Leilani Holiday Blogging - Sumemr Learning Journey - Week 2 , Day 5 - Coming To The End!

Summer Learning Journey 

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Week 2 , Day 5 - Coming To The End

Activity 1 - VE Day !

After six long years of fighting, World War II finally came to an end in 1945. The entire country was ecstatic and parties were thrown all over New Zealand to celebrate VE Day (Victory in Europe). Imagine that you were living in New Zealand in 1945 and you had to plan a VE day party at your house. Who would you invite? What would you do to celebrate?

On your blog, tell us all about your (imaginary) VE party. If it was me, I would invite all of my closest friends and family over to my house for a big barbecue. We would eat hamburgers and play basketball in the driveway. Some of us would probably walk to the local beach to play soccer on the beach and to go for a swim (if the weather was warm enough)!

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Yay today we are going to have the VE party. I've already got the yummy food and already made it ready for dinner. Our plan is to bring my closet family and friends for a time at the pools since it is hot , and then come back to the house for dinner. After dinner we are all going to watch some movies together as a family.

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Activity 2 - Making Fashion Statement

In the years following World War II, things slowly returned to normal in New Zealand. Soldiers returned home and settled back into regular life; and national sporting teams, like the New Zealand cricket team, got back together and started playing matches again. In the late 1940s, men and women would go to watch these events, men wearing hats and suits and women wearing dresses, hats, and gloves.

Compare the pictures of common clothing from the late 1940s to what you wear now (i.e. in 2017). Are they similar or are they quite different?

On your blog tell us which of the two styles you prefer and why. The pictures above were taken over 65 years ago! What do you think people will be wearing 65 years from now?

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Bonus Activity - Sweet Tooth

When World War II ended, a number of people from Europe moved to New Zealand looking for a peaceful place to live and raise a family. When they came, they brought recipes and foods from their native countries with them, including hamburgers, pizza and other delicious foods.

I usually have a chocolate chip cookie with my tea. I love biscuits! What is your favourite sweet treat or dessert? Use google to find a recipe for it. Type the recipe out on your blog. Make sure you also include a picture.

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My Favourite Dessert - Chocolate Mud Cake!

Recipe From Here - Mud Cake

Ingredients 

250 g butter

200 g dark chocolate

2 cups of caster sugar

1 cup of cold water

2 eggs , lightly beaten

1 cup self-raising flour sifted

1/4 cup of cocoa powder

chocolate flakes to serve

Method

• Step 1
  Preheat oven to 180°C/160°C fan-forced. Grease a 6cm-deep, 22cm round cake pan. Line base and sides with baking paper.
• Step 2
  Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add chocolate, sugar and 1 cup cold water. Cook, stirring constantly, for 3 to 4 minutes or until smooth. Transfer to large bowl. Cool for 10 minutes.
• Step 3
  Add eggs. Stir to combine. Add flours and cocoa. Stir until smooth. Pour mixture into prepared pan. Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the centre has moist crumbs clinging. Stand for 10 minutes in pan. Turn out onto a wire rack to cool.
• Step 4
  Meanwhile, make chocolate ganache: Place chocolate and cream in a small saucepan over medium-low heat. Cook, stirring constantly, for 3 to 4 minutes or until smooth. Transfer to a bowl. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until thick enough to spread. Spread over cake. Top with chocolate flakes. Stand for 10 minutes or until ganache is set. Serve.

Leilani Holiday Blogging - Summer Learning Journey - Week 2 , Day 4 - Another World !

Summer Learning Journey 

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Week 2 , Day 4 - Another World

Activity 1 - An Eventful Experience .

WWII was made up of many battles and events. Follow this link to read more about the timeline of WWII.

Choose two key events and find out some more information about what happened on those days. On your blog, write a short summary of two events, including the names of people involved and where the event happened.

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• 31 March: Britain and France extend guarantee to Poland

About : 

On 31 of March 1939 , in responses to Nazi Germany's defiance of the Munich Agreement and occupation of Czechoslovakia , the united Kingdom pledged the support of itself and France to guarantee.  

This information is from here.

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Activity 2 - 

Over the course of WWII, approximately 140,000 New Zealanders were sent overseas to serve in the war. Many were sent to fight in huge battles, including the Battle of the Atlantic that lasted for 2064 days (over 5 years)! The Battle of the Atlantic came to an end in 1943, in large part due to the heroic efforts of people like Lloyd Trigg, a pilot from New Zealand. He was awarded a special medal from the New Zealand Government for his bravery. It is called a Victoria Cross (‘VC’ for short). A total of 22 New Zealanders have been awarded VCs.

