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Money in the Past

Next week we are going to be learning about how paying for things hias changed. In preparation for this, talk with a family member about how they paid for everything when they were younger. Here are some questions that you could ask:

• Are there any coins or notes that you used when you were younger that aren’t in use anymore?
• How did you pay for things when you were little?
• When did you first start using an ATM?
• When did you first use a credit card?
• When you were young could you pay for things without money?
• When did you open your first bank account?
• What has changed about the way banks are used over time?
• Is there anything about money that hasn’t changed over time?
• What is meant by interest?
• What is different about the money from your home country and Thai baht?
• What is meant by exchange rate and how has it changed over time?

We will discuss what you have found out next week.

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Business Matters Project

Wow!

Some people have already started to bring in completed tasks for the 'Business Matters' project.

Aron selected the Picture Smart task and has brought in his Dinodog design.

Anne-Sophie has already completed the compulsory Word Smart task: to create an information text about trade in your home country. Anne-Sophie's text is about ... chocolate! Mmmm ... wouldn't you like to visit Belgium? Do you know what other countries produce and export chocolate?

Well done!

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Business Matters

This term our learning theme is "Business Matters" and we will be finding out about all different aspects of business so that we can answer our BIG QUESTION:

Can I run a successful business?

To help us on our learning journey we will be exploring the answers to these key questions:

• How does location affect business?
• How has business changed?
• What makes a good business?
• What makes a successful product?
• What challenges do businesses face?

This term we have a Home Learning project related to the theme. The project will run until Wednesday 19th June. Each week you should spend 25 minutes on the project and 25 minutes on another piece of Home Learning. Some weeks this will be Maths, other weeks this will be word investigations.

Choose tasks from the matrix below. Each task you complete will earn you coins. You need to earn 40 coins. You must complete the Word Smart task but you can choose any combination of other tasks.

Clicking on the matrix below will take you to a more detailed version. This will give you some examples and suggestions of what you can do and how you can present your learning.

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