Camp of course!

Many kids were sad to leave their parents, although they got to hang out with their friends (and teachers).  :-)   

I’ve decided that I will post the activities we did at camp, one by one!

This is just an intro post!

To start I have to say that being with my friends was way different to normal! For a start we had to live with each other for 3 days!

We had so much fun in those 3 days!

The kids in my cabin were: Celia, Sharon, Mikhaila and Natalie! All my friends!

Just to tell you, we did fun things in our cabin at free time! These included:

1. A competition where we all made as much noise as we could without using our voices.
2. Partying with all the junk food we brought.
3. Pillow fights!
4. Going crazy!

That’s about it, but wait for my other posts that will be about the activities we did at camp!

Stay tuned!

Naomi

Anyways, from now on they WILL be in 10s. NOT 5s like I said before.

Here they are:

11. An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain.

12. Bats always exit a cave to the left.

13. Domestic cats kill an estimated one billion wild birds each

year in the USA.

14. Tigers have striped skin, not just striped fur.

15. The blue whale’s whistle is the loudest noise made by an animal.

16. The heart of a giraffe weighs more than 11kg (25lb), is 60 cm (2 ft) wide and walls 7.5 cm (3in) thick.

17. Camels have three eyelids to protect their eyes from blown sand.

18. A mole can dig a tunnel over 90 m (300 ft) long in just one night.

19. Elephants are not afraid of mice. 

20. Slugs have four noses.

I hope you enjoyed them!

Naomi

P.S. If you want to see the first 10 facts go to the search(one of my widgets) and type in “1001″. Then click on the first post that comes up! Have fun!

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For a start I’m writing this piece of writing for a “Blog Action Day” where lots of people around the world will post a piece of writing about a severe strike of poverty in our world. This will raise awareness about poverty & also every participant is going to contribute to see how many comments we can all get. Register here if you want to join. I hope you learn much more about this tragedy. And as you might have guessed, I will also answer the question “Why is education important to ALL children?” 

This is simple question that can be answered in many different ways. Many children will say “Cool, no school. Those children are so lucky!”  But they aren’t. They don’t have an education, food or water, some don’t even have shelter. 

You may think that this is their choice not to go to school, but its not. You’ll probably be thinking why they don’t have all these essential things that they need for life. Well is because they are POOR. Not just that; it’s also because that many people in this world are GREEDY. There is enough food in the world for everyone, but many people have more than enough food because they are GREEDY.  

To be exact about 72 million children don’t have an education. How sad to think that many children will have no education. Usually children won’t have an education because they have a disability, their family can’t afford it or they have to work. In some countries they don’t let girls go to school! 

Many children in Africa have no food, water & education. Their stomachs swell because of their hunger. They do have shelter, but what use is a shelter when you are in the middle of a war & your house could be bombed.  

We sit at home watching a box while eating popcorn. They suffer and often die of starvation or get killed during the war. We would hardly even think about these people who deserve a go at life as much as we do. So for once you should think of how lucky you are.  

Right now you’re probably wondering how all this has to do with the original question. Well these children should be given a chance to live life & to achieve this they should be given an education. 

This brings me to the answer of the original question “Why is education important for ALL children?” The answer that I thought of first was that is gives the children a better life. Most of their education will help in the future as well as the present. This can be summed up in many different ways that I will now tell you.  

Firstly it can often lead them to a more successful future with a great job. This is because they have all these different skills that are required for a job.  

Secondly it helps children to socialize & make friends. This is great for the future because they will need support in the future. It also makes them happier with friends and family. 

Thirdly it teaches children discipline in which they will need for their future. This can include: manners, respect & good behaviour. With all these things they will be respected as well. 

Education also teaches children what dangers lie lurking around the corner. Safety is also part of this and can include lessons about: stranger danger, drug safety & bullying. Without knowledge about safety how will these children survive as teenagers or adults when they aren’t safe? 

Finally without an education these children won’t know the basic things that contribute to helping you with life. Think about it, if you couldn’t read anything, do maths or speak the native language of the country you are in, how could you possibly get on with life? 

Anyways, I thought that I should just write a piece of writing to help you understand how those poor children feel. It’s set in a war in Africa. I hope you enjoy the writing (In italic). Read on……………. 

Shivering from the cold I hide under a table in my lonesome house, I think to myself “why bother to say in this house when I have a good chance that the house & I will get bombed”. So for some miscellaneous reason I decide that my thought is right & I should scram. I’m leaving the house to another part of Africa, even though I probably won’t survive as I hardly have any water, food or shelter (Although I don’t really need shelter). I wish I was at school safe from death (although I could be taken out of school and turned into a slave) I could learn about life. But I can’t because I was working as a person who had to go through piles of stinking rubbish looking for things good enough to sell or good enough to eat. Although I’m not working, I’m escaping from this endless nightmare. I’m never coming back, I’m leaving for better or worse.

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Well, it’s that time again! Time to wish all the Aussie & NZ kids a safe and happy holidays!

 I hope that the holidays will be filled with fun & relaxation!

Mrs P’s favourite part of the holidays is today, all the holidays are still left!

