SLJ

Activity 2: North and South [4 points]

The country of New Zealand is made up of two main islands – the North Island and the South Island. Approximately 77% of the New Zealand population live in the North Is

land. Many of these people (including our Summer Learning Journey design team) live in Auckland city. Auckland is a great place to live with lots of amazing parks, beautiful waterways and stunning scenery to enjoy. It is also a busy, vibrant city with many cafes, museums, galleries and theatres to visit. I feel lucky to call Auckland my ‘hometown.’

Now it is time to think about your hometown. What is special about where you live? On your blog, describe your hometown. Be sure to include lots of describing words (adjectives) in your post.

The country of Samoa. The beautiful trees and light blue oceans. There
are some many things about Samoa that I love like about the
beautiful trees, the waterfalls, the Tropical Beaches and the clock tower
that my Great Grandfather built.

Did you know there is 197,695 people living in Samoa right now. There are
different cities in Samoa that I would love to visit one day. In Samoa there
are 3 main important things and that is faith, family and music. Samoa is
the most special thing to me and my family because Samoa is where my siblings and I were born and that is also where my parents were born. I am proud to come from a beautiful country. I will always love and call Samoa my home.

Task description:

The SLJ (summer learning journey) a Programme for kids from around the world. This Weeks is about A PLACE TO STAND. This activity that I had to write about was about where I came from or my hometown which is Samoa. Samoa is a country that I call home. It was really easy to write about because Samoa is really important to me . It was really fun writing about my hometown.

SLJ

The starts of a new day as the days of school is over. Soon to be leaving 2018 and into a new year. Anyway its never to late to keep learning so that's why I joined The Summer Learning Journey. Some people may think that learning in the holiday is boring but it can really help your learning improve.

DAY 1: IN THE BEGINNING...

Activity 1: The Legend of New Zealand [4 points]

According to Māori mythology, much of Aotearoa New Zealand was formed when Māui, a powerful demigod, fished it out of the sea. Legend has it that Māui created a magical fish hook from the jawbone of his grandmother and that one day he took his hook, boarded a boat, and rode out into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Once at sea, he threw his magical hook into the water and caught a fish. This ‘fish’ was actually the North Island of New Zealand! In honour of this legend, the North Island of New Zealand is sometimes referred to as Te Ika a Māui or ‘Māui’s fish’ and the South Island of New Zealand is sometimes referred to as Te Waka a Māui or ‘Māui’s canoe’.

To learn more cool facts about New Zealand, check out the Tourism NZ website. Read the fun facts posted on the website and choose your ‘Top 3.’ On your blog, post your ‘Top 3 Fun Facts’ about NZ in your own words

1. New Zealand which is also known as Aotearoa. Aotearoa means the land
of the long white cloud but in maori it is called Te Whenua o Aotearoa.

2. Our New Zealanders are also called kiwis but people may think that kiwis
are a fruit well they are wrong. Kiwis are New Zealand native flightless,and
nearly wingless bird. Kiwis are only found in New Zealand.

3.The official language in New Zealand is English and Maori. Almost the
entire population speaks english. English is also a second language to
some people. English is the common spoken languages in New Zealand

Task description:

This take that I have took part is apart of the SLJ  (summer learning journey) so this weeks task was about A PLACE TO STAND. My job was to find out 3 fun facts on a website about New Zealand and pick my top 3 facts that I was gonna write about.

Genius Hour

Genius Hour helps kids learn or write something new. You can write about anything. Today I have wrote some information and some of my thoughts about Teacher Strike. I hope Teachers from around the world will get what they need since they are trying to help kids.

MY ART WORK

This term for Inquiry the year 7s has been biluding sculptures .My sculptures is about how much I love my mother. My mum has always been my everything from the start. My sculpture represents my mum. I have done everything with my mother and I always will. This term is all about art so I wanted to sculpts something that shows my love to my mother.

Good Writing is....2.0

What makes a Good writing?. You will need to describe what you are writing about. You would need a intro to describe what your writing,  3 body paragraph with one main idea to go with it, & and a conclusion.

BEDMAS

Today I have been learning more about BEDMAS. BEDMAS helps you figure out the problem. It was challenging at first but I got the hang of it. These problem were really hard. I hope I can learn more about BEDMAS in the future.

Teacher Strike

TEACHERS STRIKE

Intro-Teachers has just finished another strike. Will they ever stop, YES NO
what is your answer. Teachers will never stop until they get what they want.
Teacher take there time to teach students and what does those the government
repay them with?.

1 paragraph-When and why did it start?.

It all start in the early April,Oklahoma was the second state that went on strike.
Until then teachers will always strike until they get what they want. Teachers work
so hard everyday and every week.What is the meaning of strike? The meaning is that teachers have had enough of this nonsense,they need more teachers ,they need more money to help student. They will never give up.

2 paragraph-What is the problem?.

Schools need more teacher. Without teachers student will not have a good
education. Why can’t the government help them?. Why can’t the teachers have the
opportunity to speak up and help kids. Learning is more important to teacher then
money there just trying to help. Schools have big classes but not enough teachers.

3 paragraph-Students future

Less and less students are going to university to become a teachers but how when
there is not enough teacher to teach them. Some student future is to become a
teacher but we are losing teachers. Students futures are more important so why
can’t we help them.Student are the future of becoming teacher but I don’t think that will be able to happen.

Concussion-Teachers strikes because they are trying to help students with their
learning. Teachers loves and care for us students. US STUDENT NEED TO TAKE
A STAND AND HELP OUR TEACHERS. Teachers deserve more money because
they need it.