Its the end of the SUMMER LEARNING JOURNEY!!!

What is one thing that you learned from participating in the Summer Learning Journey program this year?

I learnt a lot about animals the thing I learnt was that lots of animals are endangered and people can help save them.

What is one thing that surprised you? The thing that surprised me the most was that I could keep up with my blogging but at the same time I got to play around as well.

What is one thing that concerned or upset you? One thing that upset me was that the summer leaning journey has come to an end and one thing that concerned me was that I might not have finished the summer learning journey.

What is one thing that you (or your family) can do, moving forward, to help protect our natural environment? One thing I can do is I can go around to different locations to pick up rubbish. Another thing I can do is I can give up anything plastic related.

I hope you enjoyed all my blog post this holiday Please leave a positive comment on all my blogs if you haven't already. Make sure to include what your favorite blog post is.

similarities and differences Summer Learning Journey

On your blog, list the three animals that you have chosen and then compare and contrast them. How are they similar? How are they different? At the bottom of you post, tell us which of the three animals you would most like to adopt.

Lion cub African Elephant calf Giraffe

The similarities between the Lion cub and the African Elephant calf is that they are both babies/kids and they are both very very cute. Another similarity is that when they are both babies/kids they are harmless. The differences between the Lion cub and the African Elephant calf is that Lions eat meat like other animals and Elephants eat plants.

The similarities between the Giraffe and the African Elephant calf is that they are both majestic creatures that roam the earth. The differences between them is that the African Elephant can be harmful but only if you give them a reason to be harmful but the Giraffe is not harmful at all.

The similarities between the Giraffe and the Lion cub is that Giraffes and the Lions are the same color The differences between these animals is that the lion is a very harmful creature but the giraffes are a very harmless creature. Some    more differences is that the lion it much more smaller then the giraffe.

Helping earth Summer Learning Jouerney

Every year we celebrate World Environment Day in June. On World Environment Day we do what we can to protect our planet. This year the focus is on reducing the use of plastic bags and water bottles. Watch this Environment Day video to learn more about it!

What could you and your family do to protect the planet?

On your blog tell us three things that you could do to help save the planet.

One thing I would do would be to give up plastic bags because plastic bags are one of the worst plastic inventions ever made and that is because when people use plastic bags they drop it on the ground and they don't know that throwing plastic bags on the ground could lead to an animals death.

The next thing I would do would be to give up plastic bottles and plastic straws because it will do a lot of harm to any type of animal the eats it.

The last thing I would do would be to go to different locations and to pick up as much rubbish as we can and if we all do that in different locations our planet will be much cleaner and animals population will increase and not decrease.

Machu Picchu Summer Learning Journey

On your blog, tell us what you think about the government’s decision to restrict the number of tourists able to visit this special site. Is it fair? Be sure to tell us why you feel the way that you do.

In my opinion I think it is fair because as he said, it was damaged by tourist so his decision was made to stop tourist from damaging it even more. Another reason why I respect the governments decision is because he had a purpose to do make that rule and he didn't just do it to stop them from going up their he did it to keep Machu Picchu safe. The next reason why I think its fair is because a big part of why the government didn't want to have the tourist up there was because it can be unsafe for both the tourist and Machu Picchu. The government made that a rule because it was to keep them safe and to stop them from damaging Machu Picchu. I hope you enjoyed my blog post please leave a positive comment on my blog and make sure to include what you think about the governments decision.

No more plastic bags Summer Learning Journey

On your blog, tell us what they think about Countdown’s decision to stop using plastic bags.

I asked my mum what she thinks about countdown's decision to stop giving out plastic bags

her answer was.......

its a good idea to go plastic bag free because there will be no more plastic bags flying around open spaces outside. Another reason is because it cuts down having plastic bags in our landfills. Sea animals will no longer have to worry about getting caught in a stray plastic bag and possibly dying. I thinks that all companies shouldn't give out plastic bags.

I fully respect my Mum's answer and I also agree with her I hope you enjoyed this blog post Please leave a positive comment on my blog and make sure to include what your answer would be.

Help save Penguins Summer Learning Journey

On your blog, tell us which campaign you have chosen to support and provide us with a slogan for that campaign.

