Getting to the meeting on time

Unit standard(s): 14108

Summary:

This activity extends learners map reading skills. Learners are again asked to think about directions and scale but now also distance, speed, time. They are asked to think about how the time of day affects traffic flow and traveling time. They are asked to read aeroplane timetables and to book a flight. They are asked to schedule a meeting that best suits a person who has to fly in from another city and leave on the same day. Usually business administrators will get someone else to find the most convenient flight to book, but it is useful for them to have an understanding of what things limit the possible suitable flights.

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Decorating the new kitchen

Unit standard(s): 14108

Summary:

In this activity we use the context of a new office kitchen to ask learners to think about calculating areas and perimeters of rectangular shapes. Learners are asked to work out how many wall and floor tiles of different sizes they will need to tile specific areas. They are also asked to calculate the costs of the different tiles.

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Making table cloths and curtains for the new kitchen

Unit standard(s): 14108

Summary:

This activity uses both the context of decorating a new office kitchen and the concepts of area and perimeter. In this activity learners are asked to calculate how much material and fringing they would need to make circular table cloths and curtains for a new office kitchen. They are asked to think about how the context impacts upon how accurate their answers need to be and also how they apply the concepts of area and circumference.

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Buying an urn

Unit standard(s): 14108

Summary:

In this activity learners work with capacity and volumes of cylindrical shapes. They use what they know about the area of a circle and see how this relates to the volume of cylinders. They also draw urns from different views and use this to find out information about what it is the limits the least amount of water that an urn can hold. They are asked to convert between different metric units of volume and capacity.

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Making decorations with paper folding

Unit standard(s): 14108

Summary:

One of the range statements in this unit standard states that learners should investigate symmetry and tessellations in the context of artifacts and architecture. In this activity and the next activity we use the context of planning for a housing conference. Students examine the patterns in traditional paper shelving. Learners make their own patterns by folding and cutting paper. They find out more about reflected patterns. They then use what they know to make paper chains and cards for an office party.

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Traditional home decorations

Unit standard(s): 14108

Summary:

In this activity the context of the housing conference is extended. Students examine different kinds of traditional external decorations on homes. In this activity they focus on how patterns are made by placing a key element of the pattern in a variety of positions. Learners explore the following ways of changing the position of a shape: turning the shape (rotation), flipping the shape (reflection), sliding the shape (translation). Learners analyse patterns using this language. They also make their own patterns by making these movements with shapes.

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Assessment: Symmetry, transformations and designs in traditional home decorations

Unit standard(s): 14108

Summary:

The assessment focuses on students' knowledge and skills around pattern and design. In particular it assesses their ability to see the basic element in a design and how this element has been moved (rotated, reflected or translated) to make up the pattern. It also assesses students' ability to recognise symmetry.

Giving directions

Unit standard(s): 14108

Summary:

In this activity learners read road maps of a city and use the key to calculate distances. They draw up a set of directions which includes a simple map, they then think in general about what they need to include when they give people directions to get to a venue. Reading maps includes the skill of looking up a road name in an alphabetical index, finding the correct block (cell) in the rows and columns and understanding that a map is a stylised view from above.

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Expenditure and revenue

Unit standard(s): 11241

Summary:

This is a preliminary activity designed to introduce students to the ideas of expenditure and revenue in the context of a small catering business. Students calculate the costs of producing a product and then calculate how many products need to be sold in order to cover costs as well as make a profit. Hence they distinguish between expenditure and revenue and demonstrate an understanding of the costs of a transaction.

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Source documents

Unit standard(s): 11241

Summary:

In this activity students work with source documents. They identify the types of documents that are used to keep a record of financial transactions in a business and discuss the importance of recording all these transactions. They analyse the features of various different documents and thus identify items of disbursement and revenue from source documents. They also issue a receipt and an invoice and fill in a cheque counterfoil.

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Fixed and variable costs

Unit standard(s): 11241

Summary:

In this activity students work with the idea of fixed and variable costs. They examine the income statement of a local sports club, perform various calculations, and analyse the circumstances in which cost items can be fixed or variable.

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Invoices and receipts

Unit standard(s): 11241

Summary:

This activity consolidates ideas from previous activities and so is suitable for assessment purposes. Students organise financial information that has been presented in a variety of different ways, and display it on a table that shows the details of each transaction. They also identify income, expense, fixed and variable costs, and calculate surplus (deficit).

