CBS Market Day

On Thursday, Cockle Bay had a market day.  During the week, Year 3-6 classes made and advertised their products for sale while Year 1-2 classes made the CBS currency.  People worked for money during the week doing classroom jobs, so that by the time Market Day came round, everyone had $5 of CBS money to spend.

 First, Room 18 had to make product to sell at our stall.  We researched butterflies on line, and after some discussion, decided to make colourful butterflies.  We incorporated all sort of bright colours, using clothes pegs for the bodies, pipe cleaners for antennae, tiny jewels for the eyes, and lollies into see through bags for the wings.  We had to make the butterfly wings symmetrical, so that there were the same mix of colours in both wings.  By the time we had finished, we had made 92 butterflies.

We cut pipe cleaners into quarters, and then threaded them through the bead head to make antennae. Next we had to glue two tiny jewels on as eyes.  There were lots of lovely bright colours to choose from.

We used hot glue guns to stick everything in place securely.

Everyone made 4 butterflies each.  These butterflies are waiting for their wings!

When the butterflies were finished, we concentrated on advertising.  We made posters as brightly coloured as the butterflies themselves.  Some people used jovis and others, water colour paints.  We displayed our posters around the school and also sent people to every single classroom to tell them about our wares.

On Thursday, we were ready to load our butterflies onto our stall, which was in the hall.  Some people stayed to serve customers, while others went to check out the other stalls and spend their money.  After people had bought one thing, they came back to Room 18's stall and swapped roles, so that everyone had a chance to serve and buy.

Show time!  Business was very brisk,  lots of people came to buy butterflies.  The butterflies were $1 each and we had made 92.  How much money did we collect?  When we looked at our expenses ($70), we did not make much profit.  If we sold them again, we would charge $2 each.  When we looked around the market at other goods for sale, this would have been a fair price, and we would have got a better return on our investment.

Everyone enjoyed looking round the market and finding things to buy.   There was a fabulous range of goods and services to choose from.  Here are some happy shoppers from Room 18 with their purchases.