SLJ Off the menu

Week: 2
Day: 5
Activity: 1

I think that this rule is fair. Why I think that is because if people over fish, of course there won't be enough fish in that area. More people will want to fish there but can't. Fish are also quite important for people too.

Photo by Smithsonian Magazine

SLJ Picture Perfect

Week: 2
Day: 4
Activity: 3
I chose selfie #3 here is my short story about it.

"Almost there..." I reassured myself. I was climbing a wall to take a selfie. I was in Venice and I was taking a selfie of myself with the beautiful canals and houses in the background. It would make a great picture to hang on the wall when I got home. "And..." I quickly put on my biggest smile. 'Click' "Done".  As quick as lightning, I sprang of the wall with my phone tight in my hand. I am definitely coming back here, I thought to myself. While smiling, I checked the photo to make sure it was perfect then started the short walk back to my hotel.


Photo by Kirker Holidays

SLJ Midnight zone

Week: 2
Day: 3
Activity: 3

Adults can carry 25 kg so if I count in 25's, like this, 25, 50, 75, 100, 125, 150, 175, 200, 225, 250, 275, 300, 325, 350, 375, 400, 425, 450 that tells I would need 18 adults.
Children can carry 15 kg so if I count in 15's from where I left off there would need to be 3 children. 465, 480, 495
There is 5 kg left. If I had done it all with adults, you would need 20 adults but I used some children.
Photo by Te Papa

SLJ Stranger than fiction

Week: 2
Day: 2
Activity: 3
The 2 plants that I picked are the Corpse Flower and the Welwitschia mirabilis. They don't have many things in common but there are lots of differences like the Welwitschia mirabilis has males and females and can live from 500 to 1,500 years old. The Corpse Flower is protected and only blooms every 40 years.
Corpse Flower

Photo by Houston Chronicle

Welwitschia mirabilis

Photo by Plant stomata encyclopedia

SLJ Weaving a tall tale

Week: 2
Day: 2
Activity: 1

I have tried weaving before at school. I was weaving a mat for our classroom with my friend. I really like weaving and it interests me. It interests me because I think it is cool how you can make such cool things out of a plant.

SLJ Something smells fishy...

Week: 2
Day: 1
Activity: 3

Fish Facts: ...

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

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

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

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

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

I think I got 5 out of 5 correct which means I know some stuff about fish.

SLJ The Great Taupo Cycle Challenge

Week: 2
Day: 1
Activity: 2

Here are my 3 people I would like to have on my Support Crew.
On my Support Crew I would have...
1. Dad
Because he is strong, fast and encouraging.

2. Mum
Because she is supportive and always wants me to try new things.

3. Caitlyn
Because she can be loud when she wants, so she would be great at cheering me on.

If I could take a fourth it would Zac because he is also very loud.

SLJ Surfs up!

Week: 2
Day: 1
Activity: 1

One of my favourite things to do in the summer is ride my pony down to the river and go swimming with him. Here are some photos of me, my friend Alicia and her Mum, Sonya at the river.

Left: Me on my pony, Casper






















Right: Alicia on her pony, Rosie with her mum, Sonya at the back

SLJ Going, going ... gone

Week: 1
Day: 5
Activity: 3

I lived in the south island of New Zealand on the West Coast. My family owned a dairy farm in the beautiful Moonlight which was half an hour away from  Greymouth, one of the towns on the West Coast. Moonlight is a small place with mainly just Dairy farms. New Zealand has lots of native forests which have native and sometimes endangered animals that live in there. The maori name for New Zealand is Aotearoa which means 'Land of the long white cloud'. The North Island had more cities and towns while the South Island had more forests and trees. New Zealand was an amazing and beautiful place to live.

SLJ Living on the edge

Week: 1
Day: 5
Activity: 2

Dear Mum,

You won't believe what the Tundra is like! The scenery is very different to New Zealand's. There are no trees although, like New Zealand, there are lots of hills for miles. There are lots of different flowers and grass' that just spread across the ground. The flowers are beautiful! You would like them I think. We went for lots of walks around the mountains learning about the scenery. I saw a few snowy owls as well.
See you soon.
From Jess

SLJ Towering Timbers

Week: 1
Day: 5
Activity: 1

I am not quite against logging, but not quite with it either so I think I am in the middle. Here are some reasons why I am against it, and with it.

Why I am against it:
1. Birds and a few other bush animals start to live there while the trees grow but of course get pushed out of there home when the trees get logged.
2. The diggers and other vehicles that they use will sometimes make lots of smoke that goes into the air.

