WHEN IS THE SEDER?

HEY GUYS. WHEN IS THE SEDER? DO WE HAVE TO WEAR SPECIAL CLOTHES PLEASE REPLY.

seder

hey guys does anybody know if we can were diffrent clothes for the seder.thanks so much

-mikaela

Debates

Hi everyone,

Due to absences, Thursday's debates will be postponed until Friday. This will give the defenders (especially those that were missing today) an extra day to get ready. I hope this helps rather than complicates things for you. Please spread the word to those who don't check the blog regularly.

See you tomorrow.

My Japan Essay

Hey guys, this is my Japan essay about Japanese Sports.

In Japan there are a variety of different sports, both to play and to watch. Baseball is the most popular sport in Japan to play. The most popular sport to watch is sumo wrestling. Golf is a sport played by the upper class like businessmen.

Baseball is the most popular spectator sport after sumo wrestling. Baseball was introduced to Japan by American Missionaries more than 100 years ago. In Japan, baseball is played to the highest standard, both professionally and in the annual national high school contest. Lots of Japanese professional baseball players today are playing in Canada and in the U.S.A like Daisuke Matsuzaka who plays on the Boston Red Sox and Suzuki Ichiro who plays on the Seattle Mariners.

Sumo wrestling is probably the most well known and popular sport in Japan. Sumo wrestling is a sport that requires the contestants to force their opponents outside a straw rope. Ten day contests are held six times a year and the winners are considered national heroes. Sumo has been a professional sport for at least 200 years. Sumo will always be considered a traditional sport in Japan.

Golf has a very high status in Japan, especially among businessman. Japan is a crowded country so space is expensive and therefore the sport becomes affordable just for the rich (like businessman). It can cost up to a years salary just to join an exclusive golf club. Most people have to be satisfied with a golf driving range. However, people will pay this price if it means playing the sport they love.

Sumo wrestling, baseball and golf are all considered well-known sports in Japan. Sumo wrestling is a traditional sport, baseball is a western sport and golf is a social sport for the wealthy. Different sports are loved by different people in Japan.

Name of source: Passport to Japan. Published: 1988. Author: Franklin Watts.

Being Blind

Today.

Today we got up early and got ready to leave to the train station. We left the house at about 9:05 something like that. We got on to the train and had a long journey ahead of us. We were in the train for five stops. We were supposed to get off at culon but when we got to the door it started moving. We missed our stop so we had to take another train back. We got out of the train and took a taxi to the Kids Museum. We went to the exebition called" To Be Blind" We were in a group of about seven people. We put our bags away and gave us long red and white sticks. We went inside and inside it was all dark. They said it wasn't scary but it was. We had to use our senses more than ever! We walked and fell and felt and smelt and heard. After 15 min. I got the point and I wanted to leave. I was so stressed I didn't know where anything was I was really scared. Our leader was always calling our names and we would mostly call mine and my sisters. Everytime we enterd another room it was something else in the world. The forst one was a room of a child. The second was a shook. Then a street with a sidewalk. A park. And last but not least a resturant. In the first four places you had to smell and fell. But in the ladt place you actually had to buy and tell the coins apart, sit down and eat it! When I was drinking my Sprite I felt more relaxed. People asked questions and after that we went back to seeing things.

I really do like seeing things better than being blind. My experiance in this museum Pretending to be blind was fun but I dont want to do it again!

I hope you enjoyed hearing my story. And when you go to Israel maybe you can be blind too!

Love Melody!

My Trip

Hi guys this is Adam Cohen writing from South Africa. After I left school we soon left to the air port. We went to the new part of the airport. We left an hour or two later. After 9 hours we arrived in amsterdam. We got un packed and we walked through through almost all of amsterdam. We bought a few things then went back to the hotel. The next day we went to Anne Frank house, Van Goh museum, Jewish museum and a canal bus. The next day we had to get up at 6:00 am becuase are flight was at nine. are next flight was 11 hours and 30 min, down to South Africa. There was luckly a tv on the chair in front of us. We watch alots of movies and played a bunch of games. When we arived in South Africa half our family was tehre to pick us up we then went to our grand mothers flat (apartment)and ate some food. The next day I woke up at 11:00 am then we went to the southern suberbs. We passed my parents university on the way there. On the way back we were driving on the left wich felt wierd. My cousin knocked his head on a ping pong table so we went to there hous.We then went out to my other grand mothers flat and now im back at my cousins house well now I got to go bye.




