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Run Your Own Shop

Set up a pretend or real shop with stock, prices, signage and a till you have to balance.

Your mission

Open a shop, serve customers and balance the till at the end of the day.

Learning goals

  • • Use money, change and simple addition
  • • Write clear signs
  • • Serve customers politely

You'll need

  • • Play money or coins
  • • Paper for signs
  • • Items to sell

Optional: Camera or tablet for photos of your work

Project stages

0/5 tasks

Discover

~20 min

Find out what you already know and gather ideas before you start building.

  • What will you sell?

    Choose your products and count your stock.

    ~20 min · Parent guidance: Check in at the end of the task and talk it through together.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your discover work and explain why you chose it.

Plan

~25 min

Turn your ideas into a plan you can actually follow.

  • Set your prices

    Give every item a price and make a price list.

    ~25 min · Parent guidance: Check in at the end of the task and talk it through together.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your plan work and explain why you chose it.

Create

~40 min

Make the main part of your project.

  • Set up the shop

    Make signs, arrange your stock and set up the till.

    ~40 min · Parent guidance: Stay nearby for set-up, then let your learner lead.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your create work and explain why you chose it.

Test

~30 min

Try it out and see what works.

  • Open for business

    Serve your customers and give the right change.

    ~30 min · Parent guidance: Stay nearby for set-up, then let your learner lead.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your test work and explain why you chose it.

Reflect

~20 min

Think about what you learned and what you would do next time.

  • Balance the till

    Count your money and check it matches your sales.

    ~20 min · Parent guidance: Check in at the end of the task and talk it through together.

    Extra challenge: add one more detail to your reflect work and explain why you chose it.

Australian Curriculum links

Mathematics · Measurement and Space

Learners apply Mathematics skills while planning, making and presenting "Run Your Own Shop".

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English · Inquiry and skills

Learners apply English skills while planning, making and presenting "Run Your Own Shop".

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The Arts · Inquiry and skills

Learners apply The Arts skills while planning, making and presenting "Run Your Own Shop".

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Reflection

  • • What part of this project are you most proud of?
  • • What was tricky, and how did you work it out?
  • • What would you change if you did it again?
  • • What is one new thing you can now explain to someone else?

Completion checklist

  • ☐ All stages marked complete
  • ☐ Final product finished
  • ☐ Evidence uploaded (photo, writing, audio or video)
  • ☐ Reflection questions answered
  • ☐ Presented to family or group
  • ☐ Parent review complete