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CENTRE for LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE Developing Cumbria s leaders for today and tomorrow Cumbria s Bright Stars Competition Encouraging leadership and entrepreneurship from a young age and developing relationships between Cumbrian businesses and their local primary schools CENTRE for LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE www cforlp org uk
Cumbria Bright Stars Competition The Centre for Leadership Performance CfLP works with leaders already in place to develop their skills but we also believe that supporting the talents of our young people is vital for the future economy here in Cumbria Bright Stars does this by developing a culture of entrepreneurship and aspiration As a fully project managed programme it helps businesses connect with their local schools and their communities Bright Stars is a competition aimed at primary school children across Cumbria Each school receives 50 with a simple instruction to set up their own mini business over the course of eight weeks and through creativity grow that investment From profits raised half goes back to the school and half goes to the school s chosen charity or charities CfLP links a local business to its local school to offer guidance and encouragement throughout the trading period which also helps local businesses and schools forge ongoing links Benefits to your organisation Develop ongoing links with local primary schools in your area Connect young people to your organisation and make them aware of what you do Make a real difference to the lives of young people in your local community Demonstrate and be recognised as a responsible employer supporting your local community Develop members of your own team Connect your business with other Cumbrian firms taking part in the scheme Help Raise the profile of your business and increase brand awareness throughout the competition To introduce leadership and entrepreneurship from a young age in a fun and accessible way To raise the aspiration confidence and self belief of young people across primary schools in Cumbria as they showcase hidden talents To get young people excited about the world of work and gain an understanding of business To encourage and nurture creative thinking To develop skills in teamwork and leadership from an early age To make money for local schools and charities across Cumbria To create careers awareness from a young age To forge ongoing relationships among young people teachers and Cumbrian businesses in their local areas Dave Weatherburn Project Director Defence Nuclear Management Services Group AECOM Competition Aims To develop links between primary schools across Cumbria and their local business community AECOM has a slogan Imagine it Delivered In week one of the competition one of the Ennerdale Bright Stars came up with their equivalent Small School Big Minds This epitomises the passion that the school have thrown at the challenges CfLP should also be commended on their input to making this whole adventure a roaring success Well done CfLP Benefits to your schools Enable your children and staff to meet with real business people from their local community and get a better understanding of what they do Forge ongoing relationships with local businesses in your area Get your children excited about running their own business Help to build your children s confidence in their own abilities in a fun and accessible way Help your children to further develop their skills in teamwork and leadership Develop confidence aspiration and a can do attitude in your children Make money for both your school and your chosen charity A stand out moment was seeing the effort many children had put in to pre interview preparation It was clear that lots of discussions had taken place at home with families and children had come to their interviews with some excellent ideas of how they could grow the business Tracey Billington Year 5 Teacher Great Corby partnered with Cumbria Waste Group CENTRE CENTRE for for LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE www cforlp org uk
Cumbria Bright Stars Competition The Centre for Leadership Performance CfLP works with leaders already in place to develop their skills but we also believe that supporting the talents of our young people is vital for the future economy here in Cumbria Bright Stars does this by developing a culture of entrepreneurship and aspiration As a fully project managed programme it helps businesses connect with their local schools and their communities Bright Stars is a competition aimed at primary school children across Cumbria Each school receives 50 with a simple instruction to set up their own mini business over the course of eight weeks and through creativity grow that investment From profits raised half goes back to the school and half goes to the school s chosen charity or charities CfLP links a local business to its local school to offer guidance and encouragement throughout the trading period which also helps local businesses and schools forge ongoing links Benefits to your organisation Develop ongoing links with local primary schools in your area Connect young people to your organisation and make them aware of what you do Make a real difference to the lives of young people in your local community Demonstrate and be recognised as a responsible employer supporting your local community Develop members of your own team Connect your business with other Cumbrian firms taking part in the scheme Help Raise the profile of your business and increase brand awareness throughout the competition To introduce leadership and entrepreneurship from a young age in a fun and accessible way To raise the aspiration confidence and self belief of young people across primary schools in Cumbria as they showcase hidden talents To get young people excited about the world of work and gain an understanding of business To encourage and nurture creative thinking To develop skills in teamwork and leadership from an early age To make money for local schools and charities across Cumbria To create careers awareness from a young age To forge ongoing relationships among young people teachers and Cumbrian businesses in their local areas Dave Weatherburn Project Director Defence Nuclear Management Services Group AECOM Competition Aims To develop links between primary schools across Cumbria and their local business community AECOM has a slogan Imagine it Delivered In week one of the competition one of the Ennerdale Bright Stars came up with their equivalent Small School Big Minds This epitomises the passion that the school have thrown at the challenges CfLP should also be commended on their input to making this whole adventure a roaring success Well done CfLP Benefits to your schools Enable your children and staff to meet with real business people from their local community and get a better understanding of what they do Forge ongoing relationships with local businesses in your area Get your children excited about running their own business Help to build your children s confidence in their own abilities in a fun and accessible way Help your children to further develop their skills in teamwork and leadership Develop confidence aspiration and a can do attitude in your children Make money for both your school and your chosen charity A stand out moment was seeing the effort many children had put in to pre interview preparation It was clear that lots of discussions had taken place at home with families and children had come to their interviews with some excellent ideas of how they could grow the business Tracey Billington Year 5 Teacher Great Corby partnered with Cumbria Waste Group CENTRE CENTRE for for LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE www cforlp org uk
