Activity 2: Leading by Example

Today i did activity 2 week 2 for the Summer Learning Journey. For this i was to describe your a random act of kindness that i did. What did you do? How did the person react? How did it make you feel? I talked about how l helped  homeless people in Auckland City. I think this is massive problem in New Zealand because when l went i saw a lot of people that were sleeping outside of shops and there blankets to keep them warm were usually cardboard or a lot of blankets.    

Activity 2: Exploring Our Roots

This week is the teaser week for the Summer Learning Journey. It is day 1 and I have completed activity 2. For this activity our challenge was to create our own Pepeha. a Pepeha is like a mihi that tells other people more about you. I really enjoyed making this DLO because it talks about me and where l come from it was fun making this because l learnt more about my maori side. 

Activity 1: New Zealand Royalty

Today l was doing the SLJ Manaiakalani Teaser week challenges.  For the first activity we created a profile pic poster on the famous Lorde New Zealand singer. I first added interesting information about Lorde and a image with her name along the side of it. 3 Interesting facts l found out about her is that her real name is Ella Marija Lani Yelich- O'Connor, She first wrote her own song when she was 13 years old in the year 2013 and Her most famous song that was released is called Royal. l really enjoyed making this Lorde profile pic poster because it helped me learn more about how she is a change maker to others.  

Summer Learning Journey

Today Halsey and Sophie from the Summer Learning Journey came to our school to present prizes to the winners of the Summer Learning Journey. Their were 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th winners from our school. They got prizes from Halsey and Sophie our winners were Alex, Mele, Victoria, Chavda and Florence. First they started off with certificates for people who took part in the Summer Learning Journey. l got a certificates for taking part in the Summer Learning Journey. Then Halsey and Sophie did prizes which were called spot prizes these prizes were for people who they find did great blog post over the holidays. The winners for that were Chris, Solo, Sakina and Leon. Last of all prizes were the big winners of the Summer Learing Journey their were 5 winners. The winners Alex, Mele, Victoria, Chavda and Florence. Congratulates to all the winners who won and l big thank you to Sophie and Halsey for bring all prizes.

Weaving a Tall Tale

This week l had chosen weather l would like to try flax weaving. Flax weaving is a traditional maori weaving you use flax which is a plant that is mostly know in New Zealand Maori. For this activity l had to chose weather l would like to try flax weaving. l think l would because it is apart of my maori culture. l think l would enjoy making my own Flax weaving because l enjoy learning more about the Maori culture. 

Something Smells Fishy

Fish Fact #1: The oldest known fish in the world is a 65 year old Australian lungfish - FALSE

Fish Fact #2: Sharks are the only fish that have eyelids - True

Fish Fact #3: Starfish are a type of fish. FALSE

Fish Fact #4: Fish communicate with each other by making low-pitched sounds (moans, hisses, etc) True

Fish Fact #5: Fish usually swim together in groups called ‘classes FALSE

This week l had to use my smart searching skills to find out if these 5 facts were real or fake. l tried to find out if these were real facts or fake. l think l got all of them right and used my smart searching skills good.

The Great Taupo Cycle Challenge

This week l was working on one of my Week 2 Summer Learning journey activity. For this activity l had to list three people l would like to have on my support crew if l ran the  The Great Taupo Cycle Challenge. l chosen Tom Boonen, Marianne Martin and Beryl Burton l picked these three people because they work hard for what they want and are good famous people.

Awesome Animals

This week l had to create my own beasts. Knowing that we have different kinds of animals in New Zealand we had to create our own beasts or animal. This is how mine came out. It is brown because it's dark, deadliness all around it. It has a big grin on it's face to scar people away and a red eye to scar people away from him to know not to touch him.

Living on the Edge

This week for l had to write a letter to my best friend or family member about my trip to tundra.

Greeting Angela l am having a great time in tundra it very cold her and there are a lot of mountains. The most thing l am exited to do is go Hiking in the Mountains. We are also going to be doing River Floating in the Tundra. It is so different to wear we live it is cold here and where we live it is hot. From Avalon

Blink and You’ll Miss It

This week for this task l had to answer question about weather l think that logging should be allowed in New Zealand and What l think about logging?  l had to list 2 reasons why. 

Why should't we have logging?  

1. l think we should't have logging in New Zealand because you have to cut down the beautiful trees in our wonderful land. 

2. They should't because l think it and destroying everything. 

Why should we have logging in New Zealand? 

1. l think we should have logging in New Zealand because people can make a lot of New house out of the wood. 

2. They should have logging because some of the trees can get destroys so they cut them down so no one gets hurt. 

What do l think about logging? 

l think that it is bad because you are destroying New Zealand and soon we will have barely any trees around. 

 

How to make Butter chicken

This week for the Summer Learning Journey for this activity l had to pick my favorite food and make a DLO that showed the Ingredients you would need and the steps. l added in the Ingredients and the steps to show others how to make my favorite dish. 

More than Meets the Eye

This week l had to imagine that l met Sir Edmund Hillary and l was interviewing him and l have to ask him 5 questions what would they be. These were the 5 questions l would ask him in person if l was interviewing him. What kind of questions would you ask him?  

1. Why did you climb the mountain?  

2.  Why do you like to explore a lot about wild? 

3.  Would you ever regret what you did? 

4. Why did you pick the spot you picked. 

5.  Were you scared to go the mountain.  

DOC Ranger

This week l was working on Being a DOC ranger. l was making a DLO to show the 3 Good things that would be great as being a DOC ranger and the bad things about being a DOC ranger. l wrote down the things that would be great and the bad. l would like to be a DOC ranger because l can help and teach others about animals and how to look after them.

Giants Among Us

This week I needed to deiced if i wanted to see Tane Mauta I would like to visit him because this is apart of a Maori Legend and because l am from New Zealand. I known that Tane Mauta was the father of the earth, and the mother of the earth hineahuone and that is the Lord of the forest. l made this DLO to show that if l would like or not want to go to see Tane Mahut in real life. l added facts even tho we didn't need to put l thought l would add in something extra. l also added in a image of what Tane Mahut looks like. Would you like to go to see Tane Mahut in real life. 

Digital Footprint

This week l did my 3rd task for the Summer learning Journey. For this DLO l wrote down the steps for being Digital Footprint safe when on devices. The first thing l did was l made a copy of the footprint and wrote inside the steps to keep safe when on device. Make sure to be safe when ever online or any devices and follow these simple steps. l enjoyed making this DLO because l could teach others how to be more safe online. 

What is special about where you live

This week l was working on my 2nd task for the Summer Learning Journey. For this task l was talking about what is special about where l live. l wrote down something to explain What is special about where l live. l like where l live because everyone is quite and their are not that much gang stuff around our area. l added images of what my community looked like and my street. l think l have done a great job and have told the truth about my area. That it isn't perfect everyday it is quite and sometimes people have bad things. l hope you enjoy my blog post about What is special about where l live.