February 6, 2020

The Tenner Challenge

Our Year 7 Tutor Groups have been competing over the last few weeks to raise the most money for charity with the profits they generated from just £10 in the Tenner Challenge.

Each Group divided into teams to devise a business offering that would appeal to members of the Leighton Park community enough to encourage them to part with cash in aid of a good cause.

The businesses ranged from selling after school snacks to making beautiful birthday, valentine and occasional cards; there was even a home accessories company, ‘Foxy Craft’ dedicated to creating coasters and plants in hanging lightbulbs! Baked goods including brownies, cupcakes and cookies from ‘Musical Monkeys’ and scrunchies in a variety of bright colours and fabrics from ‘The Little Scrunchie Company’  were successful, as were the team of hot chocolate vendors, ‘The Chocolate Llamas’, who managed to set up an outsourced concession in another school to supplement their revenues from within Leighton Park!

Fryer’s Resident Graduate, Heather Sweetman, reflected, “The Tenner Challenge has been a fantastic idea. All of them have been really creative and come up with very different ideas. They’ve learnt how to be proactive, what is and isn’t possible and about the importance of teamwork and organisation.”

Daniel Fisher-Wienesen, who is Tutor to three of the participating teams, reflected, “They have learnt that they need to structure their activities; they can’t just jump straight in. They have had to plan it first and put in some thought. It’s been a really collaborative process to get such an assortment of ideas to work.”

Stephanie McGill, Tutor to ‘The Chocolate Llamas’ noted, “My pupils are very well bonded as a form and so it was interesting to split them up into these teams and see their individual skills develop. Watching them work so collaboratively has been a joy. It’s been a really enjoyable project and it’s raised a lot of money for charity too.” Chocolate Llama, Jacob, added, “It’s really satisfying squirting the cream!”

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