Summer learning journey Week 2 Day 2

Day 2: The Roaring 20’s (The 1920s)

Activity 1: Popular Culture – The Silent Movie

The 1920s saw a massive surge in the number of people going to the movies. Huge new cinemas were built in both Auckland (The Civic Theatre) and Dunedin (Empire De Luxe).  The most popular type of movies showing at local NZ cinemas were ‘silent’ films. Gold Rush and The Lion's Cage are examples of iconic silent films. They feature a famous actor named Charlie Chaplin.

Watch the trailer for Gold Rush or The Lion's Cage. On your blog, tell us what you think the movie is about. There are no words spoken movie so you will need to pay careful attention to what the actors are doing! Do you think you would enjoy watching a silent film? Why/Why not?

The Lion's Cage

I think the movie is about a circus and the guy not only being the clown but also trying to impress the girl and find love in the circus and also it shows how well they train there animals.

Activity 2: Art Deco

In the 1920s a new artistic movement emerged in New Zealand (and around the world). It was called ‘Art Deco.’ The picture to the right is a classic example of an ‘Art Deco’ piece. Take a close look at the painting. Do you like it?

On your blog, give the painting a rating out of 5 stars (1 star = terrible painting, 2 stars = pretty bad painting, 3 stars = okay painting, 4 stars = good painting and 5 stars = amazing painting). After you’ve rated the painting out of 5, tell us why you gave it that rating.

Right: Self Portrait By Tamara de Lempicka

My rankings
5/5
I like this because it looks like an expensive piece of art. It is not a normal photo it's a painted picture and it's not a modern but it's a olden days painting, the reason you can tell that it's olden days painting is because of the car.

Bonus Activity: Crossing the Tasman

In 1928, a crew of four men flew, for the first time, across the Tasman from Australia to New Zealand. One of the men on board the Southern Cross airplane was a New Zealander named T.H. McWilliams. His job was to operate the radio in the airplane. Unfortunately, the radio stopped working shortly after take-off and the rain and ice were so heavy that the pilot, Kingsford Smith, couldn’t see out of his front windscreen. Yikes! Fortunately, the plane made it all the way across the Tasman landing in Christchurch after a 14 hour trip.

Imagine that you were a member of the flight crew. Write a poem that describes how you would have felt when you landed safely in Christchurch after such a long trip. Remember, there are lots of different types of poems, and they don’t all have to rhyme. You can read more about different types of poems by clicking here.

                                                                               My Poem

First time Flight, Mixed emotions
Excited and frighten across the Tasman
Wind blowing hard with cold as ice
Finally here I am landing Safely in Christchurch.

Summer learning journey Week 2 Day 1

Week Two: A Period of Change (1870-1950)

Day 1: The Early Years (Late 1800s – 1919)

Activity 1: St Joseph’s Cathedral

At the turn of the century, there was a great deal of construction happening in New Zealand. Many of the new British settlers wanted to build homes and community meeting places, such as churches. One of the largest buildings to be constructed during this period was St Joseph’s Cathedral in Dunedin.

St Joseph’s Cathedral is just one of hundreds of beautiful cathedrals around the world.

Use your search engine to find a picture of another famous cathedral. Post a picture of the cathedral on your blog. Underneath the picture tell us: the name of the cathedral, where the cathedral is located, when it was built, and how long it took to build.

Famous Cathedral

Name: Holy Trinity Cathedral

Located: Parnell, Aucland

Built: 1843

How many year's did it take to build: 174 years

Activity 2 | The Right to Vote

At the turn of the century, New Zealand elected its first ever government. Richard John Seddon served as the leader of the Liberal Party from 1893-1906. Prior to 1893, only men were legally allowed to vote. This all changed in the late 1800s when a woman named Kate Sheppard lead a suffragist movement in New Zealand calling for a change in law. Her hard work finally paid off when the Electoral Act was passed into law on 19 September 1893, giving women the right to vote. New Zealand was the first country to give all women the right to vote. There were still countries in the world (e.g. Saudi Arabia) who, until recently, did not allow women to vote.

On your blog tell us what you think about the fact that women were not allowed to vote in Saudi Arabia until 2015. Is it fair? Why or why not?

My thoughts

I think it's not fair because everybody should vote at the same time not just the men.

Bonus Activity: In Flanders Fields

As the new century dawned, New Zealanders settled into a period of relative calm. The calm lasted for about 15 years but came to a sudden end in 1914 when World War I erupted in Europe. The war lasted for almost five years and claimed the lives of 18,000 New Zealanders.

