Day 5 Church + Mint + War Memorial

30-6-2013

Today we arrived at the St Andrews’ Presbyterian Church at 9.00am. The church is amazing to look at with all the stain glassed windows that have really bright coloured pictures of Jesus doing something. We sang a very nice hymn, after that we prayed, listened to a bible reading from

2 Kings: 6 – 14. Then one child was baptised and we all read the Apostles’ Creed. We then joined Rehoboth and the churches youth group and did some activities and another bible reading.

After church we went to the Royal Australian Mint and watched how coins are made and transported around the factory. We even got to make our own coins. Sometimes coins get made wrong, maybe they are too big or are cut in the wrong spot. (Daniel)

Today we went to church and we saw all the wonderful ornaments and the altar. We went to the service for at least half an hour. After that we went into the hall of the church and sung songs and played games. After all the fun we had morning tea and explored the church. Outside there was a circus man who taught us how to ride a unicycle, juggle and play ball games. (Brodie)

Today after church we went to the Royal Australian Mint. At the mint there was a staircase with 5c coins in it and giant hanging from the ceiling. Up the stairs there were glass cases filled with coins and information about them. A piece of information that caught my eye was the giant models of coins that were entered in a competition to see which designs would be used on our coins. All the entries had pictures of Australian animals and plants. We walked down a hallway with displays of interesting coins. There were ones that didn’t come out of the machines properly or the wrong prints put on the wrong coins. At the end I bought a coin with a butterfly on it that I made my own. I had fun and took lots of photos. (Nikita)

At the Australian War Memorial we saw lots of equipment and artefacts from the past wars. We watched a little video at the start of our time then we were free to explore the war memorial. I saw lots of guns and grenades, old fragile uniforms and dioramas of battle scenes. They were really cool figurines. I had a lot of fun taking pictures and enjoying myself. (Brodie)

When we went to the war memorial I thought it was really cool because I got to see guns that were actually used and was able to name all of them. This was really fun for me because I am interested in the wars of the world. (Shane)