Summer Learning Journey Activity 16 (Te Huarere/Weather)

 Hey bloggers,

For the kick start activity we had to complete 3 sentences in Maori about the weather and for the step it up we had to record ourselves saying the sentences. I decided to do the kick start and step it up by completing the slides and recording myself asking the question in Maori and answering back in Maori. I forgot to translate it but...       

He aha te tohu huarere? means What is the weather forecast?                                                                          He puahuru rangi means A hot day.

Here is my screencastify and the slides:

                                                                   

hope you guys enjoyed my blog post

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Summer Learning Journey Activity 15 (create a dam)!!!!!!!!

Step it up activity:

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Summer Learning Journey Activity 14 ( Kiwi jingle bells)!!!!!!!!!

 Hey Bloggers!

Today for the SLJ we had to create our own Kiwi jingle bells song. I found it challenging to come up with my own especially the first line. Once I got started then it became easier.  I tried to use some Maori words in my jingle to make it more of a kiwi song. We live in New Zealand and the festive season is in summer.  I have also added the step it up activity by recording myself singing my jingle.  The difficult part for me is always recording myself as I am not very confident in hearing my own voice back because it sounds weird when I listen back to it. I hope you guys enjoy listening to my jingle. Let me know what you think? 

Here is my Jingle slide

 

Here it goes... me singing my Jingle.

Christmas is celebrating differently in both the Southern and Northern hemisphere.  The huge difference is the weather which determines mostly everything like the activities you would do, the types of Christmas tree you would buy, the types of presents you would receive and the time you would go to sleep.  The Southern hemisphere much like here in New Zealand,  because we are in summer people usually travel to the beach or park to celebrate this day occupying themselves with an outdoor BBQ, outdoor sport games such as cricket, swimming or just relaxing with the family making sand castles etc.  Where in Northern hemisphere its common to stay inside to have dinner at home with the family and  to go outside to play in the snow. In the Southern hemisphere it common to use fake Christmas trees where in Northern hemisphere they mainly use real Christmas trees. They also go to bed early because its winter and its get darker faster where in the Southern hemisphere we are lucky because we have daylight saving so we are able to enjoy longer days. Also the present you would receive in the Southern hemisphere would more likely be something that you could enjoy in summer where in Northern hemisphere you would receive something more indoor like board games or puzzles or some warm clothing etc. Its amazing how the weather has a great impact on how we celebrate special occasions.  I feel lucky that I am in a country that we are able to enjoy our holidays outdoors even though I like the snow which also seems quite fun but that's okay because my family often goes to National park during winter season to enjoy the snow as well. 

Thank you for reading my blog.  Hope you enjoying your holidays.

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Summer Learning Journey Activity 13 (Pigpen cipher)!!!!!!

Good day bloggers!

I hope you guys are enjoying your holidays. I am sorry I have not been responding to your comments because I am really busy at the moment. I will reply back to them as soon as I can. If you are wondering how I can do the summer learning journey, it is because I have scheduled it as a daily habit. 

That was the boring part of my blog post now let's head to the fun part.

Do you know what pigpen cipher was used for?

In the 18 century pigpen cipher was used by Freemasons who was declared to be the inventor to this smart way of keeping things private. So the pigpen cipher is basically used to keep peoples records private.

Something I enjoyed was learning how to write in pigpen cipher. I found it challenging to write the right symbol for the letter especially when I had to write a sentence because they are very similar to each other. I learnt that Freemasons was the inventor of the pigpen cipher.

For the SLJ we had to write what our favourite beach is using the pigpen cipher. 

I have a challenge for you guys! 

can you break the code to find out what my favourite beach is?

Here it is:

I also did the step it up activity here is the slides and the video I had created:

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Summer Learning Journey Activity 12 ( Creating my Hana Kōkō design)!!!!

 Kia Ora Bloggers,

For this task we had to create our own Hana Kōkō design.  I have chosen my design because I am inspired by the Maori culture. The outfit I have used is based on comfort because us kiwi's love comfort. To me NZ represents love so I have used the word Aroha and have made a heart using kuru patterns which is the most common design in Maori tradition. I hope you like my design.

Here it is:

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Summer Learning Journey Activity 11 ( Creating a xylophone with Nanogirl)!!!!!!

 Bonjour bloggers!

Today I have made a xylophone. Something I enjoyed about this task was playing the cups. I found that making the tubes were really challenging. I have made a video of myself making the xylophone. I will write down the method and what materials.

Materials:

• 5 sheets of A4 paper
• sisscors
• Tape
• 4 glass cups
• water

Method:

1. Roll your paper in to tubes securing them with tape
2. Cut the tubes so that it goes long to short
3. Then stick them all together using tape
4. There you have it your xylophone

Here is the video:

Summer Learning Journey Activity 10 ( Haiku Poem)!!!!

 Hey bloggers,

For the step it up activity I had to create a Haiku poem. I have never written a Haiku poem before but I learnt that a Haiku poem has only 3 lines. The first line has to consist of 5 syllables and the second line need 7 syllables and the third line needs 5 syllables. I found it easy once I knew what topic I was writing it about and finding a picture was easy peasy lemon squeezy. Here is my Haiku poem about yoga.

Kick start task:

Step it up task:

For the step up task we had to write 3 Haiku poems. I have done an audio recording mine because I found it easier to record my voice then to do a video as I am a bit camera shy. I hope you guys like it.

Thank you for looking at my blog post

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