Easter Learning Journey ~ Day 5: Activity 1, 2 & 3

Day 5: Activity 1, 2 & 3

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Task 1:It's Friday!

Create a poster that shows 3 key quotes you have heard your parents/whanau say since being in Level 4 alert.

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This means to think of Covid-19 as a test. And when you think of a test, think of passing. Have faith and believe you can pass the test! Believe anything is possible. Outsmart the test and stick to the rules.

Even though there's a whole lot going on it's best to stay calm. If you're calm, you'll understand and'll know how to manage :) If you're strong on the inside and out and you believe, then you're ready :D

Keeping your distance, not just by contact but also through personal reasons. It's good to keep a good distance because you're not contacting anyone but it's also good to keep your distance with others. You never know if someone is actually having a rough time. It'll keep you safe from harming them and/or yourself :D

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Task 2: Extra - Text Message

If you were given the ability to text message today to all people of Aotearoa - what  would it be? NO more than 10 words!

Write in screen here, take a pic and post on your blog to end your first week of our Easter Learning Journey.

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I decided to base my text message about Convid-19. Some people aren't taking it seriously and I want people to know that Covid-19 is dangerous. Staying safe and following the rules that our prime minister has set for us to obey. We're all in this together!

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Task 3: Collection ?

Select from this collection, 3 emojis that show how you’ve found this week’s Easter Learning Journey!

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Overall, this week's Easter Learning Journey has been super fun and has kept me lots of company. I reckon I did pretty good considering I started a bit late. In the end I managed to get the activities finished :D

For some random reason I felt silly while doing some of the activities. But don't worry, it's not unusual. It's just my just my personality.

Oh and also, I always seemed to lose my charger in random places. Underneath the couch, underneath the bean bags. You name it, it'll most likely be there!

Easter Learning Journey ~ Day 4: Activity 1 & 2

Day 4 : Activity 1 & 2

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Easter Learning Journey ~ Day 3: Activity 1 & 2 :)

Day 3 ~ Activity 1 & 2

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Tasks 1:

 As a group, we will start at Rangitoto, the largest volcano in New Zealand before driving
west to Karekare, a stunning beach on the outskirts of Auckland.

You will finish the day by driving north to visit Tane Mahuta, the oldest living kauri

tree in New Zealand.

Use a NZ map to mark in where Auckland and 3 places mentioned above are located.

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Task 2:

Visit the links provided for Rangitoto, Karekare and Tane Mahuta and write in a blog post
(along with your map) about which one place you enjoyed visiting the most today
online. 

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Easter Learning Journey ~ Day 2 ~ Activity 1 & 2

Day 2! 

Kia Mau Tonu Te Tumanako - Never Lose Hope

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Task ~

Activity 1: When you enter our school look up, you see a New Zealand flag! 
This flag was designed back in 1902. That makes the New Zealand flag 115 years old!

It’s your turn to design a flag for NZ - a flag to spread HOPE across Aotearoa at this time. 

Use google draw or this flag design site to design your flag.

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Activity 2: 

Post your new flag on your blog and to score to earn full points you must describe the
flag, in words, below the picture. Please tell us what is on the flag and what inspired your
design. 

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My flag! :)

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My flag is quite simple but it represents the little things in New Zealand.  I didn't have the imagination at the time to come up with a creative flag so I kept it simple.

As you can see there is a white fern on the bottom left. The fern is a native plant to New Zealand. New Zealand uses the fern for a whole lot! You're able to find it our in nature, using the name Ferns  in some of our sport teams and a whole lot more. The fern symbolizes eternal youth and represents new life and new beginnings. To others it represents family and hope for the future generations. Some people get little fern badges as a souvenir from New Zealand. It's pretty cool!

In the middle is a simple yet beautiful Maori pattern/plant. This is called the Koru. The Koru is a fern related plant. Again you are able to find this plant in our (New Zealand) nature and outdoor world. But, you actually can't find them just sitting around in bushes and other places. You can find them on the eastern Great Barrier Island and other off shore islands of Whanganui. It's not just a pattern/plant as it does have a meaning. The koru symbolizes, Peace, New lives and Growth! Some also think that the koru brings good luck to new lives and to families.


