How a cooperative is set

THE SCHOOL COMPANY "SPECIAL CARDS” RUNNING AT PRIMARY SCHOOL No. 6

IN OLSZTYN, POLAND

Our company started working from September , 2018, during the opening ceremonial start of the Erasmus Plus project “Y.E.S.”. Our students, parents and teachers took part in this ceremony.

Our company “ Special Cards” will deal with artistic handicrafts. We have invited all students, who are interested in arts and crafts, to participate in the activities of the company . We will deal with manual production of various decorative items and ornaments. We will mainly use natural and recyclable materials.

Our motto is the ecological production. Some times a year we will sell our products in school markets, Christmas and Easter ones, Teachers’ Day, Women’s Day.

The profits of our company will be reasonably shared: for the development of the company and development of the company members but also part of it will go on a charity. We will invite all students, parents and teachers, but first of all, we would like to encourage our children to prepare
projects and then realize their ideas

. The members of our company will meet regularly to prepare production systematically .

Our main goal is to focus on teaching our students how to cooperate with others and be persistent and
responsible for their duties.

 The young members of our company will promote Polish culture and traditions of our region by creating artistic decorations.

Our company logo was chosen through a competition, in which a lot of students participated . All projects were presented in the school exhibition. The best project of the logo started to be the logo of our school's company.

The business meetings of the members of our firm take place regularly. At that time we discuss what the exact needs of our local market are and we check them by school surveys among students.
In this way, we learn what of our products are the most popular in our school. Cards, ornaments and decorations are very good as small gifts during Christmas or Easter.

We organize art competitions on interesting projects of hand-made products.

Together we establish the action plan for the coming school years. The two main activities are connected with organizing the Christmas and Easter markets.

SCHOOL BUSINESS

“SPECIAL CARDS”

BUSINESSPLAN FOR THE ACTIONS:

ART WORKSHOPS AND SCHOOL MARKETS

Company : “SPECIAL CARDS” at the Primary School No. 6 in Olsztyn; 17
Gdyńska Street
Planning period: September 2018 – June 2020

Goals and vision statement:

 Making postcards (Christmas, Easter, birthday), decorations, articles
and presents, organization school markets

 sale of production with a minimum 30% profit

 distribution of profits: 35% for students-employees ( their decision),
25% the charity campaign

Finance required:

 5% advertisement

 35% materials for the next products

Short description of the products:

- handmade different cards from paper and decorative items and also with using special machines making decorations for the cards
- gold or silver laquered Christmas trees 3D made from pasta and beads
- handmade and laquered Christmas trees 3D made from pinecones
- Easter decorations : eggs , baskets
- hand-painted paper for wrapping presents
- Christmas wreath from natural product: nuts, pinecones, dried fruit

Short desciption of the market:

 Pupils of the Primary School No. 6 in Olsztyn
 Teachers of the Primary School No. 6 in Olsztyn
 Pupils’ Parents

People responsible for the project:

 Coordinator: Małgorzata Cioch – a teacher
 Project manager: Urszula Wróblewska – a teacher
 Advertisement: classes 6b, 6c (in 2018) SP6
 Production: students of 6 and 7,8 classes SP6

Strenghts of the project:

 Property: tools and capital assets necessary to production
 Financial resources
 Product: connection with coming festivals and great demand for the
Christmas and Easter products
 Promotion: posters and leaflets made by students, direct meetings with the
potential customers
 Distribution: free of charge place at the school fire for the local
community

Weaknesses of the project:

 The market limited to school community
 Production line based on unqualified workers
 Time of production limited to 8 hours
 Time of sale limited to 4 hours

Source of funding:

Financial contribution for the others means of productions are funded from:
 the resources from the Y.E.S. project realized within the framework of
the Erasmus+ programme – The project management – 50%

 the own resources of the school – 50%

The sales plan:

 markets organised two weeks before the festivals

The marketing plan:

 Market analysis – 30th September 2018

The school markets will be the only events of its kind. The project has no
competition. On the basis of interviews with the potential customers,
observations, conversations there is a great interest with hand-made products
among students, parents and teachers.

 Advertisement
- Production of the advertising posters one week before the planned
markets
- Production and dissemination of leaflets with trade offer

 Sale promotional campaign on the school grounds

 Direct selling at school

 Fixing of the product price

Summary and risk assessment project:

The scale of threats should be estimated and „the emergency plan” should be
proposed to mitigate the undesirable effects.
The project depends on:
- resources of students; students are the biggest group of customers
- labour shortage in the first phase of the project: hand-made preparation of the
basic elements of the products
- exceeding production costs
- wrong evaluation of production, selling and the financial result
- incorrect planning of the implementation deadlines of the project phases
- technical progress

Statutes of a Cooperative.

