Summer Learning Journey|Comment 2|Chris

LI: To comment on blogs. This week for Summer Learning Journey commented I decided to comment on Chris's blog. Chris did activity 2 of day 4 of week 1. I really wanted to try pasta salad.Chris did wonderful work on the Summer Learning Journey activity. I had fun commenting on Chris's blog.

Summer Learning Journey|Something Smells Fishy...|True Or False?

Fish Fact 1. The oldest known fish in the world is a 65 year old Australian lungfish. FALSE

Fish Fact 2. Sharks are the only fish that have eyelids. FALSE

Fish Fact 3. Starfish are a type of fish. FALSE

Fish Fact 4. Fish communicate with each other by making low-pitched sound (moans, hisses, etc) TRUE

Fish Fact 5. Fish usually swim together in groups called 'classes'. TRUE

LI: To find out if facts about fish are true or false. This week for day 1, activity 3 of week 2 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to write 5 fish facts and beside it we had to write if it was true or false. This activity was worth 10 points. This activity was sort of hard, because we had to find out if the facts were true or false.

Summer Learning Journey|The Great Taupo Cycle Challenge

List Of Three People I Want On My "Lake Taupo Cycle Race" & Why.
My Cousin Sami- He is very strong.
My Cousin Farzana- She is fill of energy.
My Cousin Mahdia- She is very fast.

LI: To list three people you want to have on your "Lake Taupo Cycle Race". This week for day 1, activity 2 of week 2 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to list three people we want to have on our "Lake Taupo Cycle Race" and why. This activity was worth 4 points. I had fun listing three people I wanted to have on my "Lake Taupo Cycle Race".

Summer Learning Journey|Surfs Up!|Favorite Summer Activity

LI: To post a image of yourself doing your favorite summer activity. This week for day 1, activity 1 of week 2 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to post a picture of us doing our favorite activity in the summer and tell why its our favorite. This activity was worth 4 points.

My favorite activity is playing in the trampoline, because you can do many cool tricks and you might not get hurt.

Summer Learning Journey|Going, going....gone|Life In New Zealand In 2018

Photo by Nzwj (CC BY-SA 3.0)
New Zealand is a country that has really nice nature. There are a lot of structures builders worked hard on. There are around 4.794 million people in New Zealand. Life in New Zealand is just amazing and nice and simple. Its mostly sunny and cloudy. On sunny and cloudy days my family and I would mostly go to the beach. The beaches are really nice. Most beaches has calm waves. We would go shopping, go to restaurants and more. You can learn about lots of things in New Zealand. Many different cultures, religions and more are accepted in New Zealand for who they are. I would never leave New Zealand, because it is a lovely place.

LI: To post people a description of life in New Zealand in 2018. This week for day 5, activity 3 of week 1 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to post a description about life in New Zealand in 2018. We could add images that were attributed. Since there were people that haven't been to New Zealand, we had to paint a picture using words. This activity was worth 10 points.

Summer Learning Journey|Living On The Edge|Letter To Cousin

Dear Farzana,
Are you having fun, because I am. It's really cold, dry and treeless around here. I've been seeing some animals I didn't know existed. They look amazing. There are a lot of animals that have been migrating and hibernating. The animals here have small tails and ears, which helps them to loose the heat in the coldness. Some of the animals change their coats/colours into white, so that they can blend into winter. Did you know that Tundra comes from a Finnish word tunturi. This actually means barren land. The plants here grow together, so they can be safe/protected from the winds which are icy. Thank you for reading this letter.

Your Sincerely
Sakina.

LI: To write a letter to a family member or a friend about your experience at Tundra. This week for day 5, activity 2 of week 1 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to write a letter to your best friend or a family member. I decided to write a letter to my cousin, Farzana. This activity was worth 4 points. I had a lot of fun writing a letter about my experience.

Summer Learning Journey|Blink and You'll Miss It|Logging Arguement

LI: To tell whether we should allow logging in New Zealand or not. This week for day 5, activity 1 of week 1 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to tell people whether we should allow logging in New Zealand or not and why. I don't think that we should allow logging native trees in New Zealand. My first reason is that the animals wouldn't have anywhere to live, so they have to find new homes. My other reason is that it can ruin our home/environment. This activity was worth 4 points.

