End of Term Reflection

Hello everyone,

Today its the last of the term and I'm telling you my highlights of the term.

My first highlight was korfball. It's a really cool sport and it's lots of fun and it's like netball and basketball but mixed and really likes meeting the coaches. 

This term we also played with the spheros and experiment them I was with Liam. We were programming the sphero to go round a car mat that Mrs O'Neill had. 

We also did swimming sports this term.  Unfortunately I did not get in to zones.  In breaststroke I came last and in freestyle I got disqualified. 

We also did Caritas challenge day it was lots of fun and we got an idea of what is like in South Sudan. We had rice for lunch and we had to make shelters out of cardboard. 

My lowlights were Blake's farewell because I miss him and another one of my lowlights was Velvet and Elvis because I thought it was a little boring. 

    

  

Holy week

Hello,

This week we have been learning about Holy Week and remembering what Jesus went through.  

I learnt the all the steps Jesus went through when carried the cross and that the last Sunday in lent is called Passion Sunday not Palm Sunday.  We need to remember the passion for Jesus.

This is my learning from this week.

Caritas Challenge Day

hello,

Yesterday we had a very fun day and we had rice and we had to make cardboard houses and we had a limited amount of duct tape. We also used some string and other resources. we did it so that we would get a good idea of what it is like in South Sudan.I was in a group with Jay, Oscar, Luke, Bryn, Josh, Justin and me. 

Korfball

Hello,

This week we did korfball. It is a dutch sport and we did it with Youri, he is dutch. Korfball is a mixture of netball and basketball the hoops are yellow and they are on a pole like in this picture.

Missionary South Sudan Learning Thursday 21st March

Hello today we had some missionaries called Phil and Janet from South Sudan they told us about it,it was amazing.

• River goes through south Sudan.
• 65 languages.
• gets up to 43 degrees.
• they make their bed sheets wet because its so hot.
• water comes from niel. 
• the toilets are different in south Sudan you do you droppings in holes while standing. 
• transport is very dangerous in south Sudan.
• lots of churches.
  
• hardly any tourists in south Sudan. 
• houses are made of mud and sticks and rocks. 
• they use sticks for tooth brushes. 
• Juba is the capital.
• $100 pounds in Sudan is 30 cents in new Zealand.
•  young children at the age of six also hunt.
• most common gun is A-K-47/rifles to protect there cows.
• scars for ID to each tribes.     

Don the eel man

Hello,

Today the whole Batten Team came into Room 4 with Don to learn about eels.  He is a scientist.

• Eels are slimy to get stuck in small spaces 
• Long ago eels lived in saltwater 
• Australian long fins  have spots on them 
• It takes them 5 months to get to Tonga to breed 
• Eels can grow up to 2 meters
• Eels can smell from very long distances
• Eels are carnivores 
• Long fins hide and attack
• Eels have arrow shaped teeth 
• Their teeth face backwards so that if something gets in, it can't get out
• Eels eat animals whole
• Eels eat baby ducklings
• Eels spin and bite to rip flesh off their prey
• Eels can breath through their skin and gills
• Eels have evolved from other fish
• Females are bigger then males because they have 7-20 millions of eggs 
• You can tell what their age is with the rings on their ear bone
• The larva get swept in current into New Zealand

Learn NZ Web Conference

Hello,

Today we Skyped with some experts about water.
Today I learned that water can never run out because the water cycle keeps going round and round and never stops. I also learnt that there is nets to get the plastic out of water.