Sunsmart

In New Zealand people like playing outdoors but our country has the highest risk of skin cancer. So us New Zealanders have to be sun-smart. So for this activity I went on a site about sun-smartness. So I had to find five things from the site that helps you from getting Skin Cancer. The five things I have is:

1. Put suncreen on every part of your body that is exposed to the sun
2. Put on a hat
3. Put on sunglasses to protect your eyes
4. Get a long sleeved tee - shirt
5. Use an umbrella or go under a tree

Togs or Trackies

New Zealand is a really good place where tourist can visit. I found out in 2017 there was 2 - 3 million people who came as tourist to explore New Zealand. So for this activity I had to tell what I think is the best time in New Zealand to visit, and tell three things to do in New Zealand. I think tourist should come in Spring because its sunny and warm. The three things to do in New Zealand is:

1. In Auckland explore the city
2. Check out the sky tower
3. Go to the beach

Reef System

In Australia there is the Great Barrier Reef. Which is the biggest coral reef system in the world. For most of its existence it was all healthy, and safe ecosystem. But for the past thirty years it has became bleached and the colours are all faded. Big chunks of the ecosystem have been damaged by tourist, cyclones, or new kind of species. So the Australian Government spends 200 millions dollars every year on the Great Barrier Reef to keep it safe. So they have created a donation to help support and repair the Great Barrier Reef. So for this activity I had to come up with three ideas to help the Great Barrier Reef:

1. Posters
2. Advertisements
3. Persuasive Speeches

Polluted River

For this activity I had to find two rivers in New Zealand that are being polluted. Also I had to tell facts about those rivers such as what river is it? Where is the river? and How is it being cleaned? The two rivers I found were Wairua River and Tukituki River. Wairua river is in the North Island and there is a group that is trying to clean the water. The Tukituki River is in Hawks Bay, and the Green Party is going to clean it if next year they are elected as government.

• Wairua River

• Tukituki River

Too Much Fish!

For this activity I had to talk about if I agreed or disagreed on the rule of paying 100,000 dollars just because you fished to much fish in one area. I am not sure on the idea. I do think that you should not fish a lot of fish in one area. Or that area would be endangered of fish. But I don't think you have to pay a 100,000 dollar fine.

Picture Perfect

For this activity I had to pick one out of three selfies or photos and trying to predict what happened in the selfie. I also learn that in Canada there is the biggest waterfall on earth. It is called Niagara Falls.

I think what happened in the selfie or photo was that they won something. I can tell because each of them have a medal around their neck. It also might be in a stadium. I think its in a stadium because they could've won a sports game. It also looks like they are in New Zealand. I think they are in New Zealand because some of them look Maori. It also looks like they are sweating. I think that because you can see sweat on their forehead.

Devils Bath New Name

For this activity, I had to come up with three - five names for Rotorua's Devil Bath. Devil Bath is a geothermal (heat from earth) pool. It is green, or neon and is a pool of stinky water. The Devil Bath is also in Wai - O - Tapu Thermal Wonderland. The names I have came up with are:

Natures Vomit *
Stinky Heat from Earth
Muddy Nature

Helicopters, Boats, and Foot

                 

For this activity, I had to imagine that I had the chance to visit Milford Sound by boat, foot (walking) or air (helicopter). I had to pick one of those options. I would go on foot, because I want to explore more closely. It could also be a good exercise. It would also be amazing for me to be on it, instead of a birds eye view. I also learned a cool fact about Milford Sound. There was a big piece of ice (glacier) that melted and made the river.

Colossal Squid Problem

LI: to do a math problem
For one of the activities for the Summer Learning Journey I learned some things about the Colossal Squid. The Colossal Squid weighs approximately 500 kilograms. We have one in New Zealand at Te Papa Museum. So the activity was a math problem. The problem was: is that there is a 500 kg squid that had to be moved. So the average adult can carry 25 kg, and the average kid can carry 15 kg. How much kids and adults do you need to carry the 500 kg squid.

So how I got my answer was by adding 25 then 15 over and over, until I got 500.

25 + 15 + 25 + 15 + 25 + 15 + 25 + 15 + 25 + 15 + 25 + 15 + 25 + 15 + 25 + 15 + 25 + 15 + 25 + 15 + 25 + 15 + 25 + 15 + 25 = 505

So my total was 13 adults, and 12 kids. 

Local Delicacy

LI: to retell a recipe
For this activity we had to pick a favourite food, and find the recipe and retell it. My favourite food is Fried Chicken. Fried Chicken is my favourite food is because my mother made it when I was young. And it was amazing, I ate a lot of the chicken.

