Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 6 Day 5 - Whānau Tent Time

 Kia Ora bloggers and welcome back to another post! Unfortunately today is the last post for this year (and last years) Summer Learning Journey. Today for the Kick Start task I had to make a fort and then take a photo of me and my Whānau in the tent.

Here is the photo of me and my Whānau (can't forget to include our dog!) in the tent:

For the Step It Up task I had to make a programme of  fun games to play in a tent or when you go camping.

Here is my programme:

I also have 2 videos to show you what the tent looks like on the outside and inside:

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 6 Day 5 - Summer Picnic

 Kia Ora bloggers and welcome back to another post! Sadly today is the last day for the Summer Learning Journey but I still Have one more fantastic post later. But I have had a lot of fun doing this task! Today for the Kick Start task I had to set up my own picnic in my backyard. 

Here is my picnic List and food I got ready to go out: 

And here is a video of me checking I have everything: 

I also wanted to show you the video of me setting up the picnic:

For the Step It Up I had to create a menu for the picnic,(Which is also above). And then have the picnic with my Whānau. 

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 6 Day 4 - That was Summer

 Kia Ora bloggers! Welcome back to another post! Today for the Kick Start task I had to make a poem and put in onto a google drawing. 

Here is my poem:

And for the Step It Up Task I had to do another poem but the same as before but with a few more words and style.

Here is my other Poem:

I also had to do a screencastify of me saying my poem:

   

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 6 Day 4 - Gliding Time

 Kia Ora bloggers! Welcome back to another crafty post! Today for the Kick Start task I had to make my own glider out of recycled items. So I used: Paper, sellotape, glue, cardboard and a kebab stick. I had a lot of fun making it. I also had to label some parts of the glider.

Here is my Glider:

My Glider didn't really work because it didn't fly in a straight line and kept flying everywhere. I also have a video of me testing the Glider:

And here is a video of me getting the Glider:

For the Step It Up task I had to Plan a design of a different Glider and then test it out and make a video which is above. The second test flight didn't really work because I think I added a Lego person which made it a bit heavier as well as a gliding handle.

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Wee 6 Day 3 - Pixel Art

 Welcome back to another post! Today I used Pixel Art Maker to create images from it. For the Kick Start I had to make an image from the top of my mind, so I did a chocolate and strawberry ice - cream on a cone. And for the Step It Up Task I had to make a tree, so I did a Pohutukawa Tree. 
Here is my ice - cream:

And here is my tree:
 

3 Facts About Pixels:

1. Your screen that is in front of you right now might have over 1 million megapixels!

2. One little Pixel Square will hold three colours, Blue, Green and Red, these colours will make over 

16,777,16 other colour variations!

3. Pixel is short for 'Picture Element'.

Hope you learnt a few things about pixels!

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 6 Day 3 - Mondrian

 Kia Ora bloggers! For the Kick Start I had to make my own Mondrian Art. And for the Step It Up I had to make another art and find the areas and fractions of that piece of art.

Here is my first art:

 

I learnt that Piet Mondrian moved to Paris where he met Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso then he moved back to the Netherlands. He calls the art he did before he past, 'Neoplasticiam'. the thing that was challenging was that I didn't know what pattern to do so I just did a easy one. The thing that was easy was to just three colours instead of doing so many different colours.

Here is my second art:

 

Here is my maths: 

Key: 1 square = 1 cm

Area:

Blue: 61 cm

Red: 42 cm

Yellow: 44 cm

White: 77 cm

Fractions:

Blue: 1/4 of the whole square

Red: 1/6

Yellow: 1/4

White: 1/3

The thing that was challenging was to try and get a different pattern to the one above but I just did the colours differently. The thing that was easy was I just placed the colours anywhere.

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 6 Day 2 - Soundtrack Of Summer

Welcome back to another post! For the Kick Start Task I had to make a soundtrack of 10 summer songs or songs that I think of when Summer comes to mind. I have made a list on a google docs and I will be sharing it soon. I have added links to You Tube on the doc. If you have trouble accessing any of the links on this post, please click here. Thankyou!

Here is my summer song list:

For the Step It Up Task I had to make a survey to find out peoples top songs. 