Why I am with it:
1. The trees cut down are good for making tables, chairs and so on.
2. It makes good money for NZ.

SLJ Salt and Pepper

Where I would like my hotel: Out in the country on a farm
What would I make my hotel out of: Wood

Here is what my hotel would look like:

SLJ, Pancakes & maple Syrup?

Week:1
Day:4
Activity:2

Here is a slide on how to make one of my favourite foods. Hope you enjoy!

SLJ More Than Meets the eye

Week: 1
Day: 4
Activity: 1

Five questions I would like to ask Sir Edmund Hillary...

1. What made you want to climb mountains?
2. When you were climbing Mt. Everest, where there ever times that you regretted doing it?
3. What was the first thing you did when you got to the top of Mt. Everest?
4. Did family and friends want you to climb the mountain?
5. When you finished climbing Mt. Everest, did you think it was all worth it?   

SLJ WWF

Week: 1
Day: 3
Activity: 3

One of the animals that the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) is helping to save is the Saimaa Ringed Seal. There are only around 360 left.  These Seals give birth in lairs that they dig into snow banks. Without these snowbanks they will give birth to pups on open snow which is in many ways dangerous for the pup. So what the WWF is doing to help these seals is building snowbanks for them. I think that this is a good way to help the Saimaa Ringed Seal.

SLJ The Secretive Skink

Week: 1
Day: 3
Activity: 2

Pro's about being a DOC Ranger:
1. You get to see endangered animals
2. You get to work with animals
3.  You help the environment

Con's about being a DOC Ranger:
1. You have to work a lot
2. Some other animals eat 1080 and die
3. You have to work in all conditions

I wouldn't mind being a DOC Range because they spend lots of time in the bush and they spend time with animals. I don't mind 1080 although if people find a better way I think I would prefer that.

SLJ Fantastic Beasts

Week: 1
Day: 3
Activity: 1

Description of my beast:
Is a fully gray, (white), Unicorn with feathered wings which he can fly with. Like dragons, has a claw at half way down the wing to also allow him to bend it at half way. With his horn he can render poisoned water and also has healing powers. Can gallop really fast and has a magnificent whinny. He lives with his herd in a magical forest. His markings around his eye and fetlock can tell others what herd he is from. He is the Stallion of the forest herd and their breed is known as the DreamStalkers.

SLJ Wierd and Wonderful

Week: 1
Day: 2
Activity: 3

How I worked it out...
My way of working it out is very easy. All I did was times 3 with how many days are in a year which is 365. Then with pencil and paper I worked 365 x 3. Then I added ml on the end. My answer is 1,095ml.(One-thousand and Ninety-five millimeters).

365 x 3 = 1,095 ml
                     ^
                     ^
365, 730, 1,095
  1      2       3

SLJ Fabulas Ferns

Week: 1
Day: 2
Activity: 2
Here are my 3 NZ sport teams that have 'fern' in their name...

Silver Ferns


Black Ferns


White Ferns

My favourite uniform would be the Silver Ferns because they have a Fern on their uniform.

SLJ Giants among us

I would love to visit Tāne Mahuta one day. The reasons I would is because this type of tree is only in New Zealand so not all people can see it. Also because I like doing bush walks and tramps.

SLJ Digital footprint

My Digital footprint.

SLJ North and South

My hometown.

My hometown is called Moonlight or Atarau. I think Moonlight is amazing because it is full of nature. It is about half an hour from Greymouth and is full of dairy farms. Moonlight is not very busy, has lots of trees, paddocks, friendly people and an awesome river to swim at!

This is why I think Atarau is amazing.

SLJ Top 3

This year I am participating in the Summer Learning Journey. This is the first activity, 'Top 3'. All you have to do is post your favourite top 3 fun facts about New Zealand onto your blog. Here are mine...

1. Did you know that Dairy farmers produce a whopping 100 kg of butter and 65 kg of cheese each year for each person living in New Zealand?

2. Gisborne is the first city in the world to see the sunrise since it is 496.3 kilometers away from the International date line.

3. Did you know that 30% of New Zealand is forest?

Dragonfly Sentences

In room 8, the year 6, 7's and 8's were learning about Dragonflies. First we made a description bubble of the dragonfly then we had to use our description words to make a simple sentence. Next we made these simple sentences into paragraphs. Here is the link to my work....

Link to my work.