• 4 cups of all purpose flour (divided)
• 2 tablespoons garlic salt
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 3 tea spoons pepper (divided) 
• 2 - 1/2 teaspoons poultry seasoning 
• 2 large eggs
• 1 - 1/2 cups of water
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 broiler/fryer chickens (3-1/2 to 4 pounds each), cut up
• Oil for deep fat frying

Night Owls or Early Risers?

LI: to talk about who is a Night Owl or Early Riser?
For this activity I had to talk about who is an Early Riser (wakes up early) or a Night Owl (stays up late) in my family. I am a Early Riser and a Night Owl. I sleep pretty late and I wake up pretty early. My Mum is a Night Owl, then in the morning she can barely wake up. My Dad is an Early Riser, he got this habit from work. He has to go early, now in the holidays he still wakes up really early. Then lastly my little sister. She is a Night Owl. She can barely wake up at the morning.

Stranger than Fiction

LI: to talk about plants

For this activity I went on a list of plants, and I had to pick two from the list. Then I had to write three similarities and three differences. The two I picked were the Venus Flytrap (also known as Dionaea Muscipula) and the White Baneberry (also known as Actaea Pachypoda). I've picked the Venus Flytrap because I have learnt about it before, and I also picked the White Baneberry because it looks harmless but when you learn about it, its harmful.

Similarities:
Both are somewhat harmful
They're both plants
They're both found in wet places

Differences:
Venus Flytrap is carnivorous, White Baneberry is not
They are found in different places
White Banberry is taller

Surfs Up!

LI: to talk about Summer Activities
For this activity I had to talk about what was my favourite summer activity. My favourite summer activity is to play with my kitten, its my favourite because she's so cute playing with. She is really adorable to play with.

Mighty Mangrove

LI: to describe someone who is strong and tough
For this activity I had to describe who is strong and tough. I think my Dad is mentally strong and tough. If he's going to finish something, he's going to finish it. He helps the family even if he's tired. My Dad is also amazing at multitasking. But he's also strong physically. He has to move really heavy parts for engineering: metal, thick wood, and more.

Weaving a Tall Tale

LI: to talk about if I would like to or not weave flaxes

On my blog, I had to tell whether or not I would like to try flax weaving. I had to say if it interested me? I also had to tell why or why not? I would like to try to flax weaves because I can learn something new. With this new skill I learned I could try and practise like weaving different stuff. Like weaving a fish made out of flax.

Video of Flax Fish Weaving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cop_PaofNw4

Source of Video: https://www.youtube.com/user/mabronte

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. FALSE

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.’ TRUE

LI: to learn facts about fish

On my blog, I had to write out each fact and in CAPITAL LETTERS beside the fact, I had to write the word ‘TRUE’ if it is a true fact or ‘FALSE’ if it is not true. I also learned some facts, like the longest river is the Amazon river which is located in South America. Also is 6400 kilometres long. Which is longer then New Zealand.

Lake Taupo Support Crew

LI: to pick my support crew
On my blog, I had to list the three people I would like to have on my Lake Taupo Cycle Race Support Crew. We also had to tell us why we have chosen each person. Firstly I would have my sister Mayshar because she is really supportive. I would also have my Dad because he would help me. Lastly I would have my mother because she is really organised and would make sure that I didn't lose track.

Going, going gone

In New Zealand it is amazing. It has many different cultures, religions, and race. They are accepted and are treated equally in New Zealand. It is also a pretty busy in New Zealand but also simple. It is a really nice place to live in. It also has amazing structures for example like the Sky Tower. New Zealand is a nice, vibrant, and relaxing place to visit. It is really mostly sunny and cloudy, but also can have the hardest rains.

LI: to write a post about New Zealand
The third activity for day five was to write about a post before New Zealand was drowned because of Global Warming. We had to write about how it was like in New Zealand. We also found out that some scientists discovered that some cities are going to be sinked in to the water because of Global Warming.

Living On The Edge

Dear Mum,

Are you having a good time because I am. It's pretty boring though because it's really cold, and dry. Also treeless. It looks like some people have been logging all day. But it’s really cool and amazing because I get to see new species or animals I have never heard about. It’s really amazing, I hope one day we can go together.

LI: to write a letter to family member or friend about experience in Tundra
This week one of the activities for the Summer Learning Journey was to imagine being taken to Tundra for a school field trip. Then you had to write a letter to a friend or family member about your experience in Tundra. I chose to send it to my Mum. Also did you know that Tundra is dry and cold, and completely treeless. Also the average temperature of Tundra is 280C?

