Activity 3: The Columbian Exchange

This week is the Manaiakalani SLJ 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 on my own to complete this activty. To complete this task I was asked to think of someone who has had a positive impact in my life. Below I have written a short description of who this person is and what they did to make me become a person that I am today. - This was a very hard descison to make, especially because I have had a lot people who has given me support throughout the year. I chose to talk about my uncle Amanaki Mafi. He is a rugby player who plays for the Japan rugby team. He participated in some games for this years Rugby World Cup as well. Sporting for me has become a bigger impact in life, especially when my uncle was over in New Zealand. As a young child I was very into sports, but my parents didn't allow me to play, because they thought that I was perhaps going to get hurt/ just because I was a young girl who didn't show them how passionate I was about sports. My uncle was my idol and still is. He is currently living in Japan with his family and I tend to call him every now and then to check up on how sports is going. He was a person who encouraged and got me to play many sports that I am playing today. So far this year I have been selected for many representivite teams. The last time I saw him was a month ago back in Fiji for a wedding. He told me stories of how his parents taught him a very discipline life. Sports is almost a religion in our family, because almost each and everyone of us have a talent at a differnet sport. Sports became a bigger impact in his life. Today I believe this is the reason why I am into sports, because of him. Moving on forward my goal is to play to a high standard, make my family proud and try my best become a rugby player for the Black Ferns rugby team.

Summer Learning Journey Assembly

Today's assembly was a special assembly, because we were lucky enough to receive a visit from Sophie and Hazel from the Summer Learning Journey team. The Summer Learning Journey is a program that students are able to use during the holidays. This program includes a lot of activities about the whole world. Sophie and Hazel came along to present the prize winners and participants of the Summer Learning Journey. The statistics were amazing. Panmure Bridge School completed 1275 blog posts altogether and 2376 comments. We also received a special visit from Evelyn ( NZ Sailing Trust). Since Alex placed 1st and I placed 2nd we received a free voucher to the NZ Sailing Trust. Alex places 1st, I placed 2nd, and Victoria placed 3rd. The spot prize winners were Marieta, Florence, Chavda, and Sakina. The prize's were outstanding. Most of us received a bag with treats, colouring books, and more, which was great. One of the prizes was for the most participants class, which was awarded to Learning Space 1. This class received a bean bag. As a school we received a Pohutukawa tree to plant. Congratulations to Alex who was awarded a prize for the top blogger in the cluster and the school, even out of the whole world. A huge thank you to Hazel and Sophie for presenting these prizes and certificates to us.

Summer Learning Journey - Week 1 - Day 1 - Activity 2

This year Panmure Bridge School is lucky enough to participate in the Summer Learning Journey from 2018-2019. This is an opportunity for the manaiakalani cluster school to join. For the Summer Learning Journey we are given tasks to finish. The people who place 1st, 2nd, and 3rd from each school wins exclusive prizes. The prizes this year is amazing. Above shows the second activity that I completed for the Summer Learning Journey. To complete this activity I was to create a DLO based on my hometown. In my google drawing I included information about a hometown, information about my hometown, and a image with the Auckland Landmarks. The image has a source link on it. There are a lot of reasons to why Auckland is my hometown.

Summer Learning Journey - Week 1 - Day 1 - Activity 1

This year Panmure Bridge School is lucky enough to participate in the Summer Learning Journey from 2018-2019. This is an opportunity for the manaiakalani cluster school to join. For the Summer Learning Journey we are given tasks to finish. The people who place 1st, 2nd, and 3rd from each school wins exclusive prizes. The prizes this year is amazing. Above shows the first activity that I completed for the Summer Learning Journey. To complete this activity I was to visit a website based on New Zealand that had interesting facts on it. After visiting the website I was to create a DLO based on the top 3 facts that I found interesting. Above shows my creative DLO that I created about my top 3 interesting facts about New Zealand. These are my 3 top interesting facts, because I never knew about these.

Summer Learning Journey Visit

Today at assembly we had special guests Rachel and her friend from the next foundation. In assembly Rachel came over to present the certificates for the participants and also the the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd winners. Alex and I came first, Ofa came 2nd, and Marieta came 3rd. First Rachel called the participants. Angela and Fau won the spot prizes- New Zealand flag,Rugby/Netball ball, and a next foundation shirt. The last to get presented was the winners. The winners and the spot winners got a t shirt each. The prizes amazed me telling me that I earn it so much.  I just want to say a big Thank you to Rachel and the Next Foundation for all the help they have given us. 

Summer Learning Journey Day 5 Bonus Activity Week Four

Today for this task I had to:Write a description of what New Zealand will be like at that time (80 – 90 years from now). What kind of houses will people live in? What will they eat? Where will they work? Our roads will turn into dust. People will live in their normal houses but 3 story houses. Their food will be served by specials drones that can lift any type of foods. There will be no more plastic things. Our trees will be more bigger as if it's about to touch the tree. We will have different colored traffic lights. People would live in a country they never knew about. People will start working at night and then finish in the morning. Cafe's will no longer exist.

