Day 5, Activity 3: Own Choice

Day 5, Activity 3: Own Choice 

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

On your blog, provide us with:

1. The name of the person

2. A description of the work they do/have done

3. An explanation of how they/their work has had an impact on the lives of others

The name of the person is Jessica Watson.

Jessica's job that she does right on this day is sailing.  Jessica is a sailor.

She has told a lot of people that anything is possible and never give up if you have a goal and you have not reached it.  She even wrote a book called true spirit to tell people about her life about being a sailor and about Jessica sailing around the whole world solo. 

Day 5, Activity 2: Swimming to Safety

Day 5,  Activity 2: Swimming to Safety

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.

When I started to read I knew that she was an amazing person.  She really loves to swim and it was amazing that she saved 20 people's lives by swimming that is just amazing.  She was only eighteen when she started swimming.  She was born on  March 5th, 1998 and on this she is twenty-one and she stills loves to swim.

DAY 5: AGAINST THE ODDS, Activity 1: National Treasure

DAY 5: AGAINST THE ODDS, Activity 1: National Treasure

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 and pets.

2. My friends.

3. To know that I have people that I can talk to about stuff.

DAY 3: Activity 3: Achieving our Dreams

DAY 3:  Activity 3: Achieving our Dreams

For this activity, choose a friend or family member and ask them what their dream job would be. Please then brainstorm six ways in which you could support them in achieving their dream job.


On your blog, present your ideas as a poster or infographic.


I interviewed my cousin Blake.

His dream job was he would like to own a business.  Because he can be his own boss and make his own decision. He thinks it would be a really cool job to have.

DAY 4: INDIVIDUAL PURSUITS Activity 1: Making a Racket

DAY 4: INDIVIDUAL PURSUITS Activity 1: Making a Racket

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.  They both love playing tennis.

2.  They only have one year difference.  Serena is 38 and Venus is 39.

3.  They both started playing tennis at the age of three.

DAY 4: Activity 3: Worth her Weight in Gold

DAY 4: Activity 3: Worth her Weight in Gold

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.

DAY 4: Activity 2: What’s in a Name?

DAY 4:  Activity 2: What’s in a Name?

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 would change my name  to:

Ivey because I think that is a really pretty name and I wish my parents chose that name for me because I love that name so much.

DAY 3: Activity 2: Defying the Odds

DAY 3: Activity 2: Defying the Odds

For this activity, we would like you to imagine that you had the chance to interview LeBron James, Steven Adams or another basketball player of your choice.

On your blog, tell us who you would interview and then provide a list of five questions that you would like to ask your chosen player.

I would choose LeBron James to interview. 

1.  How did you become a famous basketball player?

2.  Who encouraged you to be a basketball player?

3.  What age did you start playing basketball?

4.  Why do you like basketball so much?

5.  What age were you in your first game?

DAY 3: TEAM PLAYERS Activity 1: Rugby Superstars

DAY 3: TEAM PLAYERS Activity 1: Rugby Superstars

For this activity, let’s imagine that you could be a superhero for a day. What three superpowers would you most like to have?

On my blog, I had to list the three superpowers, I had to write why I would want each of those superpowers and I had to write about each one of them.

1.  Flying.  I would love to have the power to fly because it would be really cool to not have to use my legs and I could get places so much faster.

2.  Speed walking.  I would love to have the power to speed walk because it is a power that I have always dreamed of having because it sounds really cool.

3.  Being invisible.  I would like to have the power to turn invisible because it sounds really cool to turn invisible while just doing something and then I just turn invisible.  

DAY 2: Activity 3: Miracle on the Hudson

Activity 3: Miracle on the Hudson

For this activity, we had to write about when you or someone else you know did something brave and we had to recap that onto a blog post here is when someone I know did something brave. I chose myself.

Here is my recount:

I did something brave when I was about 2 or 3 its when I lived in Dueniden what I did was I went down a massive hill on a bike I did that because everyone else was doing it and I was scared at first but when I did it the first time I was scared for that but every other time after that I loved it so much.  My family was so proud of me when I did it and it was fun.

Day: 2, Activity :2 One Small Step for Man

Day: 2, Activity: 2 One Small Step for Man

For this activity, let’s imagine that you were Neil Armstrong.

We had to write a short poem describing how I felt when I first set foot on the moon. Here is a link to some different poetry forms.

*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!

Here is my poem.

Day: 2, Activity 1: Flying Solo

Day: 2, Activity 1: Flying Solo

For this activity, compare and contrast these two aviators. You could use this venn diagram.

On your blog, share your comparison between the two women and be sure to include at least three similarities and three differences between these two aviators.

