Nursery Enterprise Project

Canvas Handprint Art

Learning Overview• To plan a project to enhance the curriculum by extending it into fund

raising and enterprise

• Funds raised to be used to buy class equipment and resources

• Through these activities pupils will develop basic entrepreneurial skills, team working and working with others

• The project will support all areas of learning and will particularly enhance pupils’ financial understanding and skills in– handling money and coin recognition– calculating totals– awareness that there is a cost element in the production of items on offer for sale– concept of profit

Class Thinking Web

“How do you get money?”“In the shop”

“My mummy / daddy”“In my pocket”

“It’s in my teddy bear (money box)“I got money at my home”

“Put the card in the machine, it gives you pounds”

Class Discussion

“What do you spend money on?”• Toys• Sweets• Stickers• Drink• Car (toy)

Class Discussion“How could we raise money in Nursery?”We talked about this but it was a difficult concept for children to grasp without any prior experience so Sam (Nursery Nurse) and myself (Class teacher) engaged in role-play. We each decided on something to make and sell to parents. We then asked children to decide in talking partners, which idea they preferred

– Planting a seed and growing a plant– Buying a blank canvas and painting on it

Market ResearchWe discussed ‘market research’ and told children they should ask their parents which they would prefer to buy. Children went home with a simple tick sheet for their parents to complete. When the slips were returned, we sorted and counted them and chose the one with greater ‘demand’ – canvas art

Class Discussion

“Where do we start?”We need:– Blank canvases (£1 each from pound shop)– Paint– Ideas / inspiration– Money to buy blank canvases (kitty from office)

A Little Trip to Poundland

• We took the tram to the Parade. Each child was given £1 to spend on a canvas

• When we got back we talked about the jar of money (kitty) being empty but demonstrated how spending some money can make more money

Production

• Children researched on the internet to find the handprint art they wanted to create

• Children then created their masterpiece

Advertisement

• Children made posters to advertise the canvases for sale

• Children wrote invitations to parents

Selling

• We organised an ‘Art Gallery’ for parents to visit and purchase a canvas

• Children put the money into the jar and watched as it became full

• Children looked through the catalogues to find new resources for Nursery

• We bought blank canvases for £1 and sold painted ones for £4 so made a profit of £3 on each one. All children sold their canvas and parents and staff put in orders for more canvases!