Summer Learning Journey|Salt & Pepper|Hotels|Bonus Points

LI: To create a room for your hotel. This week for day 4, activity 3 of week 1 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to tell where we would construct our hotel and what we would use to construct it. I would construct my hotel somewhere near the beach. I would use sand to construct my hotel. This activity was worth 5 points. We could get a bonus point if we created one of the rooms of our hotel. I had a lot of fun creating a room of my hotel.

Summer Learning Journey|Pancakes & Maple Syrup?

LI: To write the recipe of your favourite food. This week for day 4, activity 2 of week 1 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to write the recipe of our favourite food. My favourite food is waffles with chocolate syrup and ice cream. This activity was worth 4 points. For this activity I enjoyed it, because I could tell everyone my favourite food and the recipe to it.

Ingredients: 
2 cups of all-purpose flour            2 eggs

1 teaspoon of salt                         1 teaspoon of vanilla extract

4 teaspoons of baking powder     1 1/2 cups of butter that is melted

2 tablespoons of white sugar       1 1/2 cup of warm milk

Whipped Cream                          Chocolate Syrup                         
                   
Steps:
First preheat the waffle iron to the temperature you want.

Then mix in the salt, flour, baking powder and sugar together.

In a different bowl stir the eggs.

Pour in the milk, vanilla extract and the melted butter into the bowl with the eggs.

Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients.

Stir until its blended.

Pour your batter into the waffle iron.

Cook the waffles till it is crispy and gold.

Put the waffles onto a plate.

Add as much whipped cream and chocolate syrup as you want.

Now its ready to eat.

Summer Learning Journey| Sir Edmund Hilary| Five Questions

LI: To ask Sir Edmund Hilary 5 questions. This week for day 4, activity 1 of week one of Summer Learning Journey, we had to ask 5 questions to Sir Edmund Hilary. We had to pretend that we were interviewing him. This activity was worth 4 points. I had fun asking Sir Edmund Hilary 5 questions.

Questions:
1. Before you climbed Mount Everest, did you think that you would get to the top?

2. Did your family want you to climb Mount Everest?

3. Why was climbing Mount Everest your achievement?

4. Did you regret climbing Mount Everest, when you were climbing?

5. Did you have fun experiencing, climbing Mount Everest with Tenzing Norgay?

Summer Learning Journey|WWF/World Wildlife Fund

LI: To learn about the World Wildlife Fund. This week for day 3, activity 3 of week 1 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to find the name of animal that WWF is working to rescue, what WWF is doing to help the animal and what success they had keeping the animal safe. First we watched one of two clips. One was about saving tigers and the other was about "Saimaa Ringed Seals". The WWF was rescuing "Saimaa Ringed Seals". WWF was building snowbanks to help the endangered freshwater seals for them to give birth to pups. If there wasn't any snowbank, them the pups will not have any safety. The pups had to be born in snowbanks. This activity was worth 10 points. This activity was sort of hard and fun at the same time.

Summer Learning Journey|The Secretive Skink|DOC Rangers

LI: To list the pros and cons about DOC Rangers. This week for day 3, activity 2 of week 1 of Summer Learning Journey, we had to list three pros and cons of being a DOC ranger. DOC stand for Department Of Conservation. DOC rangers' job are to keep wild animals safe that are living on islands. I would not like to be a DOC ranger, because I fear wild animals and the animals might hurt me. This activity was worth 10 points. I had a lot of fun writing the pros and cons of being a DOC ranger.

Summer Learning Journey|Awesome Animals

 LI: To describe and post a description of your beast. This week for day 3, activity 1 of week 1, we had to think of our own beast. First we went on a book trailer, then we used our imaginations to create our own beast. Once we had created our beast, we needed to describe it and post a description. I chose to do a wolf's face with unicorn wings and a cats body. This activity was worth 4 points. I had lots of fun describing my beast.