THE FOOD

>on the plane to amsterdam we had a pasta chicken type thing and they gave us metal cultlery.
>in amsterdam we had argentinian steak, pizza, grilled chease, icecream, fries, panckaes, eggs, fruit, and crossonts.
> on the plane to S.A. we had icecream, macaroni and chease, sandwiches and chips.
> S.A. grilled chease and chicken so far.



Adam Cohen

does anyone know what are the few things that have to be in the booklet for the entrepreneurs fair.

Max

The Great Debate!

Hey guys,

I have just been asked by Mr. G. to remind you that the debates are on Monday.

Prepare:

10 points (in note from)

or

A persuasion map (online or you can take one from Mr. G.)

Good luck on your debates!

-Aviva

My Day

My day was really fun today. Today we woke up at a normal time 8:30 and had בורכס and tea for breakfest. After breakfast we gave the presents to Nomi Gino( my moms friend) her mother Margalit, and Nomi's son Jonathan. We gave Jonathan six shirts, a jacket, three pants, two pyjamas, a teddy bear and a hat. For Nomi we gave her two really nice pants and for her mother, a shirt and hand cream for them both. After breakfest we got ready and left to the נמל( shopping center). We walked around. My mom bought a dress and a shirt. After that we went to eat. We had soup salad and chips. Instead of ordering dessert there we went to Max Brenner. It is a resturant with just chocolate. White chocolate, Milk and Dark. We ordered two fondues, one Milk and one Dark. It came with a little fire to roast Marshmelllows, and waffles. It also came with Bananas, Strawberrys, Apples and Pears. it was really messy. We even took the Lemon from our water and sank it in chocolate. It was really tasty! Then we walked around and we stopped at the beach. I was swinging on the swing and then I really wanted to go into the water. So I went, it was actually warmer than the water in Canada in the summer and its spring time. So I was splashing and running around in the water. Then we had to go. I dried off and we left. We were hungry so we went to Sun Shawarma. It is the best in the world! It was fresh and tasty. Then we left home. That was my day. Tomorrow I am leaving to Haifa to go see our friend Ronit. I heard on the news that in Israel on sunday it is going to be 30 degrees.

I will write tomorrow.

Love Melody.

Japan Presenations

Japan Presentations

Japan Presenations

Japan Presentations

My Flight

Hey grade six! Its Melody writing from Israel!
Its really hard to believe that im in the homeland of the Jews but I am.
I am sorry that I didnt write but let me tell you about my flight experiance flying to the homeland and that will answer why i did not write.
Lets Begin.

