Year 5 Junior Market Enterprise Challenge

On Wednesday 23^rd October, Sharron and Paul from Young Enterprise Trust arrived at Wellesley College to turn Year 5 into entrepreneurs. 

We were organised into 9 groups, each with a dependable CEO.

We made our personal cash books that we kept our moolah that we earned in, moolah was the currency that we would be using.

We were asked to brainstorm different products and a service, but we could only make our products from the materials on sale at "The-Warehouse". 

We were on a budget of 150 Moolah that we kept in our business cash wallet. This was the money that we could use to buy the materials. 

Our next task was to agree within our groups which 2 or 3 products and service we would offer to our customers. 

During that time, Sharron and Paul told us to make a record of our finances and what we spent and what we earned. We played a financial game about saving and spending. 

The next day we had the market after lunch but before that we were given $20 Moolah to buy streamers and balloons and decorate our stalls. 

Then we had the market, which overall was great fun and an awesome learning experience. 

By William and James

Junior Market Enterprise - Day 1 on PhotoPeach   

What A Wreck - The Hall is Demolished!

Last term, the Wellesley boys went home on holiday thinking there would be a nice new hall waiting for them, but instead, when they got back there was no hall at all! On the bright side, now the 5S boys have been enjoying a picture perfect view of the Days Bay wharf.

They have been putting the string up that marks the border of the new hall. A few 5S boys have been betting whether it would be carpeted or not. Some of the concrete has been poured, and it is just being dried. They have a special machine that dries it quickly. I wonder how long it will take.

Because of the new hall, the track up to school has been changed to a wooden bridge over the garden. Bus lines are now in the inner quad and we have to have chapel and assembly in the music and dance rooms.

We even had to have a PE lesson in the classroom one day, as it was too wet to go outside. It’s sure made things quite topsy turvy here at school!

We certainly have “front row” seats from our classroom, so watch this space, so we can keep you up to date with all of the action!

By Archie & Judd

                           

Peter's Bus Shelter

Recently, Peter demonstrated that it is possible to take on the "big guys" and win - when he found the need for a bus shelter at his local stop.

Here is his story:

It was winter and it was cold at the bus stop in Plymouth Street  in Karori. We had no bus shelter but I noticed that there was a bus shelter across the road.

 I decided that we needed one too and made 'How to get a bus shelter' the topic of my speech. I rang the Wellington City Council and told them the problem. They said that they would do their best.

One month later I had discovered that the grass was gone from the bus stop.  One day after that they had poured the concrete where the grass had been. Then in the school holidays they built the rest of the shelter. 

Now we can stay warm and dry.

By Peter