This is an example of Statutes of a cooperative. Now you can create yours with your own details:


STATUTES OF OUR COOPERATIVE:

ARTICLE 1. CONSTITUTION.

We constitute our Company as a Cooperative.

ARTICLE 2. NAME
The Company's name will be “Young Enterpreneurs at School”

ARTICLE 3: SOCIAL OBJECT.

Our Company has the following activities:

Sell the DVD we have produced about Aragón in English, French and Spanish. We will
also make different products to be sold at the market “Aprender a Emprender”.
We will learn how a cooperative works.

ARTICLE 4. DURATION.

The company is constituted on the 11th of March 2019 until June 2019.

ARTICLE 5. DOMICILE.

The registered office is Ceip Vadorrey “Les Allées”, C/Alfonso Zapater Cerdán s/n,
Zaragoza 50014.

ARTICLE 6. SHARE CAPITAL.

The share capital is fixed in 495 €. It is divided in 49 share participations of 5€ each.
Each kid will invest 3 € and we will ask a bank loan of 98€.

ARTICLE 7. INVESTMENT RECOVERY

Once all the sales are finished, all the members of the cooperative will recover their
investment, and the bank loan paid off.
The material which has not been used will remain at school.

ARTICLE 8: BENEFITS DESTINATION

10% of the benefits will go to a non profit organization.
The rest of the benefits will be invested in a recreational activity with the members of
this cooperative.

ARTICLE 9

If a member of this cooperative moves to another school, they will be given their
investment back.
Pupils who don't cooperate will not enjoy any of the benefits created by the
cooperative.

ARTICLE 10. DEPARTMENTS.

The management team will be composed of the president, secretary, treasurer and
vice president.
The President represents all the company and takes decisions when none of the options has
majority of votes.
The Vice President will help the president on his duties and will be on behalf of him/her if the
President is missing.
The secretary writes, in the cooperative's diary, all the topics we deal with and the agreements
we take. He/She keeps all documents and information.,

Our Treasurer deals with accounts of all expenditures and incomes of our cooperative.

………………………………. PRESIDENT (……….VOTES)

………………………………….: VICEPRESIDENT (………….. VOTES)

…………………………………: SECRETARY (……………. VOTES)

……………………………………….. TREASURER (……………….)

There will be some departments created: Publicity-marketing; manufacturing;
accounts-material resources.

ARTICLE 11: MEMBERS DUTIES.

All members will cooperate in the manufacturing of all hand made products. If a
member does not take part or does not cooperate, measures will be taken.

ARTICLE 12. MEMBERS RIGHTS:

All members have the right to be listened in the decision making process about the
company and vote in the same
All members have the right to be respected.
All members have the right to recover their investments and receive the benefits
created.
PRESIDENT VICEPRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER

Cooperative constitution

This is an example of how to constitute a Cooperative.

COOPERATIVE CONSTITUTION

All pupils from the 5th course of Ceip Vadorrey Les Allées meet to constitute their

cooperative in Zaragoza, the 11th of March 2019.

This Company is set in order to sell a DVD about Aragon we have produced in English,

Spanish and French. We are also going to make different products in order to sell

them in the market “ Aprender a Emprender”, the 31st of May 2019.

We have made the following decisions:

A) Our Company will be a cooperative.

B) There will be 49 members, who are all pupils of the 5th course of Ceip Vadorrey

“Les Allées”

C) The Company will create their name, logo and statutes.

And to certify it, all members sign the present document:

ENTREPRENEURSHIP

LESSON PLAN

START YOUR OWN RESTAURANT

OVERVIEWThe students examine the role of a restaurant owner and become aware of the many people needed to successfully operate a restaurant. They identify the difference between a consumer and a producer.
OBJECTIVES:The students will► understand the decisions necessary to start a restaurant► identify jobs within the restaurant business► recognize the connection between producers and consumers► create a recipe cardVOCABULARYThe following words will be new to the studentsconsumerproducerTime40 minutes

