Circle Time

Today in circle time we talked about how to work effectively in a group. We have done quite a few group activities lately and learnt it's pretty tricky completing a task as a team when not everyone's on board. We came up with these guidelines to help us be a great group!

Minecraft Treasure Hunt

Today we did a treasure hunt as our reward for remembering our homework books last term. We were in 4 teams and we had to look around the school for hidden 'treasure chests' that were full of ingredients. We had to use the ingredients to make recipes from Minecraft. We had 45 minutes to complete as many recipes as possible, and each completed recipe was worth points. Congratulations to Zachary, Eric, Sienna, Jordan, Renee and Layla who were the winners, with 2200 points! The rest of the class were rewarded for their team efforts with gold treasure aka chocolate coins =)

Yuna's Hands-On Homework

Yuna made this fabulous exercise video for her hands-on homework this week. We all followed along today in class.

Zoe's 5SC Entry

The grapes are hanging from the ceiling. The little boy is holding a bright red apple. The dog is on a leash and he is woofing. The flowers are blooming with colour and joy. The lemons are bright yellow.

Zander's 5SC Entry

I was the cute dog. The carrots were like pens. The apples looked like red bouncy balls. The cat was outside. The banana's were yellow.

Neive's 5SC Entry

"Come on, hurry up old slow lady, I need to get some juicy apples."
"Come on boy, I'm so starving."
"Excuse me mum, please, please, please buy me this shiny juicy apple."
The grapes were hanging upside down like naughty monkeys.
"Would you like to buy these nice ripe oranges?" asked the shopkeeper.

El Presidentes Week 3 Term 4

Cool Flash Comments

Showing Movement

How can you show movement in a photo? We realised that if someone is actually moving in a photo it will be blurry! Last weeks #handsonhomework challenge was to take a photo showing movement. Can you guess what movement they are showing?

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Friday Funday

El Presidentes Week 2 T4

Myspace Generators & Toys

Finding out about NZ coins and notes

It's NZ Money week this week and we've been finding out lots about our coins and notes. We worked in groups to research who was on each bank note and why they were there! We also learnt about what the images are on our coins and learnt a bit more about them.  Here are some facts we learnt.

Jordan - On the front of the 20c coin there is a carving of a Maori chief

Zachary - Sir Apriana Ngata played a significant role in the revival of maori people and culture. He's on the front of the $50 note

Hugh - I was wondering what was on the back of the $20 note and when I found it was the NZ falcon, I learnt it's one of NZ's biggest bird.

Yuna - Ernest, Lord Rutherford of Nelson is on the front of the $100 note and he was known as the father of atoms.

Layla - At first I thought it was a tiki on the front of the 10c coin but then I learnt it was a carved head called koruru

Jake B - A $1 coin has a kiwi and a silver fern. I didn't know there was a silver fern too

Eric - I've found out all the animals on the notes and coins

Joshua - A $2 coin has a big bird on it

Levi - Sir Edmund Hillary in 1953 became the first man to climb Mt Everest and to drive overland to the South Pole. He is on the $5 note

Olivia - A long, long time ago only men could vote and not ladies but Kate Shepard said it was not fair and she helped NZ become the first country to let everyone join the vote. She's on the front of the $10 note

Zoe - I learnt that Queen Elizabeth was on the back of every coin

Josie - I learnt that the Yellow-Eyed is the one of the rarest penguins in the world

Renee - On the 50c coin there is a big boat, Captain Cook was on it

Grace - The portrait of the Queen on the $20 note was taken at Government House

Jake S - I learnt the name of the bird on the $50 note. It's a Kokako

El Presidentes Week 1 Term 4

Dinosaur Home Learning

For our last week of Term 3, Room 17 had a special home learning challenge to complete. They were given a sheet with different types of activities to do, all about dinosaurs. Some students chose to make dinosaur cages, others made dinosaur food and designed new types of dinosaurs. It was great to see all the different creations!