Day 2 - Activity 2

Activity 2: As an island nation, New Zealand is completely surrounded by water. It is the perfect place for people who like to swim or to sail! While in Dargaville, recovering from your busy day of sightseeing, you notice a number sailboats going by. One of the boats is manned by a young German girl named Laura Dekker. At the age of fourteen she sailed around the world the entire world by herself. You can watch a short video clip about her adventures here: Laura Dekker sailing trip.   

Let’s imagine that you had the chance to interview Laura while in Dargaville. On your blog post five questions that you would ask her.

1. What did you eat?
2.  Why did you pick to sail by yourself?
3. Did you ever regret it?
4.  At some point did you miss your family?
5. Why did you want to do this journey?

Day 2 - Activity 1

Activity 1: After a very busy day of sightseeing you and your group drive from Tane Mahuta to your hotel in Dargaville. When you arrive you decide to sit down and record your thoughts in your travel diary

.Before you start writing, take a minute to read more about Rangitoto island, Karekare beach and Tane Mahuta.  On your blog, tell us which of the three places you most enjoyed visiting and why.  

Rangitoto Island is my favourite place out of these 3 choices because Rangitoto has a enriched history and emerged from the sea 600 years ago. But the big reason why I chose Rangitoto because it is 259 meters above sea level so I want to experience the phenomenal view.

Day 1 - Bonus Activity 8 points

Bonus Activity: Now it’s time to start your tour! Curious Kiwi decides to start by taking you on a short tour through downtown Auckland. You stop at the Sky Tower, the tallest building in all of New Zealand. When you look up, you see a huge New Zealand flag on the top of the tower. This flag was created back in 1902. That makes the New Zealand flag 115 years old!

Last year, the Prime Minister of New Zealand suggested that we should replace the flag with a new, updated design. He invited everyone in New Zealand to come up with their own flag design and submit it.

For this activity, it is your turn to design a new flag. Use any drawing programme that you wish. I would recommend the Flag Designer website. It allows you to create a flag in three easy steps. When you are done, take a screenshot of your flag and post it on your blog.

This is my flag that I have made the app flag designer. I chose to create this flag because the symbol almost looks like a poppie so that this flag remembers the brave women and men that thought in World War I. 

Day 1 - Activity 2

Activity 2: Your tour of New Zealand is going to start right here in Auckland. Watch the Tourist video for Auckland to learn about the awesome things that you can see and do in the city. Once you’ve finished, choose your favourite five activities from the video and list them on your blog.  

1. In Auckland you can explore the sea coast line
2. Visit Auckland's biggest landmark "Rangitoto" Fun Facts: you can see Rangitoto from anywhere in Auckland city
3. In Auckland you can see the famous ferry building which was built in 1912
4.  Visit the native rain forest of the Waitakere rangers and enjoy a walk with the view of the unique nature
5. Nearby from the Waitakere rangers is the spectacular Piha beach famous for experience surfers with rough waves

Day 1 - Activity 1

Activity 1:  Go to the Tourism New Zealand website and click on the ‘Facts - New Zealand People’ tab. Read about the people of New Zealand and then choose three interesting facts to post on your blog. The facts must be written in your own words. Do not simply copy and paste the facts from the website☺.

1.  To become a New Zealand citizen, you must swear an oath of loyalty to Queen Elizabeth.
2.  New Zealand is one of the world’s least populated countries with over 4 million populations.
3.  The largest city in New Zealand is Auckland although its capital city is Wellington.

Duffy Books

Yesterday we collected our Duffy books from the library. In this photo we took a picture of us holding our books. I can see that I chose a goosebumps good.

Term 2 Reflection

This term was awesome there were a lot of fun activities we did and fun sports, but my highlight of term 2 was blackout day. 2 weeks ago on blackout day we got to wear all blacks gear or black clothes to support all blacks, but if you were a lions supporter like Jeremiah you could wear red for the lions tour. This was my highlight of the term because I enjoyed making the all blacks word on the grass. I also enjoyed this activity because the haka looked strong and powerful.