It also claimed the lives of thousands of men and women from countries around the world. Every year, we remember these brave men and women on ANZAC Day (25 April). Many people go to a special Anzac Day ceremony where they read a special poem that was written for the fallen soldiers. The poem is called ‘In Flanders Fields’ by John McCrae.

Read the poem. On your blog, tell us what you think of the poem. Do you like it? How does it make you feel?

It makes me feel very lucky to live in a beautiful, safe country like New Zealand. It also makes me feel sad for those who died in the war and for their families. I think that we are very lucky that they went to war and fought for our freedom. What do you think?

How it made me feel

It was really sad and lucky I didn't have to and get killed so thank you all those people who risk there lives to keep us safe. The poem was very emotional and really touch me.

Summer learning journey Day 5 Week 1 Completed

Day 5: The Dawn of a New Era…

From the 1840s onwards, many European settlers came to live in New Zealand. It was a difficult period in New Zealand’s history. As the settlers began to outnumber the Māori, a great war erupted between the two groups as they fought for access to land to build homes and establish communities.

Activity 1: Translating Phrases

Unlike the Māori, many of the European settlers didn’t speak Te Reo Māori. Instead, they spoke English. As you can imagine, it was very difficult for the two groups to communicate because they did not have a dictionary or a translator. These days we are able to use the Internet to translate words and phrases from one language to another.

Use Google Translate to translate the following five phrases from English to Te Reo Māori or from Te Reo Māori to English. Post the translations on your blog. Be sure to include the phrase in both the English and Māori to earn full points.

Phrases:

1. Maori: Nau mai ki Aotearoa. English: Welcome to New Zealand
2. English: Opeti is my name Maori: Ko Opeti toku ingoa
3. English: What is your name? Maori: He aha to ingoa?
4. Maori: He pai taku ki te takaro i te whutupaoro. English: I like to play rugby
5. English: Where do you come from? Maori: No hea koe?

Activity 2 | The Treaty of Waitangi

On 6 February 1840, a very special document was signed by the Māori chiefs and the British settlers in New Zealand. It was called the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) and it outlined how the two groups would live together and work together in New Zealand. It was the first document of its kind to be signed in the entire world. The Treaty was signed in a place called Waitangi in northern New Zealand.

Follow this Waitangi village link to read about the village of Waitangi.

On your blog, tell us three fun things that you can do as a visitor in Waitangi. Which one would you like to do the most?

Visiting Waitangi | Things to do

Taiamai Tours

-What I liked about this amazing tour is that you can ride on a waka while exploring and looking around.

Waitagi treaty grounds

- What I liked about this is that you could see olden day stuff that were the biggest war canoe.

Waitangi Hangi & Concert
- What I liked about this is the hangi and the Maori food that is so yum.

Taiamai Tours
This is what I would wanna do the most in Waitangi is Taiamai Tours because you get to go in a Waka and look and the whole of Waitangi.

Bonus Activity | #EarnTheFern

After the Treaty of Waitangi was signed, New Zealand became a British colony. Many other countries in the world are also British colonies including Canada, South Africa, Australia, India and Malaysia. As a group they were, and still are, called the ‘Commonwealth’ countries. Years ago, a man named Melville Marks Robinson was asked to organize a sporting competition for people living in the Commonwealth countries. It is called the Commonwealth Games. The first ever event took place in Hamilton, Canada in 1930.

Athletes from New Zealand have competed in the Commonwealth Games for years. In the most recent Commonwealth Games event in Glasgow, Scotland New Zealand athletes won a total of 45 medals. The next Commonwealth Games will be held in 2018 in the Gold Coast, Australia. Hundreds of athletes are competing for the chance to represent NZ at the games (to 'Earn the Fern').

One of New Zealand’s gold-medal-winning Commonwealth athletes was a man named Bill Kini. Bill won a gold medal at the 1966 Commonwealth Games for being the best heavyweight boxer. He was a man of many talents! He played rugby in Ōtāhuhu in the 1960s and later moved to Whangarei.

Imagine that you could interview Bill. What would you ask him about his time at the 1966 Commonwealth Games. What would you want to know? I’d like to know how he had time to train for two sports at once.

On your blog, write four questions that you would ask Bill Kini.

Bill Kini / Four questions

How did yo feel when you were a boxer? Did you think you will be the strongest.

What was the best thing about being famous? Is it getting the money or getting all the fans.

What did you like about rugby?

getting to bump the guys off or scoring a try.

What did you like Boxing or Rugby?

which was your best sport.

Summer learning journey Day 4 week 1

Day 4 - Hitting a High Note...

Activity 1: The Waiata - A Song in Your Heart

In the past, Māori would often use song as a way of sharing information or communicating emotions.  A waiata is the name given to a traditional Māori song. One of my all-time favourite waiata is Kia Paimarie. What about you?

