Shall we have a school disco?• Catherine Rooney wants to know:

– What it would cost to run a disco for year 7 at the end of the summer term

– Whether it could raise some money for a local charity

• Catherine wants you to help her to:– Investigate / research the costs and best night– Work out possible profit on different nights

• She wants you to:– Prepare a report of your findings– Explain how you used ICT hep you with this task.

Shall we have a school disco?• Getting started

– On plain paper list or Mindmap:

• Costs you think will be involved in holding a disco

• Ideas for raising enough money – Income - to:– Cover costs

– Have money left over to donate to a local charity

• Software you could use to solve the problem

Shall we have a school disco?• Planning a spreadsheet model

– On the sheet provided:

• List costs and income items

• Write in formulae you need in the correct cells

Shall we have a school disco?• Setting up a spreadsheet model

– There is a template for you to use to:

• Set up text and formulae – numbers will be added after you have done your research for homework

• Format numbers to correct appearance – remember - £3.00 (red for minus numbers)

• Add some test numbers to check your formulae are correct

• Save, print data and formulae (Tools – Options)

• On your printout explain what you have done

Shall we have a school disco?• Research – this can be done for homework

– You will need to find as many costs as possible – you could use the Internet for some of this research

– You will need to find out which night people would prefer – how can you do this?

– You could find out some local charities that need help