SLJ Day 2: Forest Life

SLJ Day 2: Forest Life

Hi bloggers sorry this is a late post. Today I will be talking about the big forest among us and even some of Aotearoa's famous sports teams. Continue reading to find out about 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.

I would love to go on a trip and visit the largest tree in Aotearoa, Tane Mahuta. The reason being is because I love the outdoor nature and this tree is very appealing to me. It would be a great opportunity if I could go there because I would see how tall the tree is in real life, I would also make sure to capture it and post it on my blog to show all of you what I did while I was there. I would also love to walk the waipoua forest kauri tracks to see all the other wonderful Kauri trees there.

Activity 2: Fabulous ferns

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.

1: Silver ferns

2: Black ferns

3: All Blacks

Out of all three of these sports teams I think the team that has the best uniform is the silver ferns. They have the best uniform because you can see the fern a lot more than the All blacks and Black ferns jersey. It also looks great, light and easy to run in while there playing netball. I also really love the black ferns and one day I want to be just like my role model and play rugby for the black ferns. Her name is Fiao'o Fa’amausili. She is a rugby legend and has led the Black ferns to back to back victories ever since she became captain. She is a great leader to her team and is a great sport but most of all she is a kind and caring women who serves her community as a police officer.That’s why I want to be just like her.

Activity 3: Weird and wonderful

New Zealand is just one of many countries that has amazing plants and trees. In fact, the African desert is home to some pretty incredible plants, like the cactus. Some cacti are able to survive on as little as 3 millilitres (ml) of water a day. Wow!

Let’s imagine that 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?

On your blog, tell us how to solve this maths problem. You can write your answer in words, use a Sketchpad image, or post a video explaining how you would figure it out. Be sure to give us your final answer in millilitres (ml).

Here is a image of my problem solving.

I hope you enjoyed reading SLJ Day 2.

(Term 4) My Goals and expectations

Walt: use correct sentences to help structure our writing.

The school holidays are over and I’m really sad, but on the bright side I get to come to school and see my friends. I also get to share my work with everybody. The amazing theme for this term is Te Wa Toi and it’s all about what different kinds of art there are. I am really bad at art so I’m a bit excited to improve my art.

This term is so exciting because we are learning about what types of art we can use. Some other exciting things happening are The Manaiakalani Film Festival and Athletics. I am really excited because I can’t wait to see all the cool movies, and run my hard out at Athletics. Another exciting event happening this term is year 6 camp. I can’t wait to have a fun time with my friends.

One of my goals this term will be becoming a year 6 camp leader. If I want to become a camp Leader I have to step up and take leadership in everything I do. Another one of my goals is becoming sports women of the year. I want to become sports women of the year because I look up at my role models who are achieving so much in sports. My role models are my uncle and aunty who both represent the wallabies in rugby and the black ferns.

What I want to learn this term is about why art cost so much money and what’s the story behind that. The reason why I want to learn about that is because the Mona Lisa costs $ 810 million dollars and it’s not even worth that much. Another big thing I want to learn about is calligraphy writing. I want to learn how to hand write like that because I’m a bad hand writer and I want to improve on my hand writing skills.

Te Wa Toi will be a great term because I am excited for the exciting upcoming events. There’s a lot on this term with events like the Manaiakalani film festival, Year 6 camp and prize giving, so I can’t wait for that and to accomplish my goals I have set for myself. Overall this could be the best term I’ve ever had because of all the exciting events, and I can’t wait to blog about all these cool things.

Task description:
In this task room 7 had to write about the new term and what our amazing goals were going to be. We all had a big lesson on how to write a proper conclusion with Mr Goodwin. I thought this task was really fun, because we got to learn how to write a proper conclusion, and I also got to share my Goals and expectations to everyone. I enjoyed this task a lot and I hope we get to do this task again.

SLJ ( Day 5 )

Summer learning journey

Day 5: The dawn

of a new Era.

From the 1840s onwards, many European

settlers came to live in New Zealand. It was a

difficult period in New Zealand’s history. As the settlers
began to outnumber the Māori, a great war erupted
between the two groups as they fought for access to land
to build homes and establish communities.

Activity 1: Translating Phrases.

Unlike the Māori, many of the European settlers didn’t
speak Te Reo Māori. Instead, they spoke English. As you
can imagine, it was very difficult for the two groups to
communicate because they did not have a dictionary or a
translator. These days we are able to use the Internet to
translate words and phrases from one language to another.

Use Google Translate to translate the following five
phrases from English to Te Reo Māori or from Te Reo
Māori to English. Post the translations on your blog.

Be sure to include the phrase in both the English and
Māori to earn full points.

Phrases:

Here are the phrases

I translated.

Te reo Maori :Nau mai ki Aotearoa.

English: Welcome to New Zealand.

English:Levonah is my name.

Te reo Maori :Ko Levonah Toku Ingoa.

English:What is your name.