Click on this link to find a list of VC winners. Choose one from the Second World War, and read about him. On your blog tell us about him. Who was he? What did he do to earn a Victoria Cross medal?

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James Ward

James Ward got his award on 5 August 1941. James Allen Wards was born on 14 June 1919. He also died on 15 September 1941. James Ward got an VC , the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. The year of service was 1940 - 1941.

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Message to soldiers that protected out countrie

Thank you for you service. We all appreciate all you have done and may all bless and luck go to all of the many loved soldiers that have passed. For the old and new many soldiers thank you for protecting our country and for risking your life's for the other people in New Zealand.

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Bonus Activity - Women At Work

Both men and women served in World War II. Many women chose to enlist as nurses and be stationed overseas caring for wounded soldiers. My nana was one of those nurses. She (Dorothy) spent much of World War II working on a large Red Cross ship that was stationed off the coast of Cairo, Egypt.   

For this activity, you are going to imagine that you are just like Dorothy and that you are working as a nurse on a large medical ship.

One day you are walking along the deck of the ship when you hear a loud bang. You start to run as you see smoke coming from the far end of the ship. You run towards the room where your patients are waiting to receive treatment from the doctor. Just as you arrive at the door to their room you hear another loud bang and you…

Complete the story provided above. To earn full points you must write, at least, 8-10 sentences. What happens next?

One day you are walking along the deck of the ship when you hear a loud bang. You start to run as you see smoke coming from the far end of the ship. You run towards the room where your patients are waiting to receive treatment from the doctor. Just as you arrive at the door to their room you hear another loud bang and you immediately open the door. As you open the door smoke comes out of the room and you see your patients that needed treatment has got hurt. You could not do anything but to keep running. While you were running you started crying , panicking and you suddenly fall to the grown. " Wake up , wake up ! " Calls one of the nursery's . You get up in a rush. You are very scared. All of your patients have gone and the other people have sole the medical treatments that you use for the patients. " You are very lucky , nearly every nurse has gone " Say Dr Mark ( Fake ) To Be Continued.....

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Leilani Holiday Blogging - Week 2 - Day 2 , The Roaring 20's

Summer Learning Journey 

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Week 2 , Day 2

The Roaring 20's

Activity 1 - Popular Culture - The Silent Movie

The 1920s saw a massive surge in the number of people going to the movies. Huge new cinemas were built in both Auckland (The Civic Theatre) and Dunedin (Empire De Luxe).  The most popular type of movies showing at local NZ cinemas were ‘silent’ films. Gold Rush is an example of an iconic silent film. It features a famous actor named Charlie Chaplin.

Watch the trailer for Gold Rush. On your blog, tell us what you think the movie is about. There are no words spoken movie so you will need to pay careful attention to what the actors are doing! Do you think you would enjoy watching a silent film? Why/Why not?

Even though that I couldn't be able to watch the trailer. I am sure that it would be very nice movie and trailer. After reading a little text about what this movie is about and looking at some images I think that the movie would scary. It say's that Charlie Chaplin was going to the Gold Rush but then he get's trap in a small cabin. He try's to get his way out but he didn't get out until later on. So after reading that I think that it would be weird but it would also be a very cool silent movie to watch.

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Activity 2 - Art Deco

In the 1920s a new artistic movement emerged in New Zealand (and around the world). It was called ‘Art Deco.’ The picture above is a classic example of an ‘Art Deco’ piece. Take a close look at the painting. Do you like it?

On your blog, give the painting a rating out of 5 stars (1 star = terrible painting, 2 stars = pretty bad painting, 3 stars = okay painting, 4 stars = good painting and 5 stars = amazing painting). After you’ve rated the painting out of 5, tell us why you gave it that rating.

Right: Self Portrait By Tamara de Lempicka

I am going to be very honest. I would rate this beautiful painting a 5 stars. Because this amazing artwork has many details that make the picture outstanding. I think that this picture is very special and it is just so beautiful to look at. The lady looks beautiful and as well as the rest of the painting. The person that painted this art work must of been very proud and really happy with their work.

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Bonus Activity - Crossing the Tasman

In 1928, a crew of four men flew, for the first time, across the Tasman from Australia to New Zealand. One of the men on board the Southern Cross airplane was a New Zealander named T.H. McWilliams. His job was to operate the radio in the airplane. Unfortunately, the radio stopped working shortly after take-off and the rain and ice were so heavy that the pilot, Kingsford Smith, couldn’t see out of his front windscreen. Yikes! Fortunately, the plane made it all the way across the Tasman landing in Christchurch after a 14 hour trip.

