After all our hard work and preparations it was great to see it all come together. All the students were very proud to show and sell their creations and we had many happy customers by the end of our market! 
We sold a variety of products at our market - designer up-cycled chairs, photo art, locally picked apples, greeting cards and pumpkin soup. We also provided a service - a relaxing massage!
Have a look at all our eager little sales people and happy and relaxed customers!
Looking back on all the things we worked on towards our market, it is great to see how much we have learned and how many of the subject areas have been integrated within this IPC unit.
Numeracy
- understanding expenses and profit
- giving change and counting money (counting in 2's ,5's and 10's)
- measuring ingredients for our soup
Literacy
- visual language - advertising, banners, signs
- writing together instructions (the recipe for the pumpkin soup)
- using persuasive language in advertising and when selling our products
Technology
- taking photos using ipads
- using photo editing software to crop, add filters and enhance photos
- design a label using IT for our locally picked apple boxes
Art
- sanding and painting an old chair
- designing a stencil to decorate a chair
- designing and creating a greeting card
Society
- understanding people's needs and wants
- creating products and providing a service
- understanding up-cycling (old school chairs) and re-using (egg cartons for apple boxes)
- appreciating the environmental benefits of eating locally grown produce (to link in with 'Eat local day')
all this on top of the Geography and History skills which we covered at the beginning of the unit that we have mentioned in a previous post - we drew maps (adding in businesses and services) and discussed the history of money and how it is made.
The best part about all of this is that we are now able to pass on the profits of our market to a worthy organisation. After the holiday break we will write a letter to the 'Right to Housing' organisation saying that we can be one of the 100 strong shoulders they are looking for. We will be able to give them 120 Euros and even a little extra!
Enjoy your holiday break Primary class - you have all worked very hard!
Have a look also at our Halloween celebrations in the photo gallery!