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Protect Our Penguins

animals population is not decreasing

This campaign is wanting to protect Hoiho (yellow eyed penguins) and the Korora (little penguin) from bycatching and predators. This campaign also wants to do more research on the Hoiho and the Korora habitat to ensure that this

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Help save animals Summer Learning Journey

On your blog, list 10 animals that you would protect from extinction. For each one, give a reason as to why you think it is important to protect.

1. Snow Leopards, because they are unique and can adjust to the snow.
2. Orangutans , because of the beautiful colour of their fur
3. Gorillas, because they are smart and intelligent animals
4. Sea Turtles, because they are gentle and harmless creatures
5. Sumatran Elephants, because it is the biggest land animal in the world
6. Tigers, they are harmful but when left alone are beautiful to look at
7. Rhinos, because they would rather eat plants than other animals
8. Giant Pandas, because they are fluffy and cute
9. Sea otters, because they can live their whole lives in the water compared to other sea creatures
10. Saola, because it is also known as the Asian Unicorn 

Maui dolphins Summer Learning Journey

True or false?

Maui dolphins _______

1. are the smallest in the world
2. communicate with clicking sound instead of whistling 
3. only live to up to 20 years
4. Females are smaller and lighter then the male dolphin
5. have the same fins as all the other dolphins in the world
6. have their first calf when they are 17 - 19 years of age

Which 3 statements do you think are true and which 3 statements do you think are false leave you guesses in the comment section. I hope you enjoyed this blog post.

Predator trap Summer Learning Journey

here is currently a huge drive to get rid of all predators from New Zealand. Predators are animals that, in some way, damage our natural environment. Many organisations are working hard to accomplish this goal.

Click on the links below to watch videos about three of the current projects operating to make New Zealand ‘Predator Free by 2050.’

Predator Free Video #1: Cacophony Project

Predator Free Video #2: Taranaki Mounga Project

Predator Free Video #3: Zero Invasive Predators (ZIP)

On your blog, tell us which one of the videos you liked the best and why..

The video I liked the best was the Cacophony project. I choose the first one because I liked the way they were using video and sound recordings to attract the predator (possums) and trap them. They also said that this trap could be used by anyone when testing was complete. I also like that they thought that New Zealand would be predator free in 2040 not in 2050. I hope you enjoyed this blog post please leave a positive comment on my blog and make sure to include what you think about these videos.

Lansan trees in the Caribbean project Summer Learning Journey

New Zealand is home to some unique wildlife that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. While we work very hard to protect our natural habitats so, too, do people living and working in other countries. One of the oldest international wildlife conservation organisations is called ‘Fauna & Flora International’ (FFI). They support a number of projects around the world, including those working to protect Lansan trees in the Caribbean, fruit forests in Tajikistan, and national reserves in Mozambique. Read about each of these projects and choose the one that interests you the most.

On your blog, tell us which project you find most interesting and why..

I would want to learn about the Lansan trees in the Caribbean project. It is pretty bad that almost 60% of these trees are gone because of over exploitation and deforestation. My family is very religious and feel the aromatics from the Lansan trees being used for traditional ceremonies very important. I also think that using this tree to keep away mosquitoes and bad spirits pretty awesome too.

10 veggies, fruits, or herbs Summer Learning Journey

Planting can be a lot of fun! Have you ever planted a garden? Aronui and I are going to make our very own edible garden this year. We are going to plant a number of veggies, fruits and herbs, including mint, coriander, parsley, lemongrass, onions, tomatoes, beans, zucchinis, kumara and strawberries. Yum! If you could plant an edible garden what would you plant in it? On your blog list 10 veggies, fruits, or herbs that you would plant in your garden.

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1. strawberries
2. pineapple
3. apples
4. cabbage
5. carrots
6. capsicum
7. corn
8. onions
9. watermelon
10. potatoes

Zip-lining Summer Learning Journey

I have tried ziplining and I really enjoyed it, however, I must admit that I was pretty scared to try it at first. How would you feel if you had the chance to go ziplining in Rotorua? On your blog, tell us how you would feel about going ziplining in Rotorua. Try to use some descriptive words (adjectives) and action words (verbs) in your post!.

I have been to Rotorua and it was so fun. We stayed at a hotel were we got to go swimming in beautiful blue water all the time and eat tasty food at a restaurant. I would love to share the experience of riding on the zip line and I only know I will like it because I've flying fox. In my opinion I think if you ride a zip line you would get the same feeling as a flying fox such as the butterflies in my tummy when you go fast and the sudden jolt when you stop at the end of the flying fox.

