Leilani - Summer Learning Journey - Day 4!

Walt: To finish day four of the Summer Learning Journey activity's.

DAY 4: More than Meets the Eye

Activity 1: Scaling New Heights [4 points]

Aotearoa New Zealand is a country of mountains and valleys, dense forests, and sparkling oceans. At the centre of the South Island sits the tallest mountain in the country, Aoraki Mt Cook. It is the place where Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to reach the top (summit) of Mt Everest, learned how to climb mountains. It was pretty difficult for him, at first, but Sir Edmund Hillary did not give up and, in 1953, he achieved this dream of climbing Mt Everest. His face can now be found on the New Zealand $5 note.

Let’s imagine that you met Sir Edmund Hillary in real life and were able to interview him.

On your blog, post five questions that you would like to ask Sir Edmund Hillary about his life.

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Activity 2: Pancakes and Maple Syrup? [4 points]

Aotearoa New Zealand is home to many spectacular sights and natural wonders. One of these is the Punakaiki Rocks and Blowholes located on the West Coast of the South Island. The Punakaiki rocks attract tourists from all over the world who are keen to see these amazing rock formations. Many people think that they look like pancakes stacked on top of one another. Pancakes are one of my favourite foods! They are delicious and pretty easy to make.

For this activity you are asked to choose one of your favourite foods. On your blog, write the name of your favourite food and then tell us how to make it. You may need to ask a family member, friend or Google (!) for help, if you do not normally make this food for yourself.

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Task Description: 
Today's post I have done the Summer Learning Journey day four task one and two. Unfortunately I can not post the rest. I will be gone for some time for a family occasion. But I had some time to post day four activity one and two. Here for the first task we got had to make a poster or just write some questions for Sir Edmund Hillary. We all had to ask five questions but I think I asked about ten or so questions but I hope that's okay. The second activity we had to tell what are favourite food is and leave a recipe to explain how to bake it. Which is what I did. My one is the hot fudge cake. Thanks for reading and see you next time! Bye. 

Leilani Holiday Blogging - Week 1 - Day 4 : Hitting A High Note!

Summer Learning Journey

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Week 1 - Day 4 - Hitting A High Note

Activity 1 - The Waiata - A song in your heart

In the past, Māori would often use song as a way of sharing information or communicating emotions.  A waiata is the name given to a traditional Māori song. One of my all-time favourite waiata is Kia Paimarie. What about you?

Use Google to research traditional Māori Waiata. Listen to a number of Waiata and read the lyrics. On your blog tell us which one of the waiata you found you like the most. Why do you like it?

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My favourite Waiata would be Nuku Te aio. Because I was listening to it and I thought that this song is just so beautiful. Many times my sister and I would sing the song together. I love that Waiata and one day I would like to see what that beautiful song means.

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Activity 2 - Playing Games

Hundreds of years ago, young Māori children were taught to play a number of games, including Poi Rakau, Ki O Rahi, Koruru Taonga and Poi Toa. Read about each of these four games on the Rangatahi tu Rangatira website. Have you played any of them before? Isn’t it cool how the games have been passed down for generations?

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Yes I have played with one which is the Poi Rakau. I find that Maori traditional game very fun and we all need to work as a team to complete this game. Yes it is so cool that these games have been passed down for generations. I hope no one stops sharing.

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Choose one game, and on your blog, tell us the (i) name of the game, (ii) the goal or purpose of the game, and (iii) two rules.

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Today I would be writing about Po Rakau.

The goal for this game is to work as a team , listen very well , try not to drop the Rakau and last one to have fun. Let's get started!

A number of people would get selected and each person would get one Rakau each. Everyone would get into a circle and one person would call left or right. Maui ( which is left ) and Matou ( which is right ) When ever the person calls one of these you run to that side. You need to listen careful and try not to drop the stick.

Two Rules :

1 , Don't drop the stick

2 , There can be leg moving , head moving before they let go of the Rakau.

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Bonus Activity - Musical Festivals - Matatini

In New Zealand, a huge festival is held every two years, called Te Matatini. This performing arts festival celebrates the tikanga (culture or customs) of Māori. Kapa Haka groups from around New Zealand are invited to attend the festival and each group gives a 25-minute performance. The performances are judged and the best teams win prizes.

