Bryn's Learning Journey

Weekly Update Friday 29 March Hello this week we played a sport called korfball. korfball is a combination of  netball and basketball and plus its really fun. Our coach was called Youri he split us into two teams bibs and non bibs. Another good thing about korfball is the boundaries go past the korf which is like the hoop.

Don The Eel Scientist Visit Friday 22 March Hello Today we had a visit from an eel scientist who works for N.I.W.A which stands for National Institute of Water and Atmosphere. He taught us lots.  Here are the facts he taught us. Eels can swim forward and backwards. Female long fin eels grow to 2 metres and males to 1 meter. Eel have an ear bone that grow a line on it every day year so  you can take it out to see their age but sadly you have to kill them. Long fin eels are cannibals and will eat almost anything. To hunt they wait then strike when something goes past and try to rip the flesh off.  If they can't they spin round and round very fast - 10 times a second!! Eels eat duckling and when they eat crabs when they poop out the claws so that their bottom turns red! Eels pump water through their gills to survive. Females eels - the number of eggs they lay is massive it is 7-20 million eggs!!!  It takes 5 months for the eels to swim to Tonga. This is the size of t

Missionaries Visit Thursday 21 March Kia ore Today we had a visit from two missionaries named Phil and Janet. I was blown away by the facts the told us so I'm going to tell you. Here are some of the interesting facts we learnt. The capital of South Sudan is Juba.  South Sudan is 40-45 degrees in the day and 30-35 and at night it so very hot. Pretty much all of their water comes from the Nile river which flows through Juba. There is no sewage in South Sudan. All their toilets are long drops and you have to squat. The population in Juba  is 450,000. It is not save to travel on the roads you will most likely get robbed. They most commonly travel by planes that usually hold 12 people. A one hundred dollar South Sudanese note is worth so 30 cents new Zealand money. The most common food is water mixed with flour until it turns to sludge. The other most common foods are rice and beans. Children are not encouraged to go to school. In South Sudan cows are money lots of

Tuesday 19 March Web Conference Hi everyone, Today we had a web conference about water with Fiona, John, Andrew and Elizabeth. We found out that this thing called fossil water exists.  Fossil water is only in some countries it is water that's very very deep down. Another thing we learn you can convert sea water into freshwater but it's very expensive. They said  we will never run out of water because of the water cycle. Thanks for reading, Bryn

Hello This week has been amazing ever!  The most interesting thing was the eel trip on Thursday. My favourite activity was the the ephemeral nature art. For our eel art we made an eel out of dry grass and half of a chestnut shell. At one of the activities, we were seeing which eels were  long finned and  which were short finned.

This is the shark we made during Global Play Day.  It took a while but it looks really cool.We sellotaped the fins but they kept falling off.  I got really frustrated but I ept trying and finally it worked. It kept flipping so I added a piece of cardboard on the bottom.  We also made a hut outside it had beanbags and cushions in it we made it out of chairs and blankets. Thanks for reading, Bryn

Friday the 15 march Happy Saint Patrick's day for Sunday so today we are having green hat day. I brought a green wig to school.  I'm also looking forward to another global play day. But it's not really Global anymore it's just us. This is our class all dressed up, well at least some of us.  Thanks for reading, see you next week. Bryn