weekly update week 8

Friday 29 march
Hello,

This week we were introduced to korfball. A famous sport in the Netherlands.  Our teacher Youri taught us how to shoot the rules of korfball.  I took many shots and not many goals.  My favourite thing to do was defending and passing. 

 

Don the scientist

Rapare 22 Putu-te-rangi

Kia ora,

Today we had Don the eel scientist came to talk to us about eels.  He had heaps of information. 

• If you put your finger in a eels mouth you can't get it back!!
• They can move backwards and forwards.
• They have very small teeth.
• The longest eel was 2 metres long.
• In the ear bone are rings how many rings there are shows that's how old they are.
• They eat ducklings maybe crabs and baby birds. 
• As they eat, they spin around 10 times a second.
• Females lay 7-20 million eegs. 
• Long-fins eat other eels.
• Females are bigger than males.
• Australian long-fins only found in North Island.
• Little horns at the top.
  

Phil and Janet-missionaries in south sudan

Thursday 21 march

Saba-al-khair,

Today we had two missionaries from South Sudan come in to talk to us about what's it like to live in South Sudan. 

* They taught us that 100 pounds in South Sudan would be 30 cents in New Zealand!!!
* The average age in South Sudan to live to is 47
* In South Sudan there are 65 languages.
*They get up to about 42 degrees at day
*The most popular way of transport is motorbike in the capital (Juba)
*Some people have red hair because they put cow pee in their hair
*When they go to bed it is so hot they put the sheets in the cold shower and put it over them
* When they go to the toilet they crouch over the toilet
*They mark themselves with razor blades to show what tribe they are from
* The only sports are volleyball and soccer
*It is very dangerous to drive because you get robbed or killed so they take planes
*The house doors are so small that you have to crawl to get in

Shukran.

learnnz web conference

Tuesday 19 march

Hello everyone,

Today we had a live webinar about the water.  I learnt a lot of interesting facts about our water.  A cool thing that I found out about is fossil water which is water deep deep down so we can't grab it,another cool thing was groundwater never runs out which I think was amazing,seawater can turn into freshwater it is called Desalination.  You can only use a certain amount of water on farms - if you go over that limit you can get fined.

 

weekly update Friday 15 March

Friday 15 March 

G'day,

Today at Our lady of the Assumption we are celebrating St Patrick's Day with green hat day.  Green hat day is when everybody tries to bring a green hat day.  It is a very cool way to celebrate St Patrick's Day.

Also today in the Batten team we are having another global play day which everybody loves.

Weekly update Friday 8 march

Hello,

This week has been amazing!!  The highlight for me this week was our eel trip on Thursday.  We learnt about the trap to catch eels.  We learned about ephemeral art which was nature art which was my favourite part.  And we learned some much about eels and a little bit of water bugs