Maths week - Visit from Jill Fitzgerald 21.1.15

As part of maths week, we were visited today by Jill Fitzgerald.  Jill is a chartered accountant who works for 'Specialist': www.specialistuk.com , an advertising company.  She explained how her business operates and about general business models.  We discussed revenue, profit and expense as well as what we need to do to help maximise our profits.  Additinally, Jill showed us how much maths was needed for the company as a whole, not just calculating revenue, expense and profit but also collecting and analysing data to show the impact of their services.  It was a very interesting presentation and years 5 and 6 were able to contribute a lot about the products they will be selling on Friday.

A Selection of the magazines produced by Specialist to help promote and sell various products.

Maths week 19.1.15 - Making our product

During maths week the classes have be set the challenge of spending a budget of £10 to make products that can be sold to the rest of the school.  The aim of the project is to make the most profit from what is sold; the profits will be donated to the school council to spend on resources for the school.  

In year 6 we have bought plain fibre pots.  Next, we decorated the pots with popular comic characters: Minions, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Spiderman.  Also, we have designed posters to encourage people to buy our product.  Finally,on Friday we will sell the pots and hope to make a big profit.

We are also competing against other classes to get the most mathletics points.  We have been using the iPads to help push up our score!