Summer Learning Journey #22 Night Owls

My Task: On your blog, tell us whether you are a night owl or an early riser. Then, tell us about the rest of your family. Are they the same as you?


I am sometimes an early riser and wake up around 7-8am, and somtimes I stay up late untill around 9 or 10pm in the holidays.

Dad is an early riser because he has to get up to milk the cows.

Mum is sometimes an early riser and does the office work or other times shes out on the farm.

Shaun is a night owl because he always goes to sleep around 10pm and he stays in bed for ages unless he has to get up early and milk cows.

Hamish is not a night owl but not an early riser I don't really know his sleeping patern.

Summer Learning Journey #15 Going Going Gone

Summer Learning Journey #21 Funky Plants

My Task: On your blog, list three similarities and three differences between the two plants that you chose. To earn five extra bonus points, post a picture of both plants on your blog..

Summer Learning Journey #20 Mighty Mangroves

Summer Learning Journey #19 Flax Weaving

My Task: On your blog, tell us whether or not you would like to try your hand at flax weaving. Does it interest you? Why or why not?

I have flax weaved before and I enjoyed it I would do it again with school and learn more complicated things to weave. In my own time I would personally not choose to flax weave I would choose to do it at school.

Summer Learning Journey #18 Something Fishy

My Task: On your blog, write out each fact and in CAPITAL LETTERS beside the fact, write the word ‘TRUE’ if it is a true fact or ‘FALSE’ if it is not true.

True or False?

Fish Fact #1: The oldest known fish in the world is a 65 year old Australian lungfish.

Fish Fact #2: Sharks are the only fish that have eyelids.

Fish Fact #3: Starfish are a type of fish.

Fish Fact #4: Fish communicate with each other by making low-pitched sounds (moans, hisses, etc)

Fish Fact #5: Fish usually swim together in groups called ‘classes.’

Answer 1 = TRUE

Answer 2 = TRUE

Answer 3 = FALSE

Answer 4 = TRUE

Answer 5 = FALSE

Summer Learning Journey #17 Cycling

My Task: On your blog, list the three people you would like to have on your Lake Taupo Cycle Race Support Crew. Tell us why you have chosen each person.

1- Shaun because he is fit and would keep me motivated

2- Mum because she will also help me feel more motivated

3- Hamish because I can always have a joke around him.

Summer Learning Journey #14 Living On The Edge

My Task: On your blog, write a letter to your best friend or a family member telling them about your trip to the tundra. To earn full points your letter must have a greeting (eg. Dear…) followed by 5 – 6 sentences of information about what your experience.


Dear Family
As you know I am on a trip in Tundra, it is really cold!
There are some cool animals around like the snowy owl and theres more animals.
I am enjoying it here but I kind of miss being around home but I will be back soon.
I've meet some other people visiting Tundra and they are really nice.
I've also learnt some things about here like the permafrost prevents trees from growing because the roots need to go deep and can't grow. I will explain more about my trip and what I learnt here. I will be back in around 4 days, see you soon.
From: Bridget

Summer Learning Journey #13 Towering Timbers

My Task: On your blog tell us whether you think logging should be allowed in New Zealand. Be sure to provide at least two reasons to support your argument.

I think logging should be aloud in New Zealand because there is plenty of forest and will provide more jobs. But if  the logging industries start to destroy too many trees without re-planting them, then I think they need to go around and re plant the trees and have a break from cutting down trees in summer. So I think it should be aloud as long as they re-plant and think whether they need to cut down the trees.

Summer Learning Journey #12 Salt & Pepper

My Task: On your blog tell us where you would build your hotel and what you would use to build it. For an extra five points, use Google Drawings to design one room in your hotel. You can also use a paper and pencil to draw your room, take a picture of the drawing, and post it on your blog




I would find a place made of gingerbread and make a big ginger bread hotel and I would build it in Canada. The picture is kind of blurry but it is all candy themed

Summer Learning Journey #11 Pancake Rocks

My Task: For this activity you are asked to choose one of your favourite foods. On your blog, write the name of your favourite food and then tell us how to make it. You may need to ask a family member, friend or Google (!) for help, if you do not normally make this food for yourself.

My favourite food is buttery popcorn

The recipe  I use is very simple I get a packet of microwaveable popcorn (extra buttery) and I put it in the micorwave for 3 minutes and stop the microve at around 20-30 seconds left. It is simple and yummy.

Summer Learning Journey #6 Weird and Wonderful

My Task: On your blog, tell us how to solve this maths problem. You can write your answer in words, use a Sketchpad image, or post a video explaining how you would figure it out. Be sure to give us your final answer in millilitres (ml).

Let’s imagine that you are given a cactus for your birthday. To keep it alive, you must give it 3 ml of water every day.

Over one full year, how much water will you need to give your cactus plant?

The Answer is 1095ml because 

300ml x 3ml= 900ml

60ml x 3ml = 180ml

5ml x 3ml= 15ml

Then 900ml + 180ml + 15ml = 1095ml