Te reo Maori: He aha to ingoa.

Te reo Maori :He pai taku ki te takaro i te whutupaoro.

English: I like to play rugby.

English:Where do you come from?

Te reo Maori: No hea koe?

Activity 2: The treaty of Waitangi.

On 6 February 1840, a very special document was signed
by the Māori chiefs and the British settlers in
New Zealand. It was called the Treaty of Waitangi
(Te Tiriti o Waitangi) and it outlined how the two groups
would live together and work together in New Zealand.
It was the first document of its kind to be signed in the
entire world. The Treaty was signed in a place called
Waitangi in northern New Zealand.

Follow this Waitangi village link to read about the village
of Waitangi.

On your blog, tell us three fun things that you can do as a
visitor in Waitangi. Which one would you like to do the
most?

#1 Taiamai Tours Heritage Journeys.

#2 Waitangi Treaty Grounds Hāngi and Concert.

#3 Waitangi Mountain Bike Park.

If I went to Waitangi the activity

I would want to do the most

would probably be

Taiamai Tours Heritage Journeys.

Bonus Activity: #EarnTheFern

After the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, New Zealand
became a British colony. Many other countries in the world
are also British colonies including Canada, South Africa,
Australia, India and Malaysia. As a group they were, and
still are, called the ‘Commonwealth’ countries. Years ago,
a man named Melville Marks Robinson was asked to
organize a sporting competition for people living in the
Commonwealth countries. It is called the
Commonwealth Games. The first ever event took place in
Hamilton, Canada in 1930.

Athletes from New Zealand have competed in the
Commonwealth Games for years. In the most recent
Commonwealth Games event in Glasgow, Scotland
New Zealand athletes won a total of 45 medals. The next
Commonwealth Games will be held in 2018 in the
Gold Coast, Australia. Hundreds of athletes are competing
for the chance to represent NZ at the games
(to 'Earn the Fern').

One of New Zealand’s gold-medal-winning Commonwealth
athletes was a man named Bill Kini. Bill won a gold medal
at the 1966 Commonwealth Games for being the best
heavyweight boxer. He was a man of many talents! He
played rugby in Ōtāhuhu in the 1960s and later moved to
Whangarei.

Imagine that you could interview Bill. What would you ask
him about his time at the 1966 Commonwealth Games.
What would you want to know? I’d like to know how he
had time to train for two sports at once.

On your blog, write four questions that you would ask

Bill Kini.

Hi Bill Kini here

are the four questions

I am going to ask you.

1. How long do you train

each day.

2. Do you ever get

tired of playing two

sports at once.

3. If you quit

Boxing and rugby

which other sport

would you play.

4. What is your

favourite sport.

Those were my

questions for

Bill Kini.

Thanks for reading my blog post.

Summer learning journey day 2 ( It's all in a Day's work)

Day 2: It’s All in a Day’s Work

Activity 1: A House or a Home?

This is what we have to do.

In the 1800s, most Māori lived in villages called pa.
Each village had many buildings – kauta where people
cooked, pataka where they stored goods and

wharepuni where the Māori slept. A traditional wharepuni

had a thatched roof and walls made of timber, fern,

rushes and bark. Look at the picture below of a

traditional wharepuni. Does it look like your house?

On your blog, compare the wharepuni to your own home.

What are two similarities and two differences between a

wharepuni and your house?

The similarities between my house and the wharepuni.
Here is the link to my Similarities between my house
and the wharepuni.

Activity 2: The Rules of Engagement

This is what we have to do

During the early years in New Zealand, men and
women would often marry at a young age. Women
were expected to have babies and remain in the home

caring for their children. Few, if any, left home in search

of work. Men, on the other hand, were expected to work

outside of the home.

These days, we don’t have the same strict expectations
about work. Girls and boys can choose their own path
in life.

What is your dream job? Draw a picture of yourself
doing your dream job and post it on your blog. You
could be a doctor, an actor or even a zookeeper!

Here is my picture of myself. My dream job would

Be to play rugby for the black ferns.

Bonus Activity: Special Meals

This is what we have to do.

Back in the 1800s, most Māori ate a simple diet.
They ate foods that they could catch in the water

(eg. fish) or grow on the land (eg. kumara). They did
not have access to a supermarket to buy food for their
meals! Speaking of meals, what is your favourite meal?

On your blog, post a picture of your favourite meal.
Be sure to tell us what it is and why it is your favourite.
You could also include the recipe if you have it so that
we can all try it!

I have two favourite foods.

1. Homemade chicken fettuccine
2. Pancakes with whipped cream

And maple syrup.

The reason why I love chicken fettuccine

So much is because I love the pasta and

Chicken together including the sour cream.

When I eat chicken fettuccine it makes me

Want to eat it the night after and after.

I love pancakes so much because it is a

Really nice breakfast. It is also so nice

When you have it with whipped

Cream, strawberries and maple syrup.