Janet & Phil South Sudan

Hello everyone,

Good morning in the morning after community time Janet and Phil came and talked to us about southern Sudan where they live in Juba and what they do. First Janet learnt us how they greet in south Sudanese i'm not sure which language as-salama alaykum and you say back alaykum as-salam. The capital of south Sudan is Juba there are 65 languages Juba's main language is arabic Juba gets 40-42 degrees a day and 30 degrees at night. some people go to sleep and wet there sheet because it is so hot.

 There is no electricity and no toilets they have to dig a deep hole and squat over it to go toilet. There are robbers on the roads and it is not safe. Most people in Juba uses motorcycles there are over 500 people in Juba. Lots of churches for all the different languages and there are no terrorists there only people who come to help them. small markets cheaper big supermarkets more expensive. $100 is 30c. The rainy season is from April/May to September every 2/3 days for about an hour. They use charcoal for cooking and cook in big pots.

 Girls don't go to school because they just do work. 1/2 of children don't go to school little boys hunt small animals and look after goats big boys hunt big animals and look after the cows. Hair is cut bald for school of braided ( weaved ) Need guns so they don't get robbed. The sports there is soccer volleyball and basketball the moneys made of paper. Red dollar note 1 pounds, Green dollar note 5 pounds, Green dollar note 10 pounds, Orange dollar note 20 pounds, Purple dollar note 50 pound & Blue dollar note 100 pounds. Phil was giving out coins to people who answered questions correct.
This is a picture of a coin and a 100 note.










They use sticks for toothbrushes. They don't know what day they were born on they know the time they were born all there birthdays is on February the 1st. There dances are jumping and different tribes different dancing.

This is a map.

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By Bella

LEARNZ

Good morning

Today we learned about nz water. The Batten team in room 3 for it. Some scientist were talking to us and some other classes on the tv we have in our classrooms. We learnt lots about water we learnt about fossil water: fossil water is old water deep underground when you use it, it doesn't come back like aquifers do. New Zealand doesn't have fossil water but africa does. We also learnt about turning saltwater to freshwater which is called desalination which is expensive and uses a lot of power. The Batten team learnt about how water and soil don't go into the water. Also they told us about some food that is better for farmers to feed cows because it is better for our waterways.

This is a picture of the Batten team in room 3.

Thanks for reading my blog.
By Bella

Te Tune Taone, Urban eel trip

Good morning everyone!

On Thursday the Batten and Hillary teams walked to Centennial park by the heathcote river we did five entertaining activities. My group which had Lexie in it and other people from the Batten and Hillary teams. Our group fist of all did a invertebrates activity with Matt when we looked for invertebrates. It was really fun we found 3 stick bug things and heaps of water boatmen. After that we did nature art Lexie, Finn, Matthew & me we made an eel with a river around it. After that we got an piece of paper and we drew little pictures of the river with Toni then it was lunch. Next we did the storm water story with Mr Grant we did a little treasure hunt and then poured the stuff into a plastic container. Next we Played a big game of eels and drains game which I won  then we looked at some eels with Bridget. Then we looked at little fish which were glaciated. Then we let the eels free and it was the end so we walked back to school and had a relaxing afternoon. That day was tiring I slept well that night.

                This is a picture of Lexie, Finn, Matthew & I's nature art.
By Bella