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think about fundraising ideas over the course of the week,’ said Ms Wright. ‘Who would like to go first?’
    Josh’s hand shot up in the air.
    â€˜I have a written proposal,’ announced Marceline, jumping to her feet and waving about a plastic folder full of papers.
    â€˜Oh my,’ said Ms Wright. ‘That’s impressive, Marceline. Why don’t you come up and tell us all about it.’
    Marceline walked to the front of the class, giving Josh a smug look as she went. ‘My friends and I have been meeting every day after school to brainstorm ideas. And we did some online research. I’ve put together all the statistics into this.’ She smiled sweetly at Ms Wright. ‘Based on what schools across Australia and other countries have done to raise money, car washes are the most successful. But we can’t do that because it’s really dry here and we have water restrictions. Markets and trash and treasure sales were also high on the list. So I think that we should be running a Trash and Treasure Market that includes local souvenirs. We should be targeting the tourist dollar.’
    Tourist dollar? Targeting? Josh shook hishead. She sounds like some sort of marketing brochure.
    Marceline handed the folder to Ms Wright. ‘It’s all in here.’ Then she returned to her seat, giving Josh another smug smirk.
    â€˜This is very impressive,’ mumbled Ms Wright, as she flipped through the pages. ‘I think we may have found our class fundraiser. It’s certainly something we could all be involved in.’
    Josh’s arm, still in the air, sagged.
    â€˜Excuse me, Ms Wright,’ said Sally. ‘We held an after-school meeting, too.’ She pointed to Pete and Josh. ‘We didn’t write things down, but we have a pretty good idea.’
    â€˜Oh?’ said the teacher. ‘Well, let’s hear it, Sally.’
    Sally gave Josh a little shove from behind. His hand was still half-heartedly in the air.
    â€˜Um,’ started Josh. ‘Well, we thought that –’
    â€˜Out the front please, Josh, Sally, Peter,’ said Ms Wright.
    Josh lowered his hand and pushed his chair back. It made a scraping noise along the wooden floor. He moved hesitantly to the front of the room, followed by his two friends. Josh turned to face the class, making a point of not looking at Marceline. Sally stood by his side, while Pete hung back trying to hide behind the other two.
    â€˜We thought we could show The Flying Doctors at the drive-in.’
    Marceline made a little noise, like a cross between a giggle and a snort.
    â€˜That’s a nice idea, Josh,’ said Ms Wright. ‘But that might be a bit difficult to organise. A market would be easier.’
    â€˜Actually, it won’t be that hard,’ piped up Sally. ‘We’ve sort of made a start already.’ She looked encouragingly at Josh. He took a deep breath and continued.
    â€˜Yes. We already spoke to Ratch … I mean, the owner of the drive-in. The RFDS saved her life when she was a kid, so she’s keen to help. She said we could use her drive-in. And she’s already organised permission to show The Flying Doctors . That’s the old mini-series from TV. All we have to do is get people to come. And … and … we could target the tourist dollar. It’s set in the outback, so people who’ve come sightseeing here would probably be interested.’
    â€˜And it wouldn’t just be a one-night fundraiser,’ said Sally, again looking to Josh.
    â€˜Yep.’ He nodded, feeling his enthusiasm rise. ‘It’s a mini-series. So we can show it over three nights. Which means more ticket sales. Which means more money for the RFDS.’
    â€˜Wow,’ said Ms Wright, sounding impressed. ‘The three of you did all that?’
    Marceline’s face fell.
    The teacher rolled up the marketing proposal in her hands and tapped her