Thank You So Much Summer Learning Journey Team!

Thank you so much SLJ team for devoting your Summer to making really cool tasks and commenting on a load of blogs every day. I am so grateful that I had something to do the entire Summer!

Here is a slide to say Thank You!

Treasure Island Whanau Challenge Summer Learning Journey Rima Tekau Ma Waru

Today for the Summer Learning Journey we had to do Treasure island challenges with our whanau. We had to create some challenges then do it with our families. treasure island is a tv show. they have to compete in challenges and try not to be eliminated! 

We had to create challenges. My challenges were a gumboot throw, who could stand on one leg for the longest and who could eat chocolate with a knife and fork the fastest. 

I think the trickiest out of all of them was the chocolate one. The chocolate had been in the fridge for a while so it was hard to cut and was hard to eat. My brother Seb (who won that challenge) seemed to not use his knife. So we don't know if that would be cheating or it being smart for not wasting time using a knife.

My family thought that this task was very funny and enjoyed it very much. At the start of the stand on one leg challenge when I was announcing what it was my brother Killian threw a car and that was very funny to everyone and that was why everyone started laughing in that task. Also, in the gumboot throw task, my one-year-old brother Teddy was supposed to do it with my Dad. But he wanted to wear his boot more than he wanted to throw it.

Thank you for reading my blog. Here is my video of the challenges:

Nature Scavenger Hunt! Summer Learning Journey Rima Tekau Ma Whetu

Today for the Summer Learning Journey my family went out on a nature scavenger hunt. We printed out the list provided five times so all five of the kids in my family had one, even my 1-year-old brother! We drove to Grays Bush once Dad finished work and did our scavenger hunt!

Many people believe that Elsa Maxwell created scavenger hunts as a fun party event in the 1930s. Scavenger hunts can take place pretty much anywhere, from parks to forests to even your backyard! Scavenger hunts can make something a bit boring, a bit more fun and it makes you really look at your surroundings. 

I enjoyed running around Grays Bush seeing all the native trees and bushes! I even saw a lot of Kawakawa everywhere (Which is something I don't see often!). My siblings all had fun climbing around fallen tree stumps. Grays bush is a native walk we have here in Gisborne. It's about a 5-minute drive from our home and is protected by DOC. I have put a little bit of information about Grays bush in my video. 

I found it challenging to edit this video. I used my Mums' phone to take the videos and when I uploaded them to the computer they didn't work very well with MOVAVI. It took a while and I had to get my Mum to help me stop the videos from glitching but together we worked it out so I could then edit them. I think I was working on my edit of the video longer than we spent in Grays Bush! 

Next time I would use our camera instead of the phone so I don't get the strange issues with the video.

Thank you for reading my blog. Here is my video:

Snowball Poem - Poetry Slam - Step It Up - Summer Learning Journey Rima Tekau Ma Ono

Today for the Summer Learning Journey we had a poetry slam task. It was to do a snowball poem. This is the step it up task.

A snowball poem has a lot of lines and each line is longer than the last. Sometimes by one letter, and sometimes by one word- like a snowball rolling down a hill, it gets bigger and bigger as it rolls down! There was not very much information on snowball poems, so there is not much information here but the name pretty much explains it!

I found it tricky to make the right amount in my sentences because I kept accidentally having one word less or one word more. 

Thank you for reading my blog. Here is my Snowball Poem Step it up:

Snowball Poem - Poetry Slam - Summer Learning Journey Rima Tekau Ma Rima

Today for the Summer Learning Journey we had a poetry slam task. It was to do a snowball poem. At first, I did not know what a snowball poem was! 

A snowball poem has a lot of lines and each line is longer than the last. Sometimes by one letter, and sometimes by one word- like a snowball rolling down a hill, it gets bigger and bigger as it rolls down! There was not very much information on snowball poems, so there is not much information here but the name pretty much explains it!

I enjoyed making my poem about surfing because the beach and boogie boarding are one of my favourite things to do in summer. My whanau go every night when the weather is good after dinner to have some family time there while the beach isn't too hot and the chance of getting burnt is a bit lower. One day I want to get a surfboard and start surfing too! 

I found it tricky to make the right amount in my sentences because I kept accidentally having one word less or one word more. 

Thank you for reading my blog. Here is my Snowball Poem:

Summer Sounds Summer Learning Journey Rima Tekau Ma Toru

Yesterday my family walked up Kaiti Hill. 

While walking up, we found a part of the hill that had a lot of cicadas, birds and crickets. I remembered a Summer Learning Journey task that I did not do called Summer Sounds where we had to record a sound from outside and put it on our blog. So I asked my Mum if I could borrow her phone to record, and she said yes.

I enjoyed recording the sounds because there were so many sounds I could hear! This task was very straightforward and I could not find anything tricky! Though while recording my brothers and sisters would start talking. So that was probably the trickiest part! Having to stop four siblings from talking!

Thank you for reading my blog! Here are my sounds:

Hidden Colours In Ink - Science Experiment! - Summer Learning Journey Rima Tekau Ma Rua

Today for the Summer Learning Journey we did a science experiment. 

It was about putting colour onto a bit of toilet paper/paper towel, then putting it into water. We then wait until it bled to see if we can see more colours than just the colour we put on. Like, say I draw black onto it and let it bleed for a little while and then the black will become black and blue.

I enjoyed dipping all the toilet paper into the water because it just felt strange and I liked it! I also liked putting the colours on the toilet paper because they made some cool colours from one colour! 

This was a straightforward task and I did not find anything tricky! I enjoyed editing the video and sped them up, removed the audio and replaced it with some music. I really enjoy editing videos, and I am getting quicker at doing it on Movavi. 

Thank you for reading my blog. Here is my experiment:

Quatrain - Poetry Slam - Summer Learning Journey Rima Tekau Ma Tahi

Today I did a little research on different types of poems you can write. I found a poem called a Quatrain and made one about my brother who needs glasses. I also noticed that the poetry slam was up to 99 so this blog will be the 100th!

A quatrain is any 4 line poem. 15 possible rhyme sequences. For this one, I did "AABB". But you can do AAAA, ABAB, ABBA and ABCB too!

I enjoyed making my poem because I could make it as funny as I wanted it to be. I put in my poem that when he loses them he cannot see, he might just walk into a tree. I thought it was quite funny as I put it in!

I found it tricky to know what to make my quatrain poem about. I was looking around for inspiration when I saw my brother with his glasses and made a poem about him!

Thank you for reading my blog. Here is my quatrain about my brother, Sebby: