Zaeeda-SLJ-#11

Dear Readers welcome back to another day of the Summer Learning Journey, Enjoy!

Activity 1: Togs or Trackies

The Season I think would be the best for tourist to vist New Zealand Summer because in winter you can't do much because if it rains in winter here in New Zealand it stay for a while.

But If you come in summer it's nice and hot and much easier to travel because you don't have to worry about small problems like kids getting sick and stuff like that.

One place I suggest going to is the Waitomo caves I have been there recently but it was freezing and I work 6 layers and one was really really big. But go there in summer it would be much warmer and you wouldn't have to worry about it raining. 

You Could also learn about Glow Worms

The Next Site I suggest you visit would be the Auckland Botanic garden. I went there in term 3 with my friend Te rangi Marie we saw alsorts of cool plants and lakes and it was so peaceful and I enjoyed it heaps the only thing was that there were some puddles in the grass and it was really muddy because it had been raining really bad.



Another place I suggest going is Rainbows End because it is full of rides you and you whole family will enjoy you can go there during the day when its hot and sunny or at night when it's nice and cool either way it would be lot's of fun.

But if you go in the rain most of the rides are outside only the food court is inside and I am pretty sure no one wants to stay inside at the food court when they could be enjoying some really cool ride outside.



So those are the 3 places I would go if I was a tourist and I think that each of those places would be a great place to go. But it is fun to just stay home and relax sometimes.

Activity 2: You Are My Sunshine

I think that it is very important to not get sunburnt or stay in the sun to long because it can cause skin cancer so I am sharing Five ways I would protect myself from the sun. So these are the ways I would protect myself from the sun you should also make sure you are staying hydrated.

1. Were a hat the floppy type are really good because they work like a shade


2. Put on sun block but make sure you check the Ingredients

3. We sunglasses not all sunglass work so make sure you check the label for sun protecting

4. Stay in the shade sometimes when it's really sunny and you have been in the sun to long slip under a nice cool tree

5. You could also were you clothes to protect you skin although it maybe to hot for it.

Activity 3: Burning Up....

Here is the graph I made I did have some trouble but I found the answer in the end here are some countries and how high some of there tempratures can get.

I hope you enjoyed and I can't wait to see you next year and I would like to wish you all a HAPPY NEW YEAR

Zaeeda-SLJ-#10

Welcome back to another day of the summer learning journey lets get started.

Activity 1: Off The Menu

We have done quite alot of this in school in the beggining of the year it was quite fun I enjoyed it. Anyways I think that this rule is kind of unfair because you wouldn't be allowed to take enough fish for you whole family but it is goood because it's made to help preserve fish for the future so I think we should try and preserve fish for the future because it is very serious to look after our sealife even if it means you have to eat less fish.  

Activity 2: The Black Drain

Alot of rivers and waterways are polluted here in New Zealand the 2 rivers I picked were Rumahunga and Manawata.

1. Rumahunga river goes through the southeastern of the North Island in New Zealand but sadly it has now come very polluted and we need to do something about it. The River has become polluted due to Sewage and farming, it prevents people swimming in it and the river moving into a larger river or lake.

2.  The Manawata river is highly polluted and this is mostly due to Dairy farming and the towns sewage. We need to do something about this because this can become a terrible threat to the other areas around the place. This river is located in around the  North Island.

As you can see there is rubbish polluting alot of river there are heaps more I could write about but it maybe go on for ever. Anyways I would like to say that this rubbish wasn't always there and some of it may have floated in so we should make sure that the rubbish isn't there to float into our water ways.

Activity 3: Faded Glory

1. If I had to funraise to help the barrier reef I would help by doing some like the 40 hour famine we do the it at school every year to help raise money for kids in South Sudan. I think that it is very cool but I am not aloud to do it.

2. We could also sell lemonade and have school discos and raise money like that to help the great barrier reef it would be a good idea because some schools have been focusing on the enviroment.

3. find something you enjoy and want to share like music you could sing songs on the street and sure enough people with toss you a coin or something and if your a kid chores help raise money too.

So that is all for today I hope you enjoyed

Zaeeda-SLJ-# 9

Welcome back to another day of holiday blogging here are my activities Enjoy.

Activity 1: Planes, Trains and Automobiles

If I could explore Milford sound I would do it on foot. I would do it on foot because if we walk it then we can stop and study things like what type rock you found and also feel and touch it too. I would'nt go on the helicopter because I am afraid of heights and boat make be nervous so yeah. I would enjoy exploring Milford sound because it sound like a wonderful tourist destination and I think that seeing it in person sound wonderful and we can get in some exercise 

So That is why I would go on foot.

