Jahrey

Saturday, January 5, 2019

Week 2 water water everywhere

DAY 1 SWIMMING WITH THE FISH

ACTIVITY 1 SURFS UP

WEEK 2: Water, Water, Everywhere

Welcome to the second week of the Summer Learning Journey. We hope that you enjoyed learning about the amazing land habitats that we have here in New Zealand and overseas. This week we are going to focus on water; the lakes, rivers and oceans that make up our beautiful country. Are you ready to jump in and get wet? Let’s hope you brought your togs!

DAY 1: Swimming with the Fish

Activity 1: Surfs Up! [4 points]

In New Zealand we have many beautiful beaches and stunning waterfalls. One of the most spectacular waterfalls is called Kitekite and it is located in Piha, a small village west of Auckland. Tourists and locals flock to Piha during the summer season to enjoy the waterfall, the local beach, and the great surf. Have you ever tried surfing? Although I have never surfed many of my friends have and they absolutely love it. In fact, it is their favourite summer activity! What is yours?

For this activity, please take a picture of yourself doing one of your favourite summer activities. It could be anything! Here is a picture of one of our team members (Laura) doing one of her favourite summer activities.

On your blog, post a picture of yourself doing one of your favourite summer activities. Below the picture tell us what the activity is and tell us why it is one of your favourites.

S A G E

In the summer my favourite thing to do is play with my dog Sage. He is my bestfriend and I love him so much! Sage is a Samoyed and he is all white as you can see he looks so cool like the snow. He comes from the husky family and he is a snow dog. He is very strong! Samoyeds lived in the snowy cold areas and they are strong and can pull nearly anything! Sage is turning 2 soon his birthday is January 19. We got Sage when he was just a little baby my mum says when he was 8 weeks old. I love playing with him in the backyard and taking him for walks with my family.We walk him around the block or go to the onehunga dog park.We go around the dog park cross the bridge to hillsborough and its cool as cause you can look down onto the motorway! Then we reach the other side of hillsborough where the beach area is then come back over the bridge to onehunga its like looooong as but I love it because I really love my dog hes the best!

Day 1 in the beginning

Activity 2: North and South

The country of New Zealand is made up of two main islands – the North Island and the South Island. Approximately 77% of the New Zealand population live in the North Island. Many of these people (including our Summer Learning Journey design team) live in Auckland city. Auckland is a great place to live with lots of amazing parks, beautiful waterways and stunning scenery to enjoy. It is also a busy, vibrant city with many cafes, museums, galleries and theatres to visit. I feel lucky to call Auckland my ‘hometown.’

Now it is time to think about your hometown. What is special about where you live? On your blog, describe your hometown. Be sure to include lots of describing words (adjectives) in your post.

MOUNT ROSKILL, AUCKLAND

My home town is Mount Roskill. It is special because we have a big special community at Mount Roskill. In Mount Roskill it is a big place. We have new houses getting built and old houses getting demolished because some houses are very old and very dirty. We have very grateful family's in Mount Roskill. At Mount Roskill there is a school nearby the park. The school is called May Road school and it is the best school because I go there! Even my Mum went to May Road school and my aunty and uncle. And I have the best teacher in the whole wide world too her name is Miss Ulugia Pua. There is a playground down by the school field with swings, slides, climbing monkey bars and even a flying fox. There is a big basketball court too where all the kids play and we even have a cool skate ramp at the park and a dirt bike track at my school for everyone to use. I think if people are looking for somewhere to live they should choose my hometown Mount Roskill because it is the best place to live. Here is a photo of me and my brother at our school may road school.

Photo credit My Mum Mareah Mata

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Day 1 In the beginning

ACTIVITY 1 LEGEND OF NZ

Activity 1: The Legend of New Zealand [4 points]

According to Māori mythology, much of Aotearoa New Zealand was formed when Māui, a powerful demigod, fished it out of the sea. Legend has it that Māui created a magical fish hook from the jawbone of his grandmother and that one day he took his hook, boarded a boat, and rode out into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Once at sea, he threw his magical hook into the water and caught a fish. This ‘fish’ was actually the North Island of New Zealand! In honour of this legend, the North Island of New Zealand is sometimes referred to as Te Ika a Māui or ‘Māui’s fish’ and the South Island of New Zealand is sometimes referred to as Te Waka a Māui or ‘Māui’s canoe’.

To learn more cool facts about New Zealand, check out the Tourism NZ website. Read the fun facts posted on the website and choose your ‘Top 3.’ On your blog, post your ‘Top 3 Fun Facts’ about NZ in your own words.

MY TOP 3 FUN FACTS ABOUT NEW ZEALAND

1. The name of the country we live in is called New Zealand. in New Zealand our native language is Maori. There are lots of different places in New Zealand with Maori names but the one people should know is the Maori name for New Zealand. Aotearoa is the Maori name for New Zealand. Land of the long white cloud.

Photo by - Nathan Kaso

2. Some people like to call us New Zealanders or another word is Kiwis. Kiwi is the cool name we like to call ourselves but it is actually new Zealands native bird. The bird does not fly and lives in dark places.

Roha the Kiwi. Photo credits Kiwi Coast Malcom Pullman

3. In Auckland city where I live one of the cool attractions to see is the skytower. It is very high up at 328 metres high. If you go to the skytower you will get a beautiful view of the city. You can go to the casino or restaurants and even bungy jump off the skytower.