"Not Just For Profit"

We (the children of Room 3 ) are very proud to announce that in total we made $525.90 from our Sherbet Day and our Senior School Market Day. The following charities are the charities we have selected to donate our money to!

The Christchurch City Mission, Unicef, Red Cross, S.P.C.A, Orana Park and Dogwatch!

AMAZING job Room 3 children!!

Jenny from 'Ground' and Tony from 'Cannon Hill Gourmet'

Jenny from 'Ground' and Tony from 'Cannon Hill Gourmet' came to visit us.

They are stall holders at a Farmer's Market. Jenny sells spice mixes and other goodies such as hummus and gourmet pies. Tony sells gourmet foods such as saffron mayonaise, different flavoured hummus' and other delicious foods. 

We learnt about where  they got their ideas, how they get feedback from customers, how they advertise their products, how they started up their businesses and the many experiences they've had along the way. Thanks Jenny and Tony!

Saffron, Dill and Mustard Mayonaise and Walnut and Pomegranate Pesto

Olive oil with garlic hummus and several spice mixes. This went down a treat!

The grinding machine purchased in Korea that makes grinding easy

Several of Jenny's products

Mmmmm, we can't stop eating these delicious nibbles!

Not Just For Profit!

Starting up a business!

The Senior School are having a Market Day at the end of the term. We are donating money to a charity of choice that we have researched. Right now, we are going through the process of starting a business so that we will know what to do for the actual market day.

First, we had to form a company. Some of our company names are: P.O.E.F., Mionionaires For Charity, Extreme Treats, Candymen, Fantastic Fizzers and Sweet Station. 

Determining roles and who was doing what..

We were given a recipe. We decided on who was doing what role then we made our product -  Sherbet Lollipops! We had to make sure there was "quality control" with our products. This meant making sure all of the products were high quality and looked the same. 

Making the product

Team Work

Next, each company came up with a price for each Sherbet Lollipop. Prices ranged from $1 to $2.20. We had different reasons for the prices we chose.  The teachers told us that we had to pay the money for the ingredients back. We worked out how much we owed the teachers and then calculated possible profits we could make with different prices. The total amount each group has to pay back is $4.10. 

Working out the amount of money owed to the teacher

Next, we had to think about marketing our product. We thought to create print adverts to hang around the school, ads on the computer, notify the school through the Daily Details and write large advertisements in chalk on the concrete. Many of us included slogans in our advertising.

The next step is selling our products at Morning Tea on Wednesday the 21st of May. 

We will let you know how this goes!