Posts tagged with Global Connections

Thursday, October 20th, 2011

Selling Day ~ What a great success

As I sit down tonight and reflect upon the day that has been I am amazed at what a group of motivated, creative Year 6 students have managed to achieve. Way back at the beginning of Term 3 we undertook a study on how we are globally connected with others, in particular, how we are [...]

Monday, September 5th, 2011

Our Selling Teams discover the art of writing a jingle

With only 3 weeks now left until the end of term Year 6 are hard at work perfecting their advertising campaigns. As a part of their task the students need to create a logo, a jingle and posters to help promote their products. Each selling team has divided themselves up into key roles of responsibility. [...]

Monday, August 22nd, 2011

Year 6 form a company to create, market and sell a product.

For the rest of this term Year 6 will be hard at work on their selling task. Their job is to; 1. Form cooperative groups of 4 to 5 people. 2. Assign group roles (Leader, Marketing, Finance, Production) 3. Come up with a product that would appeal to their market. (their fellow school mates) 5. [...]

Wednesday, August 17th, 2011

Let’s talk business…. with one of our mums

  A BIG thank you to Kelly, one of our mums, for taking the time to come in and speak to the class about setting up a small business. In the next few weeks the children will be undertaking their major assignment for the term. This task will require them to; Form a business group [...]

Tuesday, August 16th, 2011

The Democratic Republic of Congo

Why I chose to represent the Congo on my pencil case? Primarily I chose to represent the Congo by making a pencil case because I liked the colours. I also chose to represent it like this because I thought it would be a good opportunity for me to learn and to make a pencil case on a [...]

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

The Circle Maker Game

The circle maker game is a game where groups discover some of the basic principles of international trade. The class was divided up into 5 groups. The groups then decided on their name; The Island of Awesomeness, Giliv Land, Spain, Squashbalz and New Zinga. Each country was then given A4 paper, pens, rulers, scissors and [...]

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

Globalisation Wordle by Clare and Natasha