Summer Learning Journey Activity #11: Pancakes and Maple Syrup?

For this activity I had to choose one of my favourite foods and show you the recipe for it.

Summer Learning Journey Activity #10: Scaling New Heights

For this activity I had to write down 5 questions I would like to ask Sir Edmond Hillary about his life.

1:  How do you feel about being on the $5 note?

2: How many times have you almost died?

3: Besides from climbing Mt Everest what is the most dangerous thing you have ever done in your life?

4: When you made it up to the top what first came to your mind?

5: What was the first thing you did when you went back home to your family?

Summer Learning Journey Activity #9: The WWF ( World Wildlife Found)

For this activity I had to watch two videos and write full sentences and tell you.

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

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

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

There were two videos I had to watch and one was about tigers and the other was about freshwater seals. In the freshwater seals video there was a man explaining how these seals are endanger, they are about 360 individuals left but this group of people try and prevent that.  They make snow banks for seals to give birth in, if a seal gives birth out in the open then half of the litter will die because of the cold, human disturbance and predators.   The other video about tigers is basically saying that it doesn't matter where in the world you are, you can still help endangered tigers.

Summer Learning Journey Activity #8: The Secretive Skink

For this activity I had to list 3 pros and 3 cons about being a doc ranger. I also writ down at the bottom of my post if I want to be a doc ranger or not

Pros:

1: You help animals live a better life.

2: You kill predators to prevent other animals like kiwi from being extinct. 

3: One little thing you do can go a long way.

Cons:

1: You can accidentally get injured during rescuing animals.

2: You can accidentally cut your finger off when setting traps. 

3: You could get in a bad crash.

I wouldn't want to be a Doc Ranger because it's not my thing, I am interested in other things like art, sports and cooking. But Ka Pai for those who are Doc Rangers.

Summer Learning Journey #7: Fantastic Beasts

For this activity I had to create my own fantastic beast by using my imagination.  I had to describe my creature with adjectives as well.  Here is what I came up with.

I drew my fantastic beast.  My creature is a mix between Maleficent and a mermaid. Her wings are very frail, her horns are tough and unbreakable and her tail is uncontrollable.   As you can see it has the signature mermaid tail and Maleficent’s horns and wings. This mermaid is cursed by Maleficent, eventually Maleficent’s spirit is let out of the mermaid’s mouth.  

Summer Learning Journey Activity #6: Weird and Wonderful

For this activity I had to solve this maths question: Let’s imagine that you are given a cactus for your birthday. To keep it alive, you must give it 3 ml of water every day.

Over one full year, how much water will you need to give your cactus plant? The Answer Is: 1095 ml

I solved it out by doing 3 x how many days of the year which is 365.

3 x 365 = 1095.

Summer Learning Journey Activity #5: Fabulous Ferns

In this activity I had to choose three NZ teams that have the word Fern in it.  I also had to put each teams uniforms next to their names and I had to choose which uniform I liked the best and why. 

Silver Ferns: 

The Football Ferns:

Black Ferns:

My favourite would have to be the Silver Ferns' uniform
because it has the silver fern on the side and it's simple.

Summer Learning Journey Activity # 4: The Tāne Mahuta Tree

In this activity I have to explain why I would/wouldn't want to visit the Tāne Mahuta in person one day. I would love to visit the Tāne Mahuta because it would be a fun experience getting to visit an endemic tree. I would also want to know how many people it would take to circle the whole tree. I also have never seen or have been near a tree as big as the Tāne Mahuta. The age of the Tāne Mahuta is unknown but it's estimated between 1,250 and 2,500 years old, it is also the largest kauri known to stand today. I think it's special and it would be an honour to visit it in real life.

Summer Learning Journey Activity # 3: The digital foot print

For this activity I had to make my own version of the digital foot print.

Summer Learning Journey Activity #2: My home town

In this activity I had to describe my hometown with lots of adjectives.

My hometown is In the South Island, West Coast near Moana, called Rotumanu, Kumara.  I have lived here ever since I was four years old, I am now 12.  I am originally from the Philippines, life there is way different.  Rotumanu is surrounded by sheep, cattle, nature, farms, noise ect.  Rotumanu is peaceful because there isn't much traffic on the roads nearby.   My family's farm consists of  a combination with sheep and cattle.  I also live near a bridge, underneath it is a crystal clear river.  The river is called The Crooked River, the river is freezing cold.  Rotumanu is special because of many things like the people, amazing swimming holes,  farms, ect.  

There's no place I'd rather be. 

Summer Learning Journey # 1 Activity: 3 fascinating facts about NZ

In this activity I had to find three facts out of 20 that captured my attention.

1: 30% of NZ is forest.

2: Queen Elizabeth II is officially queen of NZ, represented in the country by a Governor General.  

3: The official language is English and Maori.

 

The Ghost Town: Waiuta

The Ghost Town: Waiuta

By: Mary Duran

Waiuta is a designated ghost town that was once a place where men sacrificed their lives while gold mining.  Waiuta is located specifically near Ikamatua, up the Snowy River , South of Reefton, West Coast of the South Island.  Waiuta is famously known for the gold mining industry which was founded in 1905 till 1951

 

Waiuta’s History:

The first mine shaft called Blackwater Shaft was first operated in 1908 and was 563m in depth.   
The mine was then extended in 1926, the first mineshaft named Blackwater North claim was
renamed Prohibition.  The Prohibition Shaft took over later on in 1938 and incredibly reached
879m in depth.  The mine eventually produced almost 21,262,142 grams of gold.  
Over the time more workers began to settle in the area.

What Waiuta is Today:

 Today Waiuta is a historic ghost town for tourists to come upon and learn about what Waiuta once was.  There is still surprisingly a few buildings left that include  the former police station, three cottages and an old barber shop.  There is a lodge for anyone to stay for as long as they want.  Waiuta is also one of NZ’s most popular ghost towns, because of its successful gold mine.

  Waiuta, a gold mining town since 1905, but is now an abandoned ghost town and a great tourist attraction with only a few of the original buildings.