Summer Learning Journey Activity 15 Bonus Activity Week One

This week for this task I had to read a lot about Bill Kini. Bill Kini was a heavyweight boxer. He won a gold medal at the 1966 Commonwealth games for being the best heavyweight boxer. I had to write 4 questions to ask Bill Kini.

Q1: Was it easy facing bigger people than you?

Q2: Who was your biggest focus?

Q3: Who was your coach?

Q4: How much test have you lost?

Summer Learning Journey Activity 14 Week one

Fact one:Cycling because it's a really great thing to do for your legs.

Fact two: Bungee jumping because I get to control my expressions.

Facts Three Zip lining because I have never been on it but I know I would like to try new things out.

Today for this task I had to visit the Waitangi Village link. On this site it tells people what travelers do and also the activity they do too. I have to find three fun facts that I would like to do. 

Summer Learning Journey Activity 13 Week One

Today for this activity I had to watch three videos about Maori Musical Festivals. All of the videos were posted on you tube.  The videos I watched was from the Te Matatini Festivals. These were all the videos I watched. I had to rate if 1-3.

Tamatea Arikinui

Te Iti Kahurangi

Te Puku o Te Ika

1st- Te Puku  o Te Ika

2nd- Tamatea Arikinui

3rd- Te Puku O Te Ika

Summer Learning Journey Activity 12 Week One

1. Nau mai ki Aotearoa - Welcome to New Zealand
2. ____ is my name - Ko toku ingoa
3. What is your name? He haka to ingoa
4. He pai taku ki te takaro i te whutupaoro. I like to play rugby leauge
5. Where do you come from? No hea koe?

This week for this activity I had to use google translate to translate these Maori phrases.

Summer Learning Journey Activity 11 Week One

Today I did another activity. For this task I had to choose one of the Maori games and tell the name of it, the goal for the person to do, and two rules.The game that I found out was Poi Toa Tag. I decided to do this game because it was easier to listen to the video and see the materials that they need to play this game. I had to find out if it was a cool game for me or if it wasn't. The goal for this game is to try eliminate everybody out, to play you would need to get a poi, and in this game you need to try and hit everybody else poi to get them out.

Summer Learning Journey Activity 10 Week One

Today for this activity I had to find my favourite Maori waiata. I had to research for a Maori song that I really love to listen to and why.

Here is my answer:
My favourite music is E te iwi e. I love this waita so much because we sing it in our school and even since the Kapa Haka group sings it I get along with sinning it too. If you wanna listen to my favourite Maori Waita click here.
http://folksong.org.nz/e_te_iwi_e/index.html

Summer Learning Journey Activity 9 Week One

Today for this activity I had to pick three people in my family that I am close to. I am close to everybody in my family but three that I am close to. I had to ask them two favourite things to doing summer times and 2 fun facts about each person.

Here is my answer:

2 things they all love to do in summer.

Mum: Gym & Shopping

Dad: Drinking Kava & Go places

Youngest Brother: Play rugby & sings

2 fun facts about them:

Mum: Good at cooking and good at being a midwife.

Dad: Good at playing ukulele & listens to Tonga radio everyday

Youngest Brother: Loves to play the drums & plays rugby.

Summer Learning Journey Activity 8 Week One

Ko _________Maungarei_______________ te maunga    The mountain that I affiliate* to is…

Ko _________Tamaki____________ te awa          The river that I affiliate to is….

Ko ________________________ te waka The waka that I affiliate to is…

Ko ________________________ tōku tīpuna My founding ancestor is…

Ko ________________________ tōku iwi          My tribe is…

Ko ________________________ tōku hapu My sub-tribe is…

Ko ________________________ tōku marae My marae is…

Ko ___________Tonga_____________ ahau I am from…Tonga

Ko_____Elani___ rāua ko ____Solomone_______ōku mātua  My parents are Elani… and Solomone…

Ko ___________Mele_____________ tōku ingoa. My name is Mele

This week for this activity I had to write down my pepehea. I only wrote in the things I have but the rest I dont know. The blank spaces shows that I dont have it in my personality. This pepehea is a great way of identifying myself and my family too. Click here to watch me saying my pepehea. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxqMNNxu2Qs

Summer Learning Journey Activity 7 Week One

Today for this activity I had to write about how I would feel if I had a large family and would I enjoy being with them why or why not. I did this because back in the 1800's most families were pretty big growing up now they have a lot of brothers and sisters to visit. It's just how my mother grew up. They had 13 kids altogether which was a large family.

Here is my answer: 
It would be a good opportunity to have a large family but for me I would say no because there would be to much to care for and when your parents are busy their might be to much kids running everywhere when doing something that is really important. For example if there was 3 little babies 5 older kids and 4 primary kids mum would be so busy using petrol to drive them to college,kindergarten, and primary, even mum would need to buy a lot of lunch every time for kids to eat. 

Summer Learning Journey Activity 6 Week One Bonus Activity

This week for this activity was my 6th activity for week one. For this activity I had to find out what my favourite meal is but I decided to do this because It's my favourite thing out of anything else. Back in the 1800's most Maori's were on diets so the only thing they could eat was food from the sea - fish and things from plants - kumara. This is a traditional drink in Tonga called otai. In this meal it has fruits and favoured flavour inside. I love this drink so much because it's good for summer and it also makes you full rather than just eating. You can make otai using different types of fruits. If you wanna make Watermelon and pineapple otai click on this link to find out how to make it. http://www.bite.co.nz/recipe/6873/Watermelon-and-pineapple-otai/

Summer Learning Journey Activity 5 Week One

Today for week one I decided to do another Summer Learning Journey activity.For this activity I had to draw a picture of my dream job. I did this because back in the days in New Zealand the men and women would often marry at a young age. Women were expected to have babies and take them to a caring home. These days they had strick expectations to do. My dream job I drew was a midwife. A midwife is just like a doctor but their role is to look after patient and get their babies out. After a week they go and visit them to see if the mother and baby is doing alright.

Summer Learning Journey Activity 4 Week One

Today for this activity I had to compare the Wharepuni house to my house. On my blog I had to write down two similarities and two differences between a Wharepuni house and my house.

Differences:
This house has carving to it but my house doesn't.
A Wharepuni has a carving in the middle of their house but my one doesn't.

Similarities:
Both houses have a door and windows.
Both houses has a roof and walls.

Summer Learning Journey Activity 2 Week one

This week for this activity I had to write a letter to a friend imaging I was one of the people leaving my home on a Waka. I had to write a letter about leaving home to a country 1000 miles away. In this letter I had to write how I would feel like and more. If this actually happens I would feel really nervous. 

Dear Friend,

I am one of the people who are leaving my home base, to try out a new country. I dont know what will be happening to me and what I will be doing. I dont know what it's going to be like in a new country. I will be sure to think about you more and more. I've wanted to send this to you because I've already been farewell by my family but you weren't there. I hope to get their safely before a bad weather forecast. At the moment I feel sad to leave. Love Mele.