Summer Learning Journey | Mighty Mangroves

I think my dad is very strong and tough because whenever someone does something wrong he confronts them and is not scared to tell them to not do what they are doing wrong. My dad is tough because when he realizes there is something wrong that he is doing he stops right away and talks about it to my mum.

LI. To talk about a tough and strong person.
Today I completed the 2nd activity for the 2nd day for the 2nd week of the SLJ. We had to talk about a person who is very strong and tough. This person could be in your personal life or in movies. I chose my dad because I think he is tough. I enjoyed this activity because I could talk about my tough dad.

Summer Learning Journey | Weaving a tall tale...

I would love to flax weave becuase it is fun and the finished product turns out fabulous. I am very interested in flax weaving as it is an amazing fun thing to do. Flax weaving does not only take your boringness away, it also takes some of your time if you have nothing to do. Flax weaving can also make amazing decoration ideas for your room or home. I've always wanted to do flax weaving. I have tried it outdoors but was always to busy to finish the pattern. Flax weaving is one of my favourite things to do outdoors or maybe inside. When I was little my house had a flax plant and I would always try to make patterns with them. Now I don't have any flax, so I try to do it with the carpets strings. I also make patters similar to the flax patterns to my hair or to my sisters hair. I really enjoy flax weaving.

LI. To tell people if you would like to do flax weaving and why or why not.
Today I completed the 1st activity for the 2nd day for the 2nd week of the SLJ. We had to tell if we would like to do flax weaving and tell why we would or why we wouldn't. We also had to tell kf we are interested in flax weaving. I enjoyed this activity because flax weaving is great.

Summer Learning Journey | Something Smells Fishy

Fish Fact 1: The oldest known fish in the world is a 65 year old 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 sounds (moans, hisses, etc) TRUE
Fish Fact 5: Fish usually swim together in groups called 'classes'. TRUE

LI. To find out about facts and say if they are true or false.
Today I completed the 3rd activity for the 1st day for the 2nd week of the SLJ. We had to find out if the five facts are true or false. We had to research these things. It was pretty simple. I enjoyed this activity because I like researching. The activity was worth 10 points.

Summer Learning Journey | The great Taupo Cycle Challenge

The three people:
1. My cousin Sakina
2. My cousin Zahra
3. My sister Mahdia

Reason I chose them:
1. Sakina | Because she is good at cycling.
2. Zahra | Because she is energetic.
3. Mahdia | Because she is fast.

LI. To list three people that you would like to participate in the Lake Taupo Compition.
Today I completed the 2nd activity for the 1st day for the 2nd week of the SLJ. We had to list three people we wanted to go with to participate in the Lake Taupo Race. I chose my two cousins: Sakina and Zahra. I also chose my oldest sister Mahdia. The reason why I chose them was because my sister is fast, my cousin Sakina is good at cycling, and my cousin Zahra is energetic.

Summer Learning Journey | Surfs Up!

LI. To talk about your favourite summer activity. Today I completed the 1st activity of week two on the SLJ. We had to post a image of yourself doing your favourite activity in the holidays and you had to explain why it was your favourite. The activity was worth 4 points.

My favourite activity to do is: doing tricks on my parents bed. The reason for this is because if it is school days you will have to do work, and if we do it on the weekends it won't be that long. So if we do it in the holidays we will have more time to do fun tricks.

Summer Learning Journey | Going, going... gone

Photo by: Nadine_Simoner CC0 by 1.0

New Zealand is a pretty successful country. It has one of the tallest building the Sky Tower. The population is more that Sydney. NZ has 4.794 million people, whereas Sydney has 4.452 million people. Sir Edmund Hillary is one of the most important people in NZ. Sir Edmund Hillary climbed Mount, Everest. The beaches have calm and peaceful waves. NZ has a lot of different cultures and that means we get to know about cultures and people more often. Stan Walker is a kiwi too. He is a famous recording artist, actor, and television personality. This year the Black Ferns won the NZ cup. It was a great celebration for mainly women, but men too.

LI. To write a description about 2018 of NZ.

Today I completed the 3rd activity for the 5th day of the SLJ. I had to write a description about life in NZ for 2018. I had to remember that this person veiwing this post hasn't been to NZ. I enjoyed talking about NZ because there are a lot of amazing things that happend in NZ for 2018.

