On Friday 18th October 2019, Westoe Crown Primary came to visit The Beacon Centre.
The Beacon Centre welcomed students from year 4, with their teacher, to have a shopping experience in The COOP. The students started by discussing what type of products they would need to buy from a shop.
The students were given the opportunity to go into the shop to look around and then chosen to select an item, take it to the till to scan and print off the receipt.
The students really enjoyed this.
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- Students listening to their instructions
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- Students listening to their instructions
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- Students listening to their instructions
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- Miss Walton engaging with the students
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- Students exploring the COOP
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- All of the students want to have a turn at being the till operator
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- Student selecting an item to purchase
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- Student using the till
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- Student reading his receipt
The students were then separated into two groups; one group did a written activity while the other group did an activity in the COOP.
The written activity involved working in twos to work out what sort of products they would need to buy from a shop.
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- Students listening to their teacher
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- Mrs Hudson assisted in the written activity
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- Working as a team
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- Planning a visit to the shop
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- Challenges at the COOP
The activity in the COOP involved the students working in groups of two to select items with the challenge of only spending £10.
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- £10 challenge given to students
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- Students selecting items to purchase
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- Students selecting items to purchase
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- Students selecting items to purchase
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- Caden scanning the students items
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- Caden and Miss Walton working in the COOP
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- Students discussing their purchase totals
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- Caden assisting Miss Walton
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- Caden bagging up the purchased items
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- Students checking their items
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- Mrs Pattison working in the COOP
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- Caden helping Mrs Pattison
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- Students checking their receipt
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- Satisfied customers
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- Service with a smile
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- Caden and Mr Foston working in the COOP
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- Students interacting with Caden
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- Student discussing his receipt with Miss Walton
This particular student was very shocked that she spend over her £10 budget!
These 2 students were the £10 challenge winners as their shopping totalled exactly £10!
The next challenge the students faced was to plan a shop to cater for breakfast, lunch, tea, a snack as well as hygiene products. This time they had a £20 budget. The task involved looking at the prices of the products and using their estimating skills to see who could get the closest to a £20 spend.
Whilst in the COOP, the students also had the opportunity to view the CCTV footage.
All of the students from Westoe Crown Primary School enjoyed their time at The Beacon Centre COOP.
Student feedback:
Student 1: “It’s been really fun because I never really get to go to the shops by myself and get what I want.”
Lucy: “Thank you for giving up your time for us to come to your shop, I had an amazing time!”
Robyn: “I loved how the shop looked just like a real shop!”
Kofi: “I really looked seeing how the CCTV cameras worked!”
Joshua: “I really liked getting a real receipt!”
Ayhan: “I liked the teachers we met at the Beacon Centre!”
‘Ava: “I liked that everything was real in the shop!”
The Beacon Centre staff would like to say a big thank you to all of the students from Westoe Crown Primary school for their positive behaviour, attitudes and for having excellent manners.
We would also like to say thank you to Caden, who assisted in the shop and even stayed in school after finishing time so that he could help for the entire activity!
