Learning about South Sudan with Janet & Phill.

Hello again,

Today in the morning we gathered in room 5 to listen to Janet and Phil they work in Southern Sudan and were glad to share information about it. Here's some facts: Only had long drop toilets, literally a hole in the ground. The people of South Sudan couldn't ride in a vehicle on the road because of too many thieves, which means they had to fly. A problem with that, there were only 4 planes. The people like to dance commonly by jumping. The people liked having pictures taken of them. Cows are like money to them. People at South Sudan write songs about their cattle, name them etc. and also, the boys that protect the cows have guns. Guns are very easily sold at South Sudan and the gun that they use is the deadly AK-47. South Sudan's people are very poor so there are many thieves that'll kill you for your money or cattle. 🔫 Most tribe buildings were built on tall hills so that they could see their enemies coming. 🔭 They had Ful to eat Mashed fava beans with a tomato and chilli sauce. Jibna Salaata: Salad of feta-like crumbly cheese, tomato and cucumber. Dura: Cooked maize or millet eaten with various vegetables. Kawari: Soup comprising boiled-down sheep or cow hooves with vegetables and spices.

An Eel of a Place

Monday 11 March 2019

Last Thursday the Batten team & Hilary hub went on a field trip to see some eels, learn about eels and do activities around eels. It was really fun.  Really < Get it? Say it to yourself! Anyway that day we got into 5 groups I was in group 4. The activities we had to do were rather easy. On one we got a bowl of nice clean water then put whatever might fall into our storm water into it. Here are some: Zinc off metal roofs, Copper of disk brakes, dog poo, Car wash, plant repellent, rubbish, etc. Mega gross. And poor Edward the eel has to swim in it everyday. :] Yeah, nah. Ew. \_(ツ)_/

There's one thing you need to know though, Eels are amazing creatures right? Well 
our Urban eels AKA Long fin eels are close to endangered and we need to help them.
Urban eels are native to New Zealand and are only in New Zealand cool right?
There is a stereotype that eels are gross and slimy. Well no, yes about the slimy but, they're not as bad as people may think they are and they don't bite unless you are provoking the eels. And they're kinda cute as well.

Here's a rough picture a what an eel would have to swim through to mate:

Global Play day! 🌎 v2.0

Good Afternoon,

A few days ago I had yet another global play day. It was fun, I guess.

Me and the rest of the the class made this HUGE race track with electric cars racing on it naughty!!

We got blocks and put it under the track to make disadvantages for one or the other cars we also made a tunnel out of the long card pipe that Martin brang. After several races it seemed that the criminal car was actually lots faster than the others. 🏎 

2019 Science in a van. Forces, Motion and Mass.

Thursday 21st February 2019

Good morning,

Yesterday I went into the hall to see Science in a van. They were soooo funny! Adam and Emily were the people doing it. We did an experiment where we shot a toy chicken out of a cannon and across the room. The toy chicken AKA a hit with the chick's name was Steve 🐥 We learnt about the three laws of motion. 1. A force has to be applied for something to move. 2. The bigger the force the further it goes.

Global Play day! 🌎

Good afternoon,

On Global Play day it was sooo fun! 

At the start I was playing with Justin's Lego and toys when I followed Oscar to make bench slides. He eventually gave up and I made 3 REALLY good, different and fun slides. A lot of people asked to go on them. Soon after that the bell rang for lunch.

My First Post for 2019

Welcome to my blog! This is where I'll put my work so you can read it and comment it.

Thanks for reading!

- Luke

Friday 14 December Reflection

Friday 14 December

Hi here in room 5 I have been doing a lot of things which would take a long time to write; and that's why I did a video about all the things I've been doing in room 5.

Here's the link: Click me!