Activity 1: The legend of New Zealand.
For this activity we had to read about the legend of how Māui pulled up the north Island with his fish hook that was made from his grandmothers jawbone, his canoe from his village and the strength from his bones, He created New Zealand.
Once we had read that we had to go to the Tourism NZ website and post our top three facts about New Zealand. Here are my three facts.
1: The Māori name for NZ is Aotearoa which means The land of the long white cloud.
2: New Zealanders are also called Kiwis but Kiwi is not a fruit. It is New Zealand's native flightless bird.
3: New Zealand is one of the world's least populated countries with over 4 million populations.
Activity 2: North & South
As you know there are 2 main islands in NZ, the North & the South. Then they started going on about there hometown and where they live which brings us to our activity.
For our activity we have to think about our home town and whats special about it. We have to use describing words and adjectives for this work.
Christchurch.
Christchurch is a beautiful place with lots of gardens and lakes to swim in and lots of nice restaurants and cafes in town. It also so has a cat cafe. A cat cafe is a cafe where you do all the normal stuff but there are also cats there so while you are enjoying your food you can be petting the cutest cat ever! Most of the cats there are disabled so people rescue them and take them to the cafe where they get looked after until there time is up. The part of christchurch I live in is very small but gets lots of visitors because of the 7 schools there.
Activity 3: Ice, Ice Baby.
For this activity we had to read about antarctica and all its facts then we had to learn about a digital foot print and what it is.
Kia ora Hayley,
ReplyDeleteMy name is Hazel and I'm part of the Summer Learning Journey team. I'm so glad that you're joining us for the Summer Learning Journey again this year; you have made an awesome start!
I like that you've included so many pictures in your post. Remember that if you are using images that you have found online, you will need to attribute them on your blog. You can check out our image guidelines here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VKjkMGwBrk2YI6Vtmg91OAQljr_T3ZSV6YZtu6MWFNM/edit?usp=sharing
I enjoyed reading your facts about Aotearoa. One of my favourite facts about Aotearoa is that we are one of only two countries in the world that has two official national anthems (the other one is Denmark). Our two anthems are 'God Save the Queen' and 'God of Nations'. Have you heard both of these anthems? Which one do you prefer?
Christchurch sounds like a fantastic place to live! I live in Auckland, but I have visited Christchurch many times as my cousins used to live there. I agree that the lakes and gardens are very beautiful. What is your favourite thing to do in Christchurch?
You have included some great advice about how to stay cybersmart online. What are some examples of things that people could share online to keep a positive digital footprint?
I look forward to reading more of your posts soon.
Cheers,
Hazel