Poem about Beijing Summer Learning Journey

On your blog, write a poem that describes your feelings about travelling to Beijing, China.

I heard Beijing is a very beautiful city it has a very rich past

But there is lots of air pollution which makes me gasp

Though the city is vibrant and has lots of tasty food

If the air pollution was gone id have much more things to do

Yes Beijing I can't wait to visit you, but only if you do one thing

Please clean up your air pollution because if you do it would look like spring

I hope you enjoyed this blog post please leave a positive comment on my blog and make sure to include what you think about my poem

Do you believe Taniwha's exist Summer Learning Journey

On your blog tell us whether, or not, you believe that Taniwha exist. Be sure to explain to us why you feel this way

I do think Taniwha's exists because I have done some research about them. Research shows that you can find them in specific places like the Waikato river which is where my people are from. One reason why I believe Taniwha's exist is because I am Maori. The word Taniwha in Maori means water spirit and is unique to Maori people. Another reason why I believe Taniwha's exist is because they come from ancient Maori story's. There is also a song about a Taniwha and the song is called One day a Taniwha. The last reason why I believe they exist is because I am a believer and I would love to get a photo of one jumping out of the water.

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Interview with Suzie Moncrieff Summer Learning Journey

The idea of reusing materials was taken to a whole new level by a woman named Dame Suzie Moncrieff who, thirty years ago, created an event in New Zealand called the ‘World of Wearable Art’ (WOW). WOW takes place in Wellington (and in other cities) every year. Artists from around the world create outfits made entirely from recycled materials. Let’s imagine that you were invited to this year’s WOW awards and you were able to interview the creator.On your blog, list five interview questions that you would like to ask Dame Suzie Moncrieff.

1. When you make your clothes out of different materials do you ever take the time to make it comfortable when you where it.

2. would you ever make a dress out of rubbish and if you would what do you think it will look like when you Finnish it.

3. If you were able to choose if you make a dress or a skirt what would you choose what is your favorite piece of clothing to make.

4. What type of material do you like using the most

5. what type of material do you use the most.

I hope you enjoyed my blog post please leave a  positive comment on my blog and make sure to include what questions you would ask.

The Acidic rain Summer Learning Journey

Let’s imagine that New Zealand was hit by a massive acid rain storm. Acidic rain fell for three days and three nights. When the rain fell, you stayed inside with your friends and family. When it stopped, however, you and your family decided to go for a walk outside. You opened the door and... On your blog, write a short story about what happened when you opened the door and walked outside after the acid rain storm. To earn full points, you must write a story that is 8 – 10 sentences long.

Rainy day Summer Learning Journey

Here in New Zealand, we have noticed the change. In fact, we sometimes have torrential (huge) rain storms causing flooding, landslides and road closures. When it starts to rain really hard, Aronui and I usually hide out in our lounge and play games like Yahtzee, Monopoly and Uno. If it rains all day, we will also spend some time reading, watching movies and baking.

What about you? What do you like to do on a rainy day?  

On your blog, tell us about five things that you like to do when it is too rainy to go outside..

1. One thing I like doing is sitting in our living room with my family I like to watch TV.

2. Another thing I like doing when it is rainy is playing a board game with my family because we always have fun when we are together.

3. The third thing I like doing is having a nice hot tea and some cookies because it is always cold and having tea and cookies just makes me feel warm. My sister normally has milk and Cookies but everyone else has tea and Cookies, Milo and Cookies or Coffee and Cookies.

4. The next thing I like doing is sitting down with my family and having some conversations and having a big laugh about things.

5. The last thing I like doing is when it is almost time for bed because when its around that time we like to get cozy on our coaches and watch some movies on Netflix.I hope you enjoyed this blog post please leave a positive comment and make sure to include what you like to do when its raining.

3 Facts on air pollution's Summer Learning Journey

In 2016, the World Health Organisation announced that Timaru, a small town in the South Island of New Zealand, had the highest recorded levels of air pollution in New Zealand. Some of this pollution was caused by natural events (eg. fires) but most of it was produced (made) by humans.

Watch this short video on air pollution. It will tell you more about natural and human causes of pollution.

On your blog, share three new things that you learned about air pollution from this video.

