Giuseppe Arcimboldo / SLJ / Week 3

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Task Description:

Bonjuor everyone! My name is Deborah and for today's task we looked in to a well known artist that is known for creating his art by using fruit.  And his name is Giuseppe Arcimboldo and is an Italian artist that was born in Milan Italy. What we had to do was try and create our own peace of art inspired by his art peaces. This is my peace and all I did was use fruits like a banana to represent the mouth / smile as well as the mandarin to represent the ears and the pineapple as the face. And to top it off with the leaves or what ever you call it that's on the pineapple to represent the hair. I just added in some glasses just to add something a bit different. I hope you love the look and that you feel free to comment and tell me something about this blog post. 

Ko Tama-Nui-te-ra / SLJ / Week 3

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Task Description:

Welcome everybody! My name is Deborah and today's task we had to translate some Maori words in order to figure out what we had to do. We had to go on this site called Word Art and create something like this. We had to add in some words into a picture we picked. Check it out!

Summer Tastes / SLJ / Week 3

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Task Description: 

Bula Vinaka everyone! Today's post was a bit different to the other's we have been doing lately and had me craving some delicious summer foods. And so what we had to do was pick three or more foods that we think we enjoy eating in the summer or just foods that we think are suitable for this time of the year. Check it out!

Wearable UV Indicator / SLJ / Week 3 !

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Task Description:

Welcome everyone! My name is Deborah and for today's UV indicator activity we had a step it up task and that was to create a wearable UV indicator that you can wear around place's. We were able to make it out of a bracelet, hat or a watch so I just choose a watch because it was way easier. Check out the little boxes on the poster to see what each individual part of the watch does. Check it out!

UV Ray Indicator / SLJ / Week 3

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Task Description: 

Today we learn't about what UV levels are as well as what a UV Ray Indicator is. We got given videos as well as one explaining the effects it has towards us. After learning about all we needed to know we were to create a UV Ray Indicator our self. This is mine. How mine works is my one has a circle of the UV levels and at the top is an arrow that is what is used to point at the UV level. By doing that you have to turn the circle in till it get's to the UV level it is currently. On the sides are just something that tells you what each color of numbers mean. As well as showing you the lowest level to the highest. Check it out!

It's Cool To Be Kind ! / SLJ / Week 3

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Task Description:

Welcome! It's week three of this Summer Learning Journey program. For those who have been keeping up with the days I will like to say thank you because we are nearly half way through our summer break / Summer learning journey program. So for this task we were asked by Mrs grant, the organizer of this program to look for a comment on one of our recent summer learning journey blog posts. And after we found one we had to reply back saying thoughtful and nice things. Here is a link to the comment by Benjamin for you to take a closer look. Check it out!

Build a Super Column with Deborah / SLJ / Week 3

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Task Description:

Malo e lelei everyone! Right here I have the Nano task for this week. This week's Nano girl task we looked into experiments such as trying different methods. And so by that I mean we had to make three different ways to hold something heavy, like a rock. We used things such as cardboard and paper. With the paper we made tubes, triangles and bent paper as the different ways that could hold the rocks. For the step it up activity we had to create a screencastify of our self making them. Check it out!

Meri Kirihimete ki a koutou / SLJ / Week 2

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Task Description:

Kia ora everyone! Here is another catch up blog post for you to check out. I couldn't do the singing bit so I just choose to share with you my favorite traditional Christmas song. In the google slides has the lyrics to the music if you are just wanting to sing along. I'm very sorry for not being able to do the singing bit but I hope you enjoy it. Check it out!

What's your favorite Christmas song ? Tell me in the comment section and I'll reply back !

Te Huarere/Weather / SLJ / Kick Start - Step It up / Week 2

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Task Description: 

Kia ora and Welcome! this is just a catch up blog post from Thursday just for you all to check out. For this task I got to learn some te reo Maori that is based on the weather, so I got to learn how to reply back if someone asked what was the weather forecast. As you can see there is a video I inserted. The video is of me going through the slide show just if you are interested. I loved the this task very much because I enjoyed sharing some te reo Maori with fellow blog viewers of min that weren't familiar with the culture.

 Check it out!

Come along and learn some te reo Maori with me !

And tell me how it went by commenting on this blog post. Was it hard?  Or  Was it Easy ?

Maui me te rā / SLJ / Week 2

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Task Description: 

Kia ora! Sorry again for the delay for this blog post. I couldn't really figure out what we had to do for this task because it was in Maori so I just wrote a poem about Maui and how he felt after slowing down the sun. I didn't really know what to do so for the SLJ team, feel free to tell me in the comment section if I did this incorrectly. I wasn't able to do the step it up task but I hope you enjoy it and check it out.

Islander - Kiwi Jingle Bells / SLJ / Week 2 / Kick Start & Step it up !

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Task Description:

Task Description: Welcome you all! Sorry for the long wait for this blog post. I've been pretty busy lately as it was going on to Christmas but here I have completed the task from Wednesday. For this task we had to change up the lyrics to the song Jingle bells into our own words. Check out how it went. For each bit of the song I have an audio recording of how it's supposed to be said for the step it up task. Please don't mind my horrible singing  . I hope you check it out! 

