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Monday 22 January 2018

Summer Learning Journey Week 4 Day 5 Bonus Activity

I believe that in 100 years people will live in very techoly based apartments. Where all of the food will be printed through advanced versions on 3D Printers that would have advanced in so many different ways. I also believe that people wouldn't really be working as robots would be able to do most jobs themselves. The only jobs that humans would have would be programing the robots to do the jobs.

Summer Learning Journey Week 4 Day 5 Activity 2

If I had to pick one of the three cars I would pick the third one.
The reasons being...

  • It can fly out of traffic
  • It looks cool
  • You can get places quicker

Sunday 21 January 2018

Summer Learning Journey Week 4 Day 5 Activity 1

If I think about my future after graduating high school I see my self...

Working and trying to get as much money as possible to go on a trip back to England to visit friends and family. After my trip to England I would come back to New Zealand and study criminal or tax law at the University of Auckland.

Summer Learning Journey Week 4 Day 4 Bonus Activity

My favrioute song is titled Galway Girl and it is by Ed Sheeran.

Lyrics:
She played a fiddle in an Irish band
But she fell in love with an English Man
Kissed her on the neck and then I took her by the hand
Said, "baby, I just want to dance"

I meet her on Grafton street right outside of the bar
She share a cigarette with me while her brother played the guitar
She asked me what does it mean, the Gaelic ink on your arm?
Said it was one of my friend's songs, do you want to drink on?
She took Jame as a chaser, Jack for the fun
She got Arthur on the table with Johnny riding as a shotgun
Chatted somer more, one more drink at the bar
Then put Van on the jukebox, got up to dance

She played a fiddle in an Irish band
But she fell in love with an English Man
Kissed her on the neck and then I took her by the hand
Said, "baby, I just want to dance"
With, my pretty little Galway girl
You're my pretty little Galway girl

You know she beat me at darts and then she beat me at pool
And the she kissed me like there was nobody else in the room
As last orders were called was when she stood on the stool
After dancing to Kaleigh, singing to trad tunes
I never heard Carrickfergus ever sang so sweet
A capella in the bar using her feet for a beat
Oh, I could have that voice playing on repeat for a week
And in this packed out room swear she was singing to me

She played a fiddle in an Irish band
But she fell in love with an English Man
Kissed her on the neck and then I took her by the hand
Said, "baby, I just want to dance"
My pretty little Galway girl
My, my, my, my, my, my, my Galway girl
My, my, my, my, my, my, my Galway girl
My, my, my, my, my, my, my Galway girl

And now we've outstayed our welcome and it's closing time
I was holding her hand, her hand was holding mine
Our coats both smell of smoke, whisky and wine
As we fill up our lungs with the cold air of the night
I walked her home then she took me inside
To finish some Doritos and another bottle of wine
I swear I'm gonna put you in a song that I write
About a Galway girl and a perfect night

She played a fiddle in an Irish band
But she fell in love with an English Man
Kissed her on the neck and then I took her by the hand
Said, "baby, I just want to dance"
My pretty little Galway girl
My, my, my, my, my, my, my Galway girl
My, my, my, my, my, my, my Galway girl
My, my, my, my, my, my, my Galway girl, hey

Summer Learning Journey Week 4 Day 4 Activity 2

I would not like to be a farmer because...

  1. You have no control over your income as the agriculture market prices could change at the drop of a hat.
  2. Also you would have to do a lot of cleaning. Which also means  dealing with a lot of poop.

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 4 Activity 1

From what I can remember the film Moana is about...

A young, adventurous girl by the name of Moana who sets sail on a dangerous mission to save her people. Mid-way through her voyage she meets a demi-god by the name of Maui. As they continue on their voyage to Te Feti where their goal is to restore its heart the was once stolen by Maui himself. They come across many challenges including Te Feti herself who has now become a lava monster filled with rage over her stolen heart. After a long journey, Moana finally restores Te Feti's heart and peace is brought tot eh once raged monster.

Summer Learning Journey Week 4 Day 3 Bonus Activity


Friday 19 January 2018

Summer Learning Journey Week 4 Day 3 Activity 2

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My home town is a place in England called Worcester. If you traveled to Worcester I would insist that you go to Worcester Cathedral. You should also go to Six Ways Park to watch the Worcester Warriors play. Another thing to do in Worcester is go to Worcester Racecourse and watch good english horse racing.

