Enterprise is Coming........

This has been the highlight of the term - we are almost ready to launch our Enterprise Sale. This will take place on Wednesday 4th July at lunch time in Room 6. Students have been working so hard to set up their small business. Why did we do this?? So much authentic learning has taken place this term! Learning with a purpose.

First up was a business idea - what could teams make as a "business" and how could they best work to achieve this. A lot of discussion went on and a business plan was drawn up. A loan application letter was sent to the bank manager for approval and once finance was granted we discussed how it had to be paid back, even if it meant selling items at a "sale" price to recoup costs. Students then set about the fun task of sourcing items - I have never seen children shop quite like this lot! Ali Express was hit hard!! We compared items, compared prices, discussed why cheapest is not always the best and then made selections. My post box was well used that's for sure!

Promotional material was the next step. Posters were drawn up, persuasive language discussed and logos were designed. Labels had to be made for items being sold, logos had to have an element of symmetry (this saw plenty of designs go back to the drawing board to meet the criteria), and colours were chosen.

I lost count of how many times I have been asked "Can't we just make the items now?" Finally the day came where everyone's shipped items had arrived and we could begin to make things. We have a wide range of items, that's for sure.

Greta, Holly, Sydney, Jess and Pagan are "Body Works" and are making bathbombs and lip balm (both wind up and pottles).

Michael and Eli are "Convenient Cookies", producing gorgeous jars of pre-made cookie mixture where the purchaser only needs to tip into a bowl and add butter and milk.

The "Survival Gang", Oliver, Nick, Aymaan and Blake have made some amazing survival bracelets with paracord. If you get stuck, shoelaces break, forgot your belt or need to lash something together, you can undo this bracelet and the cord is strong enough for many tasks! These will sell out fast!

"Bubbilicious", Madi, Katey, Evie and Sarah are making both Sherbet Straws and gorgeous beaded bracelets. These will also sell quickly!

"Eskatit Brothers" are baking fresh cookies, Subway Style. Jonny, Eden, Jackson and Sol are eager to get into the kitchen to get started.

"Sugar Rush", Jack, Nate, Alec and Chase have made a delicious blend of Sherbert with a Lollypop Dipper. I've tried this Sherbet and it has just the right amount of zing! Raro is the base.

The "Ooze Crew" have come up with an amazing Flubber Soap for children to use at bath time. This smells beautiful and is packed in little pottles that can be sealed for future use.

We hope you will come and see your child's Enterprise Activity. Our next task will be to write a business report on completion, reflecting on businesses and profit/loss made. We will then decide, as a class, how best to use any profits made.

We hope you will support our little "businesses", Room 5 are very proud of their achievements.

Making Bath Bombs

Hand crafted beaded bracelets

Survival Bracelet

Sherbet Dippers

Science Fair, Science in Class.....

We have had a fantastic week (so much so that I needed  the weekend to recover and catch up!). We are preparing for our Science Fair projects. All students have been given a little booklet and a timeline, as well as one being emailed home. If you need another, just let me know. The students are coming up with some interesting topics to investigate too!

This week we have been looking at water quality and how we could filter water on the off-chance we were stuck somewhere and needed to do so. We discussed what types of materials might filter water if we were out in the bush somewhere and needed to drink. We made a list of items such as grass, sand, stones, charcoal, gravel, bark chips or leaves. Each student had a 2 litre empty soft drink bottles, and they had to cut the end off. With very little help from me, they had to plan and carry out their own investigation. It was great to see them talking to each other, comparing their layers in their bottles. The outcomes were even more fascinating! We lined up the filtered water and checked and compared results and discussed why they may be so different - great discussions and even better ideas! Nate had the clearest (let's not confuse clean and clear!) water. We decided to put the water back through the filters to see if we could clear it up even more.

Before filtering

A range of filtered water samples after 1st filtering

Nate's sample after filtering twice