Mexico Presentations

I could not have been prouder of everyone in Class 4 on Tuesday!  After a term learning about Mexico and a couple of weeks to work as a team and prepare a presentation, the day arrived and costumes, food and props came flooding in to school!  (Thank you to all the parents and family members that helped with this at home!)  The independence children took over the preparations was incredible to watch and I genuinely had no input until I watched them for the very first time on Monday evening.  Even then there was little I could do or say to better their presentations, only suggest a few helpful tips here and there!

The judging panel consisted of Mr Wainwright, Mr Lawrence, a bank manager from Colchester, and Mr Vidler, a teacher.  It is fair to say they were treated to a wonderful afternoon of dancing, music, art and nachos!  I was not envious of their job because each group showcased not only a wealth of learning about Mexico but a great team spirit too!  They were scoring the children across 4 categories: knowledge and understanding of Mexico, variety of subjects covered, delivery of the presentations and teamwork.

The Green Team

The Red Team

The Yellow Team

 

The Blue Team 

 

 

As I mentioned at the beginning of this post and I told the children on numerous occasions, I was so proud of all the class for showing our school values in abundance.  However, I must give a special mention to the Blue Team who were awarded a special achievement for team work throughout this process. 

And my final special mention must go to the Red Team who were awarded the certificate for the winning presentation, scoring the most amount of points from our judging panel. 

 Well done Class 4 - we are almost ready to start a brand new topic (with a holiday first!!)  Some Aztec printing to come next week will complete our Mexico theme, which I must admit has been a pleasure and I have thoroughly enjoyed too!

Mrs McMillan