World War Two Life of a Nurse

Activity: Imagine that you are a nurse working on a large medical ship in WWII then finish the story.

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.. (My writing starts here) look around to see what's happening. You see fire coming from the other end of the ship and then you see a military ship coming closer and closer. You hear screaming from your patients and you dash inside to see what's wrong. Inside you see a doctor telling everyone that they need to evacuate the ship because our ship is under attack. A group of soldiers runs into the room and starts loading the patients onto stretchers before carrying them out the door you follow them and see them place the soldiers on the second smaller ship.

You run back to the room where the patients used to be and see the doctor still inside. He tells you to take medical supplies to the other ship. After a couple of loads, a soldier tells you to jump on because their leaving. You tell him to wait that you're just grabbing the last box but when you get it the evacuation ship has left.

You see a rowboat close by and grab hold of it before dragging it to the side of the boat and throwing it overboard. You carefully lower yourself down into it and start rowing, after what seems like months you finally wash up on a shore. You see a man standing in front of a flag holding something and then you realize what he's holding, a gun! You stick your hands up in the air but he fires anyway. The funny thing is when he fires a bunch of people set off running. Then it hits you the gun was to start a race, the man turns to you and you see the flag properly it's the NZ flag, your back home.

Gifts

If could take gifts to a family in the 1930s I would take chocolate, lollies, games, books and sports equipment. If you could take gifts what would you take tell me in the comments

Flanders field

The poem In Flanders Field makes me feel sad because of the soldiers who died for our country although I do like the feel to it. Here is the link so you can read it for yourself.

Women can vote

I do not think it is fair that women were not allowed to vote until 2015 in Saudi Arabia because men and women should be equal as they are both intelligent people who deserved to be treated like they are. Other countries let women vote earlier such as 1893 (NZ) and 1902 (AUS). I believe that men and women should be treated equally not one ahead of the other.

St Paul's Cathedral, Summer Learning Journey

St Paul's Cathedral is in London, It was built in June 1675 and it took a decade to design and 40 years to build. The reason it was built was to replace the great cathedral that perished in the great fire of London. It was opened in 1708 and it was designed by Sir Christopher Wren. The crypt in the cathedral is the largest crypt in western Europe, the first person to be buried in the crypt was its designer Sir Christopher Wren. The two largest bells have names Great Paul and Great Tom, Great Tom is sounded for a royal death, the death of the Bishop or the death of the Lord Mayor of London.

Bill Kini summer learning journey

Bill Kini was a gold medalist at the 1966 commonwealth games for heavyweight boxing. He was also a good rugby player. If I got to interview him these are questions I would ask him.

Did you practice one sport more than the other?
What did you feel like when you won the gold medal?
When you were growing up did you ever think that you would win a gold medal?
On average how many hours per day did you train?

Village of Waitangi summer learning journey

Activiy: What three things would you like to do at the village of Waitangi.
I would like to visit the treaty house, read a replica of the treaty and look at a Maori war canoe. I think I would like to see the canoe the most though as it is one of the largest in the country.

Translate Te Reo Maori and English Summer learning journey

Use google translate to translate Te Reo Maori to English and English to Te Reo Maori.


1. Nau mai ki Aotearoa translates to Welcome to Aotearoa
2. Jack is my name translates to Ko Jack toku ingoa
3. What is your name translates to He aha to ingoa
4. He pai taku ki te takaro i te whutupaora translates to I like to play rugby
5. Where do you come from translate to No hea ko

Te Matatini festival songs Summer Learning journey

Activity: Rank three Maori songs from a Te Matatini festival

1st Te Puko o Te Ika
The reason I chose this as first because I really like the beat
2nd Te Iti Kahurangi
Because everyone is singing together well
3rd Tamatea Arikiui
Great song with a nice feel to it

Poi Toa summer learning journey

Poi Toa
Relay

you use the basic rules for a relay except instead of just running you have to be swinging a poi the whole time your running. The first team to get everyone back wins and if you stop swinging your poi you must stop running and start swinging your poi again before you can start running. Would you like to play this game? Tell me in the comments.

Waiata

The Waiata I found that I like the most would probably have to be Te Aroha because it sounds calm and relaxed and is not really loud. It is a song about love, peace and faith for everyone. Te Aroha really just sounds and feels peaceful without having to know the english translation.

Comment below telling me your favourite Waiata and why.

My family summer learning journey

Activity: Pick three members of your family and write two facts about each.

My brother loves lego and he also enjoys playing hockey.

My Mum is a great baker and she's travelled around the world.

My Dad is a great builder and he likes hunting

Pepeha summer learning journey

Ko Aoraki te maunga - My Mountain is Mt Cook

Ko Mawhera te awa - My river is the grey river  

Ko Mawhera ahau - I am from Greymouth

Ko Te Kura Paroa tōku ake kura - My school is Paroa

Ko Trish rāua ko Russell ōku mātua  - My parents are Trish and Russell

Ko Jack tōku ingoa - My name is Jack

The more the merrier? Summer Learning Journey

In the 1800s families were pretty big, in fact they had an average of seven to nine children!
Activity: Pretend you were part of a family of nine children.

I would not like to have nine siblings because it would get crowded and you would never be able to do something alone as you would always have people wanting to do something with you. Although I wouldn't like to have nine siblings there are some upsides such as you would always have someone to play with so you'd never be alone.

Comment down below telling me what your opinion is.

Favourite meal

My favourite meal is roast pork with broccoli salad and roast potatoes. The reason this is my favourite meal is because I enjoy roasts and I like the taste of pork the best. My favourite part of the meal would have to be the potatoes, I love them and eat every single one on my plate and then go back for seconds and sometimes thirds or fourths. Once I've finished the potatoes I move onto broccoli salad which is a healthy salad that is made up of bacon, feta cheese, cucumber, spinach or lettuce and of course broccoli. This is my favourite meal comment down below saying yours.

My dream job basketball player Summer Learning journey

Wharepuni

A Wharepuni was one of many Maori buildings in a village. Others include Kauta where the Maori cooked and Pataka where they store items. A Wharepuni's purpose was to house people for sleeping.
Two things that are different about my house and a Wharepuni is that we cook and eat inside in our house where a Wharepuni is just for sleeping in and my house is made from wood and a Wharepuni is made of ferns and bark. Two things that are similar about a Wharepuni and my house is that people sleep in both of them and that the structure is similar only it is made of different materials