SLJ Wk 2 Day 1 Act 3: 'Dear Jacinda'

Dear Jacinda Ardern,

I am writing this letter to inform you about the next decade of our lives has an issue, it is climate change.

Human activities are the main causes of climate change as we increased the use of fossil fuels such as coal, oil & gas to generate electricity, run cars and other transport and power manufacturing and industry. Climate change has been a problem ever since we had greenhouse gasses collecting the atmosphere and absorb sunlight which bounces off the earth’s surface as it traps the heat which causes the planet to get hotter. 

As NZ is affected by climate change and huge impacts are set over time. Floods, storms, droughts, fire etc will be possibly more frequent unless we take action to reduce global emissions of greenhouse gasses which will change the climate.

As well as reducing greenhouse gasses, increasing the amount of trees we have in NZ. Trees are able to clean the air and absorb harmful gaseous pollutants & airborne particles. Trees can absorb carbon dioxide and reduce the greenhouse effect so it can create a less polluted & more sustainable world for us. 

I expect you take action to reduce climate change by reducing greenhouse gases and increasing the amount of trees in our country.

Yours Sincerely,

Anamaria


Activity 3: ‘Dear Jacinda’ [6 points]

The Right Honorable Jacinda Ardern is the current Prime Minister (PM) of New Zealand (NZ). You might have heard of her because she’s in the news a lot! Did you know that she is the second youngest person and the second woman ever to be elected PM of NZ?

As PM, Jacinda Ardern makes a number of important decisions every day. Before she makes these decisions, she meets with many people to hear their ideas and get their perspectives (views) on issues.

Let’s imagine you were to write a letter to Jacinda Ardern about an issue that is really important to you, and to ask her for help. It could be something serious to do with education, health or welfare, or it could be something more fun and crazy - you decide!


Image Attribution: Ardern campaigning at the University of Auckland in September 2017, Ulysse Bellier, CC BY 2.0 

For this activity, please write a letter that includes the issue you have chosen, why you have chosen it, and what you would like our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, to do about it. It is your job to persuade us (and her!) that it’s an important issue.

On your blog, share your letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.


Remember, you never know who might read your blog!

SLJ Week 2 Day 1 Act 1: Playing Favourites

1. Singing 

2. Hanging Out With Friends

3. Watching Anime 

 - This Is One Of My Favourite Anime

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4. Editing 

 - This is one of my edits (Gacha)

5. Eating with the fam

SLJ Week 2 Day 2: Taking Action

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Activity 1: A Long Walk to Freedom [4 points]

Nelson Mandela was an activist and civil rights leader who was born and raised in South Africa. For over 40 years (1948-1991), the country of South Africa had a political system called ‘apartheid’. This meant that there were different rules for people who had white skin than for those who didn’t. Nelson Mandela felt that this was very wrong and he fought for many years to change the law. Eventually he became the President of South Africa and ended apartheid, but not before spending 27 years in prison.

In Robben Island prison (where Mandela spent 18 years), life was very tough. Mandela had a tiny, damp, concrete cell, with only a straw mat to sleep on. During the day he was forced to work in a quarry, breaking rocks into gravel. He was only allowed to see one visitor and receive one letter every six months. At night, Nelson read and studied to be a lawyer.


For this activity, please imagine that you are Mr Mandela and that you are living at Robben Island prison. You have been given a journal and each night you write in it.

On your blog, write a journal entry imagining that you are Mr Mandela. What do you think he did each day? How did he feel? Include as much detail as you can in the journal entry.

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Activity 2: School Strike for Climate [4 points]

You may have heard people talking about an issue called ‘Climate change’. Climate change refers to an increase in the temperature of our planet. Warmer temperatures can cause natural disasters (floods, storms, droughts, bushfires, hurricanes, etc), rising sea levels, and the extinction (disappearance) of plants and animals.

Many people in New Zealand (and overseas) are worried about climate change, including Greta Thunberg, a 16 year old girl from Sweden. She believes that climate change is not only real, but that it is a “crisis”. She is upset that adults, particularly governments and powerful people, are not taking climate change seriously. In 2018 she began protesting outside the Swedish government buildings every Friday instead of going to school. She inspired the School Strike for Climate protests and, in 2019, spoke to the United Nations about her concerns. Not everyone, however, is convinced that climate change is really happening.


Image Attribution: Greta Thunberg at the Climate March of 27 September 2019 in Montreal, Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0

For this activity, we would like you to explore the School Strike for Climate Australia website.

