Year 5 Update Wk 24
Wednesday 9th March- Year 5 to Sham Shui Po
Friday 18th March- International Food Fair
Please contact class teachers if you are able to help with our buying trip to Sham Shui Po on the 9th March. Like before, please provide your child with a packed lunch as we will be leaving school at 11:30am and will be returning to school at approximately 2pm. Children will have an early lunch and will eat their snack when they arrive back at school.
As the children will be buying a large volume of goodies, it is advisable that they bring their own sturdy shopping bags. From experience the bags provided by the sellers have a tendency to break or split.
Reminder!!! Food Fair is coming up very soon, important information to follow.
Big Business Unit Presentations – We need your help!!
As part of the big business unit the children will be making presentations to a panel of ‘experts’ on Tuesday, March 22nd and Wednesday, March 23rd in school. The children will be presenting their business plans and explaining their strategies for the market day which will be held after the Easter holidays. We would like to invite any parents who feel that they would be able to spare the time, and share their expertise, to be a part of the panel. If you can attend then please email Mr. Pheasant (chad.pheasant@bhs.edu.hk) with details of when you would be available and he will contact you nearer the time to confirm. The more parents we have the better!
What a busy week we have had in Year 5! Our big business unit is now in full swing,with our budding entrepreneurs working hard to think of the next big trend to hit BHS! We had a very successful pricing trip which inspired our groups to think of creative and interesting ways to make a profit. We were very impressed with the year group’s excellent behaviour and wonderful communication skills that they used to negotiate and set prices with the sellers.
We would like to extend our appreciation to the wonderful parent helpers, who not only accompanied the children around the streets of Sham Shui Po but also offered great advice which proved invaluable to a lot of our groups. Your support and patience, especially with the buses was greatly appreciated!
How We Organise OurselvesCentral Idea: There are many factors at work within a marketplace
Lines of Inquiry:
- Different marketplaces and their purposes
- Components in marketplace
- Research and marketing
Our Key Concepts are:
Function
Reflection
The children will reflect on their pricing trip and compose an action plan with an outline of the products or services that they are going to sell. The will apply and interview for the specific job titles within their group.
In Strand Maths we will be exploring the concept of Data Handling and making connections with the prices and quantities collected in Sham Shui Po.
Number Math will consist of introducing the conversion of data into fractions, decimals and percentages and how these can be represented in various graphs and charts.
Year 5 will focus on the features of persuasive letter writing and use their skills to compose a cover letter for their application for the roles within their big business.
The children are encouraged to bring in examples or links to examples of persuasive letters from daily life.
5A: Isaac Cheng – for showing enthusiasm and contributing to class discussions.
5P: Anupransh Sharma –
5Y: Nicole Law – For gaining confidence to speak out during class discussions.
Talk to your parents over the weekend about your group’s ideas on what products or services they could sell. Ask your parents to advise you on what you could sell, target market, marketing, costings/ pricing, quality control and how you could convince people to come to your stall.
Be ready to share your information with your group on Monday.
Reminder!!!Please send in the $200 cash by next Friday.
Remember to hand in your tile competition entries for the butterfly garden.
Please continue to sell raffle tickets and hand your money to the PTA office.
As you will have seen in the school newsletter it is now possible for parents, younger children and other family members to borrow from our library. By registering for a family borrowing card you can borrow two books from any section of the library, including the new Parent Collection which contains books about healthy living, behaviour management, fun art activities and days out for children in Hong Kong. The library is open for family borrowing at these times…
| Before school | After school |
| Monday | 2.45-3.30pm |
| Tuesday | 8.15- 9.00am |
| Wednesday | 2.45-3.30pm |
| Friday | 8.30-9.15am |
To register for a family borrowing card please complete the form found on the school website’s communications page. For any questions please contact Emily Jeves jevese2@beaconhill.edu.hk
