Week 1 Day 1 - Summer Learning Journey 2019 - 2019 / Intro for Hoildays

Welcome to the Holidays Everyone !!! This Christmas / New Years Holidays I'll be joining back in Summer Learning Journey again and this will be my 3 year doing it . I have enjoyed every year and bit of Summer Learning Journey ! Want to Take Part in the Summer Learning Journey 2019 - 2020 Click here - SLJ 2019 - 2020 when you take part of the Summer Learning Journey you get points for completeing the tasks given and commenting on other peoples blogs too . Once the Summer Learning Journey Programme has come to an end they will tally up the points to see who placed #1st #2nd and #3rd and the Spot prizes :) Good Luck Everyone !!!
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Summer Learning Journey 2019 - 2020
WEEK 1 : PHYSICAL LIMITS
Sport and Exploration

DAY 1: EXPLORERS

Activitys 1 & 2 & 3

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Activity 1: Setting Sail [4 points]

People from Pacific nations have always been expert explorers and navigators. In the past, they used the stars, sun and ocean swells to find their way (navigate) around the Pacific Ocean. Master navigator, Nainoa Thompson, has used the ancient Polynesian wayfinding skills to navigate around the world. In 2013, Nainoa led a crew across the Pacific Ocean on two large canoes (Hokule’a and Hikianalia). The crew stopped off in Aotearoa, New Zealand in 2015 on their journey and visited the Manaiakalani Schools in Auckland.

Image Attribution: Polynesian navigation device showing directions of winds, waves and islands, S. Percy Smith, Public Domain

Here is a short video about Polynesian navigation. It describes the different ways ancient Polynesian navigators used the natural world to find their way around vast oceans. Incredible!

I think that it would be difficult to be ‘at sea’ for weeks at a time. I would miss my family but I would also enjoy the adventure. Let’s imagine that you were invited to join Nainoa for three weeks at sea. As part of the journey, you have to pack your own food.

For this activity, make a list of ten food items that you could take with you. Please think carefully about what you will take as you won’t have access to a refrigerator or freezer while at sea. Please explain why you would select each item.

On your blog, post your list of 10 food items you would take on an ocean voyage and the reasons why you chose these items.

*Remember to attribute any images that you borrow from the internet or from other people.

*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!

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Activity 1: Setting Sail [4 points]

Task Description : This week I am learning about how to finish a task within a time frame as well as doing the task propley and also to have fun .  For this Summer Learning Journey Task , I had to figure out and plan out 10 food items I would Take on the trip with Nainoa for three weeks at sea and I think I will survive with the items I had chosen . I founded this task really fun because I got to do some fun little shopping and searching on what I was going to pick!!

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Activity 2: Discovering Aotearoa [4 points]

Many people believe that Kupe was the first explorer to discover Aotearoa, New Zealand in about 1300. He navigated his way by waka to Aotearoa from Hawaiki using traditional Polynesian navigation techniques - just like Nainoa Thompson (from Activity 1) did much later on. Legend says that he followed a great octopus all the way to Aotearoa/New Zealand and finally destroyed it in Cook Strait (the water between the North and South Islands).

Image Attribution: Kupe by Sid Mosdell is licensed under CC BY 2.0

Many years later, a Dutch explorer from The Netherlands, Abel Tasman, was exploring the Pacific Ocean when he came across New Zealand. He thought that he was the first person to ‘discover’ the country (despite the fact that Māori already lived in New Zealand!) and made the claim in 1642 that he had ‘discovered’ a new land. His   exploration of New Zealand inspired many other European explorers to follow his lead and travel to the Oceania.

Kupe and Abel Tasman were two different men from two very different backgrounds (cultures) who shared a common interest - exploration.

Image Attribution: Portrait of Abel Tasman, Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp, Public Domain

For this activity we would like you to think about your own experiences and your own cultural background. Where does your family come from? Do they come from Europe like Abel Tasman, Polynesia like Kupe, or somewhere else?

On your blog, please tell us about your cultural background. Where do you and your family come from?

*Please remember that you need to be cybersmart in what you share online.

*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!

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Activity 2: Discovering Aotearoa [4 points]

My Mother comes from the beautiful Island of Tonga she is from Tongatapu she comes from the Village of Ha'ateiho. About when she still young her and her family moved to Auckland , New Zealand . 

Tongan Flag - Image Attribution : Click meeee

My Father Comes from the Rock of all the Islands Niue he comes from Hikutavake . Once he was still young Him and his family moved to Auckland , New Zealand .

Niuean Flag - Image Attribution : Click Meeee 

Once they both Moved into Auckland , NZ when they we both young , it was hard for them because they already had the hang of speaking there language and tried coping with English it wasn't that hard they said. They both struggled but they learnt it and now that have good English still to this day as well as there Tongan and Niuean Languages they can still speak till this day :) !

New Zealand Flag - Image Attribution : Click Meeee

Task Description :  This week I am learning about how to finish a task within a time frame as well as doing the task propley and also to have fun .  To be honest I kinda Struggled doing this task because I really didn't know that much about our family culture background because I'm still getting there slowy but yeah .

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Activity 3: Scaling New Heights [6 points]

Image Attribution: Hillary and Tenzing on return from the summit of Everest, Jamling Tenzing Norgay, CC BY-SA 3.0

In 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and his sherpa (guide), Tenzing Norgay, were the first people to reach the summit of Mt Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.

At the time, Edmund Hillary was an apiarist (beekeeper) from Auckland, New Zealand. During the summer he worked as a beekeeper, and during the winter, he climbed mountains. Becoming the first person to summit Everest was not easy. In fact, Edmund Hillary attempted (tried) to climb to the top of Mt Everest three times before he succeeded. He was determined to reach the top!

While this famous explorer and climber is mostly remembered for being the first person to reach the summit of Mt Everest, he has also made a huge impact on the world through his charity work. In 1960, Sir Edmund Hillary set up the Himalayan Trust to bring education, healthcare and safe drinking water to the people of Nepal - the country where Mt Everest is located.

For this activity, please select a charity that you are interested in. You may choose your own or use one from our list (below). Read about the charity.

List of Possible Charities:

SPCA

Auckland City Mission

Air Rescue

OXFAM

On your blog, write a short explanation of what the charity does.

*Remember to attribute any images that you borrow from the internet or from other people.

*Please check out the Eye-Catching Blog Posts page for ideas!

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Activity 3: Charity [6 points]

Task Description : This week I am learning about how to finish a task within a time frame as well as doing the task propley and also to have fun . I really enjoyed this task because I loved the charity I picked and it was sooo lovely and cool too read on what this charity does!!!

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Overall Task Description : All these Tasks were Amazing , Learnful , Difficult but still good to learn . Well I was creating this tasks in order to finish this day I learnt so many things from just this one day and I can't wait to learn more thought out my Summer Learning Journey 2019 - 2020 !!

Good Luck Everyone !!! Don't Forget to Stay Tunned for more posts coming !! God Bless you all and have a good day / night and Stay Safe everyone !!!

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Fact of the Day : A Strawberry isn't an actual berry but a banana is !!! WOWWW

Question of the day : If you had one wish to change the world , what would you wish for to change the world ???