Winter Learning Journey

During the winter holiday I participated in the winter learning journey. Rachel came to our school and gave out prizes to the people who participated. The top three people who blogged as the most, got prizes. The first place winners were Daniel and Oh Hsen. Second was Alex and AJ. The third place winners were Ofa and Eric. For all the other people who participated got a certificate. I enjoyed doing the winter learning challenge because it was a fun way to keep learning during the holidays. Thank you Rachel and her team for making the winter learning journey awesome. I look forward to the summer learning journey.

Winter Learning Journey

For this task I had to form an opinion about predators and if killing them is good. I think that killing them off is a good thing because possums carry a disease called bovine Tb, There skin can be used to make clothes and much more. I also think that they should be killed because they feast on endangered birds eggs. They are also destroying our native wildlife. They are also costing farmers $35 million dollars for the damage done by possums

Winter Learning Journey

For this task I am adopting a native pet. I am going to adopt a Tuatara. A Turatara is a lizard creature that is native to New Zealand. I chose this because the Tuatara caught my eye. The Tuatara is a carnivore so they eat things like insects, beetles, spiders and much more. Tuatara's mainly live on offshore islands. Facts I fond out about the Tuatara is that is has survived for up to 200 million years and the Tuatara can live up to 100 years.

Winter Learning Journey

For the task that I chose, I had to watch a clip about Laura Dekker. Laura Dekker sailed around the world at the age of fourteen. I had to write down 5 questions that I would want to ask her if I got the chance to interview her.

My questions are:
Was there a time when you wanted to turn around and go back home?
What made you want to travel the world?
How do you feel that you have achieved sailing around the world?
What did you dislike about your adventure?
What did you like about your adventure?

Winter Learning Journey

For this task I had to design A flag for New Zealand. I used flag designer to create my flag. I took out the union jack because we are no longer part of the British empire. I also added a star to represent the southern cross. I also added some blue to say that we are an Island. I also added white to say that we explorers and bold.

Winter Learning Journey

For the second task of the Winter Learning Journey I had to watch a video and list 5 things that people can do and see in New Zealand. They are: Explore the coast lines of beaches, Walk along Mission Bay, Drive to the native rain forest of the Waitakere Ranges, Head to the Auckland Domain and watch people play cricket and explore the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

Winter Learning Journey

Winter Learning Journey

For the first task I had to look at the New Zealand People website and find three interesting facts. The facts that I found interesting was over 400 years before Christopher Columbus, the rest of Europe was worried about falling of the edge of the world. The second interesting fact that I found was New Zealander AJ Hackett created the bungy jump. The last interesting fact I found was Rugby Football is the most spectated sport in New Zealand.