Enterprise Week - Year 2 trip to Homebase.

We loved Homebase today.  It was really interesting and so much fun.

We started with a look at the garden centre.  Gary showed us how all the plants get watered and how different kinds of plants like different types of compost.   We got to look in the warehouse and see where the delivereies come in and where all the stock is kept.  It was interesting how it gets moved around on pallets by a forklift truck.

Later, we got to go into a door that needed a secret code as it is for "Staff Only".  Gary told us how the arched doorway used to be part of the old Blandford St Mary School.  There is a plaque above the door to show people.  We had a look in the staff room, Manager's office and the computer room.  We saw an enormous printer and Gary showed us how it prints the price labels to go on the shelves.

We then headed to the tills.  Gary needed another secret code to log on to the tills.  We all got to have a go at scanning items through the tills.  It was only slightly awkward when we had all scanned through £65 worth of malteasers and didn't have any money to pay!

Finally, we headed back out to the garden centre.  Mark said we could have a go at potting up some seeds for them.  We all added compost and Mrs Hargreaves handed out the bean seeds.  Mark was very kind and said we were welcome to take the potted beans home with us.  He also gave us some flower seeds to brighten up the Year 2 garden.  We checked the instructions when we returned to school and we need to plant them in March, April or May.

What an exciting visit and thank you to all our adult volunteers who came with us.  Have a look...

Enterprise Week 2016 so far.........

Wow, it's only Wednesday and Year 2 have been so busy during our Enterprise Week.

So far we have.......

* Produced a business model.
* Planned our product range.
* Written a "To do" list.
* Designed, made, tested and evaluated our packaging.
* Completed market research with potential customers.
* Looked at and followed intructions to make a product.
* Had a visit from an architect to talk about her job.
* Looked a plans of how to build a house.
* Refined our sewing technique.
* Designed eye-catching labels for our packaging.
* Debated and decided on a pricing strategy.
* Written advertising slogans.
* Designed and made advertising posters to promote our products around the school.
* Visited Homebase to learn about a local business.
* Designed and made our own wax relief bunting to decorate our market stall.
* Considered how we can attract the most customers.

Have a look........

Practical Maths

We had great fun in Maths last week!  We were comparing weights and looking at measuring in grams and kilograms.  We even got to compare the weight of our shoes!

Another day, Miss Moscrop tried to trick us by giving us 400g bags of pasta to weigh that were only half full.

Computing

In Computing this term, we have been learning how to word process.  We have learned how to type, insert words, delete mistakes, add capital letters, punctuation and change fonts, sizes and colours.  We used our skills to type up sentences from our English lesson and add the "missing" punctuation!