Loyola Market Day 2018

It was a glorious day for our rebranded Loyola Market last Friday, 19^th October. The Year 7 & 8 students were industrious entrepreneurs, showcasing their talents and skills in selecting, organising and running their very own market stall. Whilst developing skills such as budgeting, advertising, food preparation and school spirit, students this year were strongly encouraged to focus on a specific global social justice goal and project within the Catholic organisations of Jesuit Mission or Mary Ward International. They were also contributing towards raising awareness of our school motto –“Amare et Servire” - To Love and to Serve”. The day proved a huge success thanks to the hard work of both the students and Year 7 & 8 homeroom teachers who spent endless hours creating posters, collecting ingredients, doing rosters and fostering a great sense of community amongst our College.

With stalls such as the mystery jar, lucky dip, gender equality cupcakes, bakery delights, fairy floss and popcorn, candy corner, ice-cream parlour, lolly bags and toffee apples, soft drinks, chocolate coin toss, pizza, milkshakes, iced donuts, sausage sizzle, smashed avo, basketball challenge, ‘pie the teacher’, chocolate wheel and Nutella and ice-cream doughnuts, our senior students and staff had an array of food and games to choose from and were kept entertained and well fed. A grand total of $5151.00 was raised on the day. Special mention to Molly Cross, a Year 12 student, who was fundraising for the Jesuit Cardoner Project (an immersion program where Molly will help build communities in Guatemala and Belize next year) and can now donate almost $1000 from her Ignatian school community. Plus, Jack Woodfine and Callum Branch who provided the musical entertainment for us.

Thanks to all who supported this wonderful event and to Mr Alexander for the great photos.

Below are some student reflections.

Mrs. Deb Hodge and Ms. Tory Wood (Year 7 & 8 Coordinators)

Loyola Market – Sustainable Development Goal Action

It was great to see the whole school come out on what was a beautiful day for Loyola Market. This was an opportunity for Year 7 & 8s to give back to the Global community. This year was slightly different in that the money we raised will go to two different Jesuit organisations that conduct projects working towards the Global Sustainable Development Goals. The SDGs set out a framework of 17 Goals to tackle the world's most pressing social, economic, and environmental challenges in the lead-up to 2030. Our hope was to raise funds and create awareness about the global issues facing our world. During the set-up of the market, it was wonderful to see different classes collaborating with each other and helping each other out, whether it was with moving signs, tables or goods; everyone was willing to lend a hand.

In Personal Learning, we learnt about the Sustainable Development Goals and researched some of the projects undertaken by Jesuit Mission and Mary Ward International to combat these global problems. An example of one of the stalls incorporating an SDG were the Gender Equality cupcakes. They were decorated in gender signs to promote awareness of the need for gender equality… and they were delicious! Loyola Market was made successful through hard work and determination. It is such a good feeling knowing that our hard work is going to a good cause and everyone should be proud of what they achieved. This year’s Loyola Market has been one of our best yet.

Laura Maertzdorf, 8 Montserrat

Loyola Market Day

Last Friday, we held our ‘Loyola Market Day.’ At the start of our planning, we all had to decide what we thought the students would most likely buy, so we chose lollies. We also thought that this was a great idea as we are currently studying the text, ‘Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief’ in English class, and Percy’s mum, Sally Jackson, works at a lolly store in New York City. Every member of our class bought $10 to buy the lollies. Our Global Goal was number 6: ‘clean water and sanitation,’ and we chose a Jesuit Mission project about providing clean water in Timor Leste. We were all assigned a job to do and the jobs consisted of labelling, posters, pack up, setup, first lunch and second lunch. After we set up our ‘Carroll Corner Candy Store’, we started taking all the boxes of lollies to our designated spot in the Senior Quadrangle. We realised that we had just over 1000 lollies to sell, and at the conclusion of Loyola Market Day, we had sold out and raised about $700.00. We were so proud of ourselves! We enjoyed Loyola Market Day as we were able to work on a project with our classmates and raise heaps of money on the day for worthwhile causes. We can’t wait for next year to do it all over again!

Remi Reilly and Noah Collins, 7 Carroll

Reflection on Loyola Market

At the end of last week, we celebrated Loyola Market. Loyola Market is when all the Year 7 and 8 homerooms create stalls for the rest of the students to come and enjoy and buy from. This year, 8 Castillo chose the Global Development Goal of ‘good health and wellbeing’ and the Mary Ward International Baby Milk Project to research. We sold pizzas and it was a big hit! We sold out within the first hour. And our homeroom worked superbly together, with everyone helping out. When we saw people were getting stressed, we would just go and start helping them by serving or assisting with the money. It felt great to see our product sell out. It meant that we could go and enjoy ourselves for the rest of the day and it also felt amazing that all the money we raised was going to a good cause and that we were helping people in need.

Lachie Verlin, 8 Castillo