Activity 2: It's All in the Name

I have pick 5 names and I think that they are quite weird and creative just like the Geothermal pool.

1. Earth Meets Mars

2.  The Natural Unatural *

3.  Troll Boggers

4.  Green, Gorgeous and Geothermal

5.  Foul Fondue

So Those are my the names I came up with, What's you favourite name.

Activity 3: Picture Perfect

Here is what I think is happening in the Selfie #3

A few Tourist we walking down a wonderful city. Everyone was in aw of how beautiful the city look they snapped picture along the way. They kept walking until they came across a beautiful veiw they stopped there and took a break. The guide talke about what this place and how long ago it was built but no one was really paying attention they were just taking photos. The breath taking veiw was beautiful the gleaming water the joyful town they just had to take a photo. So while everyone was taking picture with there friends and family one lady was looking for someone to take photo of her. After failing to find some one willing to do it she decided to take it herself. She climbs up on the wall everyone looks at her in panic while the tourist guide try to tell her not to She doesn't listen. She looks for the perfect angle but starts to loose her balance so she quickly snaps the photo and jumps down to safe ground. Sadly the picture was blurry oh well maybe next time.

The Mural of the story is watch were you take Selfies ;)

So that's all for today I hope you enjoyed!

Zaeeda-SLJ-#8

Welcome back today is day three of week to I am excited so let's get started. Enjoy!

Activity 1: Night Owl

In my Family we have 2 night owls My Big Sister and my Dad my dad usually wake up at about 10:00 am and my sister wake up at 10:30. My Little sister is a early riser like my mum my. Mum is a super early riser she wake up at 4:30 am to go to work and come back at about 3:00 were usually at school but at the moment my dad is always home.

Me on the other hand I actually don't know because I sleep late at night and wake up everyday at about 6:30 am so I am kinda both.

Activity 2: A Local Delicacy

Another one of my favourite foods are not the ones with stick the ones that get wrapped up in foil.


Activity 3: Midnight Zone

Here Is my Answer and my working I think that I am enjoying math qeustions I hope we do more of this type of stuff.



Thats it for today come back tommorrow for more

Zaeeda-SLJ-#7

Well come to the 2 second day of week to of the summer learning journey today.

Activity 1: Weaving a tale

If I could weave I definetly would we have done quite a bit on Harkeke (flax last year in term 2 we learnt about what you can make out of it. Harkeke definetly think Harkeke is a very interesting plant it is super strong and at school when we play games we sometime use it to tie thing to trees and we use it to decorate. Yes Harkeke is something very cool and to think that some of our ancestores you this as some of there resources pretty interesting.

Activity 2: Mighty Man Groves

The person I think is not really a real person it Hulk Smash. He is very strong and tough he can lift up cars and smash them as well. There is a movie and 2 years ago a few of us learnt about hulk smash and wonder woman.
I think hulk is tough and strong because he has some really big muscles and he is also very big and brave but he doesn't have much brains as fas as I know.
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Activity 3: Stranger and Fiction

The 2 plants I picked are Venus Fly Trap and  Pitcher Plant.

Thats all for today. I enjoyed and I can't wait to do more see ya later

Zaeeda-SLJ- #6

It's week 2 of The Summer Learning Journey and I am super excited to do more holiday blogging, Enjoy!

Activity 1: Surfs Up!

My Favourite summer activity is going outside and playing my ukelele. I got it last year and I have learnt how to look after and I have learn't how to play Happy birthday, twinkle little star, ABC and You are my sunshine. I enjoy this activity because it make me feel happy and full of energy. 

I got my ukele last year as a gidt and I have enjoyed playing I am currently think about some new songs to learn. I am also teaching my little sister Zaria how to play.

Let me know if you know of any songs.




Activty 2: The Great Taupo Cycle Challenge

If I could take three people as my support crew I would take my mum because she is kind and good at taking care of people plus she is really fast and organized.

I would take my little sister because she is super supportive and fun to play with so training with her would also be fun

Last of all I would take my dad because he is a mechanic so he could help make sure my bike it ready and every thing he could also think of technics and things like that.

So thats the three people I would have on my support Crew.

Activity 3: Something smells fishy

sFish Fact #1: The oldest known fish in the world is a 65 year old Australian lungfish.

False the oldest know fish is an Austrailian lungfish and his name is grandad but he did not live for 65 years he lived till his mid-90's he was put down due failing health. Image Attribution

Fish Fact #2: Sharks are the only fish that have eyelids.

True Sharks are the only fish with Eyelids but neither sharks nor fish blink. Sharks eyelids are called nictitating membranes and sharks use them when they strike there prey they use it as eye protection.