The first fact I found was that when you burn fossil fuels to create energy it releases Greenhouse Gasses in Greenhouse Gasses there are different types of gasses such as Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Nitrous Oxide, and Flourinated Gasses these gasses make the tempter rise. The way this works is when the Greenhouse gasses are put into our planet the Carbon Dioxide, Methane, Nitrous Oxide, and Flourinated trap the heat from the sun and gathers it up until it is to hot to hold onto and when it reaches that point the Greenhouse gasses releases the heat into our planet and the temperature shoots up then it gets very very hot. The second fact I learnt is the smog is very bad to humans that inhale. Smog is a type of air pollution that reduces visibility to any thing that can see or can be seen trough. Smog can be split into 2 categorizes: sulfurous and Photo chemical, sulfurous smog is made of sunlight, nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds in the atmosphere, which leaves airborne particles and ground-level ozone. Photo chemical is caused by sunlight, nitrogen oxides and Volatile Organic Compounds as well. The last fact I learnt was about toxic pollution's, toxic pollution's have chemicals such as mercury, benzene and dioxin. I hope you enjoyed this blog post it took a very long time to finish but please leave a positive comment and make sure to include what fact you liked best.

Cloud formations Summer Learning Journey

Clouds are formed when small drops of water stick together. To learn more about clouds and how they are formed, you can watch this cool video. Once you have learned about clouds, please choose your favorite cloud picture.

On your blog, tell us what you see in the photo. What shape(s) do you see? Be sure to tell us which picture (1, 2 or 3) you have chosen and describe what you see in lots of detail!.

#1 #2 #3

Out of the three photos above I would choose picture 3 because it is the most clearest and most detailed one. Another reason why I choose picture 3 is because when you look up in the sky you don't normally see a cloud in the shape of a mustache. The 3rd reason why is because when you see the mustache in the sky you can have a little laugh with family or friends and it just makes your day even better. The last reason why I choose it is because this will make most people happy or it will make them laugh but it can also make you closer to your friends or family because if you have a laugh with anyone it can grow into a bigger laugh and then it will turn into being friends and if that carry's on you might become best friends and the same with family. I hope you enjoyed my blog post please leave a positive comment on my blog and make sure to include what picture you would choose.

The story of Matariki Summer Learning Journey

In the middle of winter, a very special cluster of stars appear in the sky over New Zealand. This cluster is called the ‘Matariki star cluster.’ It re-appears in the sky each May/June and signals the start of the Māori New Year. Many songs and stories have been written about the cluster. One of these is called ‘The Seven Stars of Matariki.’ It was written by a New Zealander named Toni Rolleston-Cummins. She is from Maketu.

On your blog, write a short summary of the book. What was it about? Try to summaries the story in 6-8 sentences.

This story is about 8 handsome brother's. One day they went hunting, but instead of food they found seven beautiful women and the brothers immediately fell in love, except for the youngest brother, who's name was Meti. Meti's brothers took the women to there village to make them there wife's. After they were married, Meti's brothers only focused on there wives not themselves only them, they didn't even eat and as time went past there handsomeness started to fade. Meti was getting suspicious of his brothers wife's so he decided to spy on them. He followed the women and listened to there awful plan to starve his brothers to death, as soon as Meti heard there plan he rushed back to the village to tell his brothers but they didn't listen until Meti told them to look at themselves, he told them what they used to look like and what they look like when they married the women then they finally believed Meti. The brothers had to get there wife's as far away from them as possible to be safe so they had to get a magic net and threw it over them. They waited for there wife's to get home then they threw it over them and Meti flew them over to the god of the stars. Meti asked Uru (the god of the stars) to take the women as far away as possible but like Meti's brothers Uru (the god of the stars) started to fall for the women's beauty. Uru took them far far away from meti and his brothers, but every year Uru gives the women a chance to shine and that creates the seven stars (Matariki).

Southern lights Summer Learning Journey

For this activity, you are to write a short acrostic word poem about the beautiful lights. Hazel has written an acrostic poem about summer to give you an example.

S - Sun outside,

U - Umbrellas in the sand.

M -  My friends and I, having fun,

M - Making sandcastles,

E - Enjoying ice cream on a hot day,

R - Racing to the beach!

On your blog, use the word ‘LIGHTS’ to write an acrostic poem about the Southern Lights. Be as creative as you can!

For more information and examples of acrostic poems, check out this poetry website.

