Summer Learning Journey Week 4 Day 3

Activity 1: Mixed-Member Proportional (MMP)
Imagine that you had to form a coalition government with two other people.  Who would you choose to partner with?
I would of got my Mum,Dad, and Older Brother because my Mum is smart,My Dad is strong so he can do the things that are hard and he makes us laugh and My older brother is fast.

Activity 2: Migration
Speaking of home, where do you live? On your blog, please post a picture of your hometown and provide a list of three things that tourists, like us, could do if we came to visit. What do you like most about your hometown? (Remember the guidelines for being Cybersmart, and never post your address online).
1.If you came to Auckland you could go to the Sky Tower 2.You could go to the beach.
3.You could go to the pools
The the I like about my hometown is that there is lots of beautiful places you can go.

Bonus Activity: Modern Learning Environments
Draw a floorplan of your classroom (either in Google Draw or on paper) and upload it to your blog. Describe what is special about your classroom and why you designed it this way.

Summer Learning Journey Week 4 Day 2

Activity 1: Chasing Great
Please watch the trailer for Chasing Great and read about Richie McCaw online. On your blog tell us three things that you learned about Richie that you did not know beforehand. What else would you like to know about Richie?
1.Richie McCaw was the first all black to reach 100 test matches.
2.Richie McCaw has only came of the bench six times.
3.He was Captain for 100 test matches

Activity 2: Sporting Heroes
On your blog tell us about your sporting hero. Who are they? Why are they a hero? Include a photo of them in your blog post. My sporting hero is Jason Taumalolo.
He plays for the Queensland Cowboys and he is a lock.He encourages me to play rugby when I see him running with the ball.

Bonus Activity: Shake it Off
Choose one of the dance styles mentioned above and click on the name to read more about it. Once you are done, post three interesting facts about the dance style on your blog. In which country did it originate? Who originally created it?
Argentina and Uruguay were the ones who created Tango Dancing.

Summer Learning Journey Week 4 Day 1

Activity 1:  Celebrating a Win On your blog, tell us what you and your family do to celebrate special events, such as birthdays. Do you have a special meal or go to a specific place? In our house, we usually make a pizza and bake a special cake. What about you?
If it is one of my siblings birthday then we get to choose what we get to eat for dinner.When it's my Grandma's birthday then we buy cake and ice cream and we eat it.

Activity 2: Lord of the Rings
Imagine that instead of spending the money on the movies, Peter Jackson decided to give all of this money to you. Lucky you! On your blog, tell us what you would do with $300 million dollars. How would you spend it? It is a lot of money so please think carefully about it and spend it wisely :-)
I would of gave some money to my family. I would of bought some clothes and food.

Bonus Activity: The Rise of the ‘Selfie’
In honour of the rise in popularity of the ‘selfie,’ take a selfie and post it on your blog. Try to show us at least one of your hobbies or one your favourite things (maybe a special toy or book). For example, here is a selfie of Hazel drinking a big mug of tea, and Rachel with her son, Aronui, attending a Paw Patrol show!

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 5

Activity 1: Hiking Tongariro
On your blog tell us what you would need to pack if you were going to hike the Tongariro Crossing. What should you bring with you?

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1.I would take some water bottle.

2.I would take food in some zip lock bags or if they are already in a bag then I would leave.

3.I would take a backpack to put everything in it.

4.I would take a hat.

5.I would take healthy snacks in a sip lock bag.

Activity 2: Leading New Zealand

On your blog, write a short profile of one of our former Prime Ministers. Upload a photo of them with your post. Click on this link to find a copy of the template. Click on file and then click make a copy. This will save the blank template to your Google Drive so that you can fill it in. Post the completed template to your blog to earn points for this activity.

Leading New Zealand

Week 3, Day 5 (Bonus Activity)

Name of Prime Minister: Bill English

Date of Birth: 30 December 1961

Political Party:New Zealand National Party

Number of Years as Prime Minister:1 year

Three interesting facts about my chosen Prime Minister:

1.His full name is Simon William English

2.Bill English served as the 39th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2016 to 2017

3.After National's victory at the 2008 general election, Bill English became Deputy Prime Minister and was also made Minister for Finance for a second time.

Bonus Activity: You Have to Pay to Play

On your blog, tell us what you think. Should students have to pay money (tuition fees) to go to university? Why or why not?

I think students shouldn't pay money to go University because they are only going there to learn.

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 4

Activity 1: Hairy Maclary

On your blog, use the following sentence starter from the original book to finish the story.

“Out of the gate and off for a walk went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy…”

To earn full points, your story should have, at least, 8-10 sentences.

Put of the gate and off for a walk went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy.He walks and then he see's a dog with it's owner and the dogs see's it too so the dog barked at Hairy Maclary and Hairy Maclary barked back so the other dog tried to run at Hairy Maclary but his owner was holding him back and they went off so Hairy Maclary went the other way and saw lots of people because he went to town he saw lots of Jewelry,bags,purses and other stuff.as he was walking he got hungry so he walked back home and ate and then drank he was pretty tired so he went for nap and then woke because he heard that his owner was coming so he ran to him and then his owner pat and then it got dark so they slept.

Activity 2: The Big ‘OE’

Imagine that you are a student in the 1980s and you’re about to graduate from high school. Where would you like to go on your big OE? On your blog tell us which country you would visit and give us three (3) reasons for your choice. Find some pictures on the internet of things that you would like to see and do in this country.

I would visit America.

1.To eat the delicious food they have.

2.Go LA

3.Explore the country

Bonus Activity: The 4 O’Clock News

Imagine that you were Scotty Morrison and you were able to interview anyone you wanted. I would choose to interview our new prime minister, Jacinda Ardern. I’d love to know what it is like to be the Prime Minister.  What about you? Who would you choose to interview and why? What would you like to find out?

I would interview Stephen Curry because he is my favourite basketball player.I'd love to know that it is like to be a famous 3 point shooter.

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 3

Activity 1: Ready to Roll

Watch the following three clips that were shown on the Ready to Roll programme:

Golden Harvest

Ray Columbus and the Invaders

New Zealand Underdogs

When you have finished, rank the clips in order from your most favourite (#1) to your least favourite (#3). Post your rankings on your blog.

#1 Ray Columbus and the invaders

#2 Golden Harvest

#3 New Zealand Underdogs

Activity 2: Bell Bottom Pants

Fashion in the 1970s was quite unique. Take a look at the pictures of a ‘typical’ 1970s outfit and tell us, on your blog, two things that you like about 1970s fashion and two things that you don’t like about the fashion of the day. I am not a huge fan of the patterned pants. What about you?

The thing that I like about the 1970s outfit is that they are wearing jeans and those are the kind of pants that I like to wear.I also like that their shirts are one colour instead of multiple colour.

The thing I don't like about the 1970s outfit is that some of the colousr are dark brown and it just looks ugly.I also don't like how the jeans look like.

Bonus Activity: A Bilingual Schooling System

Think about your school. What is one thing that you would like change. Would you like to learn about different things? Maybe you think school should only be open 3 days a week?

On your blog, write a letter to your principal to try and convince him/her to make the change. Ensure that your letter is polite and respectful.

Dear Principal,

I would like to learn about different things everyday I'm at school.