Fish Fact #3: Starfish are a type of fish.

False starfish are not fish they don't have gills or scales. There are 2000 speice of starfish are in the ocean they are both sea creatures that the resemblence between 2. They also have the ability to regenerate another arm if its broken. Image Attribution

Fish Fact #4: Fish communicate with each other by making low-pitched sounds (moans, hisses, etc)

True fish communicate by making sounds they sing clatter and moan. However fish don't have ears out side of there head there ears are located on the inside of there brain cavities.

Fish Fact #5: Fish usually swim together in groups called ‘classes.’

True fish swim in classes there are 3 major schools such as jawless, cartilaginous, and bony fish.  fish are cold blooded and these animals can be very mysterious there is still parts of the ocean human haven't explored.

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That's all for today hope you enjoyed!

Zaeeda-SLJ-#3

Today is the third day of the summer learning journey. I am really excited and can't wait to do more.

Activity 1: Fantastic Beasts

My Beast would have bright green skin we would also have one I it would be able to shrink and grow. it will were black overalls that say long live evil but it won't actually be evil it just to scare other beasts off. My Beasts would eat trash to help the enviroment and it would taste delicous! My Beast would look like a minion and would have solid hair that was bullet proof.

That's my Beast I think it's really cool if you ask me!

Activity 2: The Secritive Skink

Here Is my Pros and Cons list about having a job and living on a different Island.
I would actually enjoy it but it probably won't be the best job with family and stuff.




Activity 3: The WWF: World Wildlife Fund

1) The name of the animal the WWF is working to save.

1. The WWF is the World Wide Fund and they are working to help animal speices. The Animals they are looking after are Fresh water seals.

2) What the WWF is doing to help the animal.

2. They are helping the seals by digging know banks the seals have pup in snowbanks and if there are no snow banks then they on open ice. When the seals aren't in the bank they aren't protected against predators, the cold and human disturbance.

3) What, if any, success they have had protecting the animal. 

3. They are helping the seals but they do need don't have a complete solution yet because there is still need to help the climate change problem and quickly.

So That all for Today and I have loved what we are doing about animals we have learnt alot about them I think it is really cool!

Christmas Catch

Task Description: For the past few weeks I have been working on a scratch game. Here is my game and there is still some changes to be made so I am still working on it. I like making this game cause we had to really think and there were some challenges but with some help we got it going and the hard work made a fun outcome. I think that you should definetly try this and experiment and maybe you might like it but I hope you enjoy my game!

There is also a how to presentation here are some simple instrucstions to how I made this.

Pollution

Making Pancakes

Robotics Rōpu

Task Description: Dear readers a few month ago I had posted something about helping our earth with the help of a few students and 2 Fisher & Paykel healthcares eningeers to help our Recycling Bincurity team compress soft plastic. Here are what we have been doing the lunch times we have gotten really far with this and I think we can actually do this. I have to admit that I had my doubts at first I think with some help from the engineers we can do this. Please check this every week cause we have the Robotics Rōpu on Wednesday or Friday's. I hope you enjoy!  

Extension Overall

Term 4 Extension Research

Task Description: This term the Extension group foucused on jewelry. Me and my group focused on ancient jewelry, Caleb focused on teniches Amira focused on describing the jewelry and I focused on the many different places jewelry is sourced from. I love working in extension and hope I can do this in the future I like how you learn things as well as teach things. We learn, we create, we then share I love how we are always relating to each other and also learning our true potential. I hope you enjoy

P.E.S Campers

Walt: Write a recount that you how thankful we are about camp and the people that didn't go
Task Description: Last week the year 6's went to camp I was one of the people that didn't go to camp. Here is my recount about what we did while the year 6's were at camp. I hope you enjoyed we enjoyed this task and having the whole space to ourself. I also enjoyed how the class was so calm and we could do things and not have problems with it and our timetable was what ever goes.

Sign Language

Walt: Learning something new. 
Task Description: This year at lunch time we were really bored so my friend Tha-zin started teaching us Sign Language. I liked the idea of learning something new and I really hope we can learn some more. The hardest thing I found was making sure you did made the signs with your hand right because it might mean something else but my favourite thing about this was learning a few things about sign language so you know how to communicate with deaf people in the future or present. Do you know anything about sign langauge?

Mini light houses

Task Description: I have made this presentations because we have been doing some pretty cool things this year in Makerspace and I post my animations which I make in creative space so what about Makespace. This year we have been printing our very own mini housesn we designed the  small houses using tinkercad then we put L.E.D light in and lighting it up with watch batteries. My favourite part of this was seeing what Pla works best on the printer. I used clear pla for my house  my house had to be printed twice and because something happened we haven't quite figured out what it was but yeah the second time it was perfect.