Towering Timbers

                    


LI: to talk about Loggers
The first activity for week 1 day 5 was about loggers. Some people like logging trees because it makes money, and makes a living for them. But some people don't like it because it is destroying the environment and some animals have to leave their homes. I don't like loggers because:

1. We are destroying the environment
2. Animals that live in trees have to a new home

Hotel

LI: to make our own Ideas
For Day Four the third activity was to imagine that you built a hotel in a specific place and what did you make it out of. My hotel would be made in Paris, France. Also built mostly with some metal, and wood. Also some electrical wires, and more. I also had a choice to make a Google Drawing of the inside of my Hotel Room.

Pancakes and Maple Syrup?

                                     


LI: to retell a recipe
This week one of the activities was to pick a favourite food and tell the recipe. My favourite food is a pasta salad it is really easy to make. But it is cold because its Summer. So you get some pasta, and put some eggs on it. Then add some corn, then broccoli. Later put some Italian herbs then eat.

Scaling New Heights

LI: ask questions
One of the activities for the Summer Learning Journey was to imagine interviewing Sir Edmund Hillary, and ask him five questions. Sir Edmund Hillary was famous because he was the first man to climb Mount Everest. You can even see him on the New Zealand 5 dollar note. My Five Questions to Sir Edmund Hillary would be:

1. Why was climbing Mt Everest you big dream?
2. What made you want to climb Mt Everest?
3. How long did it take to the top?
4. Did you exercise for this?
5. How did you feel at the top?

WWF

LI: to learn about WWF
The WWF (World Wildlife Fund) is a company with a bunch of workers trying to help life around the world. Such as helping and trying to save plants and animals. One of the animals they were saving was a creature called the "Saimaa Ringed Seal". They helped the "Saimmaa Ringed Seal" by building snowbanks. The reason they built them was because the Saimaa Ringed Seals had to be born in snowbanks.
Link to Video: https://www.worldwildlife.org/videos/building-snowbanks-for-endangered-freshwater-seals
Source: https://www.worldwildlife.org/

Doc Rangers

LI: to learn about Doc Rangers
One of the Summer Learning Journey activities were to talk about the three pros (good things) and cons (bad things) about being a Doc Ranger. The first pro would be that you get to take care of a lot of animals. Secondly you might have a favourite animal there you could probably take care of. Lastly you can learn about new animals and also meet them. Now the first con would be that animals might get loose, secondly there might be some dangerous animals. Lastly one of them can attack you.

Beast

LI: to create a beast
One of the activities for Summer Learning Journey was to make your own beast. My Beast can fly with its wings, it has night and x - ray vision. My Beast is covered with scars because of its fierce battles. It is really big, it also is pink. My Beasts name is "The Beast". 

General Knowledge

                                                

LI: to learn about the world around us
This week I did General Knowledge and I learned about China. I had to find a lot of information about China. Such as some interesting facts, farewells, hellos, leaders, and royal families. We also had to use our researching skills to find royal families. Also use our map skills to find china on a Atlas.

Cacti Problem

                       

LI: to use my knowledge to solve an equation
I did one of the activities for the Summer Learning Journey and it is a Math Equation. The problem was: you are given a cactus for your birthday. To keep it alive, you must give it 3 ml of water every day. Over one full year, how much water will you need to give your cactus plant? So we had to figure that our with a strategy.

Fabulous Ferns

LI: to learn about the Ferns
This week for one of the Summer Learning Journey activities. One of the most common plants in New Zealand is the fern. It is a symbol for New Zealand. You can also find pictures on sport teams uniform that have the word or the fern on it. The activity was to find three sport teams that has the word fern in it. We also had to put in the uniform. I like the Silver Ferns the best because it is simple but also cool.

Tane Mahuta Walk

LI: to talk about Tane Mahuta
This week for the Summer Learning Journey we had to talk about why we would like to go to Tane Mahuta. I would like to go because I would want to see how tall it is, but also be able to explore the forest around it. It looks like a great place to walk around and explore.

Basic Fact Boxes

LI: to learn my basic facts
This week I did my Basic Facts. I did my Multiplication and Division. I did my 2, 5, and 10 tables. Then I did my 2, 5, and 10 division. I also timed myself and it was two minutes and fifteen seconds.

SRR Selfie

LI: to summarise and retell a text
This week I went on SRR Selfie. I read a book called "One Piece: Volume 55" which is a manga series written by "Oda Eichiro". I had to summarise or retell the text in my own words. Then I had to put an image of the book I read.