Use Google to research traditional Māori Waiata. Listen to a number of Waiata and read the lyrics. On your blog tell us which one of the waiata you found you like the most. Why do you like it?

My Favourite Waiata | Pokarekare Ana

I like this song because the lyrics it is really a happy song that can cheer someone up and it's not the music it's the people who sing it.

Activity 2: Playing Games

Hundreds of years ago, young Māori children were taught to play a number of games, including Poi Rakau, Ki O Rahi, Koruru Taonga and Poi Toa. Read about each of these four games on the Rangatahi tu Rangatira website. Have you played any of them before? Isn’t it cool how the games have boeen passed down for generations?

Choose one game, and on your blog, tell us the (i) name of the game, (ii) the goal or purpose of the game, and (iii) two rules.

You could try playing some of the games with a friend.

                                                           Game| Koruru Taonga 

What you need:

1. 5 stones the same size, similar to the size of a 20c coin
2. Floor space

How to play:

Throw one stone up and try pick up the others one by one or two by two and so on. There are many more ways almost like tricks you do with the five stones.


The reason I like this is because it's a game that Tongan children in the 1980's and still do play's.

Bonus Activity: Musical Festivals – Matatini

In New Zealand, a huge festival is held every two years, called Te Matatini. This performing arts festival celebrates the tikanga (culture or customs) of Māori. Kapa Haka groups from around New Zealand are invited to attend the festival and each group gives a 25-minute performance. The performances are judged and the best teams win prizes.

The gold medal winning team from this year (2017) was Te Kapa Haka o Whāngārā Mai Tawhiti.

Watch these three clips from previous Te Matatini festivals.

Tamatea Arikinui

Te Iti Kahurangi

Te Puku o Te Ika

On your blog, rank the performances from your favourite (#1) to least favourite (#3) and tell us why you gave them the ranking that you did.

My Rankings | Te Matatini Festival

1. Te Iti Kahurangi
- The reason I like this is because the song is very catchy and it's a well known song originally from our country NZ. (Bathe in the River)

2. Tamatea Arikinui

- I liked this group because they sounded great singing harmonies and they sounded really lively and performed really effective.

3. Te Puku o Te Ika
- This performance was really good because there singing but is was just sad to see that picture that they were holding.

Summer learning journey Day 3 week 1

                                                        Day 3: It’s All in the Family

Activity 1: The More, the Merrier?

In the 1800s, most families were pretty big. In fact, many parents had an average of seven to nine children.  Imagine that you were a child in the 1800s and you had nine siblings.

On your blog, please tell us how you would feel. Would you enjoy being a member of such a large family? Why or why not?

Being in a big family

I would like to be in a big family because the more the merrier, I'm from a family of eight me my dad and my mum and my brothers. I would say I have a big family and I like it because we get to share the house chores and have each other to talk and play with when we are not with our friends. With big families it's always hard when kids are still young but it will be eventually change to better life when they grow older.

Activity 2: Acknowledging Ancestry

All of us are members of a family. Some of us have large families and some of us have very small families. When I have the opportunity to talk about my family and my ancestry I sometimes choose to use a pepeha. It is a very special way of identifying who I am and where I come from. There are many different versions of pepeha but most provide people with information about who you are and where you come from (i.e. your whakapapa). Use the template provided below to prepare your own unique pepeha. If you need help please watch this short movie clip on preparing a pepeha.

Ko Mt Wellington te maunga. The mountain that I affiliate* to is…

Ko Tamaki River te awa. The river that I affiliate to is….

Ko te ? waka The waka that I affiliate to is…

Ko tōku tīpuna? My founding ancestor is…

Ko Sitani tōku iwi ?         My tribe is…

Ko Loamanu tōku hapu? My sub-tribe is…

Ko Ruapotaka tōku marae? My marae is…

Ko Auckland, New Zealand ahau. I am from…

Ko Seini rāua ko Les ōku mātua  My parents are … and …

Ko Opeti tōku ingoa. My

Bonus Activity: Fun Family Facts

Everyone’s family is unique. What makes your family special? Choose three people close to you and ask them what their two favourite things to do in summer are.

On your blog, write two fun facts about each person. For example, my Nana plays the bagpipes!

My Family members

My brother:

1. He likes to swim in the beach or pool.

2. He likes to eat ice-blocks and Ice-cream.

My cousin

1. He likes to spend time with his family.

2. He likes to play rugby and other sport.

My Dad

1. He likes to go fishing and catch fish.

2. He likes the long holidays from work and spend time with family.