SLJ ~ Summer Learning Journey Day 20 Week 4

Day 20: Return to New Zealand

Your trip has now come to an end and it’s time to fly back to New Zealand. As you board the airplane, you start to think about all of the people who will be waiting to pick you up from the airport in Auckland and you get very excited. It’s time to go home!

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Activity 1
Imagine that you have just arrived at the airport in Auckland. Your whole family is there to greet you. They can’t wait to hear all about your trip! You decide that you’ll go home and have a special meal together to celebrate your return. Your mum offers to make you anything that you would like to eat. On your blog, tell us what you would choose to have for your special meal.

If it was me, I would ask for homemade hamburgers with ketchup, American-style mustard, onions, tomato and lettuce; Cajun-style wedges with tomato sauce and Greek salad with cherry tomatoes and lots of feta cheese. For dessert I would ask for vanilla cake with chocolate icing and neopolitan ice cream. What would you ask for?
I would most likely eat most of New Zealand’s Junk food since I have been in Canada & Japan but I would like to switch it up (Who knows, Canada & Japan has changed me). Like a crispy chicken (homemade) salad wrap. (Appetizer). Main ~ Some “Island Style food”, Desert ~ .. Mmm. :)

Activity 2
After four full weeks of planning and travelling, you are now safely back in New Zealand. You have now had some time to relax and to reflect on your experiences. What are two things that you have learned from your travels? On your blog, tell us about any two things that you have learned.
Japan
#1 ~ Over 70 % of Japan consists of Mountains, even including over 200 Volcanoes. (Wow)
#2 ~ Japan sometimes have acid rain, (Which I never knew could happen).
Canada
#1 ~ Canada has diversity, and has French as a language, I never knew that!
#2 ~ During the 1775 and 1812, Canada had been invaded by the USA.
Bonus Activity

School is about to start again for a new year. Yay! Imagine that you walked into your classroom and your teacher asked you to stand up in front of the class and talk about the country that you visited. On your blog, you can:

1. Post a short video clip of yourself talking about the country that you visited and the things that you learned (1 – 2 minutes)
2. Type out what you would say to the class if you had 1 – 2 minutes to speak.
3. While visiting Japan & Canada, I have learnt a lot about each country, the experience I have had during my trips was amazing! Did you all know that over 70 % of Japan consists of Mountains, even including over 200 Volcanoes and Japanese sometimes have acid rain.

* Have time for questions about Japan*

Moving onto Canada, I just love Canada and I used to always think of America towards Canada. But did you all know that Canada has diversity ~ Which is a range of different things, and has French as a language. Wow! Right? But during the 1775 and 1812, Canada had been invaded by the USA.

* Questions about Canada *

Rachel has my video!

SLJ ~ Summer Learning Journey Day 17 Week 4

Day 17 – Famous Sights

Before you leave to head home, you will want to dedicate a few days to sightseeing in your country. There are dozens of beautiful buildings and gorgeous natural wonders. Scroll down to see pictures of three of the most famous landmarks in each country.

Activity 1

On your blog tell us which of the icons you would most like to visit in your chosen country. Be sure to tell us why you have chosen it!

For Canada I have chosen the CN Tower,Hmm? You must be wondering why, well to me It definitely reminds me of New Zealand and how it it identical to the Sky Tower in New Zealand. It may not be the same size but comparing it to me, I reckon it’s identical.

Japan, well that’s a different story, in one of the older activities I did some research about Japan and I really enjoyed reading about temples and castles and yes, I have chosen a Castle. I love Japanese Castles/Temples!

CN Tower – Tallest building in Canada

Himeji Castle – Best existing example of Japanese castle architecture

Activity 2

Let’s imagine that you have been asked to host a visitor from another country. They are going to come and stay with you for three days. During that time, you are expected to take them on a tour of New Zealand and show them some our most famous icons. Where would you take them? If it was me, I might take them to Mt Cook in the south island, to the Sky Tower in Auckland and to Chums Beach in the Coromandel. What about you? On your blog, tell us which three famous places in New Zealand you would go with your visitor.

First I would definitely comfort this person by taking them to the Auckland Sky Tower, Kaikoura & Te Papa Museum. These places are very famous for New Zealanders and perfect for tourists!

Bonus Activity

Take a picture of yourself standing beside a popular place in your community. It can be anywhere that’s pretty popular in your area (e.g. a store, a restaurant, a marae, etc). On your blog please tell us about the landmark. What is the name of it? Where is it? Who goes to it?

I don’t have a picture of myself but I will insert a picture of one of the places I desperately need to visit and take a picture with it!

SLJ ~ Summer Learning Journey Day 16 Week 4

Day 16 – National Celebrations

Activity 1

Imagine that you are visiting on the national holiday of your chosen country. On your blog tell us what you would eat, see and do on that day.

My country is Canada, and I would love to eat poutine with maybe some nachos. I really enjoy eating these foods here in New Zealand (Which maybe is uncommon?). I would also set off some amazing, loud and humongous fireworks!

Activity 2

Create a brand new public holiday for the country.  Use your creativity to come up with a name for the holiday and a short description of how people in the country celebrate the holiday. Do they all get the day off? Do they eat special foods or go to special events to mark the day?

On the 21st of August, New Zealand will now (Maybe) have a Diverse Day. This means, Workers, Students, Children and EVERYONE will each have a taste or little visit (Not actually) around all the cultures New Zealand - I dearly hope this makes enough sence. (They may have a day off work but people can do work!)

Bonus Activity

In New Zealand our national holiday is on 6 February. It is called Waitangi Day. What do you do to celebrate Waitangi Day? Do you go somewhere special? On your blog tell us what you do on that day. On Waitangi Day, my family and I go up North (Not always) for just a relaxing day, unless it’s packed!