The Colombian Exchange - Summer Learning Journey Day 3 ( Activity 3 )

For the last activity for day 3 activity 3 I am to talk about a person that bring a significant impact on my life. This was a very hard decision because I have many people I want to talk about. I choose to talk about my mum. My mum is a very hard working women. She is a kind women and choose to become a teacher for the disable people. Working their has also put a big impact on the children that don't have the abilities to do things we can do. She always is very busy especially with her business. She is getting many orders and has to cook dinner lunch and breakfast for us everyday. She is always helping me in so many things. I look up to her in so many ways and I am proud to call her my mother.

Interviewing - Summer Learning Journey Day 3 ( Activity 2 )

This week it is the Summer Learning Journey teaser week. I have completed activity 2 for day 3. For this activity I have interviewed 3 friends and asked them what they are proud of. Me and my family are proud for myself. The reason why is because two weeks ago I got baptised. It was scary but I got through it. The next day out of 50 people I was chosen to read the word for the preacher. I was really shy but I am so happy that I accomplished this goal that has been waiting for me for about 3 years. Here are the three people I have interviewed:

Mele: " I am very proud of my mum who graduated from university to become a midwife, because I too believe that i'll be following her footsteps sometime in the future. People think that I do this, just because my mum is, but the reason why is, because I know that i'll be able to manage the working conditions, skills and knowledge. As a young child my mum didn't really have enough time to give us a great living style, but as I get older, I'll have the ability to give take care and give her the best future".

Taheesha: "I am proud for being confident and saying my speech in front of 2 judges and other students"

Joel: "I am proud of my sister finishing college and going on to university because she has worked so hard to get a scholarship and she has stayed committed to her subjects."

Water Project - Summer Learning Journey Day 3 ( Activity 1 )

This week is the Manaiakalani Summer Learning Journey Teaser Week. The theme for this year is called "change makers". This theme will help us learn more about incredible people who have changed the world. For this activity I worked collaboratively together with Eyaka, Ellenora, Mele and Angelene. To complete this activity we were challenged to answer a few questions about the water project: what is the goal of the organisation, where do they work and what they have achieved. Before answering these questions, we watched a video to find out more about the water project. Something interesting that I found out was that approximately 1 billion people have no access to clean water.

Similie - Summer Learning Journey Day 2 ( Activity 1 )

This week is the teaser week for the Summer Learning Journey. It starts on the 16th of December ( Monday ) and finishes on the 28th of January. It is day 2 now and for the first activity I am to create different similes but I need to be creative. A simile is a sentence that include the word "like" or "as". Here are my 4 simile sentences:

• The moon is as bright as the stars
• My drink was as cold like the Ice
• Her shoes were like a clean sponge
• His legs were as long like a giraffe's neck.

Big Friendly Giant - Summer Learning Jounrey

This week is the teaser week for the Summer Learning Journey. LS2 have decided to give it a go and have practise with the activity's but this will give s no points. For this activity I was to draw a image of the BFG ( Big Friendly Giant ). The I was to write a short explanation about what I think BFG looks like. This story was written by Ronald Dahl and the story was also made into a movie. 

Lorde - Summer Learning Journey Activity 1 ( Teaser Week )

This week LS2 have been working together with LS1 and room 5 to practise the Summer Learning Journey. It starts on the 16th of December Friday but we wanted to have practice and try out  the teaser week activities. For this activity we were to create a informational poster about Lorde. In my DLO I have added facts about her. The fact I found most interesting was that her real name was Ella Yelich-O’Connor but on stage she calls herself " Lorde ". At the moment she is 23 years old and when she was 13 years old her first record deal was offered to her. I also learnt that her best friend is Taylor swift which is also a singer. Her mother ( Sonja Yelich ) is Croatian and her father ( Vic O'Connor ) is Irish.