First day for term 2

Today was the first day back for term 2. We started off with some speed stacks and some chess. I played Travis in chess and won. Next we played a Wilson game. We played criss-cross and 5-ball. Criss-cross is when you have a large group of people and put them in two lines. Then you give 1-5 balls to each team and they throw diagonally missing out the person in front of them. The first team to get all the balls to the other end is the winner. 5-ball is when you are in 2 group circles throwing five balls around for 10 seconds not throwing the ball to the same person or the person beside you. After 10 seconds the people holding the balls hold them up. The team with the most balls left wins.

   

Last week for Term 1!

Today was the last week for term 1. Today we did a reflection sheet (above) and another sheet which was what level we think we are at for working in a group and managing self. The reflection is on our thoughts on this term so far.


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History pyramid building game

Today was week 8 of Enrich.

I did a pick today that was about building a pyramid for a king. It is very hard because you have to choose the right place to build it, the right food, the right workers and the right relaxing parts. After you have chosen those parts you have to go through the nile river. After that, the King will tell you if you chose the right objects/workers. If you got it right you carry on and if you got it wrong you start it all over again. When you get it right you carry on and it tells you how long your food and workers will last. If they last long enough you finish the game and if they don't you have to start over again. 

Spanish

For the last couple of weeks I have been learning some spanish.
Here are a couple of words/numbers I have learnt:
si-yes
hola-hi
bien-good/okay
aplaudir-clap
nadar-swim
abuela-granny/grandma
casa-house/home
ballena-whale
esquiar-ski
gorda-fat/big
uno-1
dos-2
tres-3
quatro-4
cinco-5
seis-6
siete-7
ocho-8
nueve-9
diez-10
que tal-whats up
mal-bad
leopardo-leopard
rosa-rose
vinagre-vinagar
elephante-elepnant

Reflection for 2011

Hi Jake,

You seem to be really enjoying the maths we have been doing this term.  You have picked up the idea of scaling things quite well.  Do you think we have scaled our band rotunda well enough to fit our puppets? We'll soon find out!

Enjoy your last couple of weeks for the year

Alana

Maths talent development

Today I went to Maths talent development. We talked about making a rotunda puppet theatre so Enrich kids can make puppet shows instead of making a rotunda for preschool kids. We were measuring how big our puppet theatre was going to be. I was measuring the stairs.