Summer Learning Journey Activity 2 Day 5 Week Four

This is what I had to do for my task:

Let’s imagine that you’ve just learned to drive, and your family has decided to buy you a brand new car. You are allowed to choose from any of the following designs:

On your blog please tell us which of the three cars you would choose and why. Here is my answer:

I would pick the black van because it looks big and good for me to drive an easier too.

Summer Learning Journey Day 5 Activity 1 Week Four

For this task I had to:
Take a minute to think about my future. What would you I like to do when I finish school? Would I like to work in a specific job? Would I like to study at university? What would I study? Maybe I'd even like to move overseas. Share your thoughts and ideas on your blog site. There are no wrong answers! Here is my answer:
I would like to work for Pakn'save as a start off job and then after about 1 year I would want to go to university. I would really want to study being a midwife.I would want to study a Midwife because my mum is a midwife and she is really influencing me to be one.

Summer Learning Journey Day 4 Bonus Activity Week Four

This is what I had to do for this task:
Think of your favorite song. Share the name of the song, the name of the person who wrote the song and the lyrics from the song on your blog. You must type the lyrics not cut and paste them in order to earn full points for the activity. I had to write it down not copy and paste.
SIX60 Dont Give it up https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1frLJSKKCx8

Don't give it up
I'm telling you
Telling you
Telling you, I
Won't give it up
No, no, no
So don't even
Don't even
Don't even try

People lie all they do is dance between the lines they wont change fake gold chains and shades to hide those eyes

I can't complain
Its just the nature of these times, times

Don't give it up
I'm telling you
Telling you
Telling you, I
Won't give it up
No, no, no
So don't even
Don't even
Don't even try

I was you, trying to find a way
To waste my youth
Ups and downs
Round and round
The world, it turns on you

I can't complain
Its just the nature of these times, times

Don't give it up
I'm telling you
Telling you
Telling you, I
Won't give it up
No, no, no
So don't even
Don't even
Don't even try

Summer Learning Journey Activity 2 Day 4 Week Four

This is what I had to do for this task:

Watch this short clip from Country Calendar. What do you think would be the most interesting and/or challenging things about being a farmer? Would you would like to be a farmer when you are older. Why/why not? Give us, at least, two reasons to support your answer. Here is my answer: It would be interesting to look after animals and get to know their habbits and hobbie too. But the most challenging thing is doing a lot of paper work. My 3 reasons for me not wanting to become a farmer is because 1 I already know what I wanna be when I grow up 2 it's going to be really hard driving everywhere even walking everywhere and 3 feeding lots of animals at the same time. I really love farming but I already have my dream job. My family use to go to the farm and do the onions.

Summer Learning Journey Activity 1 Day 4 Week Four

For this task I had to:
Watch the trailer for Moana and then write a summary of the movie on your blog. If you’ve seen the movie, you can include your favourite part! Tell us as much as you can about the movie. What is it about? Who are the main characters in the movie? What do they do in the movie? Where do they go? Here is my answer:
I've seen this movie for about 3 times now. My favorite parts is when Moana always starts sinning and everybody starts joining. In this movie is all about a Polyenesian girl called Moana from a island far far away called Motonui. The Main Characters are Maui and Moana. Maui is the big bulky man who looks after the big hook and turns to any animal. Moana grwws up from being a baby and learns about getting te whiti's green stone so one day she decided to get it. Moana goes to Maui's island and find him for help.

Summer Learning Journey Bonus Activity Day 3 Week Four

This is what I did for today:
Imagine that you are a teacher, and design your own classroom. What would it look like? What furniture would you have? I would love to have some beanbags for reading on.Draw a floorplan of your classroom (either in Google Draw or on paper) and upload it to your blog. Describe what is special about your classroom and why you designed it this way.

Summer Learning Journey Day 3 Activity 2 Week Four

This is what I had to do for this activity:

Speaking of home, where do you live? On your blog, please post a picture of your hometown and provide a list of three things that tourists, like us, could do if we came to visit. What do you like most about your hometown? (Remember the guidelines for being Cybersmart, and never post your address online).

New Zealand Auckland Panmure.

What I love most about my hometown is that there is lots of shopping centers to shop. Even though Panmure's shopping center looks small it still has big shops inside to see and buy.

1. Tourist would love to taste new traditional food.

2. Tourist would love to experience our Panmure Library and see how they lay their books out different from us.

3. They could take photos and see how their money looks like compared to New Zealand Money.

Summer Learning Journey Day 3 Activity 1 Week Four

This is what I had to do for my activity:
Imagine that you had to form a coalition government with two other people.  Who would you choose to partner with? Here is my answer:
I would form a coalition with my mom Elani and dad Fenau. Elani would be a good partner because she always has that confident to speak to others and she always gets along with others. She is sweet and nice and does thing for me. She is also smart and makes good decisions when she is able to do things. Fenau would be great because he is really strong and he can think of things to do really fast. Whenever it's time to clean our rooms he says that he wants to do it by himself just to see what improvement he has done in cleaning. When I go back inside my room after 5 minutes I see the bed changed and im like how can he lift these beds all by himself.