On your blog, list three facts (things) that you learned, and include a photograph of something that you are doing around home to help the environment.

*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!





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Activity 3: “I Have a Dream” [6 points]

Martin Luther King Jr was a Christian minister in the United States of America (USA) in the 1950s and 1960s. He spent much of his life fighting for equality (equal rights) for people of colour. At the time, there were laws that kept black and white people separated - they went to different schools, used different toilets, and even sat in different parts of a bus and ate in different areas of a restaurant. This was called ‘segregation.’

Dr King did not agree with these laws and he led many protests against them. He was joined in his protests by many people, including an African American woman named Rosa Parks. In 1955, Rosa boarded a bus in Alabama (USA) and when the bus filled up with people, she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. You can read about this famous incident here and watch a video about Rosa Parks here.

The brave actions of people like Martin Luther King Jr and Rosa Parks were instrumental in changing the way that African Americans (people of colour) were treated in the United States.


For this activity, please consider the problem that black men and women faced in America at this time.

On your blog, describe the problem. What did Rosa Parks do about the problem? How did other people react?

*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!

SLJ Wk 2 Day 1 Act 2

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Dr Jessa Rogers (Metuamate) is a Aborignal Australian and a leader in indigenous education. She grew up in Queensland, Australia, and when she had a baby while she was still at school, it seemed like her education would suffer. However, Jessa not only completed her high school education, but she went on to University and completed several degrees, including a PhD which means she is called Dr Rogers!

Dr Jessa Rogers became the first school principal (and youngest Aboriginal principal in Australia) of the Cape York Girl Academy, a school in far north Queensland for young indigenous mums and their babies. For her work on improving indigenous education in Australia, she won the NAIDOC Youth of the Year award in 2010, has gone on to win many more awards and write several books.

Dr Rogers is a proud member of the Wiradjuri people, an Indigenous community in Australia, and has a strong connection to New Zealand. In fact, her husband is affiliated with two iwi in New Zealand - Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Raukawa, and he is also of Cook Island and Tahitian decent. Jessa is currently working at the University of Canberra as an assistant professor.


For this activity, we would like you to calculate Jessa’s age when she won the NAIDOC Youth of the Year award. She was born on 7 April 1985 and she received the award on 9 July 2010. Please provide the answer to this question in years, months and days (eg. 20 years, 6 months and 2 days).

On your blog, please post both your final answer and an explanation of how you solved this maths problem. You could write your explanation, or use screencastify to record yourself explaining how you solved it.

SLJ Wk 1 Day 5 Act 3: Own Choice (6 points)

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Activity 3: Own Choice [6 points]

You have now made it to the end of Week 1 and have the chance to choose your very own sportsperson or explorer who you think has changed the world. There are no right or wrong choices for this activity, so find someone who interests you and tell us about them on your blog. It could be someone from your family, church, community or someone famous who you admire.

Here are some starting points in case you get stuck:

Jessica Watson

Tanielu Tele’a

Sachin Tendulkar

Ann Bancroft

Kelly Slater

Tamatea

Laura Dekker


For this activity, please choose one person (a changemaker) and read all about them.

On your blog, provide us with:

The name of the person
A description of the work they do/have done
An explanation of how they/their work has had an impact on the lives of others
*Remember to attribute any images that you borrow from the internet or from other people.

*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!

SLJ Wk 1 Day 5 Act 2: Swimming To Safety

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Activity 2: Swimming to Safety [4 points]

Yusra Mardini is a teenage girl who was born in Syria, a war-torn country in the Middle East. She left Syria in 2015 to get away from the constant fighting and became a refugee. During her journey to reach safety in a new country, the engine on the boat she was travelling in broke down and Yusra, her sister and two others jumped out of the boat and swam to get help. Her heroic actions saved twenty people’s lives.

Yusra now lives in Germany. In 2016 she was named as part of the Refugee Olympic Team and she swam for this team in the last summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She is now training for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Image Attribution: Yusra Mardini Portrait, United Nations, CC BY 3.0

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.

*Remember to attribute any images that you borrow from the internet or from other people.

*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!

SLJ Wk 1 Day 5 Act 1: National Treasure

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Activity 1: National Treasure [4 points]

Sophie Pascoe is a New Zealand para-swimmer. This means she is a competitive swimmer with a physical disability. Very sadly, Sophie was run over by a lawn mower when she was only 2 years old. She had to have the bottom of her left leg amputated. However, despite this terrible accident, she was determined to become a competitive swimmer.