Here is my google drawing.  This was pretty hard to do but when I finished I was proud of it.

Day: 1, Activity 3: Scaling New Heights

Day: 1, Activity 3: Scaling New Heights 

For this activity, please select a charity that you are interested in. You may choose your own or use one from our list (below). Read about the charity.

List of Possible Charities:

SPCA

Auckland City Mission

Air Rescue

OXFAM

I chose the SPCA.  Here is my google drawing about what the SPCA does.

Day: 1, Activity 2: Discovering Aotearoa

Day: 1, Activity 2: Discovering Aotearoa

For this activity, we would like you to think about your own experiences and your own cultural background. Where does your family come from? Do they come from Europe like Abel Tasman, Polynesia like Kupe, or somewhere else?  Here is my google drawing.

DAY 1: EXPLORERS, Activity 1: Setting Sail

DAY 1: EXPLORERS, Activity 1: Setting Sail

For the first day of the Summer Learning Journey, we did an activity called setting sail.  

For this activity, make a list of ten food items that you could take with you. Please think carefully about what you will take as you won’t have access to a refrigerator or freezer while at sea. Please explain why you would select each item.

Here is my google drawing that I did my work on.

Activity 1: Leading the Charge

Activity 1: Leading the Charge

In class today, we had Emma come in from the Summer Learning Journey and she explained another activity to us from the teaser week.  Then we got what we were doing and we did that then we put all our information and put it on a writing tool.  I put mine on a google drawing.  Here it is.

Activity 1: New Zealand Royalty

Activity 1: New Zealand Royalty

Today Emma from Summer Learning Journey came in and talked to us about the teaser week for the Summer Learning Journey and then we wen toff by ourselves and we made a blog post about any of the teaser activities I choose activity 1 which is New Zealand Royalty the I made a google drawing about Lorde and I put different facts about her on the google drawing and then I put it into my Summer Learning Journey folder.  Here it is.

Hygiene Animation

Hygiene Animation 

In class, we have been learning about personal hygiene we made animations and had to write what our cartoon person does not do such as wash His or Her hands and stuff like that then He or she started to do those things such as wash his or her hands.

I got my information from thinking about what my cartoon characters does not do.

My next step is to dd more writing on my slides.

Is there anything you think I could do to improve my blog?

Te Reo Maori Slide

Te Reo Maori Slide

In class we have been doing a slide about Te Reo Maori learning there were 17 slides and you got to choose six or more slides to do. I chose 10 slides This is for linc Ed a site our school uses to show our work to our parents. Here my slide is.

My next step is to add more writing on my slides.
Is there anything you think I could do to improve my blog post?

Classroom Environment

Classroom Environment

In class this week our school-wide expectation is Classroom environment. We had to make a +-? Dlo(Digital learning objects) meaning the plus means what we are good at the minus means what we are not good at and the question means what now so how you could fix this Classroom environment is like how tidy it is and stuff like that. I made a google slide 

My next step is to get more writing done on my Dlo.

Is there anything you think I could do to improve my blog post?

Hygiene Slide

Hygiene Slide

In class, we have been learning about Hygiene we had to make a slide to say what we should do to keep our personal hygiene good. Such as taking showers brush teeth and stuff like that. We were allowed to work with other people on our slides so Lacie (my friend) and I created this slide about personal hygiene.

My next step is to add more slides to a google slide.

Is there anything you think I could do to improve my blog post?

My Writing for Linc ed Term 4

My Writing for Linc ed Term 4

In class a couple of days ago we did an e-asTTle writing assessment. Then the teacher created a writing for linc ed slide that we had to put our e-asTTle test on to it but first, you had to organize it into paragraphs and then copy and paste it on to the slide. we also had to add images to the slide to go along with the writing. Here is my google slide.

My next step is to add more writing to my introduction of a blog post.

Is there anything you think I could do to improve?

Be Curious

Be Curious

In class this week our value is Being curious We made a Dlo(Digital Learning Object) I made a google drawing about what I am curious about. Curiosity is what you are curious about like what you want to know about the world and stuff like that. This is my google drawing of what I am curious.

My next step is to learn the answers to these questions.

I got my information from what I am curious about.

Is there anything you think I could do to improve my blog post?

Cybersmart Collage

Cybersmart Collage

Cybersmart Collage

In class, last week we made a cybersmart collage we got to choose what we made before we made it we watched a video about how to make a collage.  I made a house collage.  We used a google drawing to make our collage it was really fun.  Here it is.

My next step will be to make some more collages.



I got my information from the Te Ara Takitini site.



Anything else you want to know about collages or cybersmart?

