100 Words Of Summer!

Summer Learning Journey! (Bonus)

Everyone’s family is unique. What makes your family special? Choose three people close to you and ask them what their two favourite things to do in summer are.

Activity:

On your blog, write two fun facts about each person.

My Mum:

1. Nice evening walks

2. Horse riding

My Sister:

1. Riding her pony

2. Sleeping in

My Dad:

1. Sailing

2. Motorbiking

Summer Learning Journey! (5)

In the 1800s, most families were pretty big. In fact, many parents had an average of seven to nine children.  Imagine that you were a child in the 1800s and you had nine siblings.

Activity:
On your blog, please tell us how you would feel. Would you enjoy being a member of such a large family? Why or why not?

There is many good and not so good sides to having a big family. It would be harder to spend time with each individual sibling, as well as with you parents. A good side is there would be a lot of hand - me - downs and it would be great for games with your family. Imagine playing a big outdoor game of cricket, or soccer. You probably couldn't have a big family game like that if you had a small family.

Summer Learning Journey! (Bonus)

Back in the 1800s, most Māori ate a simple diet. They ate foods that they could catch in the water (eg. fish) or grow on the land (eg. kumara). They did not have access to a supermarket to buy food for their meals!

Activity:
On your blog, post a picture of your favourite meal. Be sure to tell us what it is and why it is your favourite. You could also include the recipe if you have it so that we can all try it!

My favourite meal is chicken and cranberry pizza!

The reason why I love chicken and cranberry pizza is because it's really cheesy, and it's got a little bit of sweetness from the cranberry too. Unfortunately I don't have the recipe, so if you want to try it, you can make up your own recipe - or search one up.

Summer Learning Journey! (4)

During the early years in New Zealand, men and women would often marry at a young age. Women were expected to have babies and remain in the home caring for their children. Few, if any, left home in search of work. Men, on the other hand, were expected to work outside of the home.

Activity:
What is your dream job? Draw a picture of yourself doing your dream job and post it on your blog.

My Drawing:
(I'm not much of a drawer, so I may have stenciled a bit!)

My dream job is to become a professional Show jumper and travel the world on the showjumping circuit, with sponsors helping me getting to where I need to go. I would also shoe horses to help fund the money for my travelling with my horses.

Summer Learning Journey! (3)

In the 1800s, most Māori lived in villages called pa. Each village had many buildings – kauta where people cooked, pataka where they stored goods and wharepuni where the Māori slept. A traditional wharepuni had a thatched roof and walls made of timber, fern, rushes and bark.

The Activity:

On your blog, compare the wharepuni to your own home. What are two similarities and two differences between a wharepuni and your house?

Similarities of my house and a wharepuni:

1. They both have a place to sleep for the whole family.
2. They both have things we need, like food, places to cook, and more.

Differences of my house and a wharepuni:

1. Instead of four walls that a wharepuni has, my house has more walls.
2. My house isn't made out of bark or rushes.

Summer Learning Journey! (Bonus)

To this day, the people of New Zealand still use waka. Instead of using their waka to transport them from one place to another, they sometimes use waka in special events and in sporting competitions such as Waka Ama. Both boys and girls compete in Waka Ama boat races.

Watch this short video of a Waka Ama race. On your blog tell us whether you would like to be in a Waka Ama race one day. Why or why not?

Waka Ama looks extremely challenging. I would love to have a go at this, and the experience of trying this would be amazing. I like how they are all in sync with their group, and everyone looks so focused.