Lastly, in the top right corner there are 4 starts. I took the idea from the original New Zealand flag. It represents the southern cross, a constellation. One of the distinctive features of southern hemisphere sky is the constellation of the Southern Cross. The southern cross is the first constellation that New Zealand children recognized. It actually does not represent the New Zealand people but it does represent the New Zealand Government.


Knowing the meaning of the things on my flag inspired me to inform people about what it symbolizes and what the meaning is. We're not just a nation of New Zealanders. We're made up of a whole lot of different cultures! But as Te Reo is one of our main languages I decided to use some symbols and things from the Maori Culture. I am too Maori and love my culture dearly. I think the meaning behind the Koru, Fern and Stars are beautiful and so thats why I decided to use them on my flag :)

Easter Learning Journey ~ Day 1 - Activity 1, 2 & 3

Kia ora, My name is Jahzara! I’m a year 8 at Pt England school. I am the second eldest out of 5. I love to write stories and I love to draw. Anyways, It’s the school holidays and it has been pretty boring. I enjoy going out to places like the park, movies or even the beach but because we're in isolation I can't do much.  To make your holiday a bit more joyful you could always blog. Blogging doesn’t just show what you’ve been doing. It helps your knowledge grow. Not only to become a stronger learner but to also help you get smarter. Team 5 has given us a special Easter Learning Journey to help us blog throughout the holidays. They’ve given us amazing and fun activities to do and enjoy. 

So here I am, completing the Easter Learning Journey

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Day 1 ~ Activity 1

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Day 1 ~ Activity 2

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Day 1 ~ Activity 3

Day four of no school | It's Time For The Holidays! |

Today was the fourth and last day of no school. Well, not so much 'no school.' For the past few days we've been doing distance learning online. We were lucky enough to be able to face time our teachers and talk through some of the things we need work on. We even got to play some cool and fun games!

This morning was a bit different. We got to face time all of the teachers from team 5 and majority of the team 5 block. We had the opportunity to say the karakia as a team and even got someone to say our school mihi. After that we sang a waiata. Mrs Moala then explained what we were scheduled to do today. First we had home class!

We worked on Te Whare Tapa Wha. I found it really cool. We even had the chance to face time Whaea Kelly. It was nice getting to see Whaea Kelly and catching up with her. Well, time went by and I had to do a couple things at home. I missed out on our literacy call but I made it back in time for the Assembly live stream. Mr Somerville put together a live stream for parents and students at home to watch. It was like any other assembly except the fact we weren't at school. We said the school karakia and even sang the national anthem. The teachers even did duffy certificates. We did lunch box heros like always and Mr Burt even had a korero for us. Once we accomplished all of that we sang a closing waiata, then the live stream ended. I carried on with my home class work then had a little break outside. I was playing with my little sisters Gene and Faith.

Time passed and it was time to call Mrs Stone. We planned to face time like we did yesterday. Half the class join at 12:30pm and the other half at 1:00pm. As it is the last day of schooling at home, Mrs Stone decided to do something fun with us. We were able to play a couple of kahoot games. It was a lot on fun. For the first game we played a movie quiz. I absolutely love movies!! Especially Disney movies. Lucky me huh :) The quiz was really fun. It made it even better that we got to play as a class. We got to choose a name to join the quiz. My name was Luna. It's short for a flower I really like, Lunaria. Well, we finished the quiz and guess what? I came first! Looks like all my movie watching payed off :)

The second game we played on kahoot was about music from 2019, last year. I changed my name to Blossom, another flower I really like. For the first few questions that got asked, I was coming in the top 5. But as more questions got asked I started to lose points. Don't get me wrong, I love music as well as movies but I think the questions were a bit too hard for me. Half way through the quiz, I started gaining more points and made my way back up onto the leader board. But then I got overtaken by Toby! It was a close game but, coming to the end of the game I regained my points and came in 3rd place! It was a lot of fun.


It was coming to the end of the day and so I decided to write about a few things I've done today. I maybe have even asked a friend to pick a number for the bingo sheet I have. You'll just have to wait and see :)
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Well, hello blog viewers again. As you may know It's the last day of distance learning. I just wanted to write a quick thank you to all the teachers that have given up their time to teach us students. Teaching us a whole bunch of new things, at school and at home. Term one has been such a cool and bumpy term! I had a lot of fun with my teachers, friends and family. I really appreciate the things our teachers sacrifice for us. God bless, and have a fantasting holiday!

Ofa lahi atu <3

Passion Project :)