Sophie has won numerous New Zealand and world para-swimming titles, including nine Olympic gold medals. She has also won the Halberg Award for Disabled Sportsperson of the Year three times. Sophie is a great example of a New Zealander who did not let her disability stop her from achieving her dreams. She is truly a ‘National Treasure’. A national treasure is someone or something that is very important to a country. 


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.

Personally, I treasure an old piano because it has family history for me. My dad bought the piano when he was a teenager and played it a lot as a young man. When I was little I learnt to play on the same piano and now my daughter Laila loves to play it too! It has brought a lot of joy and music to our family.

SLJ Wk 1 Day 4 Act 3: Worth Her Weight In Gold

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Activity 3: Worth her Weight in Gold [6 points]

Dame Valerie Adams (half sister of basketballer, Steven Adams) is a shot put champion from New Zealand (NZ). She has won the World Championships four times as well as both gold and silver medals at the Olympics. Here, in New Zealand, she has won the Halberg Award for New Zealand Sportswoman of the Year seven consecutive times (2006-2012)! She is a bit of a legend both in NZ and in her homeland of Tonga.

Valerie Adams is a proud Tongan New Zealander. You can see her wearing a ta’ovala in the photo. There are many Tongans living in New Zealand - you may be one of them! The Kingdom of Tonga is a group of 169 islands in the Pacific Ocean. It is located between Fiji, Samoa and Niue. Here are some travel tips about Tonga.


Image Attribution: Adams (right) in 2017, after her investiture as a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit by the governor-general, Dame Patsy Reddy by Governor General of New Zealand is licensed under CC BY 4.0

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.

*Remember to attribute the images that you use and write the information in your own words.

*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!

SLJ Wk 1 Day 4 Act 2: What's In A Name?

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Activity 2: What’s in a Name? [4 points]

Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest boxers of all time. He started boxing when he was 12 years old and went on to become the World Heavyweight Champion numerous times in the 1960s and 1970s.

Muhammad Ali was an African American man born with the name Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. When he was a young man, however, he became a Muslim and converted to Islam. When he converted, he changed his name to Muhammad Ali. During his life, Ali gave a lot of time and money to various charities. He also helped to feed more than 22 million people across the world who didn’t have enough food. Despite all of his charitable work, Muhammad Ali is still best known for his agressive boxing style, his confident personality and his inspirational quotes.

Changing your name is a big deal! If you were to change your name, what would you change it to?


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.

*Remember to attribute any images that you borrow from the internet or from other people.

*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!

SLJ Wk 1 Day 4 Act 1:Making A Racket

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SLJ Wk 1 Day 3 Act 3

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Activity 3: Achieving our Dreams [6 points]

The Silver Ferns are New Zealand’s professional netball team. They are based in Auckland and play against teams from all over the world. Next year they are due to compete in the first ever Netball Nations cup competition in England.

In order to earn a place on the team, each of the players had to prove that they were one of the best netball players in the country. They have all had to work very hard, sacrifice many things, and show dedication and determination throughout their careers. In many cases, they have also had a lot of support from others - their family, friends, teachers, coaches. This support has allowed them to pursue their dreams and to, ultimately, do a job that they love.


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.

*Remember to attribute any images that you borrow from the internet or from other people.

*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!

SLJ Wk 1 Day 3 Act 2: Defying The Odds

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Activity 2: Defying the Odds [4 points]

LeBron James is one of the most famous professional basketball players in the world. He currently plays in the NBA (National Basketball Association) for the Los Angeles Lakers. He has won numerous awards over the years, helping his teams win many important games.

Steven Adams also plays in the NBA, but unlike LeBron, Steven comes from Rotorua, New Zealand and is the half-brother of Olympic gold medalist Valerie Adams. That’s a pretty cool family connection, isn’t it?! Steven Adams currently lives in the United States and plays for the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team.

Despite being born in different countries, these two incredible basketballers have a number of similarities. Both men came from humble beginnings. Neither of their families had a lot of money, and neither man grew up with a father at home. Even though they faced challenges, they were able to overcome them. Both men are examples of what is possible when you work hard and believe in yourself.


Image Attribution: Steven Adams, Keith Allison, CC BY-SA 2.0

Image Attribution: LeBron James is now a Los Angeles Laker by Reuters

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.

