Weekly post

Friday 29 March

Kolf Ball

Hi, this week I learned how to played Kolf ball.  Kolf ball is a mixture of basketball and netball.  The rules are you can not dribble, you can not run with the ball, if a player is marking you you can not shoot and you might have to hand the ball over to the other team, you can throw the ball 5 metres away.  Our coach was called Youri and on Thursday Youri wasn't there it was a different guy called um I forgot his name but me and Lexie called him cool Youri.  

Miss O'Donnell's Birthday

On Wednesday it was Miss O'Donnell's birthday.  There were balloons and the juniors had pieces of paper with the number 30 on it and it was coloured in.  We all sung her happy birthday then went back to class.  It was also a kid named Joshua's birthday.

Thanks for reading.

A visit from Don the eel scientist

Ramere 22 Poutu-te-rangi

Hello.  Today we had a visit from a man named Don.  Don is an eel scientist.  Don works for The National Institute of Water and Atmosphere.  This is all the things Don taught me today.

• If eels have spots on their body then they are Australian longfin eel.
• Eels can swim forwards and backwards.
• You can tell if an eel has eaten a crab because their bottom is red.
• Longfin eels are cannibals.
• Eels don't have to eat everyday.
• An eels ear bone is used to tell how old an eel is.
• The numbers of rings on the ear bone is how old the eel is.
• Eels do not eat while they have their eggs.
• Eels have 7-20 million eggs.
• Big eels have 20-45 million eggs.
• Eels eat animals whole.
• Eels can sense prey and predators coming past.
• Eel can grow up to 2 meters.
• Eels can suck in their prey with their breath.
• Because of the eels slime they can squeeze in and out of spaces.
• Eels have 112 vertebrates.
• Eels are easy to catch if you have bait.
• Eels hate sunlight.
• Eels also hate it when soil gets into rivers because it gets rid of the food underground.
• If the ground is not to hot eels can 

Thanks for reading  Bye

Phil and Janet-Missionary visit from sudan

Kemis 21 Maret

Salma lako.  Good morning.  This morning was very exciting because we had two missionaries (Husband and Wife) who came to visit us and talk about South Sudan.  They told me some very interesting facts about South Sudan.  They are still living in South Sudan.  Here are some of they things they told me about South Sudan.

• The transport there is very dodgy and people usually steal from you if you are in a vehicle.
• There is one main road and the rest are all gravel or dirt.
• One hundred Sudanese is actually thirty cents
• The Nile river is the Sudanese main source of water.
• When they use wells the water is salty.
• They use sticks to brush their teeth.
• Their houses are made of mud , bamboo and straw.
• They have no toilets just a hole.
• They have to squat over the hole to do their business.
• The capital of South Sudan is Juba.
• The population of Juba is 400,000.
• Juba uses generators for electricity.
• At 11:00 pm Juba switch off the generators.
• Not all Sudanese families celebrate Christmas.
• No Sudanese families celebrate Halloween.
• Sudanese people do not celebrate their birthday.
• Most Sudanese people do not know what day they are born.
• The Sudanese people do know what time of day they are born.
• Most Sudanese people say they are born on the 1 of January.
• The most popular sport is soccer but they also play volleyball and a little bit of basketball.
• There are not very many hospital.
• There is not much medicine.
• Their most prized possession is their bull and their cattle.
• They love their bulls so much they write songs about them.
• Most children do not go to school.
• They don't go to school because it is either to expensive or they don't think they should go.
• Most girls stay at home and keep the house while the boys take care of the cattle.

Thanks for reading.  Ningali anjeun waktos salajengna.

LearNZ Web Conferences

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Hi everyone.  Today we had a live chat with LEARNZ.  Their names were Fiona , Elizabeth , Andrew and John.  It was about water.  There were lots of questions from children.  I learned that there is this water that is stored so deep underground and that if you take water out of it water can't go back in.  It's called fossil water and I think it sounds really cool.  I also learnt that you can turn seawater into freshwater.  This is called desalination.  This costs a lot of money and electricity so that is why it is not done often.  They also talked about the water cycle and that water will never run out because of it.  I really enjoyed today and having people talk to me on a live cam about things I didn't know.  Thank you for reading.

Green Hat Day Friday 15 March

HI.

Saint Patricks day is soon so O.L.A did a Green Hat Day.  I wore one of the sparkliest greenest bowtie you will ever see.  Oh and a green hat.  It's raining outside so I'm trapped.  I'm excited for global play day though.  I have an idea of what I can do.  But I think I'll just hang out with my friends.  School was boring this week.  Nothing interesting really happened.  Learning's boring but I can't wait until the weekend.

See you next week.(When something exciting will hopefully happen).

Weekly update Friday 8 March

Hi,

This week has been the coolest week ever!!! My favourite part was my eel field trip on Thursday.  I LOVED it so much.  I really LOVED the picking up the Galaxiids. But I also LOVED making the ephemeral art.  But my FAVOURITE part was touching the eels with my own two hands.  It was amazing!  They were slimy and they were wriggling on top of each other.  One was just lying there like my cat.  I can't describe how amazing it was to see and touch a long finned eel with my own two hands.  I Loved it so much.