Here is my survey:

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Summer Learning Journey - Minecraft Education Edition - The Chemistry Lab

 Kia Ora bloggers! Today I have another amazing post to show you. Today we are using a world about Chemistry that we get to try out fun experiments! The first task in that world we had to make a balloon and tie it to an animal, a cow, pig or a chicken. How did it fly very easily? It flew easily because we added helium which is a very light air that can lift up anyone or anything. For the Step It Up Task I had to make my own lab, which I did as a classroom and added some experiment tables and an area that was closed off because one of the lights had fallen down. 

Here is my screencastify of my Portfolio: 

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Ngā Motu

 Kia Ora bloggers! Today I have another Minecraft Education Edition post for you. We had to download a world to Minecraft Education Edition and do the task that were there. For the Kick Start I had to use a camera and a portfolio to take photos and the download the portfolio. The things I had to take photos of were 5 animals and 5 trees that are special to Aotearoa. And for the Step It Up Task I had to take photos of some Maori Words so I decided to do 5 of them.

Here is my portfolio:

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Summer Learning Journey - Minecraft Education Edition - Minecraft Hour of Code

 Kia Ora bloggers! Today I did the Hour Of Code Minecraft Education Edition. It was so much fun helping other people to make a veggie farm, make a railway and even build a dock for the Villagers and Illigers to go fishing! 

This is my Kick Start certificate:

I had a lot of fun doing this task. The easiest task for me was the help bring down the ball from a Villager's elevator and the other task was the  one where we had to build a dock for them to go fishing. The activity that was challenging was the railway one because you had to move your agent down wards as well so I got a bit angry with that and moved to another task. I think problem solving skills are good because if you have your own problem you might know how to figure out the problem and if someone else has a problem them you could help them as well.

This is the Step It Up certificate: 

The thing that I found easy was when I had to go through the maze because we had to just move the agent forward some steps and then turn until we got to the gold plate. The thing that I found hard was the task where you had to till the garden and my agent kept on going all over the place and mucking bits up. I think our problem solving skills are amazing because you never know if someone has an accident or an argument and it's bothering you then you will know how to solve it.

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 6 Day 1 - Fishy False Teeth - Step It Up

 Kia Ora bloggers! Today I did the Step It Up of the Fishy False Teeth from Week 1. I had to make an infographic or a poster of if we believe that the story is real or fake. I decided to do a infographic. 

Here is my infographic:

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 6 Day 1 - Build A Super Seesaw With Nanogirl!

 Kia Ora bloggers! Today I built a seesaw with Nanogirl! All I needed was: A toilet paper roll, some blue tack, string and a spoon. You can watch my videos of me launching the ball, making the catapult and what you need. 

Here is the video of what you need:

The video to make it:

And Me launching the ball:

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 5 Day 5 - It's A Balancing Act

 Kia Ora bloggers! Today I had to watch a video of someone stacking some rocks on the edge of a small river by a little water fall and the he takes photos of the stack. Then for the Kick Start task I had to try and stack some rocks like him in the video. And for the Step it up I had to do the same thing but either with only rocks or sticks or both. So I decided to use both as well as using sticks on their own. We also had to add an image onto a google drawing and add labels to what are the important parts of the stack. I also named my stacks, The Haunted Stone Temple, Sticks, Sticks And Even More Sticks!, and The Two-Headed Lizard.

Here is my slideshow I added them to:

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 5 Day 5 - Do Something New

 Kia Ora bloggers! Today's activity is about travelling or using google earth to create maps. We had to create a map on google My Maps as well. For the Step It Up task we had to use google earth. Then we had to do s screencastify of it and upload it to our blog.

Here is the screencastify and the maps.

Google My Maps:

Here is the Google Earth Map:

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 5 Day 4 - Are Summer Holidays the same around the world?

 Kia Ora bloggers! Today we had to write down on a google drawing and research what happens in the holidays in New Zealand and add it to a google drawing. Then we had to use Jamboard and find difference about New Zealand compared to another country ans add it to the Jamboard. The country I chose is France. We also had to do a screencastify of us reading our google drawing.

Here is my Google Drawing:

 

Here is my Jamboard:

Here is my Screencastify:

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 5 Day 4 - Camping Hacks

Kia Ora bloggers! I have another amazing post to share about! Today for the Kick Start activity I had to look up some camping checklists and make my own for a family camping trip. For the Step It Up we had to make our own gadgets for camping.