*Remember to attribute any images that you borrow from the internet or from other people.

*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!

SLJ Wk 1 Day 3 Act 1: Rugby Superstars

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Activity 1: Rugby Superstars [4 points]

Jonah Lomu was a rugby superstar. He was the youngest ever All Black, selected at just 19 years of age. He went on to have an amazing career that included 63 caps (international games) and 37 tries. Jonah was Tongan, but spent most of his childhood in Mangere, South Auckland. He started out playing touch rugby and rugby league but changed over to rugby union and quickly made a name for himself. He was very tall, strong and fast.

Richie McCaw is another example of a famous rugby player. He was the captain of the All Blacks between 2004 and 2015. Like Jonah Lomu, he had an outstanding international career in rugby union and had many achievements. In fact he was the most capped All Black captain, most capped test rugby player and World Rugby Player of the Year in 2006, 2009, and 2010. He has been given a Halberg Award and made a member of the Order of New Zealand. As well as being an outstanding player, Richie McCaw was also a strong leader and captain.

For many people, players like Jonah Lomu and Richie McCaw are superheroes with extra special ‘superpowers.’


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 your blog, please list the three superpowers, tell us why you have chosen each one, and tell us what you are going to do with them.

*Remember to attribute any images that you borrow from the internet or from other people.

*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!

SLJ Wk 1 Day 2 Act 3: Miracle On The Hudson

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Activity 3: Miracle on the Hudson [6 points]

Mr Chesley Sullenberger, or “Sully” as he was known, was an airline captain (pilot) for about 30 years. In 2009, he became world famous when he landed his aeroplane in the middle of the Hudson River in New York City. He was forced to make an emergency landing when both of the engines in his aeroplane lost power. Amazingly, all 155 people on board the A320 plane survived the landing. This incredible event became known as the ‘Miracle on the Hudson.’

You can watch a video about it here.

Although Sully must have been scared when the engines lost power, he didn’t show it. Instead he stayed calm, and saved the lives of everyone on board. What a brave man!


Image Attribution: Plane crash into Hudson River, Greg Lam Pak Ng, CC BY 2.0

For this activity, we would like to hear about a time when you, or someone you know, was brave like Sully.

On your blog, recount a time when you (or someone else you know) did something brave.

*Remember to attribute any images that you borrow from the internet or from other people.

*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!

SLJ Wk 1 Day 2 Act 2: One Small Step For Man

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Activity 2: One Small Step for Man [4 points]

Neil Armstrong was an American astronaut and engineer. In 1969, Neil and his team of astronauts flew to the moon in a spacecraft called Apollo 11. When they arrived, Neil got out of the spacecraft and walked on the moon. He is the first person in history to walk on the moon! As Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, he famously said, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”

As you can imagine, landing on the moon is a very dangerous task. Many things can go wrong, and a number of astronauts have died attempting to land on the moon. Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins (the three astronauts on Apollo 11) must have been extremely brave.

I always imagine that walking on the moon must be like jumping on the trampoline! Do you like jumping on a trampoline? My daughter Laila loves it!


For this activity, let’s imagine that you were Neil Armstrong.

On your blog, write a short poem describing how you felt when you first set foot on the moon. Here is a link to some different poetry forms.

*Remember to attribute any images that you borrow from the internet or from other people.

*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!

SLJ Wk 1 Day 2 Act 1: Flying Solo

DAY 2: UP IN THE AIR


Activity 1: Flying Solo [4 points]

Jean Batten was a famous aviator (pilot) who was born in Rotorua, New Zealand in 1909. In the 1930s she made several record-breaking solo flights (on her own) across the world. In fact, she was the first person to fly solo from England to New Zealand - a huge achievement! She also flew a number of long solo flights between England and Australia/Brazil. When she flew, she always took a silk dress with her so that she could look beautiful at the parties she attended upon her arrival.

Amelia Earhart was an American aviator who lived at about the same time as Jean Batten. Like Jean, she also flew solo. In fact, she was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She flew all the way from Canada to Northern Ireland on her own without stopping. In 1937, Amelia Earhart attempted to circumnavigate (go right around) the world. Unfortunately, the flight ended in tragedy when she disappeared near Howland Island, about halfway between Australia and Hawaii. She was never found. 


Image Attribution: Amelia Earhart in airplane, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, Public Domain 

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.

*Remember to attribute any images that you borrow from the internet or from other people.

*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!