Imagine that you were a member of the flight crew. Write a poem that describes how you would have felt when you landed safely in Christchurch after such a long trip. Remember, there are lots of different types of poems, and they don’t all have to rhyme. You can read more about different types of poems by clicking here.

My Poem

It was a scary night

where we couldn't see anything

in sight,

i couldn't see outside my front window screen

then yelled Yikes!

flew 4,155km from AU to NZ

and everything went bright

landed in Christchurch it was a pretty

great flight

hopped off the plane wasn't scary

didn't scream everybody was

pretty polite.

The End.

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Leilani - Free Writing - Practising For My Test!

Walt - To get creative!

Free Writing!

For this task write about how I  have reached 3 million subscribers. Make sure that it is sensible and that it is creative.

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Planner -

What is your writing all about? How I celebrate Are you going to celebrate , write about how thankful you are or other? How I celebrate

Start writing here -

Have you ever reached  3 million subscribers on your Youtube channel? Well I did! Today was finally the day I reached 3 million subscribers. I have been creating and posting video on Youtube for 2 years already. The first video that I ever created I thought that no one would watch it. But now look at me! I can’t wait until it is time celebrate!

To celebrate I am going to invite one amazing subscribers to my house and we are going to have a sleep over. We are going to go to the mall , play games and eat lots of food together. I actually know one of my subscribers and I am going to invite her over.

( 2 days later ) My amazing subscriber is here her name is Bianca. The first thing that we are going to do is go shopping at the mall. Let go! We’re here. Lets just buy tons of clothes for us to wear! ( Few hours later ) Alrighty we are done shopping and I think we are getting hungry so we are going to grab some pizza.

( The next day ) We woke up around 12:00  and now we are going to go  bowling. We’re here at the ten pin bowling. “ Woo hoo thanks so much for picking me to come with you “ Bianca said. After bowling we went straight to Mcdonalds because we were hungry and we wanted some ice-cream. Unfortunately it was time for Bianca to go back home.  So we quickly ate then I dropped her off to the airport. We said our goodbyes and it was time for me to go home.

It was so much fun celebrating with Bianca since I reached 3 million subscribers. Now I am going to go home and make another video for my lovely subscribers! The end!

Task description - Today I was very bored. Since we have our test coming up I thought it would be perfect to practice my writing. This activity was made by myself. I created it on google docs. This activity is all about me reaching 3 million subscribers on my Youtube channel. Of course this is made up because I do not own my own Youtube channel. 
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Leilani - Subtracting Decimals 2!

Walt: Add and subtract decimals in tenths and hundredthsWalt: Solve decimal word problems

Subtracting Decimals
Tenths and hundredths

Subtract the decimals and whole numbers to answer the questions below. Remember to show your working you can do this by writing it in the document or inserting a photo.

Question	Working and answer
4.71 - 0.5=	4.66 , 71 - 5 = 66 - Now I am going to add the 4. And add 66.
2.42 - 0.1=	2.41 - 42 - 1 = 41- 2.41
1.82 - 0.3=	1.79 - 82 - 3 = 79. 1,79
4.55 - 2.3=	2.52 - 4.55 - 2.0 = 2.55 , 2.55 - 0.3 = 2.52
7.75 - 3.2=	4.73 - 7.75 - 3.0 = 4.75 , 7.75 -0.2 = 7.73
4.81 - 1.4 =	3.77 - 4.81 - 1.0 = 3.81 , 3.81 - 0.4 = 3.77
22.62 - 1.3=	21.59  - 22.62 - 1.0 = 21.62 , 21.62 - 0.3 = 21.59

Question	Working and answer
4.27 - 1.4	3.23 - 4.27 - 1.0 = 3.27 - 3.27 - 0.4 = 3.23
3.65 - 1.8	2.57 - 3.65 - 1.0 = 2.65 - 2.65 - 0.8 = 2.57
7.43 - 3.6	4.37 - 7.42 - 3.0 = 4.42 - 4.42 - 0.6 = 4.37
8.51 - 2.7	6.44 - 8.51 - 2.0 = 6.51 - 6.51 = 6.44
8.22 - 1.3	7.19 - 8.22 - 1.0 = 7.22 - 7.22 - 0.3 = 7.19

Task description - Room 6 maths is practising their decimals for next week test. For week 2 of term 4 we have been doing decimals. Here is the activity that our teacher gave us. It might be a bit difficult to understand what I have wrote but it kinda makes scene. This decimals activity was easy. I am sure that when I have my test and it comes to a decimal question I think it is going to be super easy.
If you enjoy please leave a positive comment ( if you like ) God bless you and your family , stay safe and BYE BYE!!