Today I have completed another Summer Learning Journey activity. The Summer Learning Journey is a program that helps students keep learning throughout the Summer holidays. 

I decided to attempt the kick start and step it up activity. The task was to create my own song. I first watched all the videos to help me make sure I complete this task properly. After watching the videos, I got started on the actvites. To create my own song, I used Sumotunes. The song I created included drums, a round synth bass, and a funky guitar. I decided to use these instruments because after I experimented with the different instruments, I picked out these three as they sound good together.

I found this activity fun because I was able to experiment with different instruments and learn which ones sound good in sync.

Today I have completed another Summer Learning Journey activity. The Summer Learning Journey is a program that helps students keep learning throughout the Summer holidays. 

I decided to attempt both kick start and step it up activity. The overall task was to create a silhouette art. A silhouette is the image of a person, animal, object or scene represented as a solid shape of a single colour, usually black, with its edges matching the outline of the subject.

I first watched all the videos to help me make sure I complete this task properly. After watching the videos, I got started on the actvites. For the kick start activity, I needed to create my own silhouette art. I decided to use my silhouette painting artwork. The silhouette artwork has tui with a background that has multiple cool colours that are blended together.

For the step it up activity, I needed to do the same thing as the kick start but instead of one image, I needed to do multiple ones of it. On a google draw, I decided to divide it up into four sections where I put the same drawing (Fantail) in the center of each square. The colours for the backgrounds are summer colours and colours of the Fantails are the opposite colour of it’s background.

I found this activity fun because I was to learn and expierence a new type of art that I now can do anytime.

I tenei ra kua oti i ahau tetahi atu mahi Haerenga Ako Raumati. Ko te Haerenga Ako Raumati he kaupapa hei awhina i nga tauira ki te ako tonu puta noa i nga hararei o te Raumati.

I whakatau ahau ki te ngana ki te mahi whana timata. Ko te mahi he tuhi a Maui hei pakiwaituhi. I te tuatahi i mataki au i nga riipene ataata katoa hei awhina i ahau ki te whakaoti tika i tenei mahi. Whai muri i taku mataki i nga riipene whakaata, ka timata ahau ki te tuhi i a Maui. Ko te ahua o taku tuhi i a Maui i ahu mai i tana ahua i roto i tetahi o ana korero e kiia nei ko ‘How Maui slowed the Sun’. Ki te tuhi i a Maui, ka whakamahia e au he ahua, he taputapu raina pihi, he whakaahua mo te kauae me te piupiu. Ka mutu, ka taapirihia e au etahi korero taapiri he aha te ahua o te ahua o te uhi o te korero.

I kitea e au he mahi ngahau na te mea i taea e au te whakamatau i aku pukenga tuhi ma te whakamahi i nga taputapu i runga i te google draw.

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Today I have completed another Summer Learning Journey activity. The Summer Learning Journey is a program that helps students keep learning throughout the Summer holidays. 

I decided to attempt the kick start activity. The task was to draw Maui as a cartoon. I first watched all the videos to help me make sure I complete this task properly. After watching the videos, I got started on drawing Maui. The way I drew Maui was based on how he looked in one of his stories called ‘How Maui slowed the Sun’. To draw Maui, I used shapes, curve line tool, and images for the jaw bone and the piupiu. Finally, I just added some extra detail which kind of made it look like the cover of the story.

I found this activity fun because I was able to put my drawing skills to the test by using the tools on google draw.

Today I have completed another Summer Learning Journey activity. The Summer Learning Journey is a program that helps students keep learning throughout the Summer holidays. 

I decided to attempt the kick start activity. The task was to create an escape room. I first watched all the videos to help me make sure I create my escape room properly. I then started creating my escape room. For this escape room, you must find the hidden code by completing a vareity of math questions on a google form. To find the quiz, you need to click on images I’ve used to find the questions. If you answer all the question correctly, you will be able to escape the escape room. Once I finished my quiz with all the questions on it, I linked it to one of the images in the escape room.

Click here to try out my escape room!

I found this activity fun because I was able to create a fun activity for others which can also help teach them ways to keep safe when being at the beach.

Today I have completed another Summer Learning Journey activity. The Summer Learning Journey is a program that helps students keep learning throughout the Summer holidays. 

I decided to attempt the kick start activity. The task was to create a shape poem. A shape poem is where the words are arranged into shapes or patterns that revels an image. I first watched all the videos to help me make sure I know how to complete this task properly. I then started creating my shape poem, which I made on wordart. I decided to use summer colours for the words and make the words form into a sun as these relate to summer. The words that I included in this poem where words that relate and decribe summer, such as: sunny, vacation, family, etc. I’ve decided to call this poem ‘Summer Spirit’ because the words used in the picture give good summer vibes which get others into the summer spirit.

I found this activity fun because I was able to learn a new type of poem by attempting a fun activity.

Today I have completed another Summer Learning Journey activity for week 2. The Summer Learning Journey is a program that helps students keep learning throughout the Summer holidays.

For this collaborative activity, I needed to create a seesaw out of objects from our toolbox to use it to catapult objects. I first watched the videos so I can watch the instructions that will help me create a seesaw. I then started making the seesaw using, blu-tack, string, spoon, and a tube. I was able to create this seesaw successfully and catapult different objects.

I found this activity fun because I was able to learn new things in the science by creating something fun.

Today I have completed the last Summer Learning Journey activity for week 1. The Summer Learning Journey is a program that helps students keep learning throughout the Summer holidays. 

I decided to attempt both kick start and step it up activity. For the kick start activity, I needed to create a drawing by only drawing one line. I first watched all the videos to help me make sure I know how to complete this task properly. I then started looking for simple designs I could make only using one line. I decided to draw a jaguar and once I finished drawing, I coloured in the closed shapes. For the step it up activity, I needed to do the same thing as the kick start activity but just draw it on a google draw. I decided to draw the same picture as it would make it a bit easier to complete as I have already drawn it.

I found this activity a bit challenging because I found it difficult to draw a picture only using just one continuous line.

Today I have completed another Summer Learning Journey activity. The Summer Learning Journey is a program that helps students keep learning throughout the Summer holidays. 

I decided to attempt the kick start activity. The task was to create a summer dream house. I first watched all the videos to help me make sure I know how to complete this task properly. I then started designing my summer house. I decided to design a spacious two storey house so there will be enough room to do a lot of different summer activites inside the house. I also added in a nice big front and back yard so I also have enough space outside to play and do fun activities.

I found this activity fun because I was able to practice my drawing skills online to help me design my summer dream house.

Today I have completed another Summer Learning Journey activity. The Summer Learning Journey is a program that helps students keep learning throughout the Summer holidays. 

I decided to attempt the step it up activity. The task was to create a kiwi tiki tour. I first watched all the videos to help me make sure I know how to complete this task properly. I then started finding locations on Google Earth. I used my research skills to help me find good places around New Zealand including the North and South island that is good to visit during summer. I found 6 locations around New Zealand including Bay of Island, Dunedin, Milford Sound, etc.

Click here to see my summer tiki tour.

I found this activity fun because I got learn new places around New Zealand and some of the best places to visit during the summer.

Today I have completed another Summer Learning Journey activity. The Summer Learning Journey is a program that helps students keep learning throughout the Summer holidays. 

I decided to attempt the kick start activity. The task was to recreate a famous portrait. I first watched all the videos to help me make sure I know how to complete this task properly. I then went searching for famous portraits that would be easy to recreate. I found a portrait that would be easy enough to recreat as it is really basic. Once I took my photo, I edit it to try and make it look more like the portrait.

I found this activity difficult because I found it hard to get in the right position so it matches the original portait.