Activity 1: New Zealand Royalty.

This week is the Manaiakalani SLJ Teaser week. Today, Hector and I has created a collaborative info graphic google draw about Lorde for our practice summer learning journey activities. This will help us keep motivated until the actual program begins. Although, I was really surprised to find out that Taylor Swift was her best friend and she got offered a record deal at the age of 13.

Fishing for the future generation

Fishing for the future generation


Do you enjoy the divine taste of fresh fish from the sea? Fish that swim in the depths of the ocean freely and the delicious taste of its natural flavor. Although, the delicious raw fish and coconut cream, fish and chips and even smoked fish can be reduced because of our own actions as plastic waste has spread through the ocean and because we have either been catching undersized fish or fish that are just about to breed.

Plastic waste has been a big concern as it is spreading more in our sea, rivers, lakes and ponds. Because of this fish are mistaking and consuming plastic for food. Currently, plastic has been spreading more and more world wide through our oceans.

Fish that consumes plastic can be deadly. They will not be able to properly consume food and survive. But, not only is plastic a big problem but catching and consuming large fish. Large fish are actually breading at that state of time. When you take home undersized fish you may also get a fine! This is because undersized fish need time to grow up and breed.

Big fish need time to breed so the population of fish can grow and grow for our future generations. So, it is a great idea to gently place the fish back into the water with a wet towel so you can avoid taking off the special coating on their scales.

Teaching this to our future generations will continue to spread on further in life. Our future children will also get to have a chance to have a delicious bite of kai moana!

Exploring our national current events.

News editors make decisions every day about which current event stories they will run. We explored the different types of current events that are happening in New Zealand, thought about why the story made the news and plotted the location on a google map.

Shake-speare / Pop up globe - Globe.

Rita, Rubin two actors from Shake-speares play, visited LS2. We all got the opportunity to learn about the globes. The original, the rebuilt globe and the pop up globe. Also, we learnt about the cultural acts, original and more. One act, they banged pot and spoons to stop rain. This had surprisingly worked out and the audience was amazed. They include mixed genders, mixed clothes and rhymes in plays. Another fun fact is a tragedy ends in a death. But a comedy ends in a marriage at the end. Did you know, a rehearsal takes at least 6 weeks? Although, a great big thank you to Rita and Rubin! LS2 was able to grow our knowledge about shake-speares plays.

Summarising the Main Ideas

This week for current events I have made a google document on summarizing the main ideas from a national article. I have picked out 20 main words, choosing 6 most important words from that 20 and using those 6 words to make a sentence. After that, I came up with 5 sentences and then added exactly 10 syllables to each of those sentences.

article here: Fungal Disease Killing Kakapos,

Keywords from the title	Keywords from  sub- headings	New words I need to look up
Kakapo, Fungal Disease.	-	-

Write down 20 important words from the text


Kakapo, Fungal Disease, Killing, One hundred and sixty, Sick, Respiratory system, Damage, Medicine, Deaths, Dangerous, Harm, Birds, Lives, Animals, Native,



Chose the 6 most important words.


Kakapo, Fungal Disease, Killing. Native. Birds, Sick



Use the 6 most important words to create a sentence.


New Zealand’s Native Kakapo bird is falling sick because of a Fungal Disease and 7 has unfortunately died.

Currently, one of New Zealand’s native birds (The Kakapo) is falling ill due to a fungal disease that is spreading. This disease has currently killed at least 7 birds in hospital unfortunately. Now, all around New Zealand their is at least 160 of these native birds left. The remaining birds are being fed natural plants but with a dose of medicine to help fight off the fungal disease. People around the country is trying their very best to help.

Brothers in Black

Today Panmure bridge school had a special visit from Jamie! He is a author and sports commentator. His newest book based off of "Men in Black" as his new book is called "Brothers in Black." Before arriving Jamie made a movie for us to watch and it was all about his job. A little bit of past history about him that he told us. When he was young his friends father gave him the book "Men in Black" and he started reading more about the All Blacks.

Food print

Yesterday the owner of Food Print (Michal) visited Panmure Bridge School to teach LS1 and LS2 about her site and the story behind it. Food Print is located in New Zealand, Auckland. It has been in business for 6 months and Michal has worked on the app for 2 years. The idea for food print is to make it easier for people to buy food nearby and to reduce wastage of food.