What is your favorite Christmas song ? Tell me in the comment section and I'll reply back !

Treasure Map Cods KS / SLJ - Week 2 / Kick Start

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Task Description:

Here We are. Sorry for the long wait just for this blog post. I have been pretty busy but I've got this activity ready for you to check out. Today we got to learn how to encrypt and decrypt this type of coding. You get a hang of it super fast which is why I found this task easy. This coding is called pigpen Cipher

 and surprisingly fun when you knew how it works because you can say anything using the code. The Step it up activity for this task will be coming soon so don't worry. This is my own coding we were asked to make and this is how it looks like. This is a part of the create task in the slide show. What I had to do was pick a beach I like and give a clue which you will be solving to figure it out. 

How to solve this type of coding:

Before I explain how it works I'm going to give you a little hint and that is that the first letter is T. If you are wondering "How is it T" Well.. By looking at the huge X where the T is you can see that its little section makes a triangle pointing to the right. So what your doing is using the letter and looking at the graph where the letters  is. After that you look at the lines around the letter. For example: E, in the graph makes a square because the lines around it make a square. Because there are two graphs from A to R the second graph has to have a dot in the center so than it doesn't confuse the person solving it. The reason why is because the graph is the same but the letters in it is different. Just so you could understand more , E on the first graph makes a square. And on the second graph N has a square as well representing the letter. People will get confuse which is why you have to use the dot so they know N is the second graph. And all I said with the top graphs is the same with the bottom ones ( X ) . I hope you understand this well. I would have explained it on screencastify but my mic was not working. 

WHAT IS THE CLUE AND BEACH TO MY CAVE ? Tell me in the comment section and I'll reply back telling you if you got it correct or not!!!

Treasure Map code SIU / SLJ / Step it up / Week 2

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Task Description:

This is my step it up task for today's task.  For this task I had to unlock a code which is called the Caesar cipher. I didn't really know if the beach was right but with the information i had the beach I found was the one I found. If you know what the beach could be just comment. At the end I had to pick one type of coding to show case and explain how it works and how you can work it out. 

My Hana Kōkō Design / SLJ / Week 2

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Task Description:

Welcome and Greetings! It is Monday the 21st of December and this is the last post for today. What we had to do was create our own Hana Kōkō Design. Hana Kōkō is the Maori Santa. We had to choose a Santa out fit based on the weather or anything. My Hana Kōkō design is based on my Tongan culture which is why I have traditional Tongan pieces that are a part of the outfit. Here is a video you can check out if you want to know how it is pronounce and what it is.

What is your favorite part of Santa's outfit ? Tell me in the in the comment section and I'll reply !!!

Build a Xylophone with Deborah! / SLJ / Week 2 !

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Task Description:

Kia ora! and welcome to week 2 of the summer learning journey program. Today we are starting the week with a task by Nano Girl! who has great science related activity's that we get to do for science. This week for science is based on sounds and different noises or tunes that can be made only using the things around you. Today we got to make a Xylophone using five peaces of paper as well as some tape and scissors. Watch this video I've inserted in order to know how to make this if you are interested. I loved and enjoyed this task very much because it was super easy to make and all we needed was some paper as well as tape and scissors which are things you can find around the house. I hope you check this video out and make it your self and to just be creative with it.

What things could you use around your house to make sounds or tunes ? Tell me in the comment section and I'll reply back !

Haiku Poems / SLJ / Kick Start - Step it up / Week 1

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Task Description:

Welcome everybody! It's Thursday today and we got to try out making our own haiku poems which is a traditional poetry they use in japan. For the Kick start activity we had to make a haiku poetry on a google drawings template. And for the step it up activity we were to create three haiku poems on a google slides and use screencastify to record our self saying our haiku poems as well as explaining how it goes. Check it out to see my haiku poems.

Do you now any other poems and what they are called ? Tell me in the comments section and I'll reply back.

Which One Doesn't Belong / SLJ / Kick Start - Step it Up / Week 1

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Task Description: 

Welcome! This is today's first activity and what we had to do was look at four photos in each slide and figure out which one was the odd one. By that we had to compare each photo to each other and to see which had this and which didn't have that. What we had to do for the step it up bit was to create our own, Which One Doesn't belong slide. Check it out!

Comment down below which one you think is the odd one for my question !!

Rise Up / SLJ / Kick Start / Week 1

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Task Description:

Welcome everyone! I've finally completed this task after many thoughts in my head about what I was going to do. I sadly could't complete the step it up part but that's okay. A task today that we were given was based upon a song a school called Mangere College created. They created a song called "We Will Rise". What we had to do was watch a bit of the video we were instructed to watch that would be that part we were going to change up into our own little lyrics. We were able to change it and base it on anything we wanted, as well as the background to match the song and lyrics. My schools motto is "Strive To Succeed" and is very important to my school so I decided to have the song based on it. Strive to Succeed mean that we strive in tell we accomplish something and is something I've learn't ever since I was little at Pt England School. When I say "Empowering our Kids" what I mean by that is we encourage the little ones to follow their dreams and to strive to succeed. When I say "We all play a special part" that mean each and individual student at my school has something special they are passionate about and they play a special part. And lastly when I say "Seek the path" that means, seek the right path where there will be many door for you. And that's all for today but I hope you liked it.

