Summer Learning Journey: Week 3 Day 2

For this activity, we would like you to select one of the pictures below and to study or observe it closely. What do you see?

On your blog, describe the painting in detail. What do you see when you look at it? Please give us as much detail as you can!

Image Attribution: The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh is in the Public Domain.

I selected the Starry Night.

A swirling blue night sky is dotted with golden balls of light, a dark pillar stands high above a sleeping town. Mountains in the background are like waves as they twist around.

For this activity, we would like to hear about a time when you, or someone you know, experienced a challenge and overcame it.

On your blog, recount a time when you or someone you know experienced a challenge and overcame it.

My mum wasn't born in New Zealand, she grew up in Samoa speaking a different language. When she came here she couldn't speak much English, so she had to learn a lot of new words. After 3 years of studying she's now a qualified teacher.

For this activity we would like you to give coding a try. Click on the link for the website: code.org. If you try an activity and it is too easy, try a harder level!

On your blog, post a screenshot of your completed shape. Underneath the shape tell us what you thought of the coding app. Is it good? Why/why not?

The app only requires simple coding skills and degrees knowledge in maths, it's a trial and error kind of game. I think it'd be good for teaching people (Who don't know much about coding) to draw shapes, that's probably why it was chosen.