Koftball Weekly update

Hello everybody!

On Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday we were playing  Koftball which is basketball and netball together.

We started playing it with Youri and then on Thursday we had Ben I think it was but they were from the Netherlands it was bacillary netball except you could dribble the ball. It was really fun and I would definitely play it again.


Goodbye!

Don the Eel scientist

Hello everyone!

Today Don came in and he told us about Eels so here are so facts that I have taken:

• Slime lets them through small spaces
• Long fin, short fin, moray and Australian astir are different types 
• That Eels are actually fish
• Eels can grow up to 2 meters 
• They can go backwards and forwards
• They are cannibals  - t hey eat almost anything
• Long fin Eels spend a lot of time hiding
• They grab on to their prey and spin around about 10 times per second
• Eels come up from under and sucks up food
• Eels evolve  from other types of eels
• Eels can breath through their skin
• They use ear bones and cut them up to see how old they are
• Eels get another ring each year
• Eels can grow up to 112 years old
• Females are bigger than male
• Males grow up to 50 centimetres long
• Females have 7-20 million eggs each year 
• A big female might have 40-50 million eggs each year

Thursday 21 March Missionary vist

Halo (hello) Everybody,

Today we had Phil and Janet come and speak to us.  They are two New Zealand missionaries who's job it is to work in South Sudan.  They were so interesting to listen to!

Today we learned:

*65 languages in South Sudan 

*In the middle of the day it would be 42 degrees

*There is a lot of rubbish in the Nile river

*They have to crouch to go toilet

*They go to the toilet on long drops!!

*If they travel on the roads you will get robbed

*That there is crocodiles in the Nile river

*$100 dollar notes for them are  only 30 cents in NZ dollars

*They get second hand notes from America or just rags

*1 doctor looks after 10,000 people

*They like to fly around better than driving

*It is very dangerous to drive around.

*Their most common food is flour and water mixed together

*Planes break down because of the heat

*The $1 dollar note has Dr John Garang de Mabior and on the back is a Giraffe 

*The $5 dollar note has Dr John Garang de Mabior and on the back is a Bull

*The $10 dollar note has Dr Garang de Mabior and on the back is a Moose

*The $20 dollar note has Dr Garang de Mabior and on the back is Gazelle

*The $50 dollar note has Dr Garang de Mabior and on the back is Elephant

*The $100 dollar note has Dr Garang de Mabior and on the back is Lion

LEARNZ Conferences Tuesday 19 March

Hello Everybody,

Today we did a live Webinar about water. Here are some things that I have learned.

I learned that Fossil water exists and we can never run out of water. Turning salt water into fresh water is called desalination.  Special food for cows and animals are better for our waterways. The people who told us about it was Elizabeth, Mark and I cannot remember the rest but anyways  here is a photo of the Batten team doing it.

Friday 15 March

Hello everyone!!
It has been raining today but that will not keep our spirits down! It is Saint Patrick's day for school today and most people brought a green hat to school today!!  We are also having another Global play day today so it will be really fun! Here is a picture of R5 with our green hats. Today will be a amazing day like the rest. Good bye!

Weekly update Friday 8 March

Hello,

This week has been amazing!!! The highlight for me was our Eel field trip on Thursday. We learned about the bugs that are not in our rivers that are not there to help the Eels survive. We also did a walk or wheel day which if you did it you might win a prize and I got one!! It was a key-chain with a bike on it was green on the back. My favourite part was when I got to touch one here is another picture of it.
By Millie.