The children in Mr Mackle's P7 class recently visited our local Tesco store based on the Castlewellan Road. The aim of the visit was to offer children the opportunity to experience a taste test to determine if they could tell whether the food was Branded, Tesco or Everyday Value. Obviously, there is a big difference on price but I think in some cases the children were alarmed at just how much difference there was. After all the tasting our children were then allowed to go out to the shop floor and in teams of five they had to spend £50.00 and shop for a family of 2 adults and 2 toddlers for the week. Some children spent over budget and some spent way under budget but it was great to see the children using their estimating skills when tallying up their shop mentally. Winners on the day were Carter, Sean, Niamh, Filip and Katherine. I would like to thank Cathy, Lindsey and Joan for providing the children with this excellent learning experience, they absolutely loved it.
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