Here is my checklist:

And here is my Gadget:

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 5 Day 3 - Poi Rakau

 Kia Ora bloggers! Today is another Maori post because I am going to teach you how to play Poi Rakau. It is a really fun game! For the Kick Start activity we had to watch a video on how to play it the practice saying left and right in Maori. Then we had to play it with our family or friends. We had to create our own instructions either using screencastify or a Google Slide Deck. 

For the Step It Up activity we had to use the same slideshow and then add some more movements into the slide.

Here is my slideshow:

Below are some links to the things I watched and used:

How To Play

Learn To Pronounce Your Lefts And Rights in Maori

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 5 Day 3 - Summer Song Maker

 Kia Ora bloggers! Today's post is about music and songs because we had to create our own song using Song Maker from Music Lab. I had so much fun doing this task. My song reminds me of summer because in the lyrics I talk about summer and they also remind me because of the way I added the notes. I used WeVideo to add the images and adios to the song.

Here is my Song: Click on the image below to see my song:

I also have written down my lyrics. Click HERE for the link to the lyrics.

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 5 Day 2 - Summer Symmetry

 Kia Ora bloggers! Today's task is about maths and symmetry. We had to take photos of 4 things inside and outside our house, put them onto a google drawing and then add lines to make  the image look symmetrical. Then we had to create our own symmetry pattern or design and the put it onto our blog.

Click below to see my 4 photos:

And here are some screencastify's of my designs.

Outside Design:

 

Inside Design:

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 5 Day 1 - Whai String Games: Step It Up

 Kia Ora bloggers! Today's task is the Step It Up part of Whai String Games. This time we had to make a Parachute or a Two Of Diamonds. Then we had to teach someone how to do it. I taught my sister when she tried to make it again she said it was too hard to make.  

Here are the screencastify's I did.

Teaching the Blogger how to make it:

And the video to teach My Sister:

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 5 Day 1 - Build an Anti Gravity Glass with Nanogirl!

Kia Ora bloggers! Today I had to create a Anti Gravity Glass with the help of Nanogirl. For the first task we had to fill up a drinking glass with water to the top and put a piece of thin cardboard onto the top and tip the glass upside down. The first time I tipped the glass upside down it didn't work and the water spilled out but I tried again and it worked. Then for the second task we had to cut an empty plastic bottle to make a little cup with the bottom half, cut a hole big enough to fit the string through and do the same on the opposite side and then tie the string through and do a double knot. Then you need to add a little bit of water in the little cup you made and twist the string around your hand (not to tight) and then swing it around in a circle out in front of you and then see how much water came out. 

Here are the videos I created.

The Cup Test:

The Bottle Swing:

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 4 Day 5 - Rehua

Kai Ora bloggers. Today's post is another Te Reo Maori task. We had to make a poster of Rehua features and summer features and make a collage. We had to make the collage from a proverb that says in English "Rehua Is On Fire". We also had to figure what differences Rehua and Antares have. I added the information to google drawings.  

Here is the collage of the Proverb:

And the Collage of the differences:

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 4 Day 5 - Summer Collage

 Kia Ora bloggers. For the kick start task we had to make a collage of our favourite things about summer. I added my family, our cat, the Summer Learning Journey Celebrating Summer and an ice cream because these things are what I like about summer. Then we had to make a screencastify of our poem and then either write down what inspired us to make the poem or screencastify us saying what inspired us.

Here is the Collage:

 

Here is the screencastify of the poem:

The thing that inspired me into creating this poem is that every time we go to the beach we are always splashing in the water and spending time together. another thing that inspired me is that I like creating poems about the summer so I created another one!

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 4 Day 4 - My Special Summer Place

 Kia Ora Bloggers. Today I had to find My Special Summer Place and insert it onto a google drawing and add some facts about that special place. The Place I did is Mahia.  I chose this place because it is the family's master plan for the Christmas Holidays. I also had to do a screencastify of me saying what is special to me about my special place. Then for the Step It up challenge we had to use and app called WeVideo. 

You can visit my video here and listen to what is special about Mahia.

Here is my google drawing I created:

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 4 Day 4 - Float Your Boat

 Kia Ora Blogger and welcome back to another task! Today we are talking about boats. We had to make one paper boat and then see if it would float. For the Kick Start activity I made the boat with my little sister. Then my Mum had the idea for us to go outside in the rain and use the water in the gutter to float the boats. 

