Welcome to the first week of the Summer Learning Journey. For our first week, we are going to be learning all about the land habitats here in Aotearoa New Zealand. It is going to be a great adventure!
DAY 1: In the Beginning...
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.
1: New Zealand has the most sheep in the world
2: Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand
3: New Zealand has the longest place name in the world which is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu and yes, it's a word
Activity 2: North and South [4 points]
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.
I think my hometown (Auckland) is special because it has 1/4 of New Zealand's population and the government is building lots of houses with insulation.
Activity 3: Ice, Ice Baby [10 points]
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?.
saia nice work you put out there. it is very well done and also it is very cool because you 3 great facts about NZ
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ReplyDeleteYes!!! Saia i do love your work because it shows on the foot print how to protect your identity and your privacy and also to protect your persenal information. Plus what else i like is your 3 great facts about nz
ReplyDeleteGreat Work Keep It Up!!!!
Kia Ora Siosaia ,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Patricia and I am part of the Summer Learning Journey team. How nice is to see that your are actively engaging on completing the activities, way to go! I am here to comment and support your posts and guide you through this program. Let's start!
Day 1/activity 1:You managed to select some cool facts about New Zealand. It does always make me smile the fact that we have more sheep than people here. Also, I can't believe that there is a place here with such a long name. Do you know where is this place?
Day 1 / activity 2: It's nice to know that you like to live in Auckland, however it would be great if you could use more descriptive words to explain why you like to live here. For example: "I like to live Auckland because is full of reserves and parks that are accessible for us to use, I like use these spaces to be close to nature, to smell the fresh air. Also, Auckland has nice beaches near by and on my weekends I like to go on those to enjoy the sunshine and swim in the sea". In order for you to gain full points in this activity I need you to write a bit more about the things you like in the city and remember to use some descriptive words.
Day 1 / activity 3: What a great job you have done here! I really like how you created the concept of the 5 P's for a positive digital print, it's very catchy! Perhaps you should show your teacher next year so they can use this in the school to teach the young ones the key ideas about a positive digital foot print.
This is a very solid start and I can't wait to read your next posts!
Kia kaha,
Patricia
Hi Saia!
ReplyDeleteGreat work Saia I really love your digital foot print because we can learn how to be smart on the internet and very interesting facts of NZ but you can´t forget your writing of your home town and I like that people are building with insulation I cant keep thinking for what your gonna do next I wish you good luck for the summer learning journey.
Hi Saia
ReplyDeleteI finally found some time to comment on your blog. Have you tried saying the longest Maori word. I just tried and it felt so funny. I hope you will continue blogging and earn as many points as possible. Keep up with your good work.
Mr. Nath