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Friday 22 December 2017

Summer Learning Journey Week 1 Day 2

For Four Weeks I will be posting on things about New Zealand. Today is the first day for the summer learning Journey and the title for today is In The Beginning ( 1800-1870).  Here are all the links for today's Activity's Maori Housing -Te Noho Whare ,



Activity 1: A House Or Home?
1. They carve in memories and history onto the walls while we have memories with objects.
2. They originally were made of bark, leaves and dirt, while European made their own materials with more room.
3. They hold funerals, to say goodbye and good luck, inside the Wharepuni while we use churches.

Activity 2: The Rules Of Engagement
Women were expected to marry at a young age.
Women were to stay at home with their children while Men had to go and work outside their homes.
Men and women are ow able to choose their paths and when and who they want to marry.

Bonus Activity: Special Meals 
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  1. Finely chop the onion. Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil and a knob of butter in a pan, add the onions and fry until lightly browned (about 7 minutes). Add the bacon and fry for a further 5 minutes, until it starts to crisp.
  2. Add the rice and stock, and bring to the boil. Stir well, then reduce the heat and cook, covered, for 15-20 minutes until the rice is almost tender.
  3. Stir in the peas, add a little salt and pepper and cook for a further 3 minutes, until the peas are cooked. Serve sprinkled with freshly grated parmesan and freshly ground black pepper.
  • onion
  • 6 rashers streaky bacon, chopped
  • 300g risotto rice
  • 1l hot vegetable stock
  • 100g frozen pea




Wednesday 20 December 2017

Summer Learning Journey Week 1 Day 1

For Four Weeks I will be posting on things about New Zealand. Today is the first day for the summer learning Journey and the title for today is In The Beginning ( 1800-1870).  Here are all the links for today's Activity's Polynesia Map  , The Arrival Of Maori , Maui And The Giant Fish , Waka  , Waka Ama , 2014 National Sprints - Master Men 500m Final


Activity One: Arriving in New Zealand 
Give three interesting facts About Maui
1.He caught the biggest fish in the world
2.He was the best fisher in his country
3.He can use his blood for bait
Activity Two: Setting To Sail
To imagine that we were on the Waka to be the first people to new Zealand and to write a letter to a friend.
Dear Hayley
It is so scary out here we are ruining out of food and I got put as the cook, and I have to fish to find a big fish to feed everyone. But i'm not the best fisher in the world the best fisher on the Waka Die because he fell over bored while fishing for a fish. I wish you were here with me.


This place is scary and not a place for me to. I hope I will see you before we both Die and not see anyone anymore.
Stay in touch.
Your Friend Nici

 Bonus Activity: Waka Ama
Watch a short video about Waka Ama Race and say if you want to be a Waka Ama racer one day or not.
I want to be Waka Ama Racer one day because it looks like a very fun sport.















Tuesday 12 December 2017

Christmas Around The World

We are learning about Christmas traditions around the world

Today I learned how to say Happy Christmas in different languages. Here are some.

  • German 'Froliche Weinachten' 
  • Finnish 'Hanskaa Joylea'
  • Greek 'Kala Christougenna'
  • Polish 'Wesolych Swiat'
  • Swedish ' God Yul'
  • Mexican 'Feltz Navidad
  • Netherlands 'Froleijk Kerstfeest'
  • Danish ' Glaedelig




Can you tell me about some other Christmas traditions from around the world? 
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Today we learnt about food in the world that they put out for Santa. In England  they put out plum pudding.