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-#5

Dear reader it's day five of the Summer Learning Journey here are my activties.

Activty 1: Towering Timbers

It is so sad that there is logging happening in New Zealand. I think that we should prevent logging from happening because when people log they hurst our native trees and animals such as the Kiwi, Long finned Eel, and Tuatara and many more. We should look for another way to generate heat power E.g

I think that logging sucks the life out of all the other plants around the area and the more logging that happens the more greedy people get and they forget about the inhabtants of the land they are destroying

Here are the reasons I think we shouldn't log in New Zealand.

1. logging means deforestation and can have a major effect on the enviroment it can be so bad that it mean millions of animal speice lose there home. Forest only cover about 30 percent of the worlds land but forests half the size of England are lost every year due to deforestation.

2. Deforstation also drives climate change which as you know is a serious threat to or icy sea creatures. Soil is moist and if without the trees blocking the sun they will quickly dryout. Tree also help out water cycle by changing it and sending water vapor back into the atmosphere.

Trees help us alot and we should help them and all we are doing now is being greedy so let's help the enviroment!

Thats all for activity 1


Activty 2: Living on the Edge

Here is my letter to my trip to Tundra



Activty 3: Going Going ... Gone

Dear reader here is what I would like you to know about New Zealand in 2018. 2018 has been a good year in auckland we have had more and more house built espacially we I live and we are becoming bigger and bigger our techonogly has grown and so has most of our education. I am gonna start from the begging of the year.

This year my school has done alot last year we started saving the enviroment but it wasn't enough this year we took recycling to a whole new level and not just that we are helping presevre long finned eels for the future. We started bincurity recycling crew and a robotics ropu and we got help from engineers from fisher and paykel healthycare. We have had a great year at Pt England School.



Auckland housing problem is not as big as last year we also got a new prime minister Jacinda Arden. It's been a really great year and if something happens I want whoever is reading this that I am very proud of 2018!

I think that Jacinda Arden has been doing a good job and she is a new prime minster so we should give her a break and get use to the job, Instead of putting more pressure on her and doing things like that.

That's is for today. The next time I will be posting will be Next week!

Zaeeda-SLJ-#4

Hello today is the fourth day of the summer learning journey and I can't wait to do more!

Activty 1: More than Meets the Eye

If I could meet Sir Edmund Hilary The first man to climb mount everst I would ask him


1. Why did you want to climb mount everst?

2. Did you ever regret doing it?

3.  Was you family ever against this why/why not?

4. Is there anything you would like to say to you fans?

5.  Did you collabrote with anyone?

I think that he did very good job and sets and examples that says you can do anything it you DETERMIND!

Thats all for activty 1

Activity 2: Pancakes and Maple Syrup?

My favourite food is homemade pizza it is so delicous and you can pic exactly what type of toppings are on it.


I think that pizza is delicous speacial and easy to make at home so let me know if you tried out my recipe

Activity 3: Salt and Pepper

If I had enough money to build a hotel I think it would be a glass hotel cause I think tinted coloured glass can be really pretty and I would feel nervous in a salt and Ice hotel so glass would be my only option.

I also think glass hotels would give a really nice veiw of the rest of the city cause it would have 7 storys and each story would have 10 rooms. Here is what my room would look like it is not to fancy it kind of looks like a normal hotel room with a mutlicolor make over.

That's all for today I had fun and can't wait till tommorrow!

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!

Zaeeda-SLJ- Day -#2

Today is the second day of the some learning journey and I think I have a better chance of winning this year I have worked hard on my task and I can't wait ot see what you think about it


Activty 1: Gian't among us 

I like the Idea of seeing this tree because it would be a wonderful outdoor activty and since it is endemic to New Zealand I think that we should definetly see and learn more about this tree. I think that we should resevre and look after this tree and it's enviroment. Tane Mahuta look very big and I have the eger to climd a tree like that I would also like to see the animals that live by it to

I also want to learn about things that are harming it and why it has that name. I am really curious about finding out it's past and maybe how old it is too!

Activty 2: Fabulous Ferns

The Three team I picked we the Silver ferns, Black Ferns and Kiwi Ferns.


The Silver ferns are a womens netball team. The unifomr is actually really pretty I like but I would it with more color I think that we should also incourage boys to play netball too that's what my school has down we have plenty of girls play but we should have boys play to so yeah anyways 

Black Ferns are womens rugby union team are pretty cool even though I don't watch them alot.I still like there uniform I have my own jersey so I can still Support them.

I don't watch league but my teacher is a big fan Mr Goodwin always tell us about it and I usually don't listen so yeah. I think that this team's uniform is my favourite because is different and I like the white triangle part.

So that is the end of task 2




Activty 3: Weird and Wonderful

For this task we had to do some maths and I love maths I like maths and I didn't have much trouble with this qeustion. Here is my working!
So thats the end for today and I like how today we did reading writing and maths can't wait till tommorrow!

Zaeeda - SLJ - Day #1

Hello there Dear Veiwers I am so happy you came to my blog today the first day of the some learning Journey. I am super excited and hope I can win something I have done this twice before but I didn't get 1st 2nd or 3rd so let's try this year!

Activty 1: The Legend Of New Zealand

1. New Zealand is a country it has a moari name that it's Aoteroa this mean the land of the long white cloud. When The Word is broken up it is Aotea is the name of one of the waka/Canoe that the tribe travelled to New Zealand, and roa = long. The common translation is "the land of the long white cloud". But In some traditional stories, Aotearoa was the name of the canoe of the explorer Kupe, and he named the land after it. I think that maybe we should learn more about the  names and more about the stories behind them.

2. Kiwi's are New Zealand's Native Bird does the name remind you of anything maybe a certain fruit I am talking about Kiwi fruit but these Beautiful birds are flightless birds they inhabitat bushes of New Zealand. Sadly an average 27 kiwi are killed every week that about 1,400 kiwi lost every year at this rate the entire kiwi population will be wiped out in one lifetime about a hundred years ago we had millions of kiwi roaming our world. We need to look after our wild life more!

3. New Zealand is part of the pacific rim of fire Mt Ruapehu is it's most active volcanoe it is in the middle of the North Island and I have been to this Mount before it is about and hours ride from Tuapo it is really fun on the mount you can go sking and everthing look like your cookie and cream ice-cream. Another name for Mount Ruapehu is Whakapapa. Check out my blog post about my families trip there!

So these are my facts about the roots of New Zealand!

Activty 2: North and South

I am from Auckland and here is three place I like in Auckland!

Activity 3:  I have been

Leaving a postive footprint is very important. You need to think about how your email,text or post about someone could make them feel and how you would feel if you were them. If you use a picture that doesn't belong to you make sure you say who took it our painted it. You also need to make sure that you are not copying facts of websites and things like that. if you are in a in doubt about an add or something like and email and it's to good to be true is you should ask an adult. if you get something unkind and nasty you should also tell someone responsible about it. So these are my rules to keeping safe online!

So This Is All for today See you Tommorrow