The gold medal winning team from this year (2017) was Te Kapa Haka o Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti.

Watch these three clips from previous Te Matatini festivals.

Tamatea Arikinui

Te Iti Kahurangi

Te Puku o Te Ika

On your blog, rank the performances from your favourite (#1) to least favourite (#3) and tell us why you gave them the ranking that you did.

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Third place - I think that The Tameta Arikinui would come first. Because I wanted more energy from the performance. So that is why this one come third.

Second place - Te lti Kahurangi would come second because even though this performance was amazing it just didn't hit me that much.

First place - Te Puku O Te Ika. I have chose this one because it has looked like some one has passed away and I have the person rest in peace. They also look very beautiful in their Maori clothing doing their item.

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Leilani - Winter Learning Journey!Day # 4 Swimming With Sharks!

Day # 4 Swimming With Sharks!

By the end of Day #3, you have seen a lot of the north island of New Zealand.  Hopefully you have enjoyed it and you’re excited for the next phase of your journey – the ferry trip across the Cook Strait from the bottom of the north island to the top of the south island. You will spend the next two days exploring the south island before you head back up to Auckland, via Wellington (the capital city of New Zealand).

Activity 1: When you arrive in the south island, Curious Kiwi rents a shuttle van and drives your group from Picton (the town where the ferry dropped you off) to a beautiful beach on the opposite side of the island. The beach area is called Golden Bay and, at one end of the bay, is a stunning area called Farewell Spit

Farewell Spit has been in the news recently as a number of whales accidentally swam into the spit and became stuck on the beach. They were unable to swim back to the ocean because the water was too shallow. Many local people tried to save the ‘beached’ whales. Please follow this Farewell Spit link to learn more about what happened. On your blog, describe what the local people did to try and save the beached whales.

Reason # 1 - They would grab bucket's,water bottles with water in it then they pour it onto the animals.

Reason # 2 - They make sure that they give the whales each equal treatment.

Reason # 3 - Camper offer them towels,water and what ever they need for the whales.

Activity 2: After a morning of learning about beached whales in Golden Bay, you and your group are driven to a nearby town, Nelson, to watch a special movie called ‘Whale rider.’ It is a famous movie about a young girl who was born and raised in New Zealand. Watch the following movie trailers for Whale Rider: Whale Rider trailer #1 and Whale Rider Trailer #2 and then write a summary of the movie on your blog. What is it about? Be sure to also give the movie a rating out of 5 based on the trailer [1 = bad movie, 2 = okay movie, 3 = pretty good, 4 = good movie, 5 = excellent movie].

http://www.incrementa.ca/leadership-succession-whale-rider/

When ‘Whale Rider’ finishes, you and your tour group enjoy a delicious meal in downtown Nelson before heading back to your hotel. You need to go to bed early because you have to get up at 4:30 a.m. the next morning to travel back to Farewell Spit to see a group (pod) of Hector’s Dolphins. It is going to be an early morning!

This movie is all about a Maori girl that really wants to become the chief of the trieb . She really wanted to learn how to learn with sticks but it was only for boys.The papa got all of the boys into a little boy school made by him.They had to learn how to work with sticks.She secretly watches her koro teach the boys so that she can learn how to do what they are doing.If you want more information make sure you watch the full movie:)

Bonus Activity: Hector’s dolphins are a very special native animal found only in New Zealand. They are the smallest dolphin in the world measuring 1.5 metres long and they are quite rare. Sadly, many Hector’s dolphins are killed every year when they get caught in large fishing nets and can’t escape. Some people have argued that fishermen shouldn’t be allowed to fish in Farewell Spit in order to protect the dolphins living there. What do you think? On your blog, tell us whether you think that fishing in Farewell Spit should be banned (stopped).

https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/hector-s-dolphin

Bonus Activity: 10 points

I think that killing the Hector dolphin is really wrong.Because killing animals is very mean and not right.Everyone should leave the animals alone and just fish some where else.