Summer Learning Journey Activity 2 Day 2

Activity 2: Fabulous FernsThe

One of the most common plants found in New Zealand forests is the fern. It is a special, iconic symbol of New Zealand. You will find pictures of ferns on the jerseys of many famous sporting teams in New Zealand, including the New Zealand All Blacks.

Did

you know that many of these teams also have the word ‘fern’ in their name? Use your best researching skills to find three New Zealand sporting teams who use the word ‘fern’ in their title.

On your blog list three sports teams that have the word ‘fern’ in their title. Beside each team’s name, post a picture of their uniform. Then, at the bottom of your blog post tell us which of the three uniforms you like best and why.

1) The Silver FERNS - Womens Netball

2) The Tall FERNS - Womens Basketball

3) The Black FERNS - Womens Rugby

The three teams I have chosen are the ones above. All three uniforms are really similar, by the colour of the uniforms and also the pattern as you may know why.....Becuase all 3 teams represent one country NEW ZEALAND!! To be very honest my favourite uniform has to be the Silver ferns (netball) Why? because it looks very simple and comfortable. Also love the meanings of the uniform such as the colour of the uniform. It is a black, white and silver uniform, with a silver Fern and also some silver Maori korus. The korus represent Maori, the silver represents their team and the Fern represents New Zealand!

TALL FERNS                        BLACK FERNS                     SILVER FERNS

Summer Learning Journey Activity 1 Day 2

Activity 1: Giants Among Us

New Zealand has a really special environment. Many of the plants and trees found in New Zealand are not found anywhere else in the world. These plants and trees are endemic to our country.  In New Zealand, one of the largest and longest living endemic

trees is the NZ Kauri tree. Kauri are mainly found in three regions of New Zealand: the Coromandel, Auckland and Northland. The largest Kauri tree in the country is in the Waipoua Forest in Northland. It is called Tāne Mahuta. Some people refer to it as the ‘Lord of the Forest.’

Thousands of people go to visit Tāne Mahuta every year. Would you like to be one of those people who got to see Tāne Mahuta in real life? Why or why not?

On your blog, tell us whether you would like to go and visit Tāne Mahuta one day. Be sure to tell us why you do (or do not) want to visit this endemic tree.

After hearing and reading many things about the Kauri Trees, I really hope I get to go and visit Tane Mahuta one day....Why? I love trying new things such as going on an adventure, exploring new things, seeing things I havn't seen or heard about and also experiencing new things. I would really like to see how far up it is from us people standing on the ground....Maybe one day I will get to see Tane Mahuta :)

Summer Learning Journey Activity 3 Day 1

Activity 3: Ice, Ice Baby

Antarctica is the world’s coldest continent. Even though it is made up of ice, it is also the driest continent in the world. In fact, it hasn’t rained there for nearly 2 million years! It is home to many animals such as whales, seals, birds, and fish. There are no permanent human residents (people who live there all the time) in Antarctica, however scientists do visit and stay in Antarctica for a while to study it.

This year the airline, Air New Zealand, filmed their safety video in Antarctica. They used some fabulous actors from Hornby Primary School in Christchurch. Just like on aeroplanes, we also need to keep safe and be smart online. We need to think about the type of information we are sharing online, who we are sharing information with, and how to have a positive digital footprint.

On your blog, make a copy of this footprint and, inside the footprint, explain how you create a positive, digital footprint. What do you do to stay smart online?.

Summer Learning Journey Activity 2 Day 1

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.

To those that don't know who I am, My name is Rowana Tui. I live in Mt Wellington, Something special about where I live is that it is very crowded with cars and people. Reason why is because I live just around the corner from Sylvia Park, many of my friends think I am lucky to be living right near sylvia meaning just 2 minute walk then shopping and eating. In fact I think I am lucky but then again its really buisy to go to school and to come back from school if you know what I mean. Anyways back to my hometown I'm really pleased to be living around people who are really kind and friendly. My side of the road is really peaceful, I am so grateful to be living around those who are really caring and kind. 

Summer Learning Journey Activity 1 Day 1

I have decided to join in the Summer Learning Journey. I think that being commited to this will help me develop more skills and will help me improve in my blogging for 2019. I am really excited to start my blogging journey, I would really like to see the improvements I made so far. I hope you enjoy :)

Activity 1: The Legend of New Zealand


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.

1) New Zealanders are also called kiwis but kiwi is not a fruit. It is New Zealand’s native flightless bird.

2) The Maori name of New Zealand is Aotearoa which means the land of the long white cloud.

3) The country is part of the Pacific Rim of Fire and its most active volcano is Mount Ruapehu, found in the middle of the North Island.

The Dark side of Chocolate

In Social Studies I and my class were watching a documentary about The Dark Side of Chocolate. The documentary is about a Journalist whom investigates child trafficking in the Ivory Coast and show how it fuels the worldwide chocolate industry. Throughout the video, we got to learn more about how cocoa beans were produced or made. It was really sad getting to know that children were being manipulated to work for there company.

The issue going on in the documentary was that people were abducting children out of there homes or down the street. These so-called people were a part of child trafficking. The whole child labour or child trafficking were located across Africa in Ivory coast. This is affecting the children because they are being taken away from there homes. This is also affecting the local communities because now they feel like they are being trapped in a world where people around Africa are abducting kids out of nowhere.

Why is this happening? I personally think that this whole child trafficking is happening because many business companies are taking kids to make them work for them to get more money/profits. The different perspectives on this issue are that the investigators want to find out why this has to happen in a particular place and that they are wanting to find out why child trafficking still exist. The investigators found this 1 man that saved 150 children that were being abducted by people who were wanting to take them. He saved about 40 - 90 boys aged 11 - 17 and about 37 girls aged 13 - 15.  My opinion on this issue is that they don't have the right to be forced as slaves. Children's rights are being taken away.

Careers Event 2018

Wednesday, August the 29th 2018 was the Careers Expo day for all Yr 10's. The whole event was for the yr 10's to choose their subjects for NCEA L1 once were Yr 11's. Apparently, I didn't end up going to the Careers Expo event because my dad thought it would only be information or heads up for next year. Since I didn't make it to the event, I was sure enough that I have already made up my mind of which subject is best for me to work on for NCEA level 1. 

First off in the future I would want to become a guidance counsellor because I want to maintain a level head and put children's confidence in their abilities in a genuine interest in providing some support. I also want to be a Counsellor because I want to help children be confident in there life and to not always be afraid to communicate with people. So my first subject that I will be taking is Health and my second subject will be Social Studies. 

I think that these 2 subjects will help me receive many things in the future because of what I want to be. Not sure whether I will become a guidance counsellor but I am happy with the subjects that I decided to choose for yr 11.