VOLUNTEERS manning Brent Knoll’s Community Shop were tested by 60 pupils of the village’s primary school.
Yesterday, Wednesday, July 20 pupils from two classes at Brent Knoll’s primary school visited the shop with £1 to spend, as part of a plan to teach them about money management.
The shop’s volunteers had ensured that they had plenty of items available for less than £1 – including fruit.
One of those volunteers, Caroline Sturgess, said: “The children came into the shop in groups of about six at a time. “Many of them were very good at telling us how much change they should get from their £1 – but their choice of purchases was far more about sweets, drinks, and ice-cream than fruit.
“But it was the country’s hottest day of the year, so ice-cream was an obvious preference”, she added.
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