SLJ Wk 1 Day 1 Act 3: Scaling New Heights

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Activity 3: Scaling New Heights [6 points]

In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and his sherpa (guide), Tenzing Norgay, were the first people to reach the summit of Mt Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.

At the time, Edmund Hillary was an apiarist (beekeeper) from Auckland, New Zealand. During the summer he worked as a beekeeper, and during the winter, he climbed mountains. Becoming the first person to summit Everest was not easy. In fact, Edmund Hillary attempted (tried) to climb to the top of Mt Everest three times before he succeeded. He was determined to reach the top!

While this famous explorer and climber is mostly remembered for being the first person to reach the summit of Mt Everest, he has also made a huge impact on the world through his charity work. In 1960, Sir Edmund Hillary set up the Himalayan Trust to bring education, healthcare and safe drinking water to the people of Nepal - the country where Mt Everest is located.




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

On your blog, write a short explanation of what the charity does.

*Remember to attribute any images that you borrow from the internet or from other people.

*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!

SLJ Wk 1, Day 1, Act 2: Discovering Aotearoa

Activity 2: Discovering Aotearoa [4 points]

Many people believe that Kupe was the first explorer to discover Aotearoa, New Zealand in about 1300. He navigated his way by waka to Aotearoa from Hawaiki using traditional Polynesian navigation techniques - just like Nainoa Thompson (from Activity 1) did much later on. Legend says that he followed a great octopus all the way to Aotearoa/New Zealand and finally destroyed it in Cook Strait (the water between the North and South Islands).

Many years later, a Dutch explorer from The Netherlands, Abel Tasman, was exploring the Pacific Ocean when he came across New Zealand. He thought that he was the first person to ‘discover’ the country (despite the fact that Māori already lived in New Zealand!) and made the claim in 1642 that he had ‘discovered’ a new land. His exploration of New Zealand inspired many other European explorers to follow his lead and travel to the Oceania.

Kupe and Abel Tasman were two different men from two very different backgrounds (cultures) who shared a common interest - exploration.


Image Attribution: Kupe by Sid Mosdell is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Image Attribution: Portrait of Abel Tasman, Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp, Public Domain

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?

On your blog, please tell us about your cultural background. Where do you and your family come from?

*Please remember that you need to be cybersmart in what you share online.

*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!

SLJ Wk 1, Day 1, Activity 1: Setting Sail

DAY 1: EXPLORERS

Activity 1: Setting Sail [4 points]

People from Pacific nations have always been expert explorers and navigators. In the past, they used the stars, sun and ocean swells to find their way (navigate) around the Pacific Ocean. Master navigator, Nainoa Thompson, has used the ancient Polynesian wayfinding skills to navigate around the world. In 2013, Nainoa led a crew across the Pacific Ocean on two large canoes (Hokule’a and Hikianalia). The crew stopped off in Aotearoa, New Zealand in 2015 on their journey and visited the Manaiakalani Schools in Auckland.

Here is a short video about Polynesian navigation. It describes the different ways ancient Polynesian navigators used the natural world to find their way around vast oceans. Incredible!

I think that it would be difficult to be ‘at sea’ for weeks at a time. I would miss my family but I would also enjoy the adventure. Let’s imagine that you were invited to join Nainoa for three weeks at sea. As part of the journey, you have to pack your own food.

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.

On your blog, post your list of 10 food items you would take on an ocean voyage and the reasons why you chose these items.

*Remember to attribute any images that you borrow from the internet or from other people.

*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!

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🎄 🎄 Christmas In NZ 🎄 🎄

👻👻 Join Us In Our Spooktacular Party! 👻👻

 - This is an example not a real invitation

Today during our writing we created an invitation including all the important details such as the date/ time of a celebration or event and where it will take place as we also had to make it visually appealing to be suitable for the audience. This is an example of a invitation for a Halloween party. 

What Makes A Loyal Family With Obedience And Empathy?

A good family shows aroha towards each other and builds up their relationship with trust and kindness to sustain their substantial relationships. 

Love is an important quality to show to your family. it helps a stable family’s relationships. Love is a strong feeling for a person, it’s live having an emotional attachment to someone for example,  sharing your belongings with your younger siblings or helping your mother do the dishes and more countless ways to show aroha. This is a huge segment that is necessary to show to be part of a good family. 

Forgiveness is also a required quality to show to your family as when they have problems that they caused for example, having problems with your other relatives such as your aunts and uncles. forgiveness and love are needed to create a non-breakable relationship.

