ENTERPRISING pupils at Sutton Oak Primary School have come up with a new way of raising money by recycling old files.
Thousands of files were sent to every school in 1986 as part of the then new National Curriculum. However, a few years later, everything on the Curriculum was transferred into one book.
The files were left to gather dust - until, that is, teachers and pupils at the Goodban Street school decided to put them to a more environmentally-friendly use. After requesting permission from QCA - the Government's Education Office, the children set up their own business re-making the old files into new, modern ones which they then sold to raise money for the school.
So far, the unique idea has raised more than £100 and the school has also featured on TV and in the Times Educational Supplement.
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