Wolves Lair

During term 3 Room 13 worked through a Wolves Lair challenge where they learned about creating a new product with the aim of getting investment in their business. If you have ever watched the programme Dragon's Den then it is a similar pitch we were looking for as a final product.

The students were challenged to create a product or service that could be sold during next year's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand when there will be a lot of extra tourists in the country.

There were some brilliant ideas featuring loads of Kiwiana including NZ t-shirts, coasters, calendar/diary, Kiwi goodie bag, Kiwiana clocks, collage, hand-made wallets, dice, sheep, wool, postcards and more.

The panel decided the idea that would most likely make money was a set of three shaped and iced gingerbread - a rugby player, a rugby ball and a William Webb Ellis Trophy - created by Kate, Kanya and Hien.

The panel thought the presentation that was most like one you could see in the business world was from James, with his graphs, explanation of how the investment would be spent, how much he expected to sell, and profit expected.