This is Rachel's Example:
I would form a coalition with my son, Aronui, and with my friend, Amber. Aronui would be a great addition to the coalition because he is funny and kind. He would make us laugh and take care of us. Amber would be great because she is really smart and thoughtful. She is also good at making decisions. I think that we would form a great team. What about you? Who would you choose? Why?

Summer Learning Journey Bonus Activity Day 2 Week Four

This is what I had to do for this task: 
Choose one of the dance styles mentioned above and click on the name to read more about it. Once you are done, post three interesting facts about the dance style on your blog. In which country did it originate? Who originally created it?  

1. Tango is a couple dance that was originated in the 1800's along the
river plate.
2 .The first Tango song was published late then and it was called ( Toma Mate Che)
3. Tango is the first ever couple dance in Europe to include improvisation

Summer Learning Journey Activity 2 Day 2 Week Four

In 2015, a kiwi golfer named Lydia Ko became the youngest woman in the world to reach the #1 ranking.  She was only 17 years old. Many people from here in New Zealand and overseas really admire her and think of her as a modern-day sporting hero. Who is your sporting hero? They can be a famous athlete, or even a member of your family or community. It’s completely up to you.

This is what I had to do: On your blog tell us about your sporting hero. Who are they? Why are they a hero? Include a photo of them in your blog post. Here is my answer:

My sporting hero would be Jason Tamulolo. Jason Tamulolo is a formal Sydney Cowboy player who plays Rugby League. He is full Tongan and comes from Vava'u ( Village in Tonga). Jason Tamulolo was only 24 years old. He is my hero because it claims that I am as strong as him and also he represents my country. He is in my favorite rugby team and also me and him has the same skills done like bumping off.

Summer Learning Journey Activity 1 Day 2 Week Four

Activity 1: Chasing Great

Over the past 17 years New Zealand has experienced a number of sporting highlights, perhaps none larger than the back-to-back Rugby World Cup victories in 2011 and 2015. In both competitions our national rugby team, the All Blacks, was captained by a man named Richie McCaw. He is arguably one of the best rugby players of all time. A movie called Chasing Great was recently created to document his incredible rugby career.Please watch the trailer for Chasing Great and read about Richie McCaw online. On your blog tell us three things that you learned about Richie that you did not know beforehand. What else would you like to know about Richie? Here is my answer:

1. When Richie Mcaw was little he would always watch rugby from the TV he wouldn't get his eyes off the tv.

2. I didn't know that he was chasing his dream to be an All Black.

3. I never knew because other said that he was the greatest of all times.
I would really want to know who did he get inspired by to be a rugby star.

Summer Learning Journey Bonus Activity Day 1 Week Four

Although most of you are quite familiar with the idea of taking a ‘selfie’ (picture of ourselves), this was not always the case. In fact, it wasn’t until the early 2000s that people started talking about the idea of a selfie, taking selfies and posting them online. In honour of the rise in popularity of the ‘selfie,’ take a selfie and post it on your blog. Try to show us at least one of your hobbies or one your favourite things (maybe a special toy or book). For example, here is a selfie of Hazel drinking a big mug of tea, and Rachel with her son, Aronui, attending a Paw Patrol show!

Here is my answer:

I really love playing with slime because I really love it when it stretches out even the poking noises.

Summer Learning Journey Activity 2 Day 1 Week Four

Arguably one of the most famous movie trilogies of all time, The Lord of the Rings, was filmed in New Zealand. All three movies were directed by a New Zealander named Peter Jackson. The first movie was released in 2001, the second in 2002 and the third in 2003. The movies cost an estimated $300 million to produce!  Imagine that instead of spending the money on the movies, Peter Jackson decided to give all of this money to you. Lucky you! On your blog, tell us what you would do with $300 million dollars. How would you spend it? It is a lot of money so please think carefully about it and spend it wisely.

Here is my answer: If Peter Jackson gave me all of his money I would buy new furniture and new clothes because if you buy clothes and furniture you can last it forever but the movies last long for 1 day.

Summer Learning Journey Activity 1 Day 1 Week 4

In 2000, the country of New Zealand celebrated when Russell Coutts and his sailing team won their second straight America’s Cup. This was the first time that a team from New Zealand had won back-to-back championships! Many people celebrated the victory with their friends and family.

On your blog, tell us what you and your family do to celebrate special events, such as birthdays. Do you have a special meal or go to a specific place? In our house, we usually make a pizza and bake a special cake. What about you? Here is my answer:

For people birthday we usually stay at home and celebrate our birthdays. For e.g in my birthday my mom cooks Tonga food- Faikekai& Lu Sipi,Cake,Takeaways,pizza,chips, drinks, ice cream.