Term 3

Kia Ora

Good Morning and welcome back to my blog today I am blogging about 2 things that has happened this term.

1. Eel Reveal, last week on friday I went to the eel reveal because in term 2 some people got chosen to paint some eels and I was one of them. At the eel reveal first of all they thanked everyone and then we had something to eat and drink. Then we did activities like a game when some of us were eels and there was other fish that ate other fish. Then I did an art activity with chalk on paper it was fun. We also had a photo with the eel we painted.
2. Yesterday we did some planting by the centennial river we got split into groups of 2 and 3 and planted some plants. we had to dig a hole plant the plant then put a weed mat and eco cardboard around it. 

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End of Term Reflection

Kia Ora Everyone

The Batten Team have done some awesome things this term!
We have.....

• Winter Sports-When heaps of schools come together and play sports with each other. For our school we can play Rugby, Netball, Hockey & Soccer/Football.

• Cross Country-Cross Country is when the school goes to Halswell Quarry and in there year groups they have races. When your in the Batten Team you can go to Zones* the top three people go to Zones*. *Zones is when you go and race against the top three people in other schools on their Cross County.

• Mr Chitty-Mr Chitty is a deep sea diver he talked about how to deep sea dive, Where he dives, and he also talked about the fish and how there's heaps of plastic in the ocean and we need to save the fish and stop littering.

• Sparkle Day-our school dressed up in sparkly stuff. The video sadly doesn't work.

• Financial Literacy-We started a new project for the Batten Team And Hillary Hub, Market Day. We got into our groups and  we are making something for the Market Day. Millie and I are making bracelets, My Friend's Lola & Lexie are making books and Mia and Molly are making lemonade.                                                                                                                                          This is our logo
  

That's some of the things I have done this term. Also today we are doing some Eel Painting.

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By Bella

Jubilate

Kia Ora everyone!

Hi this week on Monday (24th June) O.L.A school choir went to Jubilate. Jubilate was at the St Mary's Pro Cathedral. Jubilate is when a lot of Catholic schools come together and sing songs. Also Bishop Paul-Martin came! We had a practice and then we had some morning tea then it was the real thing.  It was fun singing all the songs. The Bishop and a few other people said that everyone singing sounded lovely. We left a little bit after the bell rang and came back just before lunch. Jubilate for the first time for me was great and I really want to do it again next year!

Here is a photo!

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By Bella

First Week Term 2 Reflection

Good Afternoon,

Welcome back a new term has begun. For the first week we have started two new things.

• Chapter chat

Book-Fish in a tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt- each day Mrs Welsh reads 2 or 3 chapters and we
have activities. Many schools in New Zealand do it. At the end of the week we go on Twitter and
put our answers to the question we have, we get into our groups, on Twitter when the question is
put on we answer it. Also we can put our activity work on Twitter.

• Maths

Problem solving- on Wednesday (Thursday we mark) we get into our groups of 4 and have a
book with a question glued into it. Then we divide the page into how many people are in the group
that day and work out our straturges on how to do it. We share it with the rest of the group and
choose a final answer. On Thursday we have turns explaining how we got are answer and our
strategy.

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By Bella

  Picture of Fish In a Tree:

End of Term Reflection

Kia Ora

This term has been long and fun it has had so many activities that have made this term amazing. Here are the things we did this term.

• This term we started doing mindfulness which is always after lunch every day and is a calming relaxing thing to do.
•  The Batten team also started Global Play Sessions which are on Fridays and are a awesome fun session we play, create and paint from morning tea till lunch. 
• The Hillary hub and the Batten team learnt about eels and went to the heath-cote river and did activities we did things at school as well and we are all doing something to help the eels i'm making a poster with my friends Millie and Amy. 
• We also did a few days of korf ball ball which is similar to netball and basketball  and it came from the Netherlands. ( I didn't blog about because I wasn't there when we did.)
• For caritas we made refugee shelters for the South Sudanese we had a donation and raised a lot of money. It was very fun and Millie, Mira, Amy and me made a very good house out of our cardboard boxes.
• Room 4 had a couple of sessions with the spheros on the first day we drove the sphero around and started making something. On our second session we made little obstacle courses for them to go through.

There has been many other things we did but this is the exciting stuff.
Here are some photos.




          Global play day.

                                                         
 Spheros.

Thank you for reading my blog see you next term.

By Bella

Refugee camp day

Kia ora everyone!

Yesterday the 4th of April we did a refugee camp day. We did this for the people in South Sudan and raised lots of money. The whole Batten team did it for the South Sudanese.

Every one carried boxes to the field and put them down. Millie, Amy, Mira and me got a curtain and a big cardboard box. It took us a long time. We made a little door in the side of the box. But it we had to go and learn about eels and go to reconciliation, that's another story, then it was morning tea. After morning tea we learn more about eels then went back to constructing. We put the roof on which was just a curtain. But the roof kept falling off it was very annoying. Then we tried to make a table but it didn't work so we gave some cardboard to our neighbours (Lola, Molly and Mia). Then we put some cardboard under our hut and made a footpath out of it.

It was time to get rice. We got our bowls and lined up and got our rice half a cup. There was seconds and I lined up to get more. Then someone in our group made a washing thing put grass in it and our cardigans and pretended to wash our clothes.

The Rutherford team came and looked. We let some of them come inside. There were these two girls who screamed when the roof came off. We balanced bowls on our heads and got water in them. IT felt like with everyone's places it was a village. Mr Grant at the end went into our hut and wrecked it coming out because he was too big. Then at the end everyone packed up and cleaned everything like we were never there.

It was super fun and I want to do it again I hope the South Sudanese are happy we did this. Also I hope we raised a heap of money for South Sudan.

These are some photos.

Us eating.

These are some photos of our house.

This is a photo from inside our house.

                                     This is a photo of everything.

Life In South Sudan Refugee Camp - Made Up Story

Good morning everyone

This is a made up story about life in South Sudan enjoy

Life In A Refugee Camp South Sudan
I just woke up and it is very dark and I could hardly sleep last night I need to get water today as well as helping mum at the market. It's very busy and cramped mums already at the market.

All my friends have started walking to the water pump dad gives me a container. I have started walking its very hot today but I have to go on. I start pumping the water into my container it's hard work. I'm walking home now the water is balancing on my head dad is very pleased i'm home very quickly.

I have to walk to the market now mum has sold 5 bottles of water and has earned a lot of money. Mum tells me to deliver the money to the man with with brown torn clothes and the black hat.

My dress has given up on me mum got me a new one which is really pretty. I thank everyone who donates clothes and food. Mum has earned enough to buy a bag of rice for us because we ran out of food yesterday. I spent the rest of the day outside playing a game with my friends.

This is a picture of a refugee camp in South Sudan.


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By Bella