Naomi’s Blog

We’ve started reading circles once again and I am reading the book “Journey Of 1000 Miles” by Ian Strachan.

I have decided to write my summaries every week so you can follow the story!

Lesson#1 Chapters 1-4

Summary

Lee was awoken in the dead of the night, as a start to a mysterious journey. His family, consisting of: Kim (his younger sister), his mother, his father, Tam (his older sister) and his grandparents.

As the Nguyen family trekked through the unknown wilderness, Lee figured out that they were escaping Saigon, his lifelong home in Vietnam. The family nearly got caught but luckily it seemed that the family’s journey wasn’t quite over yet.

Finally they arrived at the dock with a boat that would be their only escape from the country that was Lee’s childhood home. While journeying on the boat, the boat was nearly caught but the boat drifted on into the distance…

Here are some questions I wrote about the first few chapters:

1. What would happen if one member of the family made noise and an officer found them?
2. If you woke up in the middle of the night, would you have realised what was going on and why?
3. How would you feel if the boat was leaving and you were still waste deep in water? Why?

Hope you like the book and stay tuned for the rest of the book!

Naomi

AUSSIE, AUSSIE, AUSSIE! OI, OI, OI!

These words are what many people will chant as the Aussies compete in the Olympics. The Olympics will start soon so tune in for some awesome action in about a week!

Meanwhile if you want to find info about many of the countries in the Olympics just visit any of the AllStars blogs and read!

As for me I did The Bahamas! Read on for many amazing facts!

1. The Bahamas population is 331,000
2. The Bahamas are made up of 700 islands and 2,000 islets (small islands).
3. All energy must be imported!
4. People work in: fishing, agriculture, manufacturing and tourism.
5. The Bahamas have been independant since 1983
6. The capital of the Bahamas is Nassau

Thanks for reading and enjoy the olympics!

Naomi

 P.S. The Olmpics are on the 8th day of the 8th month, on the 8th minute of the 8th hour. They are also on the 8th year!

Bye!

HI!

Momti showed me this great site!

I made my name, look:

I also thought that since I’m part of the AllStars, I would make one for us!

Check this out!

Hope you like it AllStars!

Please make a Glitter word because it is so fun!

Naomi

The Jollybops excited many students when they produced an amazing show that rocked this world. They consisted of Rusty the Robot & the Jolly Professor. They performed a science show based on Aboriginal Science, for example, they showed us how a boomerang works.

I will list the science experiments they performed! 

• An experiment on how friction works. Rusty turned on a wind blower with toilet paper attached, and aimed it at the Jolly Professor. 
• The Jolly Professor had a garbage bin with cling wrap on the top and a hole in the bottom, and it contained steam. When he tapped the cling wrap, the bin let out a ring of smoke! Nadine got to be a volunteer and they put a cup on her head and aimed for the cup, BANG! The smoke ring knocked off the cup!
• They put dry ice in a container and put the lid on the container, only to see the lid fly off and onto the ceiling. I hope the ceiling wasn’t cracked because we did the experiment quite a few times!
• There was also one where the Jolly Professor chose 2 volunteers, one of which was Momtahina, and they held a metal stick up to a balloon and as they hit the balloon, not only did the balloon pop but it also caught fire. Which means as it popped instead of an explosion of air, it was an explosion of fire!
• One time the Jolly Professor held a piece of paper, lit fire to it, and as he let go the fire burnt the paper causing it to disappear!
• They also explained how boomerangs work and let a few people have a go at throwing and indoor boomerang!

I enjoyed the show thoroughly and hope that they come again soon!

I also found a link to a Jollybops site, have FUN!

Naomi 

Our class has been doing an oceans theme for this term and I chose the main topic to be  the RMS Titanic, and the 2 small topics to be pirates and The Kraken (a underwater dragon). Then we had to use technology in a creative way to make our main topic research that we have done, EXTRAORDINARY. I chose to do 2 WeeMees (little avatars) of Naomi(me) and Sir Edward John Smith (the captain of the RMS Titanic). Then I will make a podcast containing an interview which you will now read, enjoy!

Naomi: Hi, Edward John Smith. Apparently you are the captain of the famous RMS Titanic……………. 

Edward: That’s right and I’m proud of being captain too!  

Naomi: The RMS Titanic was the biggest cruiser in it’s time. It was also a 5 star hotel and it was thought to be unsinkable, right? 

Edward: The RMS Titanic was thought to be unsinkable but we all know what tragic event occurred.  

Naomi: That was such a disastrous and heartbreaking event. Exactly how many people survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic? 

Edward: Well it’s said to be about 1417 out of 4424, which is approximately 32%. Although many died, many did survive as well!  

Naomi: WOW!!! I never knew that that many people survived! I hear that there were nearly enough lifeboats to save most of the passengers, why didn’t they use them all?  

Edward: To this day there is the logical answer of not using all the lifeboats because Sir Alfred stated that the fewer lifeboats used, the more people would be saved. This would occur because people would have rushed & piled into the boats, filling them to their full capacities. Where as if there were more boats, then the people would wait till there are fewer lifeboats left, and then pile in.  

Naomi: That is just amazing! Who were the main crew and what were their names?  

Edward: Well there was Dr William McMaster Murdoch who was the 1^stofficer! There was also Dr William Francis Norman O’Loughlin who was the surgeon, with his assistant who was Dr John Edward Simpson. The lookout was Mr George Thomas Macdonald Symons, but I’m not sure he was doing his job when the iceberg was ahead! 

Naomi: (laughs) How interesting, you were the captain and must have had a hard time when the ship hit the iceberg. 

Edward: I had a very hard time and panic broke out like that (clicks fingers). Many people sacrificed their lives for loved ones. By the way, it’s said that a Pomeranian and a Pekingese, two different types of dogs, were smuggled into lifeboats and survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic.  

Naomi: Amazing! Well, thanks for your time today; I hope many people know much more about the RMS Titanic.  

Edward: Well, thanks for having me, have a nice day! 

Naomi: Bye!Naomi

P.S. The holidays are so close so I might not be on my blog so often :-( 

P.S.S To see the latest riddle just go to the search and search up WINNERS! 

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