Cave Art

Walt: Tell a story that you wrote through an animation using hyperstudio.

Once not long ago there lived a tribe. They ate berries and fish this tribe like to preserve there animas. But over time it got harder to find berries and their supplies didn’t last long. When the last of the berries were finished the tribe went and hunted for more berries. They came across a berry patch but it was guarded by 2 fierce crocodile. The tribe charged at animals while some of them got some berries they decided to spare the animals life because they were happy to have more berries. They returned to their cave and had a celebration the End!

Task Description: Here is my task description I worked pretty hard on this movie it may not look like it but yeah I did work hard on it. I wrote the voice over using the story the pictures show and below the presentation I have the script I used for the voice over because the voice over wasn't very clear. I drew the pictures with hyperstudio and put it into Imovie to make it and actual movie. Along the way I did have to keep in mind that this is a cave art and they didn't have paint brushes and things like that back then and I tried to make the picture look like I make them using my figure ENJOY!

Haunted Hazard

Walt: Get excited to about year 6 camp

It was the day me and my friends were going to see Kawau Island and it’s wonderful inhabitants, so was all the year 6’s for 2018 at Pt England school. But nothing is as is seems at Kawau Island Four campers from the group will find a dark side of this Mysterious Island. Will they survive this Crazy Camp?

“Yay! I can’t wait to arrive at camp” I exclaimed not knowing what was waiting for us on the Island “I know right” Jedida replied as she pulled her suitcase onto the ferry. They found to seats next to Tha-zin and Roshaan “ Hey Tha-zin I heard the Mansion on Kawau Island is Haunted by the ghost of Governor Hobson” Roshaan said as she saw Jedida and Zaeeda sit down “maybe we invite the ghost to have candy with us at night when everyone's asleep” Zaeeda said pulling a block of cadbury M&M chocolates from her bag. They ferry stopped and they walked onto the docks of Kawau island, “Okay team quite down” said 2 loud and clear voices from in front of us. “Welcome to Kawau Island at this camp we will be doing team building activities this may be hard but I don’t want any complaining and in case you didn’t know my name is Erin” said the tall figure standing in front of us “ and my name is Peter but now we are going to hike up killer hill so get ready” He said grinning. “ I am so excited” I whisper jedida as we start walking in a line “Me too” she whispers back.

Once we finished hiking and spent the rest of the day doing fun activities but nightfall came and we were exhausted. “Today's activities were so much fun”  Tha-zin says as Me and her walk back to our cabin “yeah fun right’’ I say sarcastically “ I am exhausted” I say back to her.  They walked into the cabin and I pulled out my block of chocolate ready for a midnight feast “YEAH” they all shierked together “SSSSHHHHH” I hissed “remember Mr Somerville's talk about 10% of the candy” Roshaan whispers Quietly.  The Next day they had did kayaking, hiking ,swimming and heaps of other cool activities with Peter and Erin. “I really wish we could do today over again it was so much fun” Jedida said to Roshaan and I  walked to lunch together “yeah it was so much fun but did you notice the teachers are acting weird today” I  said looking over her behind her and seeing Miss Parrant half asleep and Mr Goodwin with his eighth cup of coffee “I agree” Roshaan replied “ let’s ask them why they are so jumpy and asleep today” Jedida suggested “ok” Me and Roshaan replied together.

After lunch they walked up to Mr Goodwin who was sitting on a standing up talking to some boys about fortnite, Once he finished I decided to try and be polite and ask “ Mr Goodwin why are you and the other teachers so jumpy and half asleep today?” “ Me and the other teacher kept hearing noises in the Mansion it kept us awake all night” He replied then going back to the topic of fortnite with the boys. The girls walked away in silence and in deep thought “Maybe it was the ghost of Governor Hobson” Jedida joked “Actually you might be right” Zaeeda exclaimed.

That evening Zaeeda and Tha-zin walked into there cabin together only to find Jedida and Roshaan giggling and chatting in the corner “What’s up”? I asked suspiciously “you know how we were talking about the inviting the ghost of Governor Hobson to eat candy well” Jedida says allowing me and Tha-zin to build up some suspense Roshaan continued “ We did some research and found out that Governor Hobson isn’t dead yet he’s but he did go last week” Roshaan said mysteriously “ OOOOHhhhh I get it  now, you guys want to go and find out why there is a ghost roaming the mansion” Tha-zin says brightly with wide eyes “good Idea I want In” Me and Tha-zin literally yelled they both agreed and found jobs to do. It was 10:00 pm and Jedida was sitting on a tree branch Roshaan was sneaking to the front door of the mansion. Tha-zin was sitting on the roof of the cabin keeping an eye out for any campers our teacher about to bust us and I was sittin inside the cabin looking through binoculars giving instructions on the plan and  eating more M&M chocolate. Roshaan snuck into the Mansion and unlocked the door for back door for Jedida they snuck into they waited for 2 hours straight, when the clock struck twelve a tall pale figure came out of a from a secret cupboard that faded away into the walls of the mansion. 



