News from the 5/6 Classrooms 

BIZARRE BAZAAR - MARKET DAY STALL

This term students will be working in teams to choose and develop a product/service to sell to the rest of the school at a Year 5/6 Market Day. They will be required to complete a number of tasks such as drawing up a simple business plan; creating an advertising poster for the product; completing a scaffolded balance sheet; writing a letter to a targeted charity offering to donate the profits of the day; and writing a reflection on the whole experience.

This week students have created surveys for market research. They had to think about open and closed questions that will give them data that will assist their group to improve their design for their product or service. Students developed QR codes that were then given to other students in our school for them to complete. Next week students will be analysing their data.

PING PONG MADNESS

Students in Grade 6 used their knowledge of 3D shapes to create packages for ping pong balls. They were given the following scenario:

Students created small, medium and large packages that are cost effective and stack easily. They made nets of the their packages and found the volume and surface area of each. They also created financial costings for their packaging.