Up and coming Thrybergh entrepreneurs send out message to Sir Alan

Pupils from across Years 4 to 6 set up their own business called Handmade With Love where they made and sold bunting, scrabble products and fudge.

Last year they made a £150 profit which they invested back into the business to make more products.

Teaching assistant Hayley Ellison said: “This year they wanted to make links with the community and parishioners.”

The children decided to organise a parishioners coffee morning on Wednesday November 25 to entertain members of St Gerard’s Church.

“It’s all the children’s own ideas and they have worked so hard, from going into church and speaking about their business to making their own invite to send,” said Hayley.

The group, aged nine to 11, had to balance their own books and were taken on a supermarket trip to pick out what they wanted for the celebration.

The youngsters also decided to donate some of their well-earned money to Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice and a representative from the charity attended the event to be presented with the £50 cheque.