Basic Facts Boxes|Addition & Subtraction

This week for basic facts boxes I decided to do addition and subtraction. The number range I did was up to 5. For basic facts boxes I did 50 addition equations and 50 subtraction equation. Altogether I did 100 equations. I had fun answering addition and subtraction equations.

SSR Selfie|Goosebumps The Scarecrow Walks At Midnight

LI: To summarise a story. This week for SSR Selfie I decided to read "Goosebumps|The Scarecrow Walks At Midnight". This story is about a girl named Jodie, who likes to go to her grandparents farm. Her grandpa tells good scary stories and her grandma makes really nice chocolate chip pancakes. Jodie's grandparent's farm looked quite different. Instead of the one scarecrow, there was twelve evil scarecrows. One day Jodie when was at the farm, it looked like the scarecrows were moving. It looked alive. 

Summer Learning Journey|Weird & Wonderful

LI: To solve a maths problem. This week for day 2, activity 2 of week 1, we solved a maths problem. The maths problem was to keep a cactus alive, you have to give it 3ml of water everyday. Over a year, how much water will you need to give your cactus plant?. First you have to count how many days in a whole year. There are 365 days in a year. After that you have to multipy 3 and 365. 3 x 365 = 1095, which means that over a year you have to give your cactus plant 1095ml of water.  This activity was worth 10 points. I enjoyed solving this maths problem.

Summer Learning Journey|Fabulous Ferns

LI: To list three sport teams that has the word fern in their team title. This week for day 2, activity 2 of week 1, we had to name three sport teams that had the word fern in their group title. We also put their uniforms beside it and wrote what uniform we like the best and why. This activity was worth 4 points. I had a lot of fun doing activity 2 of day 2.

The uniform that I like best is the silver ferns, because it has a big sign of the New Zealand leaf. The leaf actually shows since its big, unlike the others it doesn't really show, its just a small sign of the New Zealand leaf.

1. Silver Ferns 

2. Football Ferns 

3. Black Ferns 

Summer Learning Journey| Forest Life

LI: To tell if we want to go to Tāne Mahuta and why. This week for day 2, activity 1 of week 1, we told people if we wanted to go to Tāne Mahuta and why. This activity was worth 4 points. I had a lot of fun doing activity 1 of day 2.


I want to go to Tāne Mahuta, because it would be a huge experience for me. The tree looks really nice and ordinary, which is a good thing. I really want to see the tree in real life. I want to know if the tree nearly takes up the area. That is why I want to go to Tāne Mahuta.

Summer Learning Journey|Comment 1

LI: To comment on blogs. This week for Summer Learning Journey I decided to comment. I commented on Miiana's blog. Miiana was doing activity 2 of day 1 for the Summer Learning Journey. To me I think that Miiana did a great job at this activity. I had lots of fun commenting on Miiana's blog.
Here is the link- Miiana's Blog

Mahatma Gandhi's Biography | Presentation Week

 LI: To present our interactive notebook on our peaceful activist. This week for inquiry we finished of our interactive notebook on our peaceful activist. This week was presentation week. We presented our interactive notebooks on our peaceful activist. Charlize and I did Mahatma Gandhi. We presented our interactive notebook secondly. After presenting our work, we got feedback from the class and the teachers. Our feedback, was to speak loudly, don't repeat words and to not just talk about one thing.

Summer Learning Journey|Positive Digital Foot Print

LI: To be safe and positive online. This week for Summer Learning Journey day 1, activity 3 of week 1, we had to explain how we can create a positive digital footprint. We went on a google draw, which had a footprint. Inside the footprint we wrote how we can create a positive digital footprint. This activity was worth 10 points. I learnt how to be safe and positive online. I enjoyed this activity a lot.

Summer Learning Journey|Describing My Hometown

LI: To describe our Hometown. This week for Summer Learning Journey day 1, activity 2 of week 1, we had to describe our hometown. We had to use a lot of adjectives to describe our hometown. This activtiy was worth 4 points. My hometown is Auckland which I love. I enjoyed describing my hometown.