3:30 My Mom, My Sister, My Dad and myself are at the airport. We give the people our passports and our luggage and we talk to them to make sure that our luggage will get to Israel. Our bags were over the limit but the let us go threw. We finished with that and then carried on.
We walked around and then we dicided to eat because as you most probably know the food is really bad. We had really good sushi it was quite good for an airport, we paid and then said our goodbye's and went through our gate. Originally our flight to London was at 5:55 then they called to say it was at 5:30 but then the woman told us that it would be at 6:10 we were upset but oh well what can you do . We talked to people and figured out that the flight was delayed because the plain was missing a part and needed repair. We went to the bathroom got settled down and then we heard the flight to London will be delayed till 6:45. then we got really mad because we might miss our connecting flight to Israel. We got on the plain and took our seats. We thought that they would give us a new plain with a personal T.V but they didn't they gave us a plain probably older than us. Instead of the personal t.v there was a patch of the ugliest green fabric I have ever seen in my LIFE! The chairs were uncomfertable the whole plain was ugly and it was full we flew on AIR CANADA. Not the greatest air line but we got they flight off of points. We sat there and sat we were waiting one whole hour in the plain with out doing anything! It was so boring. We took off it wasnt so bad as we staeted but then the plain started going up and down and again and again during the whole flight it was bumpy. My sister and I did not feel well at all even my mother for her first time in her life. We got our food it wasn't so bad. Then we slept my sister got sick and you know what happend next. After they took care of her we went to sleep again 5 hours into the flight 4 more hours at least we thought so we were delayed in the air! another hour! It was really bad. Then when we landed it happend to me I threwup but In a bag of course. I threwup because when we landed we got on the ground and the pilot suddenly flew up again out of no where. We had a connecting flight to Israel and we were going to miss it. Our flight to israel was at 12:55 we landed at 12:45. We had 10 min. to get on our next flight it was going to be impossible we landed at terminal 3 and had to get to terminal 1 the agent said that we were going to miss our flight and had to take the next one at 10:30 in the evening so my mom got upset and she said no because I can't stay with my kids for 10 hours doing nothing so she sent us to go to Flight Connections. In order to do that we had to change terminals first we had to take a bus it was stuffed with people you could barely breath. We got to our terminal and we didn't know where to go to. It's so confusing in the London airport it was really bad. Once we got to the Flight Connections there was a huge line up no one could help us no one even knew if they took off or not. It was already 12:55 I told my mom that we missed it and to give up. We went to the bathroom and as we were washing our hands we heard on the intercom "The flight to Tel-Aviv will be bording aat Gate 27." We said at the same time they didn't leave! We ran 27 gates I felt horrible fron the flight and now running I felt even worse. We got there in time we were going to Israel. As we entered the plain we saw a difference the chairs were bigger nicer we were happy but we didn't feel good at all. We took off and then I and my sister threwup again then we fell asleep. It was a better flight but still bumpy. We didn't eat anything because of how we felt. We got delayed 25 min.
We landed. It was the first time in my life that no one clapped, no one kissed the ground nothing. So we dicided to start clapping we clapped but no one else did they just stared. We left the plain and there you have it 20 hours of travelling straight. But thats not the end of my story. We showed our passports and left to get our lagguge. We heard our names getting called on the intercom" Algom Iris, Hamburger Melody and Hamburger Eleane please come to the lost and found." We were all thinking maybe they lost our bags! We were really tired and could not understand because the woman sweared that they would come. I saw so may people there and they were really really mad. Some of there bags got lost. Some, they did not arive but they new where they were. When it was our turn they said they new where they were but that they did not arive. My mom was so mad and I was more mad because this was the worst trip I ever experianced. They said we had to fill up forms and that they would come on thursday and it was tuesday night 9:00 in the evening. Our friend was waiting for us there. She took us home and we left the airport. But in order to leave we had to give the ticket back. It wouldn't accept our card it was quite funny actually but then it did. So we drove and then got to her place. It was 10:00 she gave us some food and water. I felt much better. Then we went to sleep it was april 1. We slept till the next day. We woke up at 1:30 in the afternoon. We had no clothes so we went in our p.j's shopping. We bought some really nice clothes. Then we walked a little then we met my grandparents and had sushi it was really good. Then we drove home and here I am typing up my trip. I hope you have a good time because I am. It was 25 degrees today. Please write back I really want to here all your adventures.

Thanks for Listening. ( we have an 11 hour difference in time.)

Love Melody. Your classmate.

computation

hey guys do any of you know when the dog computation sheet is due.thanks so much

-mikaela

Japanese Presentations

Hey Guys,

Just to tell everyone, I have been getting so much info. from these projects it is crazy. I am saying all these Japanese words I have learnt and people are asking me what I'm saying. I fell like a Japanese brain man :)

Keep up the solid information

Marc L.

Freight trains

when is freight trains due. is it some time this week

Israel

Hey everyone its melody!!!
Tomorrow on Monday March 31 i am leaving school at 2:00 from school and leaving to Israel for a rreally long time

The Great Debate I: Battle of the Sources

Our debates will begin on Thursday. Please make sure that your part of the debate is ready by then. You may find it helpful to use a persuasion map and to put your points into bullet form.

what day is the debate on?