Jane Addams Presenting

LI: to learn about an activist
This week for Inquiry we presented our work and information yo the class. We had to put our information in our presentation. When we presented our work we got feedback on what was the positives and negatives of our presentation.The activist me and my group picked was Jane Addams. She was a woman who supported women's right and many other things.

Digital Footprint

LI: to learn to be positive and safe while online
While you are online you have to be safe. So for my DLO (Digital Learning Object) I made a Google Drawing and had a foot in it. I had to write in my foot what I need to do online, and how to have a positive rather then a negative digital Foot print.

Hometown

LI: to describe my hometown

I live in Auckland, which is my hometown. I think Auckland is a good place to live in because it has amazing places to visit like the Sky Tower. It also has great parks, amazing pools, good theatres, museums, art galleries, and stuff you might be interested in. It also is a really big and busy city, but also enjoyable.

Favourite Facts About New Zealand

LI: to learn more about New Zealand
This week for the Summer Learning Journey I first read a story about Maui fishing up the North Island, with a magical hook from his grandmothers jawbone. So after that we went on a site and had to find our favourite facts about New Zealand. My Favourite three are:
It was the first major nation to have universal suffrage. In 1893 all male and female citizens are legally allowed to vote. I picked this fact because it was a major event and both gender in New Zealand had equal rights. 
New Zealanders are also called kiwis but kiwi is not a fruit. It is New Zealand’s native flightless bird. I also picked this as a favourite because we are called Kiwis resembling our native bird. 
The official language is English and Maori. I like that we have English in New Zealand as a language because its not that difficult to learn. 

Basic Fact Boxes

LI: to learn my basic facts
This week I wrote my basic fact boxes. I had some equations I had to do and I had to solve the equations. I did Addition and Subtraction. I also timed myself and my time was 1 minutes and 49 seconds. 

SSR Selfie

LI: to summarise and retell a text
This week for SSR Selfie I read a book called "Jack Stalwart: The Cape of Crown Jewels: Great Britain". Its about a young secret agent who rescues the crown jewels from the Master Magician. I read this book and I had write a summary with my own words. 

Jane Addams

                       
LI: to learn about an activist
This week for Inquiry we polished up our work and information. We had to put our information in our presentation. We needed it to have the print design rules, and to have a good set of information. The activist me and my group picked was Jane Addams. She was a woman who supported women's right and many other things.

The Mischievous Villain

LI: to use correct tense in writing
This week for Writing my DLO (Digital Learning Object) was to write a short simple story. In the story it had to have the three simple tenses, three continuous tenses, and three perfect tenses. When we wrote it we had to put it on a site called story bird.
Link to my Story: https://storybird.com/books/the-mischievous-villain/?token=n63kg2fxmd

Idioms

                      

LI: to learn a whole bunch of idioms
This week for Reading I learned about Idioms. An Idiom is saying something that has a totally different meaning. For Example: Break a Leg means good luck, not actually break a leg. So for our DLO (Digital Learning Object) we had to find a bunch of idioms from a story (article, etc). Then we had to write down the actual meaning of the idiom, and write down the idiom in context.

Multiplication

                       
LI: to learn how to do multiplication in different strategies
This week was my last operation to do. My last operation was Multiplication explaining it in a Presentation or Slide Show. My strategy was splitting up the equation and then adding the answers up to make the final answer. I did my One Hundred, One Thousand, Ten Thousand, and One Hundred Thousand multiplication.

Kiwi Can

                                      
LI: to be respectful
This week was the last week of Kiwi Can. The first thing we did was recap the catchphrases we did for Respect. The first catchphrase we learned this term was about "Respecting Our School". The second catchphrase we learned this term was about "Respecting Our Community". Lastly our final catchphrase we learned was about "Respecting Our Environment".

So for the last week we played some activities we played over the term. We played 10 Second tag, Hand Soccer, Octopus, and finally we played Invisible Touch.

Maori

LI: to translate NZ places in Maori and translate them in English
This week for Maori we first sang a Maori Christmas song. The song we sang was "Feliz Navidad" in Maori.
Lyrics:
Nga mihi manahau x 3
ki tena ki tena
kia tatou katoa
x2

Nga mihi nui o te kirihimete x 3
me te tau hau, hoki

Then we got sent a document with a bunch of places in New Zealand in Te Reo Maori. We had to write the place in English, and we also had to write if it was in the north island, or south island.
Link to Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CQt-csENObgl2_SYBSp3e4FikpGAlQVLNmQdsMbIelM/edit?usp=sharing

Commenting

LI: to learn how to smartcomment

This week I commented on Viliami's blog - post, he was blogging a recount about the Athletics Interschool. In my comment I told him what mistakes he had, and what was good.