Describing My Hometown:
My hometown is wonderful. All the parks, the houses, shops, beaches are just beautiful. Auckland is a special place to live in. Everyone is just lovely and supportive in Auckland. I am really fortunate to live in Auckland. Auckland is a place, where it's filled with a lot of nature. Auckland is very fun to live in. I love Auckland a lot.

Summer Learning Journey| Three Fun Facts

LI: To learn facts about New Zealand. For day 1, activity 1 of week 1 of the Summer Learning Journey, we had to find three fun facts about New Zealand. We went on a website called "Tourism NZ website", to find our three fun facts. For this activity we would get four points. I learnt a lot of interesting facts about New Zealand. I had a lot of fun finding out facts about New Zealand.

Top 3 Fun Facts:
1. The Maori name of NZ is Aoetearoa, that means "land of the long white cloud".

2. You have to swear an oath of loyalty to Queen Eliabeth, to be a a New Zealand citizen.

3. In the Southern Hemisphere, the Sky Tower is the tallest freestanding building. It is 328 metres high.

Idioms

LI: To learn a whole bunch of idioms. This week for reading we learnt new idioms. First we got into a group. In my group I had Farzana and Chris. In our groups we found stories or articles online and offline, that had idioms. We recorded our idioms on a slide. For the slide we needed to add the idiom as the title, the definition that is copied and pasted with the link, a photo of the idiom you found in the text and the explanation of the idiom in the context. We went on two sites that had lists of idioms. We could do as many idioms as we wanted to. An example of an idiom is as busy as a bee which means very busy. If the idioms were found in the list we would get two points, but if the idioms weren't on the lists we would get one point. The group that had the highest points would win a treat. My group won, because we had 55 points. I had a lot of fun learning new idioms.

Subtraction Video

LI: To complete four tasks over four weeks. This week for maths we moved onto our last creation. I did the subtraction video. For this week we told Mr. Ogilvie what strategy we were going to do, the number range and how many equations we were going to do. The strategies I did was algorithm and numberline. The number range was up to 10,000 and I did 6 equations, because Mr. Ogilvie told me to do more equations and a higher number range. After that I moved onto the slide, then recorded.

Maori|Matching

LI: To match Maori places with their known names. This week for Maori we matched Maori places with their English meanings. We also wrote down which island it was on, like North Island or South Island.  We went on the Maori dictionary to find out what the Maori places mean. We went on the google maps to find out which Island it was on. I enjoyed matching the Maori places with their meanings and which island it is on.

Kiwi Can|Fun Week

This week for kiwi can we had Ms. Paige and Ms. Peehok. This week was fun week and the last week of kiwi can.  We recapped on our topics and theme on how we can respect it. The topics were respect for our school, community and environment and the theme was respect. We did a challenge using the catchphrases that we learnt. The first catchphrase was "kiwi can says take pride, in who you are,  respect the school and you'll go far". The next catchphrase was " kiwi can says we come in unity for our community". The last catchphrase was "kiwi can says respect our waters, air and trees and keep it tidy and keep it clean". We tried to memorise and say the catchphrases without the kiwi can leaders' help We played three games for fun week. The games we played was "invisible tag, ten second tag and octopus". We did GKQ, the master version. After that we went back to class. I enjoyed kiwi can a lot. The thing that I loved most about kiwi can was the activities and the energisers.

Commenting

LI: To learn how to smart comment. This week for commenting I decided to comment on Alayah's blog. The blogpost that I commented on was "Perfect Tenses". I think Alayah did a great job. The connection we made was that we both did perfect tenses. I liked the way Alayah added two paragraphs in her blurb and also a DLO of the perfect tenses. The advice that I gave her was that she should check her sentences before publishing. I had a lot of fun commenting on Alayah's blog.
Here is the link- Alayah's Blog

Basic Facts Boxes

LI: To learn our basic facts. This week for "Basic Facts Boxes". I decided to do addition and subtraction. I decided to do my addition and subtraction, up to 20. I answered 50 addition equations and 50 subtraction equations. Altogether I answered 100 equations. I had a lot of fun answering addition and subtraction equations.