And for the Step It Up activity we had to make some other boats and see if they will float. 

Here is a slideshow of us making the boats and testing them out.  When we were outside our first test didn't work properly, it got stuck on some rocks in the gutter.  So we tried a different section and it worked.

Here are the boats I made using these links below:

Square End Boat.

Canoe

Speed Boat

And A Normal Boat

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 4 Day 3 - Witchy Airwaves Podcast

 Kia Ora bloggers! Today I had to listen to 2 stories, and then make a screencastify of us reading a story. The story I chose is called 'Giraffes Can't Dance'. Its a book about a Giraffe named Gerald and he gets teased because giraffes can't dance but then he listens to a cricket and he starts to dance, then everyone's happy. I also made a slideshow to go with the audio. 

Letting you know the audio is on the slideshow.

Here is the slideshow:

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 4 Day 3 - Ice Cream

Kia Ora bloggers! Welcome back to another post! Today is about ice cream and saying it in Te Reo Maori. we had to listen to an audio of someone saying a sentence in Te Reo Maori asking an answering a question. We had to write down what we think they say and the delete a box below it and figure out if we were close or not. After we had to create our own sentence and record ourselves saying the sentence in Te Reo Maori.

Here is the Slideshow:

You can also visit my Scratch to see what I did!

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 4 Day 2 - Summer Sounds

 Kia Ora bloggers. Welcome back to another post! Today' post is about Summer Sounds. Today we had to record some summer sounds outside. We had to listen to sounds outside and make a poem based on the sounds. I did two videos: one in our backyard but that one I couldn't hear much nature noises. So I decided to do a video in our front yard and then there was a lot of nature noises.

Here are the videos of my screenscastify:

Backyard Poem:

Front Yard Poem:

And here are the videos of sounds that inspired my poems:

Out the front:

And Out The back:

Here are my Poems:

Front Yard.

Backyard.

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 4 Day 1 - Whai String Games: Kick Start

Welcome back to another amazing post! Today I had to read a story about two kids making a cup and a saucer out of string. Then I had to try and make it myself. I tried to make it with the 2 metre string but it was a bit to big so I did it with a 1 metre string. I also taught my little sister and my older brother. It was a bit hard to make the cup and saucer with my sister because the string kept slipping from her hands, but the final time we tried it worked! I also made a video on how to make it.

Here is the video of the 2 metre string:

Here is the video for the 1 metre string:

Here is the video of me teaching my sister:

And here are a few photos of me teaching my brother and the master piece that is finished with the 2 & 1 metre string:

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 4 Day 1 - Build A Sundial With Nanogirl!

 Welcome back to another post with Nanogirl! Today we built a Sundial. Do you know what a Sundial is? A sundial is what people used before analogue and digital clocks were created. 

Nanogirl taught me how to make one out of cardboard:

And here is a video on how to use a sundial:

If you want to try make a sundial click on the link below and follow Nanogirls instructions.

Have Fun!

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 3 Day 5 - Which Face is Real

Welcome back to another post, Bloggers! Today's task we had to play a little game to see Which Face Is Real. It was a bit challenging because both of the faces that were there looked like they were real but one of them was fake. We had to put both images onto a google drawing and then find how each image is different. We also had to make a screencastify showing how to see if an image is real or fake.

Google Drawing:

Screencastify:

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 3 Day 5 - Ngā mihi o te tau hou

 Kia Ora bloggers! Welcome back to another post. Today I learnt some new languages and how to say Happy New Year with those languages. For the Kick Start we had to find 5 languages and make a poster and for the Step It Up we had to find 10 languages and add them to the poster. Then screencastify ourselves saying Happy New Year in the languages.

Here is the Poster:

And Here is the screencastify:

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Summer Learning Journey - Celebrating Summer - Week 3 Day 4 - Giuseppe Arcimboldo

 Welcome back to another post! Today's post is about art. We had to find out who the artist is that has made art into fruit, (I mean making faces and people out of fruit, animals and plants!). We had to create our own version. I made a picture on a piece of paper and one on a google drawing. We also had to create a screencastify answering "How did Giuseppe Arcimboldo inspire me to create my art work?" Here is the 2 drawings:

My Drawing:

The Google Drawing:

And here is the screencastify:

We also had to find 3 facts:

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