PRESENTATIONGet to know the students. Tell them your name and what you do and where you work. Tell them something special about yourself and something special you remember about your first years in school. Give an example of how school has made difference in your life.Ask the students if they know what the word consume means.      (Consume means to buy or use goods and services).Next, explain the word consumer. Ask the students if they think the meaning of the word has changed. Have everyone say the word “consumer” together. Remind the students that a consumer is a person who uses or buys goods and services.
Ask the students if they know what the word produce means.        (Produce is another word for make)Next, explain the word producer. Ask the students if they think the meaning of the word has changed. Have everyone say the word “producer” together. Remind the students that a producer is a person who makes goods for us to buy.
Ask, “In a restaurant who produces the foods you like to eat?”                          (The restaurant workers)Explain the students that many workers are needed in a restaurant. Choose a few jobs. Ask the students if anyone can tell you what each person does.► Baker – bakes breads and pastries► Cashier – collects the money► Chef – supervises cooks and prepares food► Cook – prepares food► Dishwasher – washes dishes► Waiter – takes orders and serves food► Manager – responsible for the operation of the restaurantExplain that each of these people has a special job, but together they make the restaurant a success.To help students better understand the role of restaurant workers, ask:  ►Why does a city need restaurants? (Cities need a lot of restaurants because people like to eat the different types of food prepared in restaurants).
► Why do we need all of these special people? ( It takes a lot of special skills to prepare and serve food)
Ask the students, What is the name of your favourite restaurant? What is your favourite kind of food?Tell the story of McDonald’sThere are many restaurants in the world, but probably the most famous is McDonald’s. McDonald’s has more than 34,000 restaurants around the world in 119 countries, and they serve about 68 million consumers every day. The story of McDonald’s began in 1940 when two brothers, Richard and Maurice (‘Mac’) McDonald opened a new restaurant called ‘McDonald’s Famous Barbeque’. It was a successful business, but the brothers wanted to sell more food and make more money, so in 1948 they made some changes. For example, they tried a new way to cook and serve food faster – and McDonald’s became one of the first fast food restaurants in the world. In addition, they made the menu simpler: hamburgers, cheeseburgers, sodas, and milkshakes. In 1954, a man called Ray Kroc joined the company and later bought it for 2.7 million dollars. The company is now worth many billions of dollars. There is a McDonald’s museum that is located in San Bernardino, California where the first McDonald’s was built.

Explain that cities have many restaurants because consumers like to eat many different types of foods.Then ask► How many of you would like to open a restaurant?
Tell the students that today they are going to learn about one of the businesses in a city – restaurant. Explain that they will have a chance to be restaurant owners and make decisions that are important to their restaurant’s success.Distribute the Steps to Success worksheets. Then, read directions aloud to the students. You can help students make their decisions by phrasing each step as a question. Students will follow 7 step-guide to successfully start their new restaurant.7 STEPS TO SUCCESSStep 1: The location for my restaurant will be …. – Ask the students:Do you want the restaurant downtown, in a mall, or in a neighborhood?Step 2: The time of day my restaurant will serve meals will be…..-Ask the students:  Do you want to serve just breakfast, just lunch and dinner, or all mealsand when to eat breakfast, lunch and dinner?
Step 3: The type of food in my restaurant will be….-Ask the students: Do you want to serve Italian, Mexican, Macedonian, American, Spanish, Polish, or Chinese food? Something else?
Step 4: The type of music in my restaurant will be….- Ask the students: Do you want recorded music (radio, CDs….), or live performances? If live, a band, piano or guitar music?
Step 5: The worker I will hire will be… - Ask the students:  Who is the first person you should hire?
Step 6: The name of my restaurant will be….- Ask the students: What do you want to name your restaurant?Step 7:Advertise your restaurant… - Ask the students :How will you advertise/promote your restaurant ( Use social media, create Facebook, Twitter, Instagram  account to share news, photos of your restaurant; build an attractive website, radio ads…
Once the students have finished their worksheets, have each group present their ideas.After the presentation, explain to the students they will be creating their own healthy fruit smoothies recipes.Tell the students►Smoothies are an ideal snack for growing kids.► I had the ingredients for our rainbow smoothie- one ingredient for each color(strawberries, oranges, bananas, spinach, blueberries).► Let’s create magic healthy fruit smoothies recipes!
► Write down your individual recipe on the recipe card.
►While selecting your ingredients think about what fruit you will add to the smoothie design idea
► Name your smoothies (ideas: Tropical Smoothies, Kiwi Banana Apple Smoothie, Wake Me Up Smoothie, Tropical Sunshine Smoothie, Super Power Purple Smoothie,
Then, we will be making a recipe book with everyone’s own fruit smoothie.After the students finish, congratulate them on a job well done.► Congratulations on deciding to open your own restaurant!Tell the students you have enjoyed being with them.

WORKSHEETS

PRESENTATION