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Nowra Public School year 6 students have shown their skill, ideas, innovation and drive to produce small businesses for the first annual Kidpreneur Market Challenge.
Students have worked hard since term three conducting market research, budgeting, design thinking, creating and advertising their small businesses.
One group even hit on the idea of doing an in-school radio advertising campaign.
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The first event was held by year 6 at the school's hall and was a roaring success, with a number of the stallholders selling out of their goods.
More than $2000 was raised on the day, which will go towards a year 6 gift for the school.
Assistant principal and event co-ordinator Troy Hosler said the event was a great success.
"The students have been really engaged in the whole project," he said.
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Nowra Public is a pilot school for the Kidpreneur program which locally has been funded by the Smith Family.
"The kids have had to come up with a product idea, develop that, then actually produced the product, solve any production problems, then market and sell them.
"It has been fully independent for the kids - it has been all them.
"And they came up with some great ideas which proved popular with our other students within the school."
Some of the market stalls included pom poms, bath bombs, bracelets, there was a sausage sizzle and car wash, a second-hand book sale, face painting, canvas paintings, even realistic scars for sale.
Student Jayden Brown said the event was great fun and a great experience.
"We learnt a lot," he said.
"We sold out of our products which were bath bombs."
Principal Nicole Humpreys was proud of the students' efforts.
"Our students have certainly got a great deal out of the exercise," Mrs Humphreys said.
"We will definitely be nominating to do it again next year and we are thinking of offering it to year 5 as a fundraising tool for the year six farewell."