Summer Learning Journey: Week 2 Day 5

For this activity, please brainstorm at least five ways we could support the people who are affected by the fires in New South Wales, Australia. You could think of ways to raise money, things to send them, and ways to keep them feeling positive.

On your blog, share your brainstorm of ideas and create a video or audio recording of yourself explaining each idea.

I think we could raise money for people affected by the fires in Australia by:

- Starting online fundraisers.

- Sending over our own firefighters.

- Donating to online fundraisers.

- Doing garage sales or going to markets in order to raise money.

- Let Australians escaping from the fire take refuge in New Zealand.

For this activity, we would like you to follow in their footsteps and perform a random act of kindness.

On your blog, describe your random act of kindness. What did you do? How did the person react? How did it make you feel?

Whenever I stay over at my Granny's house, I always help out with taking the rubbish out, doing the dishes and other chores that she might want done. She's always happy that I'm helping out, I'm happy with doing a few chores here and there if it means she doesn't have to.

For this activity, choose one person and read all about them.

On your blog, provide us with:
The name of the person
A description of the work they do/have done
An explanation of how they/their work has had an impact on the lives of others

The person I chose is Kate Sheppard

She was a leader in the suffragette movement, whose goal was to bring women the same rights as men ie; voting. Her actions and the actions of the many suffragettes allow women these days to enjoy the exact same privileges as men.

Summer Learning Journey: Week 2 Day 4

For this activity, read through the seven whakataukī (proverbs or metaphors) presented in this document. Choose one that has meaning for you. Create a poster that features the whakataukī and be sure to include at least one image (a drawing or photograph) on the poster that represents the whakataukī that you chose.

On your blog, share your poster of your whakataukī.

(No Attribution Required)

For this activity we are going to become more familiar with some of these amazing indigenous communities. Please click on the links below to learn more about these fascinating groups.

Ainu People

Australian Aboriginal People

The Inuit People

Papuan People

The Maya People

Once you have finished learning about these groups, please choose the two that interest you the most.

On your blog tell us the names of the two groups that you chose and then tell us at least two interesting facts about each group. To earn full points, you must provide two facts about both groups - 4 facts in total.

Australian Aboriginal People:

- They could be the oldest living population of humans outside of Africa.

- Aboriginal Australians are split into two groups: The Aboriginal Peoples and the Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

The Inuit People: 

- The average age of the Inuit people is 23.

- Values like sharing, respecting elders and co-operation are still very important to the Inuit.

For this activity, please identify someone in your life who is a role model to you. This could be a parent, grandparent, neighbour, minister, imam, rabbi etc. Please ask them to share one piece of wisdom (advice) with you that they think you and your blog readers should hear.

On your blog, share this wisdom with your readers.

When I was working one day, my boss told me something that someone else told them; "Remember to say hello to everyone on your way up, because you never know who'll meet on your way down" I think that means you should be nice to the people you meet when you're moving up in life, because, if you fall back down, you don't know who'll be there to greet you.

Summer Learning Journey: Week 2 Day 3

For this activity, let’s imagine that the government decides to create a new $10 bank note and replace Kate with a picture of a different New Zealand woman.

On your blog, tell us who you think the government should put on the new $10 note. Please provide us with a picture of this amazing woman and a short explanation of why you have selected her as Kate Sheppard’s replacement.

The New Zealander that I chose to replace Kate Sheppard on the $10 note is Jean Batten because, like Kate Sheppard, she was a pioneer and her achievements might've showed that women can do the same as men.

For this activity, we would like you like you to write a short story. The story can be about anything that you wish but to receive full points it must be at least 10 sentences long!

On your blog, share your short story. We can’t wait to read it!

Once upon a time, in a kingdom far in the past, there lived a powerful knight. One day, the king called him forth to issue a quest "My daughter's been kidnapped by monsters, etc... go save her". The knight (Whose name was Arthur McNugget) hurriedly sped off on his horse, eager to rescue the princess and claim the 10,000 gold piece reward. 

An hour later, Arthur had arrived at the monster's den. As he slowly crept inside, he began to smell a sickening odour coming from one passageway- so he went that way. Upon seeing a group of hobgoblins huddled around the corpse of a boar, Arthur drew his broadsword and began hacking the monsters down. 

After finishing the last of the hobgoblins, he ventured deeper into the cave- only this time, he came across a huge room full of dead animals. A massive nest made out of bones, hay and skin gave the room a feel of looming danger. Arthur quickly charged right at the nest, leaping over the side and driving his sword straight into... wait- why wasn't he moving? He was stuck in the air, wondering what was happening, until his body exploded.

For this activity, choose a book that you like and write a short review of it. In the review, tell us what the book is about and what you like about it.

On your blog, share your book review with a photo or illustration (drawing) of the book.

The book that I chose is called Hotel Kerobokan, it's about a prison in Bali where hundreds of killers, drug dealers, and other criminals serve time. I like it because although it's set in a prison, the author includes interesting things like the amount of corruption inside the jail. 

Summer Learning Journey: Week 2 Day 2

For this activity, please imagine that you are Mr Mandela and that you are living at Robben Island prison. You have been given a journal and each night you write in it.

