We got to visit real courtrooms!

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On June 12th, the grade 7s visited the downtown Vancouver law courts to watch real trials in progress and observe the roles of justice system professionals: judges, lawyers, sheriffs, and court clerks. Participants may see witnesses and the accused in court.  There may also be the possibility to see a jury trial.  You got to meet a judge and a lawyer for 30 minutes each to ask about their role and experience in the justice system.

  1.  I think this court setting is important because _______ .
  2. Some important concepts are _____________ .  Or the big idea is ____________ .
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We Walk For Water 2019

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https://www.we.org/we-schools/program/campaigns/we-walk-for-water/

We helped turn clean water on for people around the world.

Clean water is the fastest way to change a life. When communities gain access to clean water, young girls can go to school, and the health of the entire community improves. You can help create this ripple effect of change. Walk, fundraise, or donate and turn clean water on!

Awesome grade 7 students in Me to We walked for water with milk jugs or pails.  The event happened on a sunny, hot Thursday of May 23rd, 2019 during their lunchtime.  Each of them committed to collecting $25 in pledges.  Twenty-five dollars gives one person water for life.

  

  1.  I am proud of this because…
  2. Something new that I learned and understand better…
  3. My biggest challenge was…
  4. I still have questions and uncertainties about…
  5. How much money did you raise towards your goal of $25?
  6. Why are you grateful for access to clean water?  How would your life be different if you didn’t have access to clean water?
  7. How will your actions create an impact in developing communities around the world?

I am a Young Entrepreneur – (Part A) considering my success

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Congratulations!  Now that you have finished your Young Entrepreneur Marketplace, you can consider your success and learn from your experience.

[Trademark by PowerPlay Young Entrepreneurs, an educational program designed for grades 4-8 classrooms.  PowerPlay Strategies Incorporated, Surrey, B.C.]   www.powerplayforsuccess.com    (Thanks Mr. Baldin for introducing this to our school c/o Vancity).

1.  What did you enjoy? 

2.  What did you learn?

3.  What was one problem you had?  How did you overcome it?

I am a Young Entrepreneur – (Part B) evaluating my product

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You must also consider the success of your product.  Remember, the amount of money you made is not what’s most important.  The main goal with this program was to have fun learning about business.

  1.  Begin by telling us your business name and slogan (do you have a pic?)
  2. How do you feel about the product you selected for your business?
  3. What are some tips that you could use to select a product to sell in the future?

Quiet Time

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Dear student.  We have been doing Quiet Time for a few months now…15 minutes, 3 times a week:

1. What things do you choose to do during your Quiet Time?

2. What do you like or don’t like about Quiet Time, and why?

3.  What do you feel during Quiet Time?

4.  What do you notice about it?

5. What does it mean to you?

6. What surprised you?

7.  Do you have any questions?

Before you blog, I expect you to read the QUIET TIME BROCHURE posted on our class website. I look forward to hearing from you.

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Young Entrepreneurs :considering your success (Part A)

1.What did you enjoy?

I enjoyed selling and making my product and also liked seeing people happy when they figured they could draw anything they want on the stress balloon with Sharpies, they also got surprised when I told them there was slime inside and a lot of them said that they were going to pop the balloon to play with the slime.

2.What did you learn?

What I learned that starting a business could take a long time to form and that it can be a very boring process when no one would come to your table.

3.What was one problem you had? How did you overcome it?

The one problem I had was balloons popping and how I overcame it was by not letting anyone at home to touch them because I feared it would pop.

 

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1. what did you enjoy?

I really enjoyed talking to costumers about the process of making my product. when costumers asked questions it made me happy because that meant they wanted to know information about my company.

2. what did you learn?

I learned that the more different your product is the more you will sell. For people who did stress ball it was hard since there were over 10 people doing stress balls. I also learned that the way you present yourself also plays a part, because if you’re frowning at your stand you look less approachable, but if you are smiling people will be more comfortable to go up to your stand.

3. what was one problem you had? how did you over come it?

I did slime and there was another girl also doings slime spreading negative things about my product, which made it harder to sell since I had no costumers. All I did was stay positive, I eventually sold out because during the fair when people came to my stand I would explain my product.

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Young Entrepreneurs :Evaluating your product(Part B)

1.Begin by telling us your business name and slogan.

I chose the name “EMO BALLS” because I couldn’t pick a name between “Emoji” or “Emotion”.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vn1OgihBR0vavyNurQXN_HZyFKSjSYHT/view?usp=sharing

Here is my link for the image for my young entrepreneurs.

2.How do you feel about the product you selected for your business?

I fell moderate but at the same time I feel like I should have made something else that will be handy for people.

3.What are some tips that you could use to select a product to sell in the future?

To pick something that is popular at that time and make sure that no one would copy me like this time almost half of the gym made stress balls, and that in the future I make the table I’ll stay at way more attractive and also not stick by a corner. I would move the table to somewhere I would think would have a lot of customers because of there product.

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