SSR Selfie- Monster Minder

LI: To summarise text. This week for SSR Selfie I decided to read "Monster Minder". This story is about a girl called Trish who a expert with animals. Trish started her own pet sitting company. Trish's brother called Mac wanted to help, but Trish thought that Mac wasn't good at pet sitting. One day their great aunty pat sended a pet plant for Trish to sit. Trish realises that she needed Mac's help.

Maori Lessons

This week for Maori we did a matching activity. There were the meaning of the Maori place names in English, on one side and at the bottom there were the Maori place names. We had to match the Maori place names with the meanings. We went on the Maori dictionary to translate the Maori place names.

Steampunk Art

This week LS1 and I went to LS2 to do steampunk art. Steampunk art is machines are mixed with art. We drew steampunk art. We searched steampunk art to draw. We could use our imaginations if we wanted. I decided to draw a pizza with a light bulb, a bird with machines, a teddy bear with machines and more. I had a lot of fun drawing steampunk art. I think my steampunk art was bad, but at least I tried.

Blogpost Blurb|Analysing

LI: To analyse our own blog post blurbs. This week for cybersmart we analysed our blog post blurbs. First we chose a blogpost of our own. Then we took a screenshot of our blurb. After that, we wrote down the blogpost blurb needs and the unwants. I decided to highlight the needs and unwants, so that I could highlight my blurb with the needs and unwants. It was very easy to analyse my blurb.

Mahatma Gandhi

LI: To create a interactive notebook about a peaceful activist. This week for inquiry we made a interactive notebook of a peaceful activist. First we got into partners or groups. My partner was Charlize. In our groups we chose a peaceful activist. We decided to do Mahatma Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi was a peaceful activist who stopped British from ruling over India. Mahatma Gandhi's protest was fasting for 21 days and non violence. Here is the link- Mahatma Gandhi (Notes)

Perfect Tenses

LI: To identify the verb tenses: past perfect, present perfect and future perfect. This week for writing we made short videos of the past, present and future perfect tenses. First we got into partners. My partner was Farzana. We made twenty verbs that weren't from the last few weeks. We made seven videos of seven verbs. The words that Farzana and I chose was reiterate, mimic, transform, teleport, command, draw and vibrate. We also inflected the verbs. I had a lot of fun recording. I learnt about the past, present and the future perfect tenses.

Boxing

LI: To learn boxing combinations. This week we had boxing in class with Pax. This was the last boxing session. First we got into partners. My partner was Alayah. In our partners we decided who was partner one and who was partner two. Alayah was partner two and I was partner one. Partner one had to put on the boxing gear and partner two had to get two pool noodles. After that we moved onto our first combination. The combination was jab, cross, guard, right uppercut, left hook. Partner two had to hold the pool noodles, so that partner one could box. The second combination was jab, jab, cross, bridge, lefthook. Partner two did the same thing. The last combination was jab, cross, lefthook, roll lefthook. After that, we swapped over. We did the same combinations, but before doing the combinations, we did a warm up. Partner two had to do ten punches and a burpee. After that we moved onto the combinations. Once partner two had a turn, we put the gear away. We revised the combinations from last week and this week. I had a lot of fun boxing.

Multiplication Poster

LI: To complete four tasks over four weeks. This week for maths we moved onto our third task. I decided to do the poster, which was on multiplication. This week we we had to write our answers in three different languages. I decided to do Spanish, Japanese and English. We had to make three equations, 10 digit, 100 digit and 1000 digit. We could do any technique we wanted to do. I decided to do the lattice method. I had a lot fun creating a poster of multiplication. I learnt how to say numbers in three different languages.

Find, Draw, Animate, Act

 LI: To learn a whole bunch of new words. This week for reading we learnt new words. First we got into groups. In my group I had Farzana, Fau and Bella. Then we did a example. The words we had to find, draw, animate and act were thwart, encroach, opulent and fetid. After we did the example, we then found new words. We searched the definitions of the words. We did the find, draw, animate and act activity. For the activity we had to find images of the definition, we had to draw it, animate it and act it out. My group and I decided to find, draw, animate and act 16 words.