On your blog, write a journal entry imagining that you are Mr Mandela. What do you think he did each day? How did he feel? Include as much detail as you can in the journal entry.

Day 23,

Today was very quiet, I mostly stayed inside my cell and only came out to eat my meals. Barely anyone has been fighting and less and less shouting can be heard every day. Some of the guards are nice, whilst others refuse to speak to me. Maybe tomorrow will be different.

For this activity, we would like you to explore the School Strike for Climate Australia website.

On your blog, list three facts (things) that you learned, and include a photograph of something that you are doing around home to help the environment.

1. Thousands of students from all around protested climate change in and out of school.

2. They want no new oil, coal and gas projects.

3. They also want 100% renewable energy by 2030.

(Me putting recycling into the recycling bin)

For this activity, please consider the problem that black men and women faced in America at this time.

On your blog, describe the problem. What did Rosa Parks do about the problem? How did other people react?

Back in the 1900s America was very segregated (There was a divide between races), different races had different privileges ie; White men and women had more rights than black men and women. Rosa Parks was a black woman who refused to let a white passenger have her seat on a bus, she was arrested, but her actions caused an uproar in both black and white communities and major protest began to occur- demanding equal rights for all.

Summer Learning Journey: Week 2 Day 1

For this activity, create a list of your ‘Top 5’ favourite things to do and take a photo of yourself doing each of these things.

On your blog post both your list and your photos of your favourite things.

1. Sleep

2. Play Football

3. Read

4. Play Games

5. Watch YouTube

For this activity, we would like you to calculate Jessa’s age when she won the NAIDOC Youth of the Year award. She was born on 7 April 1985 and she received the award on 9 July 2010. Please provide the answer to this question in years, months and days (eg. 20 years, 6 months and 2 days).

On your blog, please post both your final answer and an explanation of how you solved this maths problem. You could write your explanation, or use screencastify to record yourself explaining how you solved it.

I worked this out by subtracting the years and then the months:
2010 - 1985 = 25 Years
7 + 16 = 23 days
May (31)
June (30)
July (9)
= 23+31+30+9= 93

And then you split the days into the following months.
April (30 days)

May (31 days)

June (30 days)

93 - 91 = 2
So the answer is 25 years, 3 months and 2 days.

For this activity, please write a letter that includes the issue you have chosen, why you have chosen it, and what you would like our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, to do about it. It is your job to persuade us (and her!) that it’s an important issue.

On your blog, share your letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Hello, my name is Alex.

I'd like you to think about how many men, women and children live in poverty. Coming from a middle class family, I don't know much about not having enough money for food every week, or not being able to celebrate many events due to a lack of funds, but that doesn't change my point of view. Labour's housing plan failed miserably; hundreds if not thousands of families are still homeless, living on couches, in cars or shelters. You've most likely already been told this, but, an extra reminder always helps.

Thanks,

Summer Learning Journey: Week 1 Day 5

For this activity, we would like to learn more about the things that are important to you.

On your blog, please share three things that you treasure and say why they are treasures to you.

1. My family (Because they've always helped me out)

2. My bunk bead (Because I've been sleeping in it for as long as I can remember)

3. My chromebook (Because I've had it for over 4 years)

For this activity, listen to the podcast of Yusra Mardini, or read her story on her personal website.

On your blog, retell the story of this amazing young woman from Syria.

During the summer of 2015 a group of refugees fleeing Syria had their boat's engine fail, Yusra and 3 other passengers jumped into the water and swam for hours in order to stop the boat from collapsing. Yusra's bravery was recognized by the international Olympic committee, and she competed in the Rio games the following year.

For this activity, please choose one person (a changemaker) and read all about them.

On your blog, provide us with:
The name of the person
A description of the work they do/have done
An explanation of how they/their work has had an impact on the lives of others

The person I picked was Kelly Slater

He is said to be the greatest surfer of all time, with 11 world titles, 55 career victories and the records of being the youngest and oldest world champion.

He's impacted the lives of others by creating an artificial wave pool that can have waves from 6-8 feet in height. 

Summer Learning Journey: Week 1 Day 4

For this activity, watch these videos about Serena and Venus Williams.

On your blog, tell us three things that you learned from watching these videos, as well as one thing you would still like to know.

1. Serena Williams made 84 million dollars less than Roger Federer.

2. Serena Williams was ranked #51 on the highest paid athletes list.

3. Serena Williams has won at least 23 grand slams.

(The videos were released in 2017 and 2018)

One thing I would like to know is; Who is better? Roger Federer or Serena Williams?

For this activity, imagine that you were allowed to change your name to anything that you wanted.

On your blog, tell us what you would change your name to and why you would choose that name.

I don't think I'd want to change my name at all because all the people that I know, know me as Alex. Changing it would make it weird and create awkward situations where I could be called my old name.

For this activity, imagine that you were asked to create a travel brochure for Tonga (or a country that is important to you). On the brochure, include lots of great tips about what to see and do in the country.

On your blog, post your finished copy of your brochure.