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Buying and hiring

Unit standard(s): 11241

Summary:

This activity involves the effect of costs relative to a transaction. Students prepare invoices and use documents that require them to calculate costs and also to offset costs against revenue. The context is the sports club again, and the transactions involve improvements to the facilities so that they can be hired out.

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The soccer match

Unit standard(s): 11241

Summary:

In this activity students calculate expenditure and revenue in the context of a soccer match. They identify costs relative to a possible transaction and compare these with available revenue. They work with different tariffs and calculate how these impact on income and expenditure.

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Missing documents

Unit standard(s): 11241

Summary:

In this activity students reconcile transactions with records and accounts. They identify items that are missing and begin the recovery process. They work with shortfalls and refunds, and are expected to perform calculations demonstrating an understanding of how these affect income. The context is balancing the finances after a soccer match.

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Planning a function

Unit standard(s): 11241

Summary:

In this activity students work with variable costs and make decisions based on the calculation of expenditure. They compare two different scenarios and adjust their calculations accordingly. They identify circumstances in which costs can be fixed or variable and demonstrate an understanding of the costs relative to different transactions.

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Matching records

Unit standard(s): 11241

Summary:

In this activity students compare transaction amounts recorded in a company’s books with source documents. They reconcile individual transactions with statements, fill in outstanding amounts, complete receipts and counterfoils and allocate items to the correct accounts. The company is once again the sports club, and students examine the monthly statements.

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The Bayside Challenge Budget

Unit standard(s): 9011

Summary:

In this activity students prepare a budget sheet for a fund raising activity. Income and expenditure are analysed and compared with figures from the previous year. The students are asked to make recommendations to increase profitability and to suggest appropriate budgeting for the next financial year.

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Increasing the Staff Complement

Unit standard(s): 9011

Summary:

This activity looks at the decisions that need to be made by management regarding affordability, equity and market relatedness, when a business wishes to increase its staff complement. In this activity the students compare actual and budgeted costs and then extrapolate to budget for future growth.

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The Bayside Soccer Club Year End Financial Summary

Unit standard(s): 9011

Summary:

In this activity students are introduced to a financial summary. First the terminology and layout of the summary are explored. Then income and expenditure are analysed and compared with figures of the previous year. The students are asked to make recommendations to increase profitability. Finally the students are asked to suggest appropriate budgeting for the next financial year. Students need to be familiar with calculations involving percentage.

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Buying a Lawnmower

Unit standard(s): 9011

Summary:

In this activity the students examine the financing options for buying a lawnmower for the club. A study and comparison of buying on hire-purchase versus taking out a bank loan is made. The ideas of simple and compound interest are introduced.

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Optimizing the Club Telephone Account

Unit standard(s): 9011

Summary:

In this activity the students familiarise themselves with telephone accounts and tariffs so that they can make recommendations to optimize expenditure on calls. With the use of tables and formulas, the students critically examine options and formulate a policy based on their findings.

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Extending the Clubhouse

Unit standard(s): 9011

Summary:

In this activity students explore options in taking out a building loan. An understanding of compound interest is developed. The students critically evaluate repayment options for a bond, by exploring the effects of changing the term, interest and repayment amounts. Finally students get an opportunity to use what they have learned to draw up their own spreadsheet.

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Salaries and Wages

Unit standard(s): 9011

Summary:

In this activity the students look at and compare options involving pay packages. They are required to perform calculations involving ratio and percentage and to interpret graphs and tables. At the end of the activity the students use what they have learnt to analyse and debate aspects of remuneration.

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Salaries in the Context of the Market

Unit standard(s): 9011

Summary:

In this activity the students develop their understanding of pay packages and explore options in remuneration. The students learn to compare the salary of an employee with the market and make informed predictions following the market pattern.

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New Kit Purchase

Unit standard(s): 9011

Summary:

This activity looks at the costs involved in the purchase of a new kit for a soccer team. The students perform calculations involving mark up, discounts and foreign exchange and finally critically analyse the budget.

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Bayside Soccer Tour

Unit standard(s): 9011

Summary:

In this activity the students prepare a cost analysis for a soccer team tour to a foreign country. The activity involves the reading, analysis and comparison of information from a variety of sources, including tables and graphs. Calculations involving substitution into formulas and percentage are performed.

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