Summer Learning Journey | Living on the Edge

Dear Sakina,
I am having very fun in Tundra. I never knew that they had barely any trees in here! How do people get fresh air? I saw a couple of animals that have been migrating. I am wearing a very warm and cosy coat. If you ever go to Tundra consider wearing a coat because it is quite cold here. I just found out that the name Tundra means 'treeless mountain tracks' or 'uplands'. The view on the mountains are just amazing! Hope you can come here!

Your Sincerely
Farzana

LI. To write a letter to a friend or family member.
Today I completed the 2nd activity for the fifth day of the SLJ. For this activity we had to create a letter to a family member or a friend, I chose my amazing cousin Sakina. I told her about how the name Tundra means 'treeless mountain tracks' or 'uplands'. I enjoyed talking about these things and I hope Sakina sees this letter I made for her.

Summer Learning Journey | Towering Timbers

LI. To explain if you would like logging or not.
Today I completed the first activity for the 5th day for the SLJ. I think that we should not let logging happen to NZ native trees. My fist reason about this is because animals will have trouble without native trees. My second reason for this is because if you cut down trees think about what will happen to trees if this keeps on going around NZ. If they make books and paper out of the trees, people might just throw it away or waste them. If people keep on continuing this one day our trees might be gone, so how are we going to get fresh air?

Lird | Summer Learning Journey | Awesome Animals

LI. To make your own amazing animal. Today I completed the first activity for the third day and also for the SLJ. I created a Lird. It is a combination of Lion Bird. I really like my Lird because it is original and cool. I really enjoyed this activity because I could create and share my peice of art.

Malala Yousafzai | Presentation

LI. To present about a peaceful activist.
This week for inquiry we had to present a slide about a peaceful activist we chose. We worked in groups for this activity. In my group there was: Liletina, Lorenzo, and I. We chose the peaceful activist Malala Yousafzai. Malala was born in the 12th of July 1997 and was the youngest peaceful activitst at the age of 17. Malala is my insperation to keep me educated. She is Pakistani. I really enjoyed telling people about Malala Yousafzai because I think people need to learn her story.

SSR Selfie | Kiwi Bites | Family Surprises

LI. To retell a text.
This week for SSR Selfie I chose to retell the story Family Surprises by Kiwi Bites. It was about two main characters named Rosie and Caxton. They both had problems. Rosies problem was when she tried to breathe, a squirt of water filled the air in front of her. Caxtons problem was that it was hard to swim when his family was vert loyal towards art.

Summer Learning Journey | Weird & Wonderful

LI. To solve a maths problem.
Today I completed the 3rd activity for day 2. We had to solve a maths problem. The problem was: You got a cactus plant for your birthday. To keep it alive you will need to give it 3ml of water each day, over a full year how much water will you give to your plant? There are 365 days in a year. 3ml x 365 = One thousand and ninety five. I got to the answer one thousand and ninety five. I really enjoyed this activity.

Summer Learning Journey | Week 1 | Day 2 | Activity 2

 Black Ferns
Silver Ferns

        Football Ferns.
LI. To list NZ sports team that have ferns in them.
Today for the 2nd day and 2nd activity we had to list three names that have ferns in them. The teams had to be in NZ. I think the Silver Ferns have the best uniform. I enjoyed this activity.

Summer Learning Journey | Week 1 | Day 2 | Activity 1

I would like to go to Tāne Mahuta because it will be having surrounding nature around me, I would like to go to Tāne Mahuta to see the big tree, and I would like to go to Tāne Mahuta because it is very nice and pretty there.

LI. To tell people if we would like to go to Tāne Mahuta.
Today I completed the first activity for the 2nd day of the Summer Learning Journey. We had to tell people if we would like to go to Tāne Mahuta. I really enjoyed this activity.

Summer Learning Journey | Week 1 | Day 1 | Activity 3

LI. To learn about the creation of positive digital footprints.
Today I completed the SLJ (Summer Learning Journey) activity 3. We had to write about how I can create a positive digital footprint of websites. I did 10 ways to have a positive digital footprint. I hope these postitive digital footprints teach people about being safe online.

Summer Learning Journey | Week 1 | Day 1 | Activity 2

Describing hometown:
I think what is special about my hometown is how Max Gimblett was born in Auckland NZ and how he got famous. Some other special things about my home town is how Auckland is the biggest city in NZ, how the Sky Tower is amazing, the places are extraordinary and tons more.

LI. To describe your hometown.
Today I completed activity 2 for the Summer Learning Journey programme. It was about what was special about our home town.

Summer Learning Journey | Week 1 | Day 1 | Activity 1

1. The maori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa which means the land of the long white cloud.

2. The most popular films in the country include ‘Once were Warriors’, ‘The Whale Rider’, ‘The Piano’ and the ‘Lord of the Rings’ trilogy.

