NZ Currency

This website tells the story about our currency. Take some time to explore the site and see if you can identify the features of our money. What are the things that all notes and coins need?

Brighter Money

Speech Topics

We have speeches this term and it's time for you to begin and think about what you would like to write and present a speech about.

Here are some possible speech topics you could choose from or you could think of your own. Remember that your speech needs to be persuasive. 

Possible Speech Topics:

Teachers should wear a uniform

Uniforms are better

We should bring our pets to school

Summer, Summer, Summer, Summer

We should learn how to make cupcakes as well as maths.

Good manners are important

Children should bring their own devices to school

Classes should have a class pet

Making stuff should be part of the school day

Children should chose their own classes

Coming to school in a jet pack would be better than cars

Drones are useful

Kids should be able to play Minecraft at school

Dogs are the best pets

Chocolate is the best food ever

Roald Dahl is the greatest writer ever

Kids should be in-charge

Soccer is the best sport

Every home should have a worm farm

New Zealand is the best country to live in

Spiderman is the best superhero

Life would be better without the internet

Being invisible would be the best superpower

Maths in the best subject

We should be able to sleep at school

Halsey Drive should have a tuck shop

Our playground should be bigger

Sharks would make the best pet

Here are some examples of speeches:

2017 Speech Finals

Prodigy

You have a new Maths website to check out.


1. Go to www.prodigygame.com/play
 2. Enter your username and password then click Login

Parents you can create a free account to view their child's math progress:

1. Go to www.prodigygame.com/NewParent
2. Enter your account details to create an account
3. Add your child with their username and password