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Lately we have been learning about Scratch, a coding site where it enables you to move cartoon animals and lots of other cool things. We have learnt that you can put sound effects and other awesome features to improve your mini cartoon.
We have been playing around with these features and are well on our way to becoming master coders. Right now we are trying to control a boat that will follow what we say. There are so many great tools to play around with. Check Scratch out at this link: https://scratch.mit.edu/
This week, we will be investing in real businesses around the world, to help change lives. Watch this video to understand how Kiva works.
Please view our ads for some of our Business Unit! Business EXPO is coming June 8th!
Click on the below link to read all about how Holy Spirit went at the 2016 District Cross Country:
http://hsringwoodpe.global2.vic.edu.au/2016/05/24/district-cross-country-2/
On the 18th of May the 5/6 students participated in an activity to find and understand the meanings and connections between different economic terms and words.
There were two parts to this activity: Finding the definition of a economic term and connecting it to another word. To start the activity each student was given an economic term or word and a random definition. The 5/6’s had to trade definitions between one another until they thought they had got the right meaning for their word. After ten minutes of trading and swapping, all the students sat in a circle while we discussed and checked our definitions as a group.
Connecting the words: The second and final part to this activity was connecting our words to the other students terms. We grabbed a length of wool and started at a Grade 6 student, they then had to chose one of the other students words and explain how the two terms were connected, then pass the wool on. This continued until the last connection was made and everyone was holding a piece of wool. With the web complete, we asked one person to drop their string, and we all saw that almost every wool dropped closer to the ground, while some completely fell.
By the end of this activity most students had come to realise the points of this activity, that all the words are connected and if one wasn’t there then it would all fall apart. This represents how the economic concepts are interrelated. There is a definite cause and effect relationship between the ideas related to economics.
What did you learn from this activity?
A 9 year old boy builds an elaborate cardboard arcade in his dad’s used auto parts store. All he needs now is a customer.
THANKS TO NIKKI FOR SHARING THIS CLIP WITH THE LEVEL.
COMMENT ON WHAT YOU HAVE LEARNT FROM THIS CLIP ABOUT RUNNING A BUSINESS AND LIFE IN GENERAL.
During the week , the students participated in a activity regarding economics. The 5/6’s learnt the importance of buying, selling, saving and the significance of financial knowledge.
The rules for this game were simple; there are 5 sellers who decide the cost of each of their products. These products were water, fishing rods and insect repellent. The rest of the class were ‘buyers’, they start off with a set amount of money. The aim of the game was to become the ‘Last Man Standing’, as well as to buy insect repellent and a fishing rod; the survivors also had to buy a bottle of water every day, with no exceptions!
The students learnt the relevance of; ‘ supply & demand’ throughout the game. One of the prime examples of this was when there were only 5 bottles of insect repellent and over 20 buyers. This resulted in more than 3 quarters of the survivors losing.
This gave a excellent example of what money and demand can do in real life situations.
What life lessons do you think we can benefit from by playing this game?
