WLJ - Day 2 Activity 2

Activity 2: As an island nation, New Zealand is completely surrounded by water. It is the perfect place for people who like to swim or to sail! While in Dargaville, recovering from your busy day of sightseeing, you notice a number sailboats going by. One of the boats is manned by a young German girl named Laura Dekker. At the age of fourteen she sailed around the world the entire world by herself. You can watch a short video clip about her adventures here: Laura Dekker sailing trip.   

Let’s imagine that you had the chance to interview Laura while in Dargaville. On your blog post five questions that you would ask her.

Questions for Laura Dekker!

1. When did you first began to sail?
2. What inspired you to sail?
3. How long did it take you to sail across the world?
4. If you didn't do sailing, what would be another hobby you would do?
5. What is something something you really want?

WLJ - Day 1 Activity 2

Activity 2: Your tour of New Zealand is going to start right here in Auckland. Watch the Tourist video for Auckland to learn about the awesome things that you can see and do in the city. Once you’ve finished, choose your favourite five activities from the video and list them on your blog.  

1. Exploring the coastline
2. Going to Mission bay!
3. See the sunset from the top of Mt Eden
4. Visiting Rangitoto Island
5. Auckland domain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_New_Zealand#/media/File:Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg

Last year, the Prime Minister of New Zealand suggested that we should replace the flag with a new, updated design. He invited everyone in New Zealand to come up with their own flag design and submit it.

For this activity, it is your turn to design a new flag. Use any drawing programme that you wish. I would recommend the Flag Designer website. It allows you to create a flag in three easy steps. When you are done, take a screenshot of your flag and post it on your blog. Here is an example:

Source: http://flag-designer.appspot.com

To earn full points you must describe the flag, in words, below the picture. Please tell us what is on the flag and what inspired your design.   

Bonus Activity = 8 points

This flag inspired me by the way that New Zealand had different cultures. The cultures are Maori, Maori European, Asians and Pacific languages ( Tonga, Samoa, Fiji and more! ) I think this should be the flag New Zealand.

Cinquain Poems!

WLJ - Day 2

Day #2: New Zealand by Land and Sea

After a short ride through Auckland it is time to start exploring the rest of the country. Today you are going to venture around the north island of New Zealand to look at active volcanoes, gorgeous beaches, windswept coastline and lush, green bush. As a group, you will start at Rangitoto, the largest volcano in New Zealand before driving west to Karekare, a stunning beach on the outskirts of Auckland. You will finish the day by driving north to visit Tane Mahuta, the oldest living kauri tree in New Zealand.

(1)Rangitoto: http://www.doc.govt.nz/rangitoto; (2) Karekare:  http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/themes/beaches/88348522/nz-has-one-of-the-best-beaches-in-the-world-according-to-passport-magazine; (3) Tane Mahuta: http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/328117/track-to-tane-mahuta-to-be-closed-for-tree%27s-protection

Activity 1: After a very busy day of sightseeing you and your group drive from Tane Mahuta to your hotel in Dargaville. When you arrive you decide to sit down and record your thoughts in your travel diary.

http://www.kiwidaydreaming.com/p/new-zealand-maps.html

Before you start writing, take a minute to read more about Rangitoto island, Karekare beach and Tane Mahuta.  On your blog, tell us which of the three places you most enjoyed visiting and why.  

• I enjoyed visiting…..

Tonga - The reason being is that in the summer, Tonga is very hot. I enjoy being in Tonga in summer because we drink/eat fresh coconut from the coconut tree. Also it is good to go out with your family to the beach since it is very hot!

Australia - I really enjoyed visiting Australia because the time was winter but it felt like spring! The sun was out on most days but some days the clouds were out. I really enjoyed it because I got to see my mum’s family in a different country for the first time!

Hamilton - I enjoy going to Hamilton because it’s a really long ride but it’s worth it afterwards! I also enjoy seeing different things in Hamilton ( sloped hills, so many hills you can see, amazing weather, the rivers and lakes are clean! ) They also have some animals roaming around the area. The ocean is clean and it’s perfect for a holiday!

Magic Math Market

Today Room 10 played a game call Magic Math Market . The game helped us learn more about fractions and decimals.

WLJ - Day 1

Day 1: 100% PURE New Zealand  

                                

Well, the time has now come! School’s out for the holidays and your tour of New Zealand is about to begin. I hope that you are ready and excited! Curious Kiwi certainly is – he can’t wait to start the Great Kiwi Road Trip! Before you all hit the road, let’s take a minute to review some key facts about New Zealand.

Activity 1:  Go to the Tourism New Zealand website and click on the ‘Facts - New Zealand People’ tab. Read about the people of New Zealand and then choose three interesting facts to post on your blog. The facts must be written in your own words. Do not simply copy and paste the facts from the website☺.

New Zealanders (Kiwis) love the outdoors

For most reasons most people from around the globe enjoy coming to New Zealand for the outdoors. The reason being is that they go for the amazing views from the mountains and landscapes!

Kiwis enjoy going on walks near the coastline and mostly fishing on wharfs! Most times kiwis love to  explore the mountains and lakes beautiful views!

The most adventurous kiwi from New Zealand is Sir Edmund Hillary! Sir Edmund conquered to reach the very summit of Mount Everest! The mountain is 8,848 m.  ( Tenzing Norgay also reached the very summit of Mount Everest)

New Zealand invented ‘Bungee jump’

Before creating farms and agreements, first they needed to clear the land, then made and very scary and terrifying activity! The person who invented bungee jumping was AJ Hackett from Queenstown.

To bungee jump kiwis needed to learn how to jump and know the hazards! They needed to be prepared to bungee jump and most kiwis became very skilled.

New Zealand

New Zealand has over 4.4 million kiwis living in the country! New Zealand has different cultures like Maori, Maori European, pacific islanders ( Tonga, Samoa, Fiji and more! ) and non pacific islanders!

¾ of the nation is living in the North Island! Also ⅓ of the nation is living in Auckland! The most cities that kiwis usually live in are Christchurch, Wellington, Hamilton and more!

Kiwican lesson

                                  Kiwican

On Thursday room 10 went to kiwican next door.We had Ms Tuia and Mr Numia.We lined up outside and we went in and sat in 4 lines.We then got questions from Mr Numia and we answered them. After that we got onto our first activity.

We got into a 2 circles and a chair was in between.Then we walked around the circle until Ms Tuia said stop.Then the person in front of them in between the chairs compliment each others.We had to say positive things instead of negative things about each other.We were a little shy but we did it.

After that we did the next activity was the GKQ.We got in the groups of 4 and we got some questions.We had got asked questions and we had to answer them back. We ran out of time but we then had to go back to class. But before we can go back to class we did what we usually do when we are at kiwican, our chant!

Our chant:

Thank you kiwican,

1 2 3

K C

CHEUU!