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.