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.


Thanks for reading
By Bella

Eel Learnings

Good morning everyone.

On Friday the 22nd of march Don came and talked to the Batten team about eels. We learnt lots…..

• Eels can swim forwards and backwards.
• Eels used to live in the sea.
• 3 types of eels shortfin, lonfin, australian longfin, longfin are bigger than shortfin.
• Longfin can grow 2m long.
• Don found a huge eel in the selwyn river.
• Don’t put your fingers in a eels mouth.
• Eels are good at smelling.
• Lonfins like hiding.
• Eels eat ducklings.
• Eels suck their food down with bigger things they bite it and spin around to rip.
• Eels aren't fussy eaters.
• Eels breath strange.
• Eels bottom jaw is longer.
• Eels can breathe through their skin.
• You cut an eels ear bone to tell how old they are.
• Eels can live up to 112 years old.
• When eels are in the wild they grow slow.
• Female eels are bigger.
• When female eels are going to breed their eyes are bigger.
• Eels lay millions of eggs.
• Baby eels look like leafs.
• Shortfin eels eat crabs you can tell if there bottoms red because it hurts when they poop.
• Eels don’t like like the sun like vampires.
• Eels eat their food whole.
• You have to kill eels to see how old they are.

Thanks for reading my blog.

By Bella

This is a picture of Don with help holding how big an longfin eel can grow.

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.

Thanks for reading.
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