A house or a home? - Day 2 Summer Learning Journey.

Hello Blogging world! On the 2nd day of the Summer Learning Journey we had to go back in time and think about the 1800's. They didn't have proper houses to live in but now in 2017 we do! The houses they used to live in is a wharepuni, If you would like to find some more definitions of wharepuni click here. 

Now you have read what a wharepuni is we have to write 2 similarities to our own home and the wharepuni, and 2 differences about your home and the wharepuni. Here is what I thought...

1. The first reason why it is similar to my house is because it is a house and anyone can live in it.
2. The second reason why it is similar to my house is that my house is a wooden house too.

Ok, now on to the differences...

1. The first difference that I spotted out was that my house didn't have any of those Maori designs that were on the side of the wharepuni.
2. Another difference I found was that their doors were always opened because they didn't have doors that time!

From making this blog post I learnt what a wharepuni is and how useful it was in the old days. It was hard to find the similarities because that was a long long time ago! It was easy find the differences because their were so much not in common to my house. Next time I will try and find better reason why it is kind of the same as my house. I hope you have enjoyed this blog post and would feel free to leave a comment! Bye! Bye! Blogging world!

Setting Sail - 2nd Activity

Hello Blogging world! As you might know there is not only 1 activity for each days in the Summer Learning Journey, so this is my 2nd activity for the day. This activity we had to write a letter to a friend about our travel to New Zealand and moving to a new country we have never been on. Under this text is a letter that I sent for Lily. 

Dear: Lily,

over the past hours on the Waka I have had a successful but scary trip. I have tried eating a little all the time because I don't have limited food. Moving to a new country is surely scary, because I don't know where I will get money to buy the food and where will I stay for the night? How was your adventure to New Zealand Lily? Send me a letter!

From: Amie.

That was my letter to Lily about my 6 hour trip. I hoped you have enjoyed this blog post and would feel free to leave a comment to improve my work! Bye! Bye! Blogging world!  

The First Settlers-Day 1 Summer Learning Journey

Hello blogging world! On the first activity for the Summer Learning Journey we had to read this story about Maui and the giant fish. We had to write 3 interesting facts about Maui that we learnt and other stories we know about him. 

My first fact is that over thousands of years these gullies and mountains became the landscape of Aotearoa (New Zealand). Second fact is that every time when Maui's brothers would come back from fishing Maui would ask if he could go fishing but his brothers would always make a excuse so he can't go fishing. Third but last fact about Maui is that before fishing he made a plan to prove his brothers that he is a great fishermen! Here is one story about Maui that I have heard, Maui and the sun, I have read this but I encourage other people to read this if you haven't.

From reading this story I learnt that the first settlers was Maui. It was hard to find a photo for Maui and the giant fish. It was easy to find facts about this story because I have read this before. Next time I would try write more stories I have heard of. I hope you have enjoyed this blog post! If you would like to learn more about this story click here! Bye! Bye! Blogging world!

Wheels day!

Hello blogging world! On Monday the whole school did a Wheels day also known as Monday Fun Day. Some people could bring anything that has wheels on it to play with, we could also wear mufti and bring a gold coin donation. There was 3 rotations on the day. The seniors first did the water rotation my group did the slip 'n slide first it was super fun! This was another very successful day! Here are some photos of the day.




















We also sold some leftover products from a recent Gala Day. From participating in Wheels day I learnt how to ride all sizes of bikes, small to big! I am super proud of myself and would like to have another Wheels day! It was hard to not get sunburn on my shoulders because it was such a hot and boiling day! It was easy to go down the slip 'n slide because it was very slippery and wet! Overall I really enjoyed this day! I hope you liked this blog post! Please feel free to leave a comment to improve my blog post! Bye! Bye! Blogging world!   

Summer Learning Journey!

Hello Blogging world! Today a lady named "Megan," came in to talk about what we can do in the summer holidays to stay smart. We do these activities that are about knowledge and learning. Everyone registered into their own accounts. Everyday there is only limited 3 activities or you can do commenting. This years summer learning journey starts in 18th December 2017 to 26th January 2018. I chose a activity and I had to choose a country I would like to visit. Here is what a picked, England and why. 

I would like to travel to England because England is very far away and in summer the temperature is like New Zealand's temperature so I would be fine with the temperature. The second reason why I want to go to England is that England is the #1 prettiest country because it has amazing sights! That's all the reasons why I want to go to England. I hope you have enjoyed my blog post and would feel free to leave a comment. Here is the link for their page click here. Bye! Bye! Blogging world!

What I love about the year!

Hello blogging world! In term 4 some students got picked out to be in the owl group. The owl group is to support the cancer society. The owl group is a art group, I got picked and we got given these 2 sheets of paper for some suggestions for the 3D owl. I managed to get 2 owls done on the sheet and lots of people liked mine. I liked this because the owl will be out somewhere popular and everyone will see it. Here is some photos of the owl!

That is some of the photos we took while painting the owl. From painting the owl I learnt how to paint really hard and tricky areas like the nose. It was hard to leave spots where they shouldn't be painted because sometimes it was just too narrow to not paint. It was easy to think of the ideas  because I know lots about art and our school. Next time I think I should try and colour the whole owl. I really enjoyed painting the owl! Please feel free to leave a Positive, Thoughtful and Helpful comment. I hope you have enjoyed this blog post! Bye! Bye! Blogging world! 

Gala day 2017!

Hello blogging world! On the 25th of November our whole school participated in a school Gala Day, everyone had to perform a dance and make something that is sustainable. We all had to choose a type of dance I chose Bollywood. Our class also made recycled paper for the sustainable product. After the day we all had a great time. Everyone that went to the Gala Day had to use De Bono Thinking Hats to describe what we thought of the day, if you are wondering what each hat means you can look on the top right corner. Here is my thinking hats and what I thought.

From making this I learnt how to describe my feeling on the day. I thought it was hard to pick the photos for each slide because they took so many good photos and we can only have 1-3 photos on each page. It was easy to talk about the day because I went to it. Overall I really liked the day because there was a lot of entertainment. I hope you have liked my blog post! Please feel free to leave a comment. Bye! Bye! Blogging world!