Too cool for school? Maybe. But not for books. Here are Cyan's Term 3 Book Reviews!
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1. What stood out for you in our class role-play of different governments? Why? 2. Which government style do you prefer and why? 3. Which would be the worst for you? Why? 4. What questions do you have about? We saw, we came, we shopped! Cyan's Craft Market Day finally arrived. Thought we were ready...think again. There were all sorts of challenges and final touches to our market day that took a lot of effort or had to be left to the wayside for our market to go ahead. Firstly, what went well. Well, we made lots of money. Thank you to our dear customers at Fort Street. Our market research paid off. As the class's teacher, and a superficial minimalist, I was doubtful whether any of their items would be of high quality enough to sell. But sell it did. Which just goes to show why I'm not in business. There were over 30 sales of God Eye's...what is even a God's Eye. But these kids showed tenacity, strength and perhaps downright irreverence, because ignoring my lack-of-real-business-ecumen criticism, they went ahead with it! Well done! What didn't went well...not much, thanks to the input of so many people it. Our beloved P&C President, Christina, worked as a soundboard initially, but soon her alpha-boss-in-chief persona and her entrepreneurial experiences kicked-in and she pretty much filled the holes of our market day, e.g. petty cash, point of sales procedures, market zones and signage, price tags, business signs and much much more. Thank you very much, Christina. Our teaching assistant Nic also gave his blood and sweat to help the kids along. Silly me thought of adding some writing, speaking and maths objectives to the whole entrepreneurial experience...like they needed more work to do. Each business (there are 11 businesses) had to finalise their legos, create a little bio to introduce themselves, an advertisement for their product, a revenue-cost-profit balance sheet, pre-order sheet and a short blurb to give as their door-to-door sales pitch. Well, Nic was thrown into the deep end and sink he did not. He jumped into each business team and tore their writing to shreds until nothing was left but Tolkien-brilliance. Kudos, Nic! Oh yeah, he also cut, painted, drew, lifted, accounted and took money off students, sorry beloved customers, in order to support Cyan's businesses. Your constant use of colourful language, not quite under your breath, was a reminder of how dedicated you are to getting the job done right! And finally, thank you to all our customers who saw the good, the useful and the I'm-not-sure-what-yet-beauty of all our products. Thank you for showing our class of Cyan 2016 that they do have the right stuff to be entrepreneurs (cool word for someone who makes their own money). Oh, right. Yes, most of the businesses made lots of money. Enough to cover their costs. But, they'll be back shortly for another market, and maybe with some new stuff to sell. Stay tuned. Below are some of Cyan's reflections of the market day.
Jewellery, DIY kits, plants, art, toys and craft....what is this? It's Class of Cyan's creations and they will be selling it next week in Cyan's Kidpreneur's Market Day Cyan has been preparing for their market day. Over the last eight weeks, day in and out, Cyan had been learning about how to start their own business. They learnt the crucial steps of creating business structures, designing a product or service, researching their target market, prototyping, making production lines and calculating revenue, costs and profit. There has been a lot to learn. Above are some of their products that they will sell on Thursday Week 9 15th September in the afternoon @ 2:30pm until 3:30pm. Come and support our students in their first foray into entrepreneurship.
What? Cyan Market Day (young students' business ideas) When? Thursday 15th September 2:30pm onwards How did this all start? We were inspired by the work of Tania and Creel Price who run Club Kidpreneur What is Club Kidpreneur? In their words...Since 2010, Club Kidpreneur Foundation has played a pivotal role in entrepreneurial education with programs specifically designed for primary school students aged 10-12. Club Kidpreneur exists to spark an entrepreneurial spirit in the next generation, equipping and empowering them with the confidence, resilience, creativity and critical thinking to thrive in their future careers. Club Kidpreneur program’s all help primary school students, working in teams, build their own micro-business, which can be used for social good. Kids learn the key steps of business from ideation to commercialisation and then donate their profits to charity. The interactive, experiential learning allows kids to stretch their creativity, get comfortable with risk and failure, and build resilience and confidence. The program is mapped to National Curriculum outcomes across multiple subject areas including Maths, English, Science and Arts. Club Kidpreneur is proud to partner with government, business, schools and the community, bringing these key groups together to futureproof the next generation of job creators, employees and Australian citizens. Learn more @ http://clubkidpreneur.com/ Below are some of Class Cyan's experiences and thoughts... Celebrating books (and some movies...ahem, Mr Mc!) Cyan decked out in their gear to parade in the 2016 Book Week Parade. Our Captains did a fantastic job hosting the event, keeping cool under pressure and using their wits to MC on the spot and off the cuff.  They saw; they battled; they conqured! Pitting their minds against the best minds from all over Sydney, the representatives of Fort Street PS battled it out in the 2016 Mind Marathon. They had to answer and solve problems from Maths, History, Engineering, Science and more. On our journey to learn about entrepreneurship, we were lucky enough to interview Mr Creel Price, the founder of Kidpreneur. Below is what Cyan learned:
Our Book Week kicked off with an author visit. The one and only Mr Michael Salmon, author and illustrator of Cecil the Dinosaur and The Monster That Ate Canberra. Below are some of Class of Cyan's thoughts. Also, we had a visit from the book performers, Fair Dinkum. Building on our paragraphing skills, use of dialogues and characterisation through verb choices, students of Cyan share some of their creations.    Feature Profile: Richard Branson
Virgin is one of the world’s most irresistible brands and has expanded into many diverse sectors from travel to telecommunications, health to banking and music to leisure. There are now more than 100 Virgin companies worldwide, employing approximately 60,000 people in over 50 countries. Having started Virgin as a mail order record retailer in 1970, Branson founded Virgin Records and opened a record shop on Oxford Street, London. After building a recording studio, The Manor, the first Virgin artist, Mike Oldfield, recorded and released ‘Tubular Bells’. Virgin Records went on to sign household names from the Sex Pistols to The Rolling Stones, becoming the biggest independent label in the world.  How do we taste? Taste is one of the five basic senses. Flavour is detected by combination of taste and smell. We detect the taste of food through taste cells. Taste buds contain about 100 taste cells and are located in structures on the tongue called papillae. The papillae can be seen on the tongue as pinkish bumps, particularly around the edge of the tongue, and can be more easily seen after drinking milk. Each taste cell has a taste pore that is capable of detecting several tastes. The five basic tastes are sweet, salty, sour, bitter and umami (meaty, savoury). The taste cell contains receptors which bind chemicals responsible for sweet, bitter and umami. When these chemicals bind to their specific receptors they activate a pathway in the taste cell which sends a signal to the brain, telling us what the food tastes like. Salty and sour tastes are detected differently by the taste cells. Sodium ions in salt enter taste cells through a channel. Acid is mainly responsible for the sour taste and it is the hydrogen ions that trigger the taste cell to send impulses to the brain. The taste map (or tongue map) which associated each basic taste with a region of the tongue, originated from a German paper in 1901 which was mistranslated into English. The map has since been scientifically disproven. We now know that each basic taste can be detected all over the tongue where there are taste buds. The brain taste map For our brain to perceive different tastes the taste cell receptors must send a signal to the primary taste cortex (centre) in the brain. Very recently, scientists mapped the areas in the taste cortex that were activated for each of the five tastes. Each taste signals to it’s own separate area in the brain within a region where all tastes are perceived (the gustatory cortex). Although there is no evidence for a taste map on the tongue, there is now proof a taste map does exist in the brain. This is called the gustotopic map in the brain. Supertasters Some people (25% population) are ‘supertasters’ and can detect tastes at a lower level than normal. Scientists have discovered differences in the genes that code for the bitter taste receptor that account for this variation in bitter sensitivity. As a test to study this, scientists use chemicals such as phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) or 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) which only supertasters perceive as extremely bitter. Non-supertasters detect a slight bitter taste or no taste at all. Supertasters are more likely to be women than men, and to be of Asian, African or South American descent. Children are more sensitive to bitter tastes than adults, which may explain why they don’t like vegetables such as brussel sprouts and broccoli. It is also thought that supertasters have more papillae than non-supertasters. You can find out if you are a supertaster at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/supertaster/  Learning of Australia's heritage, the oldest continuing culture in the world, Cyan learnt an aboriginal dance. Our school has been recommended to a Taiwanese television program that is interested in doing a story about the wonderful things our school is achieving with coding and technology. They were keen to focus on the outstanding work of our class and the technology club, and have asked to film and interview our class last week.  Class Cyan recreated their holidays but added some creative licences, aka lies. Can you spot the lie?
This holidays I hope you are enjoying time with family, friends, hobbies and passions. One passion you should definitely develop is reading. An optional homework for this holidays is to do a reading review. Write it up in your homework book, edit with a family member (or wait until you are back at school), or post it here for me to review.  
Want to improve your maths problem solving? Hop online to Mathletics at http://au.mathletics.com/ Want to prepare for NAPLAN? Have a go at this practice test:
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 No school in Australia has uniforms quite like Hazelbrook Public School. They say they're the first school in the country to use 100% fair trade uniforms. But what does that mean? The kids from Hazelbrook walk us through it.
Watch the video here: http://www.abc.net.au/btn/story/s4430578.htm Some felt that choice was debatable, some even choose other topics. Below are some of Cyan's persuasive writing--what do you think?
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