Bright Stars in a nutshell STEP 1 School and Company Registrations 2 STEP Matching and September December 2018 Initial meetings between school and partner companies Introductory Meetings Primary schools and businesses across Cumbria register their interest to take part by emailing info cforlp org uk STEP 3 Key dates for Bright Stars 2019 CfLP work with the companies and schools to match them up CfLP arrange meetings between schools and their partner company to discuss the programme and talk through the information pack and initial ideas Trading Starts Schools receive their 50 seed funding and begin trading Trading Closes Monday 11th March 2019 Competition closes and trading ends Panel Judging Day to decide winners Throughout the 8 week trading period the schools and companies work together to maximise the success of the business ideas Company visits take place and schools and or companies send weekly updates to CforLP of their activity Friday 15th March 2019 Winners Announced Tuesday 26th March 2019 Celebration Event Final amount calculated and emailed to CforLP Competition opens and trading begins Thursday 14th March 2019 STEP 4 Trading Period STEP 5 Monday 14th Jan 2019 STEP 6 Winners Decided High Hesket Primary School Winners Announced and Prizes Awarded St Michael s Primary School A panel of judges meet to go through the weekly school updates to decide on the winning schools Previous winners include STEP 7 STEP 8 Bright Stars Celebration Event Schools and pupils companies and charities come back together to celebrate their achievements and share their experiences at this uplifting event Certificates are awarded to all participating schools and trophies awarded to the winners f Lots oto Prizes on be W Bridekirk Dovenby School Ennerdale and Kinniside Primary School Bransty Primary School Monkwray Junior School Gosforth C of E Primary School Wiggonby C of E Primary School Frizington Community Primary School Houghton C of E Primary School CENTRE CENTRE for for LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE www cforlp org uk
Bright Stars in a nutshell STEP 1 School and Company Registrations 2 STEP Matching and September December 2018 Initial meetings between school and partner companies Introductory Meetings Primary schools and businesses across Cumbria register their interest to take part by emailing info cforlp org uk STEP 3 Key dates for Bright Stars 2019 CfLP work with the companies and schools to match them up CfLP arrange meetings between schools and their partner company to discuss the programme and talk through the information pack and initial ideas Trading Starts Schools receive their 50 seed funding and begin trading Trading Closes Monday 11th March 2019 Competition closes and trading ends Panel Judging Day to decide winners Throughout the 8 week trading period the schools and companies work together to maximise the success of the business ideas Company visits take place and schools and or companies send weekly updates to CforLP of their activity Friday 15th March 2019 Winners Announced Tuesday 26th March 2019 Celebration Event Final amount calculated and emailed to CforLP Competition opens and trading begins Thursday 14th March 2019 STEP 4 Trading Period STEP 5 Monday 14th Jan 2019 STEP 6 Winners Decided High Hesket Primary School Winners Announced and Prizes Awarded St Michael s Primary School A panel of judges meet to go through the weekly school updates to decide on the winning schools Previous winners include STEP 7 STEP 8 Bright Stars Celebration Event Schools and pupils companies and charities come back together to celebrate their achievements and share their experiences at this uplifting event Certificates are awarded to all participating schools and trophies awarded to the winners f Lots oto Prizes on be W Bridekirk Dovenby School Ennerdale and Kinniside Primary School Bransty Primary School Monkwray Junior School Gosforth C of E Primary School Wiggonby C of E Primary School Frizington Community Primary School Houghton C of E Primary School CENTRE CENTRE for for LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE www cforlp org uk
Accountancy Tax Business Services Schools who participated in Bright Stars 2018 The Bright Stars project is amazing It offers children an opportunity to learn that a little bit of money a bright idea and a little bit of hard work can be rewarded with profits My class of 4 and 5 year olds are hooked on this idea especially now we are Millionaires and have asked if we can continue with our Pop up caf Let s hope that this becomes lifelong learning and supports them in being successful adults Lisa Borrowdale Reception Teacher Frizington Community Primary School partnered with Orano The Bright Stars Programme has enabled the children to sharpen many skills around leadership and also to see the purpose behind many of their everyday skills such as writing and mathematical skills The whole project has caused a buzz around school and the children have felt very important running the company and making decisions for themselves We most certainly want to try and take part again as the learning opportunities are endless Impact from previous years Companies who participated in Bright Stars 2018 Joanne Fearon Head Teacher Bransty Primary School partnered with ORIAN The support and dedication from our mentor at AECOM and his team has been amazing The children have learned so many business and life long skills but most of all they have enjoyed doing so I m impressed by how much hard work they have put in and how enthused they have been It s great to see all their hard work paying off It has never been about the profit for us our main focus was developing teamwork and creative thinking skills and giving everyone a chance to shine We will definitely be back next year I have seen the tremendous value Bright Stars offers to the children involved to teachers and to the companies supporting them Children are able to take on different roles including leadership roles which provide an excellent foundation for their future development Louise Chamberlain KS2 Teacher Ennerdale and Kinniside C of E Primary School partnered with AECOM Alex Wilkinson Executive Officer of the Cumbria Primary Heads Association CENTRE CENTRE for for LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE www cforlp org uk
The Centre for Leadership Performance Developing Cumbria s leaders for today and tomorrow Interested If you are a company or a primary school interested in Cumbria s Bright Stars 2019 please visit our website www cforlp org uk where you can find out how to enter or call us on 01900 824 822 CentreforLP 1st Floor Town Hall Cockermouth CA13 9NP Centre for Leadership Performance I was in the IT team I enjoyed making the CD s and doing the blogs I was also in the choir I loved bright stars I was in the marketing team and really enjoyed the chance to go into the recording studio I have learnt how to run a business and lots more things We have all realised that it s important to work together and listen to everybody s ideas especially within our business teams Bright Stars has really helped us pull together as a class and everyone has been able to participate in the decision making process Year 5 Pupil s from Bridekirk Dovenby I have learned that we need to make decisions together before we go ahead and do things I think rushing in could lead to mistakes CENTRE CENTRE for for LEADERSHIP LEADERSHIP www cforlp org uk PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE Year 6 Pupil from Gosforth Primary School