I’m looking forward to sleep ins, swimming at the pools, rock climbing & hanging out with my friends!

Hope you enjoy your holidays, see ya in 2 weeks!

Naomi

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A Panda Bear walked into a restaurant. He sat down at a table and ordered some food. When he was finished eating, he took out a gun and shot his waiter. He then left the restaurant. After the police caught up with him, they asked him why he had killed the waiter. He replied, “Look me up in the dictionary.” What did the dictionary say?

The answer was:

The dictionary definition of panda was: Eats shoots and leaves.

This was supposed to mean the panda’s diet, but in this case it is what the panda literally did.

The point tally is still the same as before, except Natalie has 3 points and Nadine has 5! Momti is also tagging along on 3! The new point tally is:

Mikhaila: 5

Nadine: 5

Natalie: 3

Momtahina: 3

Kesaia: half

The new riddle is:

Bill bets Craig $100 that he can predict the score of the hockey game before it starts. Craig agrees, but loses the bet. Why did Craig lose the bet?

Remember no websites!   

Naomi

I participated in the 4×100m senior girls relay, 11 years girls long jump, 11 years girls 100m & 11 years girls 200m.

I didn’t make it to regional but I came 3rd in the 11 years girls long jump, 4th in the 11 years girls 100m final and 4th in the 11 years girls 200m final.

Our school did okay, with Kesaiacoming 2nd in the 10 years girls shotput, Ben coming 2nd in the 12-13 years boys discus and 2nd in the 12-13 boys long jump, Hafizcoming 1st in the 12-13 years boys 100 final and 1st in the 12-13 years boys 200m final, Fonzalina coming 2nd in the 9 years girls 100m final & Wing coming 3rd in the 11 years girls 800m finals.

Many other schools participated with Ashbury winning overal. Congratulations Ashbury!

And just recently, last Thursday(a week after the end of the adventure), I found out that Tony from our school made it in the 11 years boys discus. I also found out that I had made it for long jump! I know I said that 3rd made it to regional but I only got a certificate on the day!?!

I hope I go well on Monday! 

Naomi

This is the tally for the results so far:

Mikhaila: 5

Kesaia: half

Nadine: 3

Momtahina: 3

The riddle was:

Which is correct?

1. The yolk of an egg is white
2. The yolk of an egg are white

The answer was simply:

The yolk of an egg isn’t white

Here is the new riddle:

A Panda Bear walked into a restaurant. He sat down at a table and ordered some food. When he was finished eating, he took out a gun and shot his waiter. He then left the restaurant. After the police caught up with him, they asked him why he had killed the waiter. He replied, “Look me up in the dictionary.” What did the dictionary say?

Good luck and no websites!

Naomi

Here are a few random questions that I got off the site, feel free to answer them according to your thoughts.

1. If you ordered a pizza with no toppings would you have to pay extra because it’s a “specialty pizza”?
2. Why did they skip the “E” in the American grading system?
3. Why are there more brown M&M’s than any other colour?
4. Why is a Chinese fortune cookie written in English?
5. How is it that a two pound box of candy can make a woman gain five pounds?
6. How come the cookies with LESS fat cost MORE money?
7. Why is there an L in NOEL (No-el)?
8. If something is EXTRAORDINARY isn’t it just EXTRA ORDINARY?
9. Is queue the only English word, that if you take the last 4 letters off the end, it will still be pronounced the same?
10. Why is it that on juice cartons they put the words “Serve Ice Cold”? How else would you serve ice?

 Enjoy the site!

Naomi

Ingredients:
• Potential
• Skill
• Strength
• Compassion
• Energy
• Aussie spirit
• Pride

Method:
1. Train hard for 4 years
2. Practice before your event
3. Show the world your skill, strength and potential
4. Put your heart into your event!
5. Proudly walk up to the blocks to receive your medal
6. Sing your countries national anthem with pride

Serves 1 person and makes a whole country proud.

Here are the results of some of the Australian athletes we prepared earlier:

Gold                         Silver                        Bronze

14                                 15                                17

Naomi                                    

North and south and east and west!

Fraser (my house) chanted these words as they tried their hearts out on the athletics carnival!

I got 4 ribbons for: 1st 100m sprint heat, 2nd 100m final, 1st long jump & 1st 200m heat. The Fraser captainball team also got 1st+The 200m had no finals so they did the places by time, I came 1st! Fraser’s 4×100m senior girls relay (which I participated in, as 3rd runner)  came 1st! I also made it in discus!

The houses are named after famous athletes, the houses are as follows:

Colour: Yellow        Name: Freeman           Named after: Cathy Freeman(runner) 

Colour: Green         Name: Fraser               Named after: Dawn Fraser(swimmer)

Colour: Red             Name: Newcombe       Named after: John Newcombe(tennis player)

Colour: Blue            Name: Bradman           Named after: Don Bradman(cricketer)

I’m in Fraser!

Many of the other AllStars also participated in the athletics carnival!

Hope to see lots of the AllStars in the zone carnival, 1st, 2nd & 3rd make it.

Naomi