The figure walked towards the kitchen and grabbed out a really big knife the light of the kitchen was on and the only thing visible to the girls was his shadow and some type of thick liquid type of juice that bounced everywhere when he brought the knife down.  The girl screamed in horror so I sent Tha-zin over to see if they were alright “Tha-zin Tha-zin please come in we need you to report to Haunted scene (Mansion) ” I screeched as I took another bite of the delicious goodness into the walkie talkie “Roger that” a voice said. Tha-zin soon arrived at the scene and walked into the kitchen by accident and saw that the ghost was dicing a tomato “but why Tha-zin wondered. Roshaan noticed something weird on the ground we the ghost had been she crawled over to it and got a sample into to a bag she then alerted me and I was already on my way I had got a backup agent to stay at home base. I ran over there and when I arrived all my friend were hiding in the living room staring at the shadow in fascination, I looked at the sample of white powder Roshaan had collected I took one look at it and thanks to the baking lessons my mom had been giving me I immediately said “it’s flour you know the type you put in cakes and stuff” I said to the others.

 In horror Jedida yelled he’s on a move we followed him into a room where we heard shrieks, shrieks of Mr Goodwin they were of both laughter and fear. We peeked through the door and saw the ghost running around trying to scare Mr Goodwin but he is to intrigued in his game of fortnite he see the ghost and laughs but shrieked when he starts to lose in fortnite. “What should we do” Roshaan whispered desperately “I don’t know” Tha-zin replied “I know” a voice behind them said It was Amira and she was holding sponges and a bucket of water “Remember that time we threw sponges at our teacher for our writing  test well we could do the same to the ghost to get the flour of him and reveals the true identity of this so called ghost. We each took turns loading up our sponges and throwing them at the ghost it took some time but we finally got the flour off Governor Hobson.

It turned out he was sleepwalking and woke him up by throwing wet sponges at him he told us that had took a sleeping pill before cause he couldn’t fall asleep but it didn’t work for a while he  soon forgot about it and started baking a cake for his wife he was baking a cake for his wife when he fell asleep. “So that explains the flour” I say not very surprised “but what explains the sleep walking”? Roshaan stated “Hahaha I do that every night since I was a wee boy” The Governor replied with a cheesy grin “ok now I better get tidying up and you better get to back to your cabin and as for your teacher I will be turning off the mansions power no more fortnite for him” The Governor said will a sweet smile the girls giggled and returned to their cabin. “Wow we had such a crazy night” Amira exclaimed climbing back into bed “Amira you do know that it’s 4:00 am  and we better get up now” I says trying not to offend her “Dang it” Roshaan said standing back up “we should keep this on a down low” I say “I agree replied Jedida “okay come on we better head out” Tha-zin yauwned reaching for the door.

The rest of the day the girls we really tired and this time the teachers asked them why we were all half asleep. The day to return back to school came and we were cleaning out our cabin we walked into the cabin and saw on the wall by the window there was writing on it PLEASED\ TO HAUNT YOU! The girls looked at each other and where silent for quite a while. “Do you think it was for real”? Tha-zin asked me “probably not” I replied uncomfortably but in my head I knew that it probably was for real and one day it would return and not to Kawau Island but to Pt England School BUT THAT’S A STORY FOR ANOTHER DAY!

Task Description: For this task we got given three story startes and we had to come up with the rest of the story. This story was based on the camp the year 6's are going on soon. I enjoyed this task however I did consider not being in it and just talking to the character on a walkie talkie but I kinda would kinda be hard to see how my friends act when I am not around so yeah. Anyway I hope you enjoyed!

Epro8 Competition

Tricky Decimals Problems 2

Walt: use add/ sub strategies to solve tricky decimal problems.

Task Description: For this task we had to add and subtract decimals. I this task was not too hard but I think I and do more practice on this. I hope we do more on deciamls and I want to learn further on decimals. I didn't work with anyone for this task because I didn't find it too hard, here is the gold medal problems there is still the silver and bronze so check them out and leave me a comment THANKS!