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====This page contains a lesson plan to help guide teachers through the Mothers Day Cake stall process. It can be modified to meet the requirements of your class, but we believe with this lesson plan everything should run smoothly as can be...====

Part One
Allow 2 - 3 hours Sort the room into groups of 4-5 children and start the activity with brainstorming, using the interactive Whiteboard - It's Mothers Day, What can make for the special people in our lives? Generate the topic around why the children love their mummy, do they bake, care and help them? Leading the children into forming the idea of the cake stall themselves, it's always so much better when it's your own idea! Make them think, How do we prepare for the cake stall? Once again leading them through using technology, researching via the web and what kind of treat they are keen to bake. Use this link for your interactive whiteboard and brainstorming topics In groups let them have a discussion between themselves, brainstorming and writing their idea's down, nothing worse than forgetting! It is important you help them see the activity as a whole, it 's purpose and the final outcome of your class's Mother's Day cake stall. Be mindful of those students without their mothers in their lives, and simply relate it back to their significant person in their world. Remember to involve yourself around the room, make sure the students are on the right track, and not talking about who's holding the skipping rope at recess!

Part Two
Allow 1 hour Your students will need access to computers simultaneously, if you don't have access to this within your classroom, head out to your school library - remember to pre book the computers if you can first. Guide the students, what are we here for today? To research our recipe's! Once the students have located the treat they wish to bake, simply just email yourself the page, so you can collate the info later to use on the interactive whiteboard. Remember to give children access to the outline of the project from the @student page, where it describes the project as a whole in a step by step process. Also remind them about the final presentation, are they taking photo's to be prepared? Have they viewed the example on the student page?

Part Three
Allow 2-3 hours Once back in the classroom, have your students start to prepare their posters, some may like to use computers to design, But encourage them to try and create their own using texta's first. It is still an important part of their learning process at school that the children are able to write, draw and create without the use of computers. Whilst your students are busy designing, collate the recipe's you have sent to your inbox to use on the interactive whiteboard so the children can use their maths ability to calculate, if the cake we have chosen feeds 12 people, How many people do we think will be attending our stall? How much do we need to multiply our recipe by? Have the students rewrite their recipe's in groups to suit. Photocopy their Master designs for them to display around the school, take home for friends and family who wish to visit - especially the mums, to receive their free treat :)

Part Four
Allow 2 hours Back to the Library to use the computers. Have your students find coles.com to source the cost of their ingredients. Using the excel spreadsheet on the @student page to input the data and calculate an overall cost. While they are at the computers have the students create a label for their produce with the price and the ingredients in the cakes and treats. Later, Make these into stickers for the children to use during the sale. Time for homework - Your Students need to hit the shops! Organise with your local Coles store a system for purchase orders or an account that your students can use during this time. Use the template below to send out a letter for the parents requesting their help in this matter. Remember to always be communicating with your student groups to ensure their is a responsible adult available to assist them in this process. You may even have a volunteering parent who is able to take a couple of the groups at once, allow for the parents to arrange between themselves. Arrange a time to use the Schools Home economics class throughout the week before Mothers Day. Also start to think about where you will set up the stalls? You will need tables, money tins, change and packaging - try buying the plastic take away containers in bulk from your local packaging store, you can purchase them in a variety of sizes and they are reusable for the purchaser of the students treats as well - very sustainable!

Part Five
Allow 2 Hours Give your students time to collate their progress so far and start on the presentation for the end of the assessment.

Part Six
Allow 2 -3 hours The week before Mothers Day! An exciting and busy week ahead for both you and the students! Head to the home economics room on the Wednesday before to allow the students to familiarise themselves with the utensils and appliances. Try spending a couple of hours here, so the students can grasp the true concept of health and safety in the kitchen. Follow this link for ideas on activities and discussion topics for students in the kitchen.

Part Seven
Allow all day Baking day, The day before the Cake stall! Have your students prepare their paperwork, recipes, health and safety checklist and ingredients and head to the home economics class. Give the students a brief outline of what is expected of them, ie. leaving the kitchen as they found it, following rules and guidelines, remind them of their end presentation and lets go! Allow 2 hours for baking and clean up Regularly visit each of the groups around the room, watching for safety and health practices and offering advice when needed. But whilst the students are busy baking it's the perfect time to organise payment for Coles. Cross reference how much the children spent with their estimated totals, and organising payment through the office. Also print the labels needed for the students and keep aside. Once the students have finished baking and clearing, have them reflect on their hard work for the morning to use in the their presentation.

Allow 1 - 1 1/2 hours for decorating and packaging, dispersing labels and containers as appropriate. Remember for each student to keep a container aside for their own special mum :)

Allow 2-3 hours for the students to set up their cake stall! Display left over posters, set up tables and have students organise their own work area to suit their team. It would be great if some students could arrive at school earlier in the morning to help you transport the groups produce through to the stall. - Simply ask!

Tonight its time for your homework. organise cash tins and change for each group, run through the lesson plan, has everything been done? It might also be a good idea to print off a times table cheat sheet for the students to use during the busy flustered times!

Part Eight
The day of the stall... With the tables and equipment already to go from the previous day, its now time to bring up the groups baking, disperse them as needed throughout the groups tables, leaving it for them to display as they wish, once the groups arrive supply them with their money tin and their 'cheat sheets' and declare the stall open for business! Place yourself in an area to help out all students when needed. It might be a good idea to ask for a few extra teachers to help in the morning rush in turn for some free cake :) Once the students cakes have all been sold, or close too, remaining can be left at the canteen for recess sales, let them have a 10 min debrief with the class as a whole, then it is pack up time... In the classroom have the students count their money tins. Using the interactive whiteboard calculate, how much money did they make? remember to subtract the float, ingredients and anything else purchased for the stall. How much is left over? Let the students finalise their presentation to showcase at the school assembly and include what they would like to use their fundraising money for? Some ideas could be an excursion, a special treat, or even donating it to a worthy cause.