Summer Learning Journey Week 4 Day 3 Activity 1

If I had to create a coalition I would include two of my friends Limi and Mayjah. This is because when we are in philosophy those two are the ones who have the strongest ideas and thoughts. Not only this but when we get int a discussion none of us back down no matter how deep into a hole we get ourselves into we will try and finds any way possible to win the argument.

Summer Learning Journey Week 4 Day 2 Bonus Activtiy

The history of the tango...

  • The tango originated in south america speci.ally Uruguay and also in Argentina around the 1880s.
  • The music that the tango is danced to is created by accordion, bandoneonpianoguitarviolindouble, bass and also a human voice
  • The most famous/popular tango song is called La Cumparsita it was composed in 1917 by Carlos Gardel 

Summer Learning Journey Week 4 Day 2 Activity 2


My sporting hero is Keven Mealamu. The reason why he is my hero because of his drive and determination. Not only that but also how he doesn't just focus on one thing such as rugby but he also is a child author. Even though he is now retired he is still a very influential and very important part to my sport life.

Friday 12 January 2018

Summer Learning Journey Week 4 Day 2 Activity 1

After watching the Richie McCaw Chasing Great trailer I learnt...

  • He is the most capped All Black of all time with 148 caps
  • He is currently an Air New Zealand pilot
  • He has won 110 of his 148 All Blacks tests

Monday 8 January 2018

Summer Learning Journey Week 4 Day 1 Bonus Activity


Summer Learning Journey Week 4 Day 1 Activity 2

If I had $300 million dollars I would spend it on...

  • $20 million dollars to Cancer Research
  • $20 million dollars to Starship
  • $10 million to the Salvation Army
  • $50 million to my parents
  • $150 million into a locked bank account to put towards a yacht/boat

Summer Learning Journey Week 4 Day 1 Activity 1

In this activity I had to say what our family does during a birthday or other celebration...

In my house if there a special occasions such as a birthday we usually go out for a meal or cook  nice meal at home. We also get a nice and delicious cake or cheesecake.

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 5 Bonus Actitivty

In my opinion I strongly believe that student should be aloud to have free access to university. As Albert Einstein once said "Once you stop learning, you start dying". I interpret this quote to be saying never stop learning otherwise a piece of your mind slowly starts to die. Tat is why I am saying that we shouldn't have to pay for university fees. Another reason is that some people want to go to university but they can't afford it because of financial reasons. So those are my two reasons why the government should pay for students to go to university.

Friday 5 January 2018

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 5 Activity 2

In this activity I had to pick a former prime min

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 5 Activity 1

If I was going to hike the Tongariro Crossing I would bring...

  1. Lots of Water
  2. Energy and Nutrition Bars
  3. First Aid Kit
  4. A map 
  5. A compass
  6. A rain coat
  7. A torch
  8. Fire starters
  9. Matches
  10. Pocket Knife/Multi Tool

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 4 Bonus Activity

If I had the opportunity to interview anyone I would interview former All Black and Blues Rugby captain and kids author Keven Mealamu.

Some of the questions I would ask him would be:

  • What drives you?
  • Why did you decide to become a children's author?
  • What is your day to day life like?
  • How did it feel to be the captain of one of the greatest rugby teams of all time?
  • Do you have any advice from people who are looking to become authors?

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 4 Activity 2

In this activity I had to imagine that I was going on a Big OE (Big Overseas Travel)...

If I had the opportunity to go on a Big OE. I would go to America. The main reason that I would want to go to America is becuase of all of the sightseeing places. Places such as the Grand Canyon, The Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, The Empire State Building, Walt Disney World, The Hollywood Hills and also a road trip on Route 66.

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 4 Activty 1

Out of the gate and off for a walk went Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy. Down the street heading down to Harry House. He goes and pick him up. Then Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy and Harry's from head down to Ben's Bakery. Then Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy, Ben from the Bakery and Harry from the House head down to Fred's Factory. After a long walk Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy, Ben from the Bakery and Harry from the House pick up Fred from the factory. Now Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy, Ben from the Bakery, Harry from the House and Fred from the Factory start an even longer walk to Macy's Mountains. After climbing up and down over treacherous mountains they finally get to Macy's Mountain.They don't go any further. Macy's greets them with open paws and the five friends are reunited once more...