3. The Auckland City Sky Tower is the tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 meters high.

LI. To learn about three new fun facts about New Zealand. 

Today I completed the first activity for the day. It was to learn three new facts about NZ. Some of these facts I didn't know. I enjoyed this activity because it was fun and simple. I also learned new facts about NZ.

Algorithm | Division

LI. To complete four tasks over four weeks. This week for maths we had to create a slide, poster, animation, or video. I created a poster about division. I did five questions on division and solved them by using algorithm. We could chose our questions, amount of questions, and the strategy. I enjoyed making this poster and hope it will teach the viewer something.

Idioms

LI. To learn a whole bunch of idioms.
This week for reading we had to create a slide and find idioms from stories that are not about idioms. We had to work in groups for the activity. I was with: Sakina and Chris.We had a challenge on which group can get the most out of everyone. We found 55 idioms in total coming first place. It was fun and challenging. I enjoyed this activity.

Kiwi Can | Fun Week

LI. To recap our lessons over the term.
This week for our last session for kiwi can we had to recap our learning, catchphrases, and funnest times. First we had to recap our learning over the term. We talked about our theme and our three topics. We then said our three catchphrases that we did this term. Our three catchphrases were: "Kiwi Can says: Come in unity, for our community," "Kiwi Can says: Take pride, in who you are, respect our school, and you'll go far," and "Kiwi Can says: Respect our waters, Air and Trees, Keep it tidy, Keep it clean." I liked all of the catchphrases. The video on the top shows our group doing the catchphrase. This week was fun. I enjoyed the learning and the activities with is.

Maori

LI. To match Maori places with their 'known' names. This week for maori we had to find out the English words for places in NZ. We first had to search up the maori names on the first column, then we had to find the English word, and then we had to find if that place is in the North or South Island. I had fun doing this activity and finding these words. We then had to check it of with Whaea Ode.

Commenting

LI. To comment on people's blogposts.
This week for commenting I commented on Fanini's blogpost. It was about cybersmart. I asked Fanini if he could fill the unwanted section on his DLO. I mentioned the fact that he didn't put some of the things that is on his DLO on his blurb. I hope Fanini can make a change to his blogposts to make them interesting.

Basic Facts Boxes

LI. To learn the basic facts. This week for daily six we had to make a copy of the basic facts boxes sheet. I did the multiplication & division sheet. I hope I memorise the answers. I enjoyed this acivity for daily six.

SSR Selfie | The Tinklers Three

LI. To retell a text. This week for SSR selfie I read a book called 'The Tinklers Three'. I enjoyed the book because it was relatable. When it is a very hot day I think of idea's to make my body cool down. From ice to freezing water.

Athletics Interschools | Lloyd Elsmore

 LI. To compete with different schools. This week on Wednesday a group of people from our school went to Lloyd Elsmore at Pakuranga to take part of the Athletic day interschools. When we arrived we had to wait a bit and then compete. My sport wasn't until the afternoon so I waited a                                                            long time. I was cheering for our
                                                      school. At the end for the relay our
                                                      school came second. I enjoyed the
                                                      the day and I was impressed with
                                                      our school because they did really
                                                      good.

Find, Draw, Animate, Act | Reading

LI. To learn a whole bunch of new words. This week for reading we had to find words and describe them with either find, draw, animate or act. We worked in groups of three but our group had one extra. In our group there was: Fau, Sakina, Bella and I. In total we described 16 words. I learnt new words that I didn't even know existed. I did two words for draw, and one word for animate. I really enjoyed the work that we had to do for reading.

Malala Yousafzai Biography | Peace Activist

LI. To create an interactive slide about a peacful activist.
This week for inquiry we had to create an interactive slide with our partners. My partner was Liletina and Lorenzo. Our peaceful activist was Malala Yousafzai. She was born on the 12th of June 1997. Her nationality is Pakistani. Malala shared her Nobel Peace Prize with a man named Kailash Satyarthi. Malala's story was about how she got shot in her head because the Taliban took over their village and forced the women to not have education. Malala came up with her first book and shared her speech. Malala believed that all people should have education and mostly women because people are stopping women and girls from getting educated. Malala now is in University and studying Philosophy.
Here is a link to the Notes- Malala Yousafzai Notes

Verb Words | Present Perfect, Past Perfect & Future Perfect

LI. To identify verb tenses.
This week for writing we had to create a slide with our partner and put 20 verb words on. We then had to create a video for the 7 words that we picked. Which were Mimick, Reiterate, Command, Draw, Vibrate, Transform, and Teleport. My partner I was working with was Sakina. I certainly enjoyed the actvity we needed to do.