Trust is another way to develop a family’s relationship.  it is really important to have faith in one another and to never lie. Let’s say you ate the whole bag of chips that your dad bought to eat for the next basketball game he’s going to watch and you don’t want to tell him because he might give you big growling. you should never keep secrets from your father, even if you're going to have a growling.  never lie to your family and always be honest. Along  with being honest is an additional virtue to be truthful in all aspects of life including to never hurt anyone through bad attitude, behaviour and activities. An honest person doesn’t get involved with things that are wrong.

Being kind to one another can stabilise the relationship with your family. Kindness is essential to show such as making people happy & Making someone’s day better. Kindness is defined as being friendly, generous and considerate but it requires being courageous and have strength. Kindness brings people together and improves the quality of lives in your workplace or the community. Showing kindness to others is just having an award of receiving it from someone else. 

Our families help find what we can truly be with these qualities. love as it’s a feeling of strong affection. Forgiveness being us to freely live ours lives. trustworthiness which make us believe that’s someone relying on you and kindness to being friendly and considerate towards other people. Showing these qualities to our families results in being part of a good family.

Being Cybersmart In A Learn Create Share World

The Treasure Box!

The Treasure Box

Explosions went boom, grenades getting deployed. Why are they destroying our peaceful town, what happened to it? Who are they and why are they doing this, where did they come from? 

People crying at the highest volume and screaming nonstop. The library rapidly gets bombed by the enemy, books burst and shredded into pieces. Slowly falling down one by one, shelves tilting making tumultuous sounds. Dad gave me this special box, inside it was a book about our past, about the people in the village. After packing our stuff as fast as we could, we quickly joined the humongous line of helpless villagers.

The feeling about my mother is distressing me. Where is she, where did she go? I want mum to come back, had she been kidnapped, is she hurt? What if she’s already dead? But still I need to focus on this right now.  As the village is getting bombed people secretly escaping feeling fear and terror, marching and walking all day long, nowhere to go. I feel concerned about dad oddly coughing relentlessly and having painful headaches.  While we walk in the dark freezing evening, we sleep on the side of an abandoned road.

As the cold night has come, we all cuddled together lacking heat as the temperature going down so quick as how fast my father is coughing non stop. I hold my father’s hand and feeling cold and chilly, I keep his hand warm till the last moment I'll  never be able to go talk to him again.  His last words were “keep the box Peter, I will always love you” and he slowly closed his eyes. Instantly I felt broken and crumpled feeling on the inside like I’m tearing apart into pieces. I cry salty tears that slowly fall on my face as my father’s heartbeat slowly stops. Straight away the other villagers  comfort me but it doesn’t do anything to stop the feeling of depression and  misery.

The day of my father’s burial turns out to be the worst day of my life. I tumble down beside my father’s grave feeling empty and heartbroken. We had to be quick before the enemy finds us. I questioned myself, Why did my dad die, I have lost my only one who’s going to care for me? Where will I go now? Who’s going to be there with me for the rest of my life? The men quickly buried my father’s body as I tightly hold the box. The villagers feel anxious and worried, they tried to convince me to leave the box but I’ll never break the promise I gave to my dad.

I plan to leave the others and leave my suitcase other than leaving the box, it’s more valuable than anything else. I want to start a new life in a new town.  I went to the next  village. It was more peaceful and colourful, no bombings, no gun shootings, no killing people it’s the totally opposite from where I have come. The colours of the buildings are as bright as the yellow sun, people are peaceful and joyful, as vibrant as flowers blooming from their stem, the snow is as graceful and elegant as people dancing to a folk song around the centre of the village. 

I find a good place to bury the box, I can’t keep this box forever so I need to hide it, I find a linden tree forest. Winter trees shiver in the freezing wind, naked branches covered with snow. Clusters of twigs, twisted and bent, extended like the hands of an old man, ready to catch the soft falling snowflakes. I dig up a hole next to an enormous linden tree, I gradually put the box into it and bury it with the cold freezing snow. Against the dark mossy trunk the brilliant white snow drifts in small chunks and falls to the frosty ground. I lived in the village next to the linden tree  for many years, I turned from a kid to a young adult but I still remember the iron box that my father gave me. 

