Sixth Class

Written by: Ronia, Hari and Finn.

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The children of 6th class A have been taking part in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme since January. The Junior Entrepreneur Programme (JEP) is Ireland’s leading entrepreneurship skills programme. So, we started and began brainstorming ideas. We split up into three groups and created three different ideas. The ideas we came up with were a cap company called Kapz, a board game called Chaos Dimensions developed by The Yella Fellas and Big Boards, and a squishy company called Squish Melon.

After we finished making the prototypes, we met the Dragons (Tony, Aoife and Molly) so they could choose a product for our class to focus on. They asked us lots of questions about our products. Then they consulted with each other and selected one product. We then got the message that they chose Kapz. The whole class got behind the idea and we began to brainstorm what we needed to do to bring the idea to market.

KAPZ

Kapz is a cap company that creates caps that suit everyone’s style. Our product helps because we are entering the summer term and the UV rays are VERY dangerous – so we have designed hats that students and teachers can enjoy wearing to keep them safe from the UV rays on the yard. The reason our hats are so special is because they include all types of styles so everyone can feel special and seen.

The Production Process

The first thing we needed to do was come up with a survey. We visited every class in the school, showed them the prototypes we had made and asked them questions about what types of hats they would like to wear. From this, we discovered that people liked bucket hats as much as caps and that they preferred hats that were customised with patches and beads rather than with material. After we found out people’s preferences, we ordered all the resources we needed to make the caps. Once we received the package, we got straight to work designing the caps and bucket hats. We split into two teams: marketing and design/production.

The marketing team created posters for display around the school, planned an idea for a promotional video and directed, filmed and edited the video. They also documented the process to share here on the school website.

The design and production team decided which style of patches / beads would match each hat. The patches cater for all sorts of interests: teddy bears, sports, food, animals, nature and space! The production team then sewed the patches on to the hats.

By then we were very tired, but we powered through and wrote this blog post and finished the production process and now we are ready to sell our products!

SPRING FAIR!!!

We will be selling our caps at the Spring Fair on Thursday, 23rd April. They will cost €5 each. Don’t miss out on getting yourself a unique cap for the summer!

Here are some highlights from Term 1 in 6^th Class A!

Author: Ronia Nieznalski

RTE Filming

At the beginning of the year RTÉ came to our school to film about our relatively new building! A lot of us got interviewed and then we got to watch ourselves on the board during lunch! The guy who interviewed us was called Cathal and he was nice to us all.

The Canal Clean Up

One of our highlights of the year so far is the canal clean up with the Hilton Hotel staff.  They invited us to help them clean up the canal and the area around our school, some of us were even raking dead leaves off the ground. After that we found out that all of our hard work paid off as we got invited to come into the Hotel to get some hot chocolate and cookies (they were delicious).

 

Our Novel

The novel we have been reading is Journey to the River Sea, a story about a girl who goes to live with her family in Brazil. The story is set in the early 1900. Some of us liked the book and some of us didn’t enjoy it as much.

Learn Together: Fast Fashion

We spent a long time learning about fast fashion in 6^th class this term. We learned about how our hunger for fashion can harm other people and about their poor work environments. We did a lot of work on our school iPads about this and some of us even made videos!

 

Maths Week in 6^th Class

Maths week is something we celebrate throughout all the school however this year we did something else to celebrate Maths week, this year we made DIY maths games! We all have so much fun playing them and sometimes we play them during maths which always puts everyone in a good mood.

PROJECTS!!!

We have done a couple of projects this year we have been doing them on iPads and on paper. One of the projects was about space each of us chose a planet and made a project based on it at home. Some of the projects we did on the iPads are: the EU, young people changing the world, fast fashion and time zones! Once we finished the projects we presented them.