Summer learning journey week 1 Day 1 # blogpost 1

                                                                      WEEK 1: A Place to Stand




Welcome to the first week of the Summer Learning Journey. For our first week, we are going to be learning all about the land habitats here in New Zealand. It is going to be a great adventure!


Activity 1: The Legend of New Zealand [4 points] #1
According to Māori mythology, much of Aotearoa New Zealand was formed when Māui, a powerful demigod, fished it out of the sea. Legend has it that Māui created a magical fish hook from the jawbone of his grandmother and that one day he took his hook, boarded a boat, and rode out into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Once at sea, he threw his magical hook into the water and caught a fish. This ‘fish’ was actually the North Island of New Zealand! In honour of this legend, the North Island of New Zealand is sometimes referred to as Te Ika a Māui or ‘Māui’s fish’ and the South Island of New Zealand is sometimes referred to as Te Waka a Māui or ‘Māui’s canoe’.


To learn more cool facts about New Zealand, check out the Tourism NZ website. Read the fun facts posted on the website and choose your ‘Top 3.’ On your blog, post your ‘Top 3 Fun Facts’ about NZ in your own words.


For today task we were told to list 3 fun facts but I decided to do 10 because I am in a good feeling.

 1. The meaning of Aotearoa is the land of the long white cloud .

2. The Auckland City Sky Tower is 328 meters high.

3. The capitol of New Zealand is Wellington.

 

4. 30 to 40 % of our land is forest.

5. Auckland is the biggest city in New Zealand Aotearoa. 

6. Here in New Zealand there are no snakes.

7. New Zealand has the longest ever place name. Here it is Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateapokaiwhenuakitanatahu

8. New Zealand had also won ther first ever Rugby World Cup, that was held in 1987.

9. In New Zealand the Hector’s Dolphin, is one of the world’s smallest marine dolphin, which grows to a maximum length of 1.5 meters.

10.  New Zealanders are also known as the humans who love there car. Because of that, New Zealand has some of the highest ownership rates in the world.

Activity 2: North and South [4 points] #2 blog post

The country of New Zealand is made up of two main islands – the North Island and the South Island. Approximately 77% of the New Zealand population live in the North Island. Many of these people (including our Summer Learning Journey design team) live in Auckland city. Auckland is a great place to live with lots of amazing parks, beautiful waterways and stunning scenery to enjoy. It is also a busy, vibrant city with many cafes, museums, galleries and theatres to visit. I feel lucky to call Auckland my ‘hometown.’

Now it is time to think about your hometown. What is special about where you live? On your blog, describe your hometown. Be sure to include lots of describing words (adjectives) in your post.

To those who don't know me I am Sonnia I Iive in the east side of Auckland. I am very glad to be in Auckland as many people get along with each other kindly. So much people are very respect full to each other that it makes there day. Almost every where you go you will receive a smile as you walk past that person. The special thing about my home town is everyone gets along well and they don't hate each other we look after each other and most of all we respect each other.

The Activity 3: Ice, Ice Baby [10 points] # 3

Antarctica is the world’s coldest continent. Even though it is made up of ice, it is also the driest continent in the world. In fact, it hasn’t rained there for nearly 2 million years! It is home to many animals such as whales, seals, birds, and fish. There are no permanent human residents (people who live there all the time) in Antarctica, however scientists do visit and stay in Antarctica for a while to study it.

This year the airline, Air New Zealand, filmed their safety video in Antarctica. They used some fabulous actors from Hornby Primary School in Christchurch. Just like on aeroplanes, we also need to keep safe and be smart online. We need to think about the type of information we are sharing online, who we are sharing information with, and how to have a positive digital footprint.

On your blog, make a copy of this footprint and, inside the footprint, explain how you create a positive, digital footprint. What do you do to stay smart online?.