Year 10 Business students were met with a keen and hungry clientele when they opened their food stalls at lunchtime yesterday and today.
Students flocked to the stalls selling drinks and food such as quesadillas, toasted sandwiches, candy floss, sushi, waffles, nachos, chop suey, doughnuts and fudge brownie.
As part of Market Day, the Year 10 Business students formulate, carry out and review a business activity that involves selling selling sweet or savoury treats. It also tests their marketing and presentation skills.
There were 12 market stalls operating during lunchtime in the Albertian Quad, with groups funding their own start-up costs and sharing profits among business owners.
Business Studies teacher Stuart Halstead said that once the frantic activity of Market Day was over, students were encouraged to reflect on where their businesses had succeeded or failed.
Market Day is a taster for business activities to follow in years 11, 12 and 13 when business students build on earlier skills to develop more sophisticated products and services.
