Tuesday 24 December 2019

Week 1: Day 5: Against The Odds

Activity 1: National Treasure
The first thing that is important to me is Hamish my mum gave him to me when I was just a baby, He was passed from my mum's friend to my mum and now he is mine.
The second thing that is important to me is Shilly she is our cat, She is important because she shows us that you can make it through anything. She shows us this because she was shot in the leg and still dragged herself back through the fence, to the house and in the cat door.
The last thing that is important to me is my family they are important because they give me food, water and a place to live. They also look after me when I am hurt.


Activity 2: Swimming to Safety
Yusra Mardini and her older sister left the Syrian war to find safety inn Eurep  they went from Lebanon to Turkey before departing for Greece in a dinghy. 15 minutes into the journey the boat's engine failed Yusra, her sister and 2 others jumping into the sea and pull the dinghy for 3 and a half hours to stop the dinghy capsizing. A year later she went to the olympics in the first ever refugee team. She has addressed the United Nations General Assembly and met world leaders. She now lives in Berlin, Germany and is focusing on her professional swimming career.


Activity 3: Own Choice
I think Stacy Gregg is a changemaker because she inspired me to do horse riding. Stacy Gregg writes books like the fire stallion, Pony club secrets and Pony club rivels. Stacy Gregg lives in NZ and has her own horse.

Week 1: Day 4: Individual Pursuits

Activity 1: Making a Racket
I learnt from the first video that Serena had a child, That Serena is the top paid female athlete and that Venus is the 5th top paid female athlete.
From the second video I learnt that in 2005  Venus won Wimbledon in what was the longest women’s finale in history, Serena has earned over 80M dollars in her career and Serena won 23 grand slams.


Activity 2: What’s in a Name?
I would change my name from Lucy to Lucia pronounced Luseea because that is my name in Spanish and Spain is my favourite country.


Activity 3: Worth her Weight in Gold

Week 1: Day 3: Team players

Activity 1: Rugby Superstars
If I could be a superhero for a day my powers would be super speed so I can run really fast to help people, Transforming so I can turn into something to save the day and earth so I can make plants grow so I could make a net out of bushes.


Activity 2: Defying the Odds
I would interview Steven Adams the 5 questions I would ask him are:

  • When you did start basketball?
  • Who inspired you to play basketball?
  • What was your favourite basketball team when you were young?
  • Why did you start basketball?
  • Where did you play your first basketball game?