Lights dancing and prancing in the sky

In New Zealand you can find the special glow up high

Grey sky is lit up with colorful lights

Here in the sky is a whole other world

The lights I see make me as happy as I can be

Southern lights up in the sky are for you and me

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Flying snakes Summer Learning Journey

create a digital learning object (DLO, eg. a poster) that tells us all about the animal. Be sure to include at least three interesting facts and a picture or two of your animal! Please follow these instructions for attributing your pictures properly.

Here is an example of a DLO that was created about lions.

On your blog, post a final copy of your DLO.

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Superpowers Summer Learning Journey

If you could have a superpower, what would it be? If I could choose, I would like to be able to fly. It would make it possible for me to fly back to Canada and visit my family whenever I wanted. How amazing would that be?! On your blog, tell us what superpower you would like to have and why you’d like to have it.

If I was able to choose a superpower I would choose to be able to time travel because if I were to make any mistake I would be able to go back in time and fix my mistake. Another reason why I choose time travel is because if I were to do something wrong i could go back in time and do the right thing. The 3rd reason why I choose time travel is because if I was in a situation I didn't like then I cold just time travel to when the situation is over. The last reason why is because if I have not said anything about something and should have I could go back in time to when I should have said what I needed to say. I hope you enjoyed my blog post please leave a positive comment on my blog and make sure to include what superpower you would choose.

Barn owl Summer learning journey

On your blog, write a short description of your bird. Where does your bird normally live? What does your bird normally eat?  Post a picture of the bird underneath your description. Be sure to attribute your picture properly.

Random facts about the Barn Owls 

I choose the Barn Owl and here is some info on them

The Barn Owl is a new native to New Zealand. They are the most loved and well-known owl in the world, and known as the ‘farmer's friend’ because of their appetite for rats and mice. These beautiful owls have recently made New Zealand their home, and are now helping keep Aotearoa pest free!

Where does your bird normally live?

Barn Owls are normally found on every continent except Antarctica. In the Americas, barn owls occur in suitable habitat throughout South and Central America, and in North America as far north as the northern United States and southwestern British Columbia.

What does your bird normally eat?

They eat small mammals, particularly rats, mice, voles, lemmings, and other rodents they also eat shrews, bats, and rabbits. Most of the prey they eat are active at night, so squirrels and chipmunks are relatively safe from Barn Owls. They sometimes eat birds such as starlings, blackbirds, and meadowlarks.

This is what my bird looks like

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7 molds 5 days Summer learning journey

Let’s imagine that we tested the air in your classroom and found 7 different kinds of mold. Eek! The cleaner says that it takes 5 days for each mold to be eradicated (removed). If the school had to remove each mold one at a time, how long would it take to remove all the mold from the classroom? On your blog, tell us how you would solve this tricky math problem. Be sure to also post your final answer in days or weeks.

Well if there are 7 different molds to remove and each of them take 5 days to do so you will need to times the 7 molds by 5 days. If we take 2 and put it in an equation it would look like this 7 x 2 and 7 x 2 would equal 14. Since we took away 2 from the 5 days you would only have 3 days left for each of the 7 different molds. If we had 3 days to remove 7 molds we would have to times 3 and 7 witch would look like this in a math equation ( 3 x 7 ). The answer to that would equal 21. Now I have to add up the numbers I got, so 21 plus 14 would equal 35 and in days and weeks that would be exactly 5 weeks.

Designing my own sink Summer learning journey

Let’s imagine that you could design a sink that could gather up and then drain away any foods that you don’t like. On your blog, tell us what you would put in your special sink on your blog, list all of the foods that you would put in your special draining sink.

I am a very picky person when it comes to food. Most of the foods I like is foods like chocolate, chicken, mash potatoes, noddles, hot bread and some veges lots of other things. This is the list of things I don't like and also the things I would put down my drain.

1. onions I really don't like onions because the taste for me is gross and also if you cut it it stings your eyes.
2. pork I don't like pork because I find it very chewy.
3. beetroot I just don't like this because it taste very gross and I don't really like the texture.
4. some veges I don't like some veges because of there tastes.
5. boil eggs sometimes boil eggs smell very funny.
6. peppers I just don't like peppers because they are very spicy.

I would love to have this sink that would be designed by me. I hope you enjoyed this blog post .Please leave a positive comment on my blog and what would you put down your sink.