One day I decided to find the box, I wanted to see if it was still there. I went back to the linden tree forest, it was in the middle of spring and linden trees were blooming, dazzling brightly upon the shining sun, the grass was as abundant as the white humongous clouds in the sky. I remember where I hid it. I dug it in next to the biggest linden tree in the forest.  I saw a little girl playing around the tree. I went to her and told her all about the iron box, she  helped me dig up the box and read the book to her. This evening I told her to go home before it was dark.

I choose to return the book to the library. I wonder if people are still there in the village? Did they rebuilt the buildings, the library? I know it would be a very long journey to get there so I ride on a carriage as it would be faster than walking. I wrapped the iron box with a cloth. It took 2 nights and 2 days to get there. I arrived in the village and it was astonishing. It was as peaceful as ever, all the people were  happy and joyfully communicating with each other. I ran as fast as a flash of lightning to the library, I looked at it, it was back to its original form. I went inside,  heaps of people reading pages of amazing books one by one slowly, row after row of neatly placed books, dust everywhere as far as you can see, fictional books orderly arranged in alphabetical order. And this is  where I placed the book on the shelf.

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Smart Relationships

What Happens In The Internet In 60 Seconds? 2019

Moving so much in the internet requires a large amount of energy but, what do you think happens in the internet in 60 seconds? 

Today in reading, I made a diagram showing what happens in the internet in 60 seconds. I updated the 2013 to a 2019 diagram. It's very hard to monitor the Internet because it changes all the time. Each one of them comes from several data-gathering companies. 

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DE: The Treasure Box Part 1&2

Argo Float Diagram

Today we were asked to create a diagram of an Argo float. Argo floats are special devices that measures the temperature and salinity of sea water. The data they collect are used by scientists to learn more about our oceans.

The Treasure Box

During our Drama session with Stacy we were asked to make an art piece of a drawing in the book "The Treasure Box". We also had to write using the 5 senses describing what happened in only one page from the book. The writing was put  beside our drawing. Stay tuned for more about the Treasure Box because it's just the beginning.

My Prayer Flag!

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The Sacred Place

We have a new place that has been constructed in the corner of the school called the sacred place.

The sacred space is where we can pray or reflect, there are also 3 stones that has symbols on them which represent St Patrick’s School and the congregation of the Mission sisters of Our Lady Of The Missions which had been founded by Adele Euphrasie Barbier.

The first stone symbolizes the Mission sisters who was founded by Adele Euphrasie Barbier in 1861, the mission sisters took over the school in 1904. The second stone symbolizes a koru, a spiral shape that symbolize new life, growth, strength and peace. The last stone symbolizes the school’s symbol that represent our faith,  the school symbolize fidelis which means “always faithful” .

This was presented by St Patrick’s school and the Our Lady Of The Missions congregation, it was also constructed by Sr Geraldine Donovan, a former student and teacher from St Patrick’s school. 

Cybersmart: Smart Footprint T2

El Capitan

Today, I have read an article about a 10 year old girl named Selah Schneiter who climbed 910m El Capitan, a summit located in the Yosemite National Park in California, United States. It took 9 months to train before she climb El Capitan. This event took place on June 20th taking her 5 days.

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The Traditional Celebration Of Matariki

Matariki is a Maori name marking the beginning of Maori New Year.

There are a group of 7 stars that shines in the sky during Maori New Year and their called, Alcyone (Matariki), Atlas (Tupu-a-rangi), Electra( Waipuna-Rangi), Taygeta(Waiti), Pleione(Tupu-a-nuku), Merope(Ururangi) and Maia(Waita).  It’s also known as the Pleiades Star Cluster. Its first rising in late May or early June. Some say think of Matariki as a mother star with six daughters, it’s also referred to as a group of seven sisters. There are two meanings of Matariki they are also referred to the stars, mata ariki means the eyes of God and mata riki which means little eyes.

Matariki is celebrated with Education, remembrance and the planting of new trees which is signalling a new beginning. Matariki is the best time to harvest and celebrate ceremonies to the Gods, Uenuku and Whiro to ensure that good crops for the next year.

Traditionally, Matariki is celebrated with a Maori community in New Zealand, while some people celebrate when the star cluster first rises. Others celebrate at the first full moon or new moon after the rising of Matariki. You can also cook with traditional Maori vegetables and acknowledging the value for achieving well-being. Explore the outdoors, Matariki is a time to learn about nature. Spend some time with kids in the kitchen, it’s important for children to learn the skill of cooking.

Matariki is a time to celebrate with your Maori community to cook Traditional Maori food and planting new trees that signals a new beginning.