Be Friendly

Be Friendly

This week at school our value is be friendly we had to make a google drawing about it and I collaborated with two people Cayleigh and Kareem.  We have different sections on the google drawing where we had to write what we had to write.  There are four different things on it.  Here it is, enjoy.

Being friendly is good because if you are not friendly you will not make any friends but if you are friendly more people will want to be your friend. 

Mat Manners Goals

Mat Manners

At Gilberthorpe School, this week our expectation is mat time and we had to do a google drawing about mat manners and we had to put on it things I need to change and changes I am going to do.  Here it is.

My next step is going to do these things.

I got my information from what I do on the mat.

Anything else you want to know?

Sunsmart

Sunsmart

In class today we had someone come in to teach us about SunSmart.  I learned quite a lot of things about Sunsmart.  But on my google drawing, I only put a few different ones on it.  Here it is.

My next step is to do these things.

I got my information from the lady that came in.

Anything else you want to know about Sunsmart?

My Comfort Zone, Out Of My Comfort Zone

My Comfort Zone, Out Of My Comfort Zone

In class, we had to create a google drawing or a mind mup about in our comfort zone and out of our comfort zone.  I put a few different things on each.  I did mine on a google drawing.  Hope you enjoy.

My next step is to try things out of my comfort zone.

I got my information from experience.

Anything else you want to know?

Focus On Whats Strong, Not Wrong

Focus On What's Strong, Not Wrong

This week in Whakmanawa our mindfulness is about our strengths.  With this mindfulness, we had to do a google slide about our mindfulness.  On our google slide, we had to put ten different things that we think our own strengths are.  Here is my google slide.

My next step is to add more to my google slide.

I got my information from myself and from some of my friends.

Anything else you want to know?

Fanimals!

Fanimals!

Today at Gilberthorpe school we got to have Fanimals come in.  They brought Molson the dog in he is so cute and fluffy.  If you do not know what Fanimals is it is a show about animals and they explain some facts about the animals they show.  We even got to pat Molson.  We also got a card signed by Jess.  We even got a photo with them.  Here are the photos.  The photos are with Whakamanawa.

We had so much fun when Fanimals came.

SMART Goals 2019

SMART Goals 2019

In class, we have been working on our term four smart goals.  We have to do what our goals will be for this term.  We have been doing an end of term reflection for term three.  Here is my slide.




My next step is to do these things.

I got my information from myself.

Anything else you want to know about my goals?

Food!

Food!

On the Te Ara Takitini site on the home page, there are holiday activities that we can do if you did want to we had to do 6 different activities.  I had so much fun doing these activities.  I put all my activities on a google slide on of there is a link to a slide.  Here is my google slide.

I had lots of fun doing these activities.

Orana Wildlife Park 2019

Orana Wildlife Park 2019

Yesterday the whole Takitini hub got to go on an Orana Park trip.  Our educator's name is Elizabeth.  I learned so much about animals.  I learned lots and had fun.

I learned that the tiger is skin is also striped so If you take off its fur it stripes will still be there.

I learned that the giraffe's tounges are as long as our educator's arm.

I learned that giraffes have the same amount of neck bones as humans but they have longer bones.

Here is a photo of the gorillas.
I learned that the gorilla is our first cousin.

Here is a photo of the lions.

I learned that the male lions weigh more than the female lions.

Here is a photo of the orangutans.

I learned that the Orangutan likes to carry around a blanket.

Here is a photo of a springbok.

They can jump their own height.

Here is a photo of a peacock.

I learned that if the peacock has the big feather thing that means it is a male.

Here is a photo of a Tasmanian devil.

I learned that they have one of the most powerful bites in the world.

Here is a photo of the rhino.

I learned that the rhino horns are made from a protein called keratin.

Here is a photo of a kunekune pig.

I learned that kunekune pigs can way up to 100kg

Here is a photo of a turkey.

I learned that the turkey was named after the country Turkey.

Orana Park was so much fun but I still learned lots about these animals.

My next step is to learn more about the animals in Orana Park.

I got my information from listening to Elizabeth Whakamanawa's educator.

Anything else you want me to learn about?

I am so happy we went to Orana Park.

I am excited for me to go to Orana Park next.

Amazon Rainforest

Amazon Rainforest

In Literacy, this week we had to make a google slide about the Amazon Rainforest.  We had to answer two facts that my Literacy teacher told us to answer on our slide.  Then we had to do two of our own questions and then answer them after that we had to come to our last two things and they are how big is the Amazon Rainforest, and my own rainforest.  Here it is.

My next step is to learn more about the Amazon Rainforest.

I got my information from a sheet of paper we had to read.

Anything else you want me to add?