Basic Fact Boxes

LI: to learn my basic facts
This week I did my Basic Facts. I did my addition and subtraction basic facts. I timed myself and it two minutes and fifty two seconds. I was really rushing because I was timed pressured.

SteamPunk Art

LI: to learn about Steampunk
This week LS1 went to LS2 to learn about Steampunk Art, but also draw some. Steampunk art is a drawing with something mixed with machinery. I drew a steampunk shark. It took pretty long but was also hard. I put on some machinery or parts of machinery like cogs, and screws, and more. Next I drew more steampunk art with my own ideas. I drew a robot - dog.  A machinery like Christmas tree, and a butterfly coming out of a cog coon.

Jane Addams

LI: to learn about our activist
This week for Inquiry I researched about Jane Addams. This task was a two - three week task. So for the first week me and my group wrote information on a document about her before doing the presentation. Jane Addams was an activist who spoke for Woman's Right's. She wanted to be free with all the other women.

Link to Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15EKp_j7Dvs8CL0pNIc24m5t8CO3DojbsOmWsLbBW3YE/edit?usp=sharing

SSR Selfie

LI: to summarise and retell a text
This week for SSR Selfie I read a manga series which is called "Naruto". I read the book and I summarised and retold the text with my own words. After I finish my summary I them put a picture of the book.

Blog Post Blurb

LI: to learn the needs and unwanted needs of a blog post blurb
This week for Cybersmart we learned about the needs and unwanted needs for a Blog Post Blurb. Before we did that we wrote a list of needs in a blog - post and unwanted needs in a blog post. Our DLO (Digital Learning Object) was to get a blurb from our own blog post and find the good things and bad things about the blurb.

Perfect Tenses

                        

LI: to identify verbs tenses: Perfect Future, Perfect Present, and Perfect

Past

This week for Writing we learned new tenses. The tenses are perfect future, perfect present, and perfect past. Perfect future tells us what will happen continuously but stops at a specific point. Perfect present tells us what is happening continuously but stops at a specific point. Perfect past tells us what happened continuously but stops at a specific point. A example is of a perfect past is Mojtaba had been playing soccer. Example of a perfect present is Mojtaba has been playing soccer. Example of a perfect future is Mojtaba will have been playing soccer. For our DLO we had to write twenty verbs, make seven videos out of twenty of them and inflect them all.

Kiwi Sport

LI: to learn new combos including all the things we learned
This week for Kiwi Sport was the last week. So we first got into partners and did a warm up. A partner had noodles to hold, and the other with gloves keep punching. We punched ten times, one burpy, punch twenty times, another burpy, and we kept doing that until fifty punches.

So then we got to learn a new combo that included defence, and a counterattack. So it was: Jab, Cross, Left Hook, Guard, Right Uppercut, Left Hook. The defence we learned that was in that combo was Guard which was being in your rock position but just your arms are covering your head. The counterattack we learned there was Guard, the Right Uppercut, Left Hook. We did one round of that for two minutes.

Our second combo we learned was: Jab, Jab, Cross, Bridge, Cross. The defence we learned in that combo was Bridge which was just moving back to keep distance with your opponent. The counterattack was Bridge, the cross. We did one round of that for two minutes.

Our last combo we learned was: Jab, Cross, Left Hook, Roll, then Left Hook. The defence we learned in that combo was Roll, which was to squat down the come up in a U shape. The counterattack we learned in that combo was Roll then Left Hook.

Maori

LI: to learn Maori words
This week for Maori we had a document, and in the document there were a bunch of English words. Then we had to match it with a bunch of Maori words at the bottom of our document. We matched it by translating it from the Maori Dictionary.

Subtraction Videos

                       

LI: to learn subtraction
This week for Maths the operation I did was Subtraction and I had to make three videos of it. One video was ten's subtraction. The second video was one hundred's subtraction. The last video was one thousand's subtraction. In each video we had to say the answer in three languages. The three languages I did were Spanish, French, and Te Reo Maori.

Find, Draw, Animate, Act

                      


LI: to learn a whole bunch of new words
This week for Reading we learned new words. We had to learn the definitions and out of those words we had to Draw, Find, Animate, or Act them out. It had to describe the word we were doing. Before we started on our DLO we first had an example we made. The four words we did were Thwart, Opulent, Encroach, and Fetid. Thwart means to prevent someone from accomplishing something. Opulent means the comfort of luxury. Encroach means invading in someones property, space, or territory. Fetid means an unpleasant smell.