Thursday 4 January 2018

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 3 Bonus Activity

Dear Mr Hendricks,

I strongly believe that there should be a new subject to our school week. The subject that I believe should be added is robotics. The reason that I personally would like this added is because robotics and coding is really efficient way to learn about the future. I say that because I believe that one day in the near future robots will one day help us live our lives and make them much easier. For that reason I believe that we should prepare ourselves for what is going to happen in the future.

Please deeply consider what I have asked of you.

Yours Sincerely,

Harrison

Wednesday 3 January 2018

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 3 Activity 2

In this activity we had to say what we like and dislike...

Two things that I like and dislike about these outfits are the colours of the shirts but the thing that I dislike are how bright the females clothes are.

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 3 Activity 1

In this activity I had to clips from a 1970 TV show called Ready to Roll and rank them from 1 (The best) to 3 (The Worst)...

1.   Ray Columbus and the Invaders

Tuesday 2 January 2018

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 2 Bonus Activity

In this activity I had to watch a documentary on Peter Snell and create a poster on it...


Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 2 Activity 2

In this activity I had to learn three interesting facts about the Beatles 1964 tour of New Zealand...

1. One girl badly hurt her leg from trying to climb the wire fence.
2. The people were trying to get over the wire fence so badly that a group of 30 police had to come and try calm them down, while also seeing that the fence was about to collapse.
3. Teen age girls pushed over police motorbikes and the beatles car was pushed backwards even with the hand brake on.

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 2 Activity 1

In this activity I had to say what my favrioute TV show is and what is it about...

My favrioute TV show is a show on duke called The Flash. It is about a superhero called The Flash whose alter ego is a csi detective named Barry Allen and his group of friends such as Iris west, Caitlin Snow/Killer Frost, Cisco Ramon/Vibe and Harrison Wells. They have to fight meta humans and defend Central City from being destroyed.


Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 1 Bonus Activity

In this activity I had to design a kiwiana themed postcard...


Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 1 Activity 2

In this activity we had to pick the three most popular names from the 1950's and also from our school...

At my school (Glen Innes School) the only name that is used out of the list to my knowledge in John. Surprisingly there are no their names from the list that are used at my school... or at least none to my knowledge.

Summer Learning Journey Week 3 Day 1 Activity 1

In this activity I had to say whether I would've liked the meat and three veg rule...

I do not like the meat and three veg rule. This is because it would get very repetitive and boring just eating vagiley the same thing every time. However if you could change different ways of eating the meat such as; mince, sausages, steaks or chops. If you get what I mean...

Monday 1 January 2018

Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 5 Bonus Activity

In this activity I had to research and post a baking recipe...

I choose shortbread as they are so delicious...
Soft Chewy Shortbread Cookies; There are only 4 ingredients in the easy basic shortbread dough and it bakes up to a soft and chewy cookie!
Ingredients

  • 450g butter, softened
  • 200g caster sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 500g plain flour
Method
  1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees C.
  2. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Stir in vanilla; add flour and mix well.
  3. Roll out to 1cm thickness and cut out desired shapes with biscuit cutters. Bake for 10 to 12 minutes.

Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 5 Activity 2

In this activity I had to compare fashion from 65 years ago to today's fashion...
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This is what mens fashion was like 65 years   This is what mens fashion is like in 2017
ago

Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 5 Activity 1

In this activity I had to imagine that I was going to plan a VE day celebration party...

The celebration that I would to are

  • I would invite all of my friends and put out an advertisement for war veterans to celebrate VE day
  • I would also have nice food and drink  

Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 4 Bonus Activity

One day you are walking along the deck of the ship when you hear a loud bang. You start to run as you see smoke coming from the far end of the ship. You run towards the room where your patients are waiting to receive treatment from the doctor. Just as you arrive at the door to their room you hear another loud bang and you drop to floor. Fearing for your life. You aren't sure what has entirely happened but you do suspect that it was a torpedo from an enemy submarine. You fearfully get up to your feet and start walking around checking on the patients. Some of they want to get up and fight but they are far too weak to even walk. Let alone fight. You are trying you best to calm them all down. Then, bang. Another torpedo hits, this time it the boat shakes and you fall to the floor. Your passed out.

Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 4 Activity 2

In this activity I had to pick a man who was awarded a Victoria Cross during WWII...
Lloyd Trigg
I choose to study about Lloyd Trigg. He was a flying officer who was attached to the RAF (Royal Air Force). He was the only serviceman to be awarded the Victoria Cross on the recommendation of the enemy. The reason the enemy recommended him was because of his bravery. Even after receiving heavy fire he carried on fighting and won a major air battle.

Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 4 Activity 1 (REVISED VERSION)

In this activity I had to learn some more information about 2 days in WWII and what major event happened on the day...

  • 26 May: Evacuation at Dunkirk begins
The Evacuation of Dunkirk was code named Operation Dynamo or the Miracle of Dunkirk. It was a mass scale evacuation of a allied soldier from the beaches and harbour in a place called Dunkirk located in the northern part of France. The evacuation took place between the 26th of May to the 4th of June 1940. The reason why the evacuation was necessary was because a large number off Belgian, British and french troops were under attack by the Germans troops after a long and grueling 6 week battle known as the Battle of France. Over 330, 000 were evacuated throughout those 10 days. 

  • 10 June: Italy declares war on Great Britain and France.
On the 10th of June 1940. Italy declared war on Great Britain and France. Therefore the alied them selves with Germany/Nazi's. Before this day Germany had already defeated france and also had ejected the British from Europe as well. On after this happened did Italy declare war on the two countries. A bit cowardly if I may say so myself. It was as if they were kicking a fallen man.

Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 3 Bonus Activity

In this activity I had to choose some treats that I would like to take back to New Zealand...

  1. Dream
  2. Caramilk
  3. Harry Potter books and movies
  4. Clothing
  5. Star wars movies

Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 3 Activity 2

In this activity I had to choose 3 things that I could do to help out my families in the 1930's....

To help I would...

  1. Sell stuff that isn't needed to make money
  2. Hunt for food
  3. Try and get a job as young as possible

Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 3 Activity 1

In this activity I had to say what I do to de-stress or relax...

To be honest with you I don't get stressed. However, I do like to relax. To relax I like to talk to friends, take a bath, watch movie, listen to music or play video games. I don't really like to read books.

Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 2 Bonus Activty

In this activity I had to write a poem about landing in christchurch after the first 14 hour flight from Australia and New Zealand with a faulty radio and harsh weather conditions...

We're finally here,
We all feared that we were going to disappear,
After our feet touched the floor,
We let a sigh,
We flew the whole way with the radio on standby.



Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 2 Activity 2

In this activity I had to rate this art piece from 1 to 5 (1 being bad and 5 being the best) based off of whether I like it or not...

I personally give it five out of five I love this painting, it is very detailed and look very realistic. The shading is awesome too. Here is a photo of the painting, this is Self Portrait by Tamara de Lempicka.

Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 2 Activty 1

In this activity I had to watch the trailer for the lion's cage and say whether I like it or not...


After watching the clip above I realised that I wouldn't want to watch the full movie. The main reason being is that it is a silent movie and there is no dialog and I really like listening to dialog as it intensifies the dramatic sequences.

Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 1 Bonus Activity



In this activity I had to read Read the poem flanders field and say what I thought about it...

I love this poem, it tells the horrors of the war and how we are so lucky that we do not have to go through that violence, and uncertainty of whether we are going to make into tomorrow! I myself do not know how I would feel having that going around me, it's terrifying because of how easily war could break out! 

Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 1 Activity 2


In this activity voice my opinion on the fact that women in Saudi Arabia still can't vote...

I don't believe it is fair since a lot of other countries had decided to let women vote. If they did it would be alot fairer for the women since most women in other countries are allowed to vote. But that's my opinion other people have different opinions.

Summer Learning Journey Week 2 Day 1 Activity 1

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The cathedral that you see in the photo above is a cathedral in Worcester, England called Worcester Cathedral. It was founded in 680 A.D. as a priory(a monastery of men or women under religious vows). It took over 420 years to build!!!