Week 1 Day 5 Activity 1: Towering Timbers (Summer Learning Journey)

Logging shouldn't be allowed in New Zealand, why? Because it is bad for the environment and trees gives us oxygen

Week 1 Day 4 Activity 3: Salt and Pepper (Summer Learning Journey)

My hotel would be in space its is just like a spaceship but its a hotel. This is what it looks like.

Week 1 Day 4 Activity 2: Pancakes and Maple Syrup? (Summer Learning Journey)

Week 1 Day 4 Activity 1: Scaling New Heights (Summer Learning Journey)

Aotearoa New Zealand is a country of mountains and valleys, dense forests, and sparkling oceans. At the centre of the South Island sits the tallest mountain in the country, Aoraki Mt Cook. It is the place where Sir Edmund Hillary, the first man to reach the top (summit) of Mt Everest, learned how to climb mountains. It was pretty difficult for him, at first, but Sir Edmund Hillary did not give up and, in 1953, he achieved this dream of climbing Mt Everest. His face can now be found on the New Zealand $5 note!

Let’s imagine that you met Sir Edmund Hillary in real life and were able to interview him.

1) What was it like while climbing Mount Everest?

2) What is your favourite colour?

3) Which school did you go to?

4) Where were you born?

5) Who are are your parents?

Week 1 Day 3 Activity 3: The WWF: World Wildlife Fund (Summer Learning Journey)

In 1961, a number of people came together to start an organisation called the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). The main goal of this organisation was/is to protect life on earth. Hundreds of WWF staff work in countries all over the world trying to protect our planet and the animals who live here. To learn more about their amazing work, click on one of the two video links below.

Clip #1: Freshwater Seals

Clip #2: Tigers

1) The name of the animal the WWF is working to save is the Freshwater Seals and Tigers.

2) The WWF is working to build a snowbank for the Freshwater Seals.

3) The WWF builds a snowbank so they can save the pups.

Week 1 Day 3 Activity 2: The Secretive Skink (Summer Learning Journey)

Week 1 Day 3 Activity 1: Fantastic Beasts (Summer Learning Journey)

My beast is called Fetid hound. it has a blue body of a large bird. It has three bat wings it has a long furry yellow tail. it has a wolf mouth with sharp shiny teeth it likes pennies a lot. It also has sharp claws too on its feet. it can breath fire from its frightening mouth, its sharp claws and sharp teeth can bite you they are sharp as a knights sword.