How to turn £6 into a whole lot more?

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  • nej
    nej Posts: 1,526 Forumite
    kittykate wrote:
    that's a good idea, jen. you must have tried that this morning but decided to take them all instead. :p

    Erm...

    a) My username is Nej, not Jen... I'm a guy not a girl. That would also preclude selling my body... No-one is going to pay for that!
    b) Lighten up (not neccessarily you, kittykate) everyone, it's a (not very witty) joke remarking on the awful state of some inner-city schools.
  • I am sure that there is some sort of penny rolling game that could be done

    Use 10p, and use the £6 as seed capital

    5 players at 10p, winner gets 30p, organiser keeps 20p
  • kessik
    kessik Posts: 288 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Thanks again for your ideas, people. The school is an all-girls convent so the jewellery/beads idea has been well-received.
  • inkie
    inkie Posts: 2,609 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Perhpas they could make funky rosary beads - i'm not being disrespectful here, but would give a contempary twist on tradition.
  • What about spending it on funky advertising for a "dress down" day (or MUFTY as its known in my workplace) when they can wear what they want (ie no uniform) for £1???
  • bylromarha
    bylromarha Posts: 10,085 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    Buy a copy of Good housekeeping this month...cost £3.20, coupons inside for £7...generate lots more money this way and use the profits for whatever you want to buy for school!
    Who made hogs and dogs and frogs?
  • nej wrote:
    Is it a city school? If so they could buy a small amount of drugs and sell it on in the playground.

    Hey I work in a middle class school and if you wanted to make money on the playgrounds, fags go for 50p a pop and cans of coke go for anything up to £1!

    Seriously since Jamie Oliver got his hands on the school vending machines the most lucrative items are fizzy drinks, chocolate and sweets!
    The best things in life are NOT free - but they sure are cheaper with MSE!:j
  • inkie wrote:
    providing an ironing service for staff- charge per item....

    Expanding on this, they could look at all the little odd jobs that teachers might need help with and draw up a price list - don't be too greedy with the tariff even though it is for charity.

    I don't know, its a long time since I was at school but to get her thinking, things like

    taking registers to the secretary
    fetching cuppa for staff on breaktime duty
    collecting in books
    offer to be a class room assistant
    helping to set up for lessons
    maybe the caretaker needs help collecting litter or weeding etc
    7 Angel Bears for LovingHands Autumn Challenge. 10 KYSTGYSES. 3 and 3/4 (ran out of wool) small blanket/large square, 2 premie blankets, 2 Angel Claire Bodywarmers
  • Buy ingredients to make cakes, and have a cake stall.
    I Believe in saving money!!!:T
    A Bargain is only a bargain if you need it!



  • Just thought, I did a quiz for the parents of the nursery school. We asked for donations fro prizes and made up a couple of 'goodie hampers'.
    The quiz itself was the initial letters of nursery rhymes.
    ie: TTLS = twinkle twinkle little star
    It was quite popular.
    (I can probably find the word document if they want to cheat and have mine!)

    You could be a bit more adventurous and do cryptic clues to local place names or numerical type questions (3F in a Y = 3 feet in a yard, 5F on a H = 5 fingers on a hand - I'm sure they could be more acedemic)
    7 Angel Bears for LovingHands Autumn Challenge. 10 KYSTGYSES. 3 and 3/4 (ran out of wool) small blanket/large square, 2 premie blankets, 2 Angel Claire Bodywarmers
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