If you enjoyed this blog post Please leave a comment and I'll reply back!  

What are You doing Today ? Part 2 / SLJ / Kick Start / Week 1

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Kick Start

Step It Up 

Task Description:  

I'm back with a part 2 on "What Are You Doing Today ?" task. This is the Kick Start task and what we had to do was similar to the first one but we just had to change it up a bit. On The last slide of the kick start slide deck I added in some extra words so check it out. For our step it up task we had to use the screencastify video recorder to record our self saying the sentences that was on the slide deck and here it is. I call it more of a Maori Session together with me then a video it's self. So If your interested in learning a bit of te reo Maori with me then I recommend you do. 

If you know at least a bit of Te Reo or just word, share it with me in the comments section . I'll reply back if you do !

Optical Illusion / Summer Learning Journey / Week 1

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Task Description:

Sorry for the delay but here it is. The last for the day and this is was an activity that involved a pencil, paper and ruler. But we were given a choice to either do it on paper or our chrome book but I decided to do it on a peace of paper. What we had to do was create an Optical Illusion and this is what mine looks like. We got check out many different ones but I decided to do one they gave us and so here it is. When I was recreating it on paper I had to restart because the illusion was tricking me making me confused which was properly the worst bit but overall it was great and I love the finish product. For those who aren't sure what an Optical illusion is something that consist geometric shapes and patterns, and are usually in black and white. But from my point of view an Optical Illusion is something 2d that tricks you lintel looking 3d or make you think other things. Check it out!

Have you've ever seen a Optical Illusion before this ? Feel free to tell me in the comments section and I'll reply back !

Tanerore / Summer Learning Journey / Week 1

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-- Kick Start --

-- Step It Up --

Task Description: 

Hey guys! I'm back with another activity. I had a choice to create something called a kowhaiwhai on either a google drawings template or on paper. I choose to create the kowhaiwhai on a google drawing template because I knew how I was going to recreate it. By clicking on the line source I clicked on curve which gave me a curve line which helped with the twists and turns. Check it out !

Have you ever learn't or seen and Maori motifs ? Feel free to tell me in the comments section and I'll reply back !

Te Reo Maori - What are you doing today? / Summer Learning Journey / Week 1

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Task Description: 

Hey everyone! Today we are starting off the day with some te reo Maori. I love the Maori culture which is why this was a very exciting activity to me. What I had to do was listen to recordings and organize the missing words into the sentence in order for it to make sense. What I loved about this activity is that not only were we just organizing words into sentences but we were learning how to say simple sentences in Maori like "What did you do today?" and "I am going to.." in Maori. The pictures beside the word at the end of the presentation was very helpful because by looking at it I straight away knew what the word meant. Check it out to see if you can learn a bit as well.

Have you ever learn't te reo Maori Before ? Feel free to tell me in the comment section and I will reply !

Creating An Insect Using Things You Find Outside / Summer Learning Journey / Week 1

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Task Description: 

Today I finally got to craft something out of things you would find outside. In order to make this bug you need two leaves and one of them has to be cut in half. Next you will need some twigs for the Antennae and the legs. On the side you will be needing some tape and scissors. You first need to get your leave that has not been cut and stick everything on from the back which is really simple so I don't need to explain a whole lot. And that's how I put this bug all together. I was very proud of myself after it was all assembled and finished. It looked really good and was really fun.

Have you ever crafted something things you had lying around the house or outside ? Feel Free to tell me in the comment section and I'll Reply back !

FISHING FALSE TEETH / Summer Learning Journey / Week 1 !

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Task Description:

Welcome everybody to another activity for the Summer Learning Journey Challenge. As you know it is week 1 and so far I have completed two tasks. Now don't forget that there's more and that they will be based on many different things so be prepared. For this activity we were asked to watch a video which I have added in to the presentation for you to check out. After watching the video we were to create our own comic. And by that we had to fill in each box saying the things we think they might have said if they spoke in the video. Check it out to see what I wrote.

Have you ever made a comic strip before ? Feel free to tell me in the comment section and I'll reply back !

Your Comments Counts / Summer Learning Journey / Week 1 !

Art Alive Expo Day!

 

Task Description: Today we had our Art Alive Expo day. Check this out to see team 1, 2, 3s art peaces. check it out!

The Siesta / Step it up !

 

Task Description:  Step it up! Here we have is another Summer Learning Journey starter task. We were to do the same thing but choose a different peace of art to work on. We were to color in the peace of art in a different color and had to write down the reason to why we choose to color it in this color or that color. Check it out !