Summer Learning Journey : Day 1

DAY 1: In the Beginning...

Activity 1: The Legend of New Zealand

According to Māori mythology, much of Aotearoa New Zealand was formed when Māui, a powerful demigod, fished it out of the sea. Legend has it that Māui created a magical fish hook from the jawbone of his grandmother and that one day he took his hook, boarded a boat, and rode out into the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Once at sea, he threw his magical hook into the water and caught a fish. This ‘fish’ was actually the North Island of New Zealand! In honour of this legend, the North Island of New Zealand is sometimes referred to as Te Ika a Māui or ‘Māui’s fish’ and the South Island of New Zealand is sometimes referred to as Te Waka a Māui or ‘Māui’s canoe’.

Facts

(1) The Maori name of New Zealand is Aotearoa which means the land of the long white cloud. I choose this fact  because this a history thing and personally I hate history but when I found out what the meaning of Aotearoa meant.

(2) The largest city in New Zealand is Auckland although its capital city is Wellington. Secondly I choose this fun fact because I didn't know that Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand and also these facts can help me draw closer to loving history.

(3) Dairy farmers produce a whopping 100 kg of butter and 65kg of cheese each year for each person living in New Zealand. My last one is my favourite fact because I am in love with diary things because without them I wouldn't have been eating the milky delicious CHOCOLATES!!

Activity 2

I was born in Tonga I lived there until I was five then I came and reunited with the rest of my siblings here in New Zealand. For the past years here in New Zealand it was was like a straight roller coaster  but when I was in Tonga it was like a a bumpy roller coaster but I still miss the country I was born in because I gave up my Friends,Family and my school to come here but I am still grateful to be here because New Zealand had the only hospital to treat the sickness I had.Till this day on I am grateful to be in this country which also saved my life because about 3 years ago I was diagnosed with Rheumatic fever and their hospitals saved my life so till this day on I am still grateful and happy to be in the beautiful country of New Zealand.

Activity 3: Ice, Ice Baby

On your blog, make a copy of this footprint and, inside the footprint, explain how you create a positive, digital footprint. What do you do to stay smart online?.

Summer Learning Journey

Day 2: Peace Out! (The 1960s)

Activity 1: The Dawn of Television

In the 1960s there was a great deal of change in New Zealand. Technology was evolving and the television was introduced for the first time into New Zealand homes in the 1960s. Popular programmes included Town and Around and C’mon.  Television remains popular to this day.

What is your favourite television show at the moment? On your blog tell us about your favourite television show. What is it about? Who are the main characters? What channel is it on?

My faverioute t.v show is called k.c under cover the chanel is disney.The main characters are k.c cooper and ernie cooper and the parents are craig cooper and kira cooper this family is a spy to save the world when they are in need .

Activity 2: Rock ‘n’ Roll

Famous bands also started travelling across the world and in 1964, New Zealand hosted, arguably the most popular band of the time, The Beatles.

People were very excited to see The Beatles, and the hype around the band was known as Beatle-Mania (similar to the modern-day Bieber-Fever)!

Read about their tour of New Zealand below, and then post three interesting facts about The Beatles Tour on your blog.

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The Beatles' first stop in New Zealand was Wellington. Seven thousand screaming fans – nearly all young women – waited as the band touched down on 21 June 1964. One girl badly hurt her leg trying to climb a wire fence, and two others were forced through the fence because of pushing from behind.

A team of 30 police officers, some in plain clothes, was on hand. Bill Brien, in charge of the operation, later said that:

“We underestimated the whole thing badly. The crowd was so big we had to … keep all the people behind a wire fence. At one stage it looked like the fence would collapse, which would have been a disaster.”

As the band stepped off the plane, the shrieks of fans drowned out the noise of the engines. Te Pataka concert party performed a haka, before doing a hongi (pressing noses) and presenting the band members with tiki.

From the back of a Holden utility, The Beatles waved to fans who lined the roads from the airport to town. The crowds outside their hotel, the St George, were so large that The Beatles had to be taken in secretly through the bottle shop entrance of the hotel. Management rushed the band up to the third floor balcony so fans could see them and not crash the hotel.

It was mayhem. 'Girls were screaming uncontrollably, quite out of their tree,' people remembered. Police used dogs to clear crowds from verandahs and other vantage points. Teenagers pushed over and damaged two police motorbikes; there was so much pushing that one of The Beatles’ cars was shunted backwards, even with the handbrake on.

Fans trekked back to The Beatles' hotel after the concert. The band was stuck inside as crowds gathered outside. Some kept up a late-night vigil on the hill behind the hotel. Others tried to get round the strict security; four girls strolled onto the sixth floor into the arms of Ringo Starr. His response was, ‘Now girls, no nonsense or else I’ll leave.’

Away from all the fuss, two of the band members took the chance to catch up with family. Police whisked John Lennon away to Levin to meet his second cousins, while Ringo Starr (formerly Starkey) met a group of Starkeys from the Wellington suburb of Karori.

1.The Beatles fans were so loyal that they stayed out their hotel for hours.

2.They had 7000 fans their but in America theirs probably way more like 50,000.

3.I never knew that they had family in New Zealand.