Summer Learning Journey activity 2

Namaste bloggers,

It's time for another Summer Learning Journey activity hope you enjoy.

Discovering Aotearoa 

Who discovered Aotearoa?

Well Captain James Cook sighted New Zealand on 6th October 1769 and landed at Poverty bay two days later. He drew a detailed and accurate maps of the country and wrote about the Moari people. 

However many people believe that Kupe was the first person to step foot in Aotearoa. Some people think that the name of Aotearoa came from Kupe's wife (in some versions, his daughter)  was watching  the horizon and called "He ao! He also navigated from Hawaiki to Aotearoa useing the stars, sun and ocean swells. 

                      

Other people believe that Abel Tasman a person from the Netherlands how is said to sight New Zealand, Tasmania, Tonga and the Fiji Islands. 

My own cultures history

Hello if you don't know me already my name is Miraj and I come from Fiji but I speak Hindi here is a little bit of breef history of my culture. What is important to my family and I is of how we treat other people and  also to pray every single day whether it is just a simple prayer or not we pray every day. 

 Thank you for reading my blog post. Did you like it? Did you know these facts?                                    

Summer Learning Journey activity 1

Namaste bloggers,

This week I am starting Summer Learning Journey for this first time, sorry for how late I was for this blog post. Anyways lets get started with this adventure.

Setting Sail And Exploring The World

How did Polynesian navigators travel the pacific ocean with the stars, sun and ocean swells? 

Traditionally Polynesian navigators used stars to help navigate where they were going. They used a device called a star compass, a star compass is used to help memorize the rising points and setting points of the brightest and most distinctive stars and planets to set direction. The ability to read the sky is a great skill to have especially in the olden days. The pattern's of the stars and rhythms of the ocean guided them by night and the colour of sky and sun, shapes of clouds, and the direction from which the swells were coming guided them by day. 

                           Who was the first person to figure out how to navigate with stars? 

The first person to figure out how to read the stars was Thomas Hubbard Sumner. Thomas discovered  (the later so called) line of position or circle of equal altitude, he (Thomas) named "parallel  of equal altitude" on a voyage form South Carolina to Scotland  in 1837. 

                  Thank you for reading my blog post. Did you like it? Did you know these facts?                                    

Beach descriptive writing

Namaste bloggers

 Today I will be sharing some descriptive writing about the beach
with you

Beach description 

As the blazing sun stalks the people on the beach,
the seagulls ravage the fallen food. The children pester their
parents and whine for ice cream and candy floss.
Toddlers are amazed when they saw Vitaraag skydiving from
Manukau bridge to the beach.

As the time passing everything gets withered, the mountain gets
withered which causes avalanches, and the pebbles get withered.
As the stars shone a shooting star crashed on the beach the
sand cried. When that happend the humans wished on that same
shooting star.

Shoals of colorful fish dart around the seagulls they get caught by
the hunters.

Did you like you descriptive writing? Tell me in the comments.

Rewrite summer learning journey 2018-2019

Namaste bloggers

Today I will be telling you some facts about New Zealand

 Fact one did you know that the north island was called Te Ika a Maui( which became New Zealand ). It is called Te Ika a Maui because Maui caught the north island ( just letting you know it's the biggest fish in the world).

Fact two on the 6 of February 1840 the treaty of Waitangi was signed. If your wondering what the treaty of Waitangi is, then I'll tell you. It's an agreement with, the British crown and the Maori. So that they can live in harmony.

Fact three Did you know that the sun let's us have 24 hours in a day because Maui, and his brothers went to slow the sun down with the jawbone from their great grandmother, and some flack ropes.   

Did you know these facts tell me by commenting?

Should Animals be kept in Zoos?

Namaste bloggers, 

Today I will be persuading you to not keep animals in the zoo.

  

Humans have freedom then why don’t some animals have freedom. Animals shouldn’t be in zoos because they are kept from their natural habitats.

I strongly believe that animals shouldn't be kept in zoos because they get fed the same food everyday, it will get really boring to eat that food.

Secondly if animals are kept in zoos they will not know their natural habitat, so when they are released the won’t know where to find food and probably starve to death. 

Thirdly if animals are kept in zoos they will not have a good bond with their family, so when they are released they will not hunt as a family they will hunt alone. 

So animals should never be put in zoos again. As people say you have only one life let the animals live theirs to the fullest in peace.

            I hope you enjoyed my blog post. I hope everyone agrees with me. If not comment your opinions down below. 

Bye!

Animals

Hello Bloggers

Today I will be Informing you about 4 different animals

I will be informing you about rabbits, birds, dogs and fish.Rabbits Rabbits love to eat cabbages, carrots and dried fruit (walnuts). A pet rabbits home is called a hut. Rabbits have fur, some rabbits have long fur and some have short fur. Rabbits need plenty of attention from their owners to survive.Birds Birds enjoy eating seeds and apples. Birds live in cages. Birds don’t have fur they have feathers. Pet birds cages sometimes have to go outside so that the pet bird can get some fresh air.Dogs  A Dog's favorite meal is meat, dog biscuits and canned dog food. A pet dogs home is called a kennel. Dogs have a thick coat of hair. Dogs need to be walked and groomed with a brush to survive.FishYou have to feed a fish pellets and fish flakes. Pet fish live in a fish tank or a bowl. Fish are covered in scales. Once in awhile you need to clean your fish tank or bowl otherwise your fish will die.   

Thank you for reading my blog post. Bye!

James Russel

Hello Bloggers

 Today I will be telling you about the time an author visited our school and his name is James Russel, this is my writing.  A few weeks ago on book character day an author visited our school. His name was James Russel then did tell us about the books he wrote the chapter book series named the Dragon defenders. After that he told us about the special function that he imputed in his chapter books, James Russel he also wrote picture books named the Dragon riders. Then he told us about his two sons Patty and Finn who were also in the book, James Russel also told us about how he got a scar like the one on Harry Potter's face, he was making crumpets for his sons, then he cut his hand then he had to have an operation on his hand. Personally my favorite part of his visit was when he read a bit of the book to us. 

This a presentation that I made of the experience. Thank you for reading