Multiplication | Slide

LI. To complete four tasks over four weeks. This week for maths we had to create a DLO. For this week I chose to make a slide. We had to pick three languages and write the answer in the language that we chose. I chose: Persian, Maori, and English. Mr. Ogilvie told us that we didn't have to write the whole slide the language we chose, so I just put the answer in the language.

Kiwi Sport | Boxing

LI. To put all the combinations together. 

This week for kiwisport it was our last boxing session of the year.  We were learning how to do long combimations together. We got into partners, my partner was Liletina. We first warmed up and did 10 punches and 1 burpee. Then we did 20 punched and 1 burpee, and the punches kept on going higher and higher. We tried to complete at least 50 punches in 2 minutes. We had three rounds with 2 minutes of practise. The first round was: Jab, Cross, Guard, Right Upper cut, Left hook. It was pretty hard to do. The second round was: Jab, Jab, Cross, Bridge, Cross. We practised for 2 minutes. The last round was: Jab, Cross, Left hook, Roll, Left hook. We did that for 2 minutes. After those three rounds we switched our boxing gloves and liners. We then did the combinations over again but with our other partner. After the session we took a group photo. I enjoyed the sessions of boxing even when I had a bad day. I hope I can do more boxing in the future.

Animation | Addition

LI. To complete four tasks over four weeks.
This week for maths I chose to do addition with an animation. I did this by using algorithm. We had to add 6 digit numbers. My equation was: 900,000 + 800,000 = ?. My animation took a long time but it worked out and it came out better than I expected it to be. I was quite happy with my animation and I put a lot of effort in it. I really enjoyed the process of making my animation.

Verb Words

LI. To identify verb tenses.
This wee for writing we were looking at verb tenses which are: Past Continuous, Future Continuous, and Simple Present. We had to make a DLO and write 20 words that we didn't use last week. We also worked in partners. I partnered with Alayah. We had to create videos of seven words that we had picked. We also wrote sentences about the words we chose. I enjoyed this activity because we got to make videos.

Peace | Slideshow

LI. To explore some definitions of peace.
This week for inquiry we had to partner up in to groups of five and write antonyms and synonyms of the word 'Peace'. We then had to split our group into two groups with two in one group and three in one group. First I was with Giovanni, Akuhata, Lorenzo, and Liletina. Then we split up to Liletina, Lorenzo, and I. We had to write down sentences with the words we wrote on the slide to describe the images. We then had to write down what we then the people in the photos are thinking and their perspectives. After that we made DLO's about what we think peace means. I think peace is when people have calmness around their environments and place. I also think peace means when people come together to connect with each other whether they are different gender, skin tone, and religion. I enjoyed making the DLO. I also enjoyed writing down the sentences with my group.

Inferring thoughts and emotions | Movie

LI. To infer thought and emotions. This week for reading we had to make inferences on a short film called 'For the birds'. Inference is when you figure out a new idea by getting hints from a story or video with out the author directly saying it. We had to take a screenshot of the part on where we made an inference and then link the time on the film. We then had to write down our inferences on the text box then put our evidence in bullet points. We made two inferences with our whole class. Then we made an inference with our reading group, after that we had to do as many as we can or want by ourselves. I enjoyed the activity because we watched a film with it, and the film was funny.

Athletics Day | Sprint Finals

LI. To have fun and do activities for a day.

Today our school did a bunch of activities for athletics day. The activities were: Eggs and spoon, Rest/Dance, Frisbee throwing, Lifesaver, Discus, Softball, Sponge Relay, Rob the Nest, and Long Jump.

We first did: Dance/Rest, Eggs & Spoon, Frisbee throwing, Rob the Nest, Long Jump, Softball, Discus and Lifesavers last. It was very fun and I enjoyed it a lot. My favourite activity was the Sponge relay. It was my favourite because we got wet and it was super sunny and hot. The Tamaki College students helped us with the activities.

For the activities we had to: run from a distance or jump from where you are, run for the ball when you hear the starter, dance or rest, get into a bag jump to the sponge roll under the stick and then jump over the rope and dip your sponge into the bucket of water, rob the nest and tag people, throw the softball as far as you can get, and throw the hula hoop on the cone, cricket, or on the stick.

I enjoyed the whole day including the race although I didn't come first or second. I hope we do athletics next hear!