Naomi’s Blog

Bam, and the ball is gone!

The super softballers from Belmore South Public School played their hearts out in an amazing softball game! From the 08 AllStars the participants were Kesaia & I.

It was round 3 of the State Knockout Competition and we went great!

 The game was at Epping West and we had a great adventure trying to get there!

Unfortunately we lost 34-nil. They were professionals and their pitcher was as fast as lightning. Their batters were great and so were their fielders.

I’d like to thank my mum for driving us there and also Ms Knoke who organised & drove us there!

Naomi

UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE! UPDATE!

 The proud debaters debated hard only to become . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

WINNERS!

We would like to welcome a new debater to the team! That person is Justin!

The debate was against Strathfield South and the topic was: Junk food should be banned from school canteens.

We were the affirmative team which means we said YES junk food should be banned from school canteens. It was a home debate at our school which means we had to provide a timekeeper and a chairperson. Our team consisted of:

• 1st speaker, Celia
• 2nd speaker, Naomi (me)
• 3d speaker, Ramiz
• Team adviser, Natalie
• Chairperson, Justin
• Timekeeper, Timothy

We hope to WIN our upcoming debates, wish us luck!

Naomi  

P.S. Please click on the photo to enlarge it! It will be much clearer! By the way, the medal picture is from www.flickr.com/photos/27469825@N00/275271201

YYYYAAAAAAAHHHHH!!

Many of the Vovinam Sydney students (check my about page to see about what Vovinam is)said this as they fought for the title as the winner of that event.

I participated in free fighting (boxing with pads), Tru Tu Quyen (4 fists pattern), Ngu Mon Quyen (5 gate pattern).

It was an exciting day and I hopfully won my comps!

I’ll get my trophy and results on the 22nd of June, so look out!

Naomi

P.S.

I’m also going to America and Vietnam on the 2nd of July and returning on the 23rd of July. In an international comp I hope to go well!

I’m going to start putting COOL, FREAKY FACTS on my blog, from my book called, “1001 COOL, FREAKY FACTS”. I won’t put all of them up but I’ll put up the really cool ones.

I’ll probably put them up in 5’s but today I’ll put up 10 to get started  :-) 

Chapter 1: Unusual Animal Facts

1. The only bird that can fly backwards is the hummingbird.
2. The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
3. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds.
4.  A rat can survive without water for longer than a camel can.
5. Toupees (wigs) for dogs are sold inTokyo.
6. A dolphin sleeps with one eye open.
7. A crocodile cannot stick its tongue out.
8. A mammal’s blood is red, an insect’s blood is yellow and a lobster’s blood is blue.
9. Loud, fast music makes termites chew faster.
10. A blue whale’s tongue weighs more than an elephant.

That’s it for now but look out for many more COOL, FREAKY FACTS!

Naomi

PRC, PRC, what could PRC stand for?

These are probably the words going through your head as you read.

Well PRC stands for “Premier’s Reading Challenge”. Children read 15 books that are chosen for the challenge, and 5 of their own choice. It goes from approximately February to September and it is really great and enjoyable.

I’ve finished mine! Each year you finish one you get a certificate. Your 4th certificate is gold! This year is my 4th year which means I will be gettting a gold certificate!

The stage 1 children have the class teacher read 20 books aloud to them. Then all the way till the end of high school you read them alone.

Many children participate and it is a really enjoyable event to participate in.

I’ll update you on our progress in a month.

Naomi 

What to choose, what to choose?

These words went round many peoples’ heads as they chose a book from our booktastic Book Fair. Many exciting books were on show such as: 101 Cool Magic Tricks, Too Ghoul For School, the Rainbow Magic Series Of Sport Fairies, High School Musical Crunch Time, the Aussie Bites series, the Charlie Small series, the Where’s Wally series and many others.

Stationary was also available. This stationary included: glue sticks, smelly highlighters, diaries, mechanical pencils, pens, rulers, fluffy pens.

I bought: High School Musical Crunch Time, 101 Cool Magic Tricks, 3 Smelly Highlighters and a fluffy pen.

It was a great Book Fair and everyone thoroughly enjoyed it. 1 will happen each term so be prepared to read about more booktasic Book Fairs!

Naomi