PrEP, the Super Stylish Socks

What is PrEP?  PrEP stands for Primary Enterprise Programme.  Everybody in the PrEP group has to make products or prepare services.  Our group contains 4 people: Jessica, Max, Zak  and me, Georgina.  Our group name is the Super Stylish Socks.

We make sock puppets.  They are different types: animals and celebrities.  We have to buy products from the 'Warehouse' with our special currency called Rubies. We have to bring socks from home. We had to pay for bringing in these.  This is called Import Tax.

We all have jobs in our group.  I am the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Jessica is the "Warehouse" person who purchases items from the 'Warehouse.'  Zak (the banker, who is in charge of our groups Rubies) goes with her.  Max looks after the papers and is the co CEO (he is the secretary).

Our products are made from felt, vivid pens, googly eyes, clean socks, hot glue from hot glue guns, string, glitter glue and feathers.  Our products sell for R3 (R means Rubies) and R5, depending on the type of sock puppet.

A while ago, we had a mini market.  A mini market is where you sell a few products to test them out to see if other people like them or not.  We sell the other products on the big market day on the Tuesday of Week 8.

By Georgina, CEO of the Super Stylish Socks.

Mini Market

 This term we've been doing PrEP.
PrEP stands for Primary Enterprise Programme. It's a business where you have to make a product then sell it.
My group is called the Funky Jewelers and we make all sorts of padazling jewellery such as pearl earrings, flowery bracelets and colorful necklaces.

We can have mini markets to test our products but first we have to advertise. We are allowed to advertise most ways like putting up posters, walking around with a sandwich board or doing a radio add. My group has chosen to do a sandwich board and yesterday, which was the 20th of November, my group advertised and did our mini market. It was so successful, my group got 87 ruby's ! It was so fun.  I took orders and helped the customers.  Poppy walked around with the sandwich board and kept some of the money with Phoebe, and Chloe helped and did some advertising.

We sold quite a lot so we have to make a lot because soon it will be market day, but at least we know people liked our product.

By Rebecca

PREP by Molly

PREP
MIHST is the group who makes bookmarks, portraits, painted pet rocks and fortune rocks. There are six members.

Molly - CEO Chief Executive Officer,
Hannah - co CEO,
Izzy - Treasurer,
Millie - Warehouse person,
Taylor May - Secretary and
Sola - General Worker.

At the beginning of PrEP (Primary Enterprise Program) we had to nominate a CEO and decide on our jobs. We all wanted to do the same sort of things and we came up with the name MIHST. It was made of the first letters of each of our names. Molly, Millie, Izzy, Hannah, Sola, Taylor May. Next we had to fill in an order form for the warehouse. We ordered all the materials we needed. We also had to write a work contract which we all had to sign. Our first making lesson we  made the bookmarks, the next we made cards, then fortune rocks and the pet rocks. Before all of this happened we had  to go to The Dragons Den. The idea was  that the Dragons (people involved in business)  would see our ideas and tell us if we could start making things. We didn't  get 50 Rubies as planned but thirty because the CEO was not there. In the end we did get 50 off our teacher. All the teams were allowed a mini market so they could estimate how much to make of each thing and earn some more money. I am really looking forward to the real market so we can buy and sell as much as possible.

By Molly CEO of MIHST

Room 9 PrEP group the Hacky Sackies

In term four we started our PrEP programme. PrEP means primary enterprise programme. What we do for PrEP.  We get into groups and make different products. My group is called the Hacky Sackies. We make hacky sacks and juggling balls. We buy our stuff from the school warehouse. At the start we had to go to the Dragons Den to earn the groups fifty Rubies to buy the materials. We have making sessions to make our products. Our making session are on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. We can advertise our products. Our group is doing a sandwich board. We can have mini markets before the main market to see if any one likes our products and to get extra money. The money we use is called Rubies. We can earn Rubies by working at the start of the PrEP programme.  I've had fun doing PrEP and hope to do it again soon.

By Natasha

PrEP (Zak)

PrEP (Primary Enterprise Programme) is a programme which the main idea is to design and make a product and sell it at mini-markets.  We get paid fake money called "Rubys" every time we make something.  What we do with these Rubys is, at the markets, people set stalls (including your enterprise you have) and with the Rubys you earned from making things, you can spend on other things, example: Candle-holders, jewellery, sock-puppets, door signs and home-made stuffed toys.  You can also have services, example: Band, water-slide, carnival games and food services.  When you sell your product, you get more Rubys to buy more material to make some more of your product which will make you make more money!
That is PrEP

-Zak W.

Cross-country

On Monday the 25th of June was the interegionals year 5-6 cross-country.We arrived at Saxton field by car. When we arrived we put down our bags and walked the coarse where we would be running. It had been raining recently and the coarse was filled with really deep mud. There were two creeks that we had to cross. One was ankle height with mud on the side. The other was bogy and probably slightly deeper than the other one, or so I thought...

The year 5 girls were first. They had to run two and a half laps of the slippery coarse, it was the same as all the other races. My race (year 6 boys) was the last race. When each of the other races finished, the more nervous I got. After cheering on the year 6 girls it was time for my race. I walked with my friends onto the starting line. There butterflies in my stomach, there about 70 runners. We did some stretches and got ready.

3...2...1...BANG! The race started. Everyone sprinted to get to the front. I got stuck behind a line of people, the track was pretty cramped. Eventually the race spread out. I came to the first creek I ran through it water sprayed onto my legs. I went up a slight slope it was riddled with mud. Every time I took a step I slipped back down again. I bent down and used my hands to pull myself up. Soon I came to the second creek. I took two steps through it and cried in surprise as half my body disappeared under the bogy water. When I came out I was soaked up to my waist, I was flailing my arms round to keep my balance and my shoes felt heavy. I kept running. On the second lap I knew what was coming. I tried to jump the deep creek and I only got my knees wet. Near the finish I went into a sprint.

 At the finish I was panting like a dog. A lady gave me a card with my place on it. I got 24th. The cross-country was really fun and I hope I get to do it next year. 

By Travis

Kids for Kids Concert

On Wednesday 20th June some of us went to the Kids for Kids concert with Suzanne Prentice.
There were ten schools and we had to sing eighteen songs. Mr Taylor had to pick two soloists for the show. Jamie and Molly were chosen. They tried out for the song tomorrow and ... got in

The first three songs we sang were "O what a night", "If I were rich man" and "Food Glorious Food". We then sang Hello Mother, Hello Father and Suzanne dressed up as a little boy named Timmy, half way through she started snorting.  Once we had sang 9 songs we had a half time break.

Near the end a large pussy cat (a human dressed up) came out and started to dance with the conductor and hugged a little boy.  Poor him.

 We all found it fun and enjoyable, and we hope to take part when Kids for Kids comes back in a couple of years time.

 By Isabel and Millie