendars and sold them to raise cash for their school.
Class teacher Lisa Armstrong said: “It was an idea that came from the parents and carers’ council who suggested it.
“The children formed their own company with a design team and an environmental team to produce the calendars and some of them made a spread sheet.
“They did all the designing and drew pictures for it.
“The environmental team came up with ideas for re-using it after it had finished as a calendar, for example by converting it into a seed tray or rolling the pages to make jewellery.
“On each page they also put environmentally-friendly messages including walking instead of driving and they were made from recycled paper produced from elephant faeces.
“As it was a birthday calendar they each drew pictures of themselves to be included on their birthday dates.
“The calendars went down a storm and sold really well at our school concert and carol service, but we don’t yet know how much money we’ll have made from them.
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