Year 9 Market Day
On Monday, 31 August, our Year 9 students ran their Nine-finity Market Day. Across Period 4 and lunchtime, students ran their market stalls for parents, staff and fellow students, with great success.
The day was the culmination of a term of hard work. Students tested the viability of their products through market research, budgeted for their stalls, organised orders using the funds raised through their Term 1 fundraising activities, marketed their businesses and finally prepared and ran their stalls on the day.
The following stalls ran on Market Day:
- Slime Squad – Chloe, Holly, Pipi, Sophie and Chisato
- Sweet Delights – Emily M, Emily P, Zoe and Grace
- Crochet Keyrings – Eve, Yindi, Alice and Jemima
- Triple T Bakery and Slime – Charli, Yusra, Milly and Verity
- Brownie Bliss – Jess, Selinca, Cate, Kara and Alice
- Ice Cream and Chocolate Strawberries – Carly, Marley, Charlotte, Allie, Addi and Ruby
- Mario and Friends – Finn, Kamil, Anwar, Eddie, Mitchell and Ilyas
- Sweet Treat Bakery – Daphne and Sasha
- Bake Me Happy – Anthony, Noah, Eleni and Sarah B
- Bites and Bits – Indy, Eliza, Char and Zoey
- Sundae Funday – Olivia, Maryama and Merly
- Hot Drinks (coffee, hot chocolate and henna) – Hannah, Baran, Ella, Ai Maris, Manahel and Sarah A
- Arcade Games – Matteo, Sam, Joe, Surath and Isaac
Nuggets and Potato Gems – Liam, Ollie, Quentin, Flynn and Jed
The event was a fantastic success, with students raising over $1,700 across Terms 1 and 2. The students will now decide how these funds will be divided between a day trip at the end of Term 4, charity and/or being reinvested into Macleod College.
Importantly, the Market was also a rewarding opportunity for students to experience the process of running a small business. They developed valuable skills in teamwork, budgeting, marketing, organisation and customer service, while also gaining a well-deserved sense of pride in seeing their hard work come to fruition.
Thank you to our school community for your wonderful support of the event, and congratulations to our Year 9 students on an outstanding effort!
Grace Robertson
English and HoldFast Teacher