Newsletter April 2019

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They also had a market day in March and promoted their businesses during assembly. They rotate new team members in the roles every week.

WB Rubusana learners have been working hard on their business.

W e t h o u g h t o f r e d u c i n g o u r p r i c e s t o m a k e o u r s b e t t e r t h a n o u r c o m p e t i t o r s ’ b u t t h e n w e r e a l i s e d t h a t i f w e d i d t h a t , w e w o u l d n o t m a k e a p r o f i t . W e d e c i d e d t o h a v e p r o m o t i o n s i n s t e a d .

We've elected six managers who will facilitate the overall operations of the business. Two team members with one management member sell for a week, from Monday to Friday, and that team will balance the stock and income for the week before handing over to the next group. The stocktaking takes place on Friday so that the hand-over to the next team is complete.

Mana High School business team members decided to open a restaurant for the last day of term. The are hoping that they will be able to sell everything and not have any left overs. The last time they did this they made a turnover of R685 Thembela High Schools business team has 60 members in Grades 9 to 11. They are supported by two enthusiastic and dedicated educators, Miss Khoza and Miss Mlangeni. W e r e a l l y m a d e a d i f f e r e n c e i n o u r s c h o o l t h a n k y o u E E E S A Y f o r a l l o w i n g u s a n o p p o r t u n i t y t o e x p l o r e m o r e i n l i f e

This time we have a lot to sell e.g. food, drinks, sweets, and more because we have done our research about what our customers like the most and that is what we are going to sell. They held a market day where they sold snacks, vetkoek and ice blocks, and made R700 profit. Of this income they kept R200 to buy more stock and used R500 to buy uniforms for learners who are in child-headed homes.

O u r d r e a m i s t o o p e n a m o b i l e k i t c h e n

We started the year by recruiting new members and allocating them in our different departments. A lot of new people wanted to join because of the achievements of last year's team. We've come up with other recycling ideas to implement. We are now filling 2 litre bottles with non-recyclable waste to make eco bricks that we are going to use for building outside our eating area. We are also planning to use 2 litre bottles as little vases for plants to put around the school as well as in classrooms

T U R N I N G T R A S H I N T O E C O - B R I C K S

Mr Stamper shows how to fill an eco-brick