Summer Learning Journey (Teaser week) Day 2, activity 2

Activity 2: Equal Pay for Equal Work?

Fiao’o Fa’amausili was the captain of the New Zealand (NZ) Black Ferns, our national women’s rugby team, until 2018. The Black Ferns have been a very successful team, winning the Women’s Rugby World Cup a record five times. Wow!

Despite this success, the Black Ferns have only recently become ‘professional’ rugby players who are paid to play rugby. Although they are paid, the Black Ferns make less money than members of the men’s professional rugby team - the All Blacks. This difference in pay is often called the ‘gender pay gap’ and it is not uncommon in sports.

What do you think about this? Is it fair? Should female athletes, like the Black Ferns, be paid the same amount as male athletes who play the same sport?

For this activity, please think about this issue of the gender pay gap carefully. It is quite controversial (some people agree with it and some people disagree with it).

On your blog, tell us what you think. Is it fair? Why or why not? Be sure to explain exactly why you feel the way that you do.

I highly disagree with the "gender pay gap" because it isn't fair to females that work they're hardest during sports, to have less money than their supposed to have, at the end of the day. Is there a specific reason why people are giving less money to females? or are people just sexist?. I suggest that our world should just stop with what they're doing and treat everybody equally, and with respect. 

Summer Learning Journey (Teaser week) Day 2, activity 1

DAY 2: SPORT & LEISURE

Activity 1: Faster than a speeding bullet

Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce is a world-famous athlete (sprinter). She currently holds the record for the 100m sprint and has been crowned “world’s fastest woman” a record four times!

Shelly-Ann was born and educated in Jamaica, a small country in the Caribbean that has produced many successful athletes and sportspeople. During her college years, she did well in athletics, winning the Jamaican Schools Championships at the age of 16. She subsequently went on to win many races at both the Olympics and the World Championships. Over the years people have compared her running speed and that of other elite sprinters, like Usain Bolt, too many things, including animals!

When people make these comparisons, they often say things like: “Shelly-Ann is as fast as a cheetah” or “Shelly-Ann is fast like a fighter jet”. These comparisons are examples of similes. In many cases, similes are not exactly true

For this activity, please create four new similes. You can use the starters below or you can make up your own.

(eg: The brand new Ferrari is as fast as a lightning bolt)

The new bike is as fast as a cheetah  

The tall giraffe is as tall as a tower!

The tiny puppy is as small as an ant

Beautiful Mother is beautiful like my Garlic bread

On your blog, share the similes that you have created with your readers.

My shoe design

Summer Learning Journey (Teaser week) Day 1, activity 3

The BFG

The BFG is a friendly giant. He has short grey hair, gigantic ears, and has a very pointy nose. He is very old and wears a white T-shirt, including a brown leather vest. He lives alone in a cave. He has a very pale and wrinkly face. Even though he's alone, he taught himself to do life's basic things such as Reading, writing and speaking. 

Summer Learning Journey (Teaser week) Day 1, activity 2

Summer Learning Journey (Teaser week) Day 1, activity 1

Maths

Captain Blackheart buries his treasure but loses his treasure map! But all
is not lost. His trusty crew remember different bits of the map.

"I remember drawing it with 5 squares each way,'' says the Captain. 

"There was a row of three trees running due East from the square (1,1)",
Peg Leg Pete says. "You put each one of them on a different square."

"Weren’t there four granite boulders going due South from (5,5)?" John
asks. "I think you put one of them each in a square too."

"Ah!. Now I remember!" yells the Captain. "I buried the treasure halfway
between the first rock and the most western tree!"

Where is the treasure?