Summer Learning Journey Week 1, Day 5, Bonus Activity

I looked around the room. Nothing seemed unusual, but then...
Jake woke up with a gasp, and scrambled out of bed towards the bathroom, before splashing his face with water. He heard his parents running up the stairs, and his father reached him first. "It's okay son, it's okay, we're here, we're here." His mother hugged him. "Did you have the dream again?" Jake nodded. His parents looked at each other. "Have you written down what you saw? You know that's what Dr. Max said to do." His father said. Jake sighed. "Not yet, I'll go do it now." His parents shared another look. "We'll leave you to it, Jake." His mother said. Jake sat down at his desk, and started writing about his constant dream that turned into a nightmare, which plagued him every night. Just as he picked up his pen, he heard a growl, but not before his arms were covered in goosebumps. "I thought Dad turned the heater on?" he thought to himself, but then he turned, and came face to face, with a real life version of what chased him every night through his dreams. The wolf. Midnight black with grey eyes, a growl started deep in its throat, and it leapt.

Summer Learning Journey Week 1, Day 5, Activity 2

For this activity I had to read the reviews of three books that are currently really popular in Canada and decide which one I would like to read the most and explain why. I chose that I would like to read Hunger Games: Catching Fire (#2) by Suzanne Collins because it is more action packed than the other two options, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth (#3) and Matilda by Roald Dahl.

Summer Learning Journey Week 1, Day 5, Activity 1

For this activity I had to think of all of the books I have read this year and recommended one of them for Curious Kiwi. I have chosen to recommend to Curious Kiwi The Hobbit written by J.R.R Tolkien, which is about Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit who doesn't like adventure, who gets visited by Gandalf and some Dwarves and eventually helps them take back a Dwarven castle.

Summer Learning Journey Week 1 Day 4 Bonus Activity

For this activity I had to, using the words from the activity before this one, make a world cloud, which is where Tagul, or Wordle, use the words you input to generate a picture.

Summer Learning Journey Week 1, Day 4, Activity 2

For this activity I had to list all of the things that I would need when flying to another country, with a star beside the important objects.
Spare clothes (Winter Gear if possible since Berlin is cold)*
Money native to the country*
Toothbrush and Toothpaste
Photo from home in case you get home sick
Sunscreen (If its a hot country)
Camera
Phrase book of the native language*
Tourist guide-books
Map*

Summer Learning Journey Week 1, Day 4, Activity 1

For this activity I had to use the site AccuWeather to find out what the weather was going to be like for the capital city of the country I have chosen, which is Berlin in Germany, for five days in a row. I found out that in Berlin today and on Sunday it will be snowy, before being cloudy on Monday and rainy and snowy at the same time on Tuesday and cloudy with some sun on Wednesday.

Summer Learning Journey Week 1 Day 3 Bonus Activity

For this activity you have to take the cost of the flights, which is in the own countries money, and convert it into New Zealand Dollars.

Name of City	Cost of Return Flight
Canberra, Australia	826            AUD              Australian Dollars
Tokyo, Japan	147172      JPY                Japanese Yen
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	7182          MYR             Malaysian Ringgit
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates	7219           AED             United Arab Emirates Dirham
Cape Town, South Africa	27296          ZAR             South African Rand
Berlin, Germany	2182            EUR             Euros
London, England	1442            GBP             Great British Pounds
Santiago, Chile	1 582 030    CLP              Chilean Peso
Mexico City, Mexico	90 664         MXN            Mexican Peso
Ottawa, Canada	2064            CAD             Canadian Dollar

This becomes:

Canberra, Australia: $859.015 NZD

Tokyo, Japan: $1,817.17 NZD

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: $2,312.52 NZD

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates: $2835.63 NZD

Cape Town, South Africa: $757.535 NZD

Berlin, Germany: $3,309.17 NZD

London, England: $2,569.56 NZD

Santiago, Chile: $3,405.654 NZD

Mexico City, Mexico: $6308.39 NZD
Ottawa, Canada: 2.216.19 NZD
The most expensive country to visit is Mexico City, in Mexico, which costs $6308.39 NZD, and the cheapest flight is to Cape Town, South Africa, which costs $757.535 NZD

Summer Learning Journey Week 1 Day 3 Activity 2

For this activity involved creating a logo for an airline if I had one of my own.

Summer Learning Journey Week 1 Day 3 Activity 1

For this activity we have to watch 2 videos on plane safety with the idea of getting some ideas on how to be safe on a plane. I learnt that when the plane is going to crash if there is a seat in front of you then you lean forward and put your head against their seat with your hands in between the seat and your head, while if you have nobody in front of you then you lean until your head is in front of your knees and then put your hands on your head as well. I also learnt that when the plane hits the water you pull a life jacket out from under your seat, pull the red seal off and put the jacket on, only inflating it once you're in the water and blowing into the pipe if it doesn't inflate enough.

Summer Learning Journey Week 1 Day 2 Bonus Activity

For this activity we have to write whether we have gone to Wellington, and if so, some things we enjoyed doing there, or if we haven't some things that we would like to do there. I haven't been to Wellington yet (emphasis on yet), but from what I can see on the site I would like to go to Te Papa, because it has exhibits about Maori, our native people, and also because they have created something called Bug Lab which seems very interesting. Another place I would like to go to would be to go to the Mount Victoria Lookout, to check out Wellingtons scenery from high above.

Summer Learning Journey Week 1 Day 2 Activity 2

For this activity we have to decide whether we think Bull fighting should be banned in Spain. I think it should be banned, because both the person and the bull could get hurt. For instance, if the Bull ran straight into the person running around and stabbed them, everybody would be angry or sad that they got injured, but if the Bull got hurt by running into the side of the arena nobody would care. This shows that how the Bull feels about the sport is not taken into account. Another reason is that nowhere else in the world holds Bull fighting as a sport, except for Spain, showing that maybe the other countries think it's a bad idea, which is why they don't do it.

Summer Learning Journey Week 1 Day 2 Activity 1

For this activity I have to find out some facts on the country I have chosen, which is Germany. The name of the capital city is Berlin, the Population of Berlin is 3.5 million people, in Berlin the weather is usually cold in January, Berlin is located in the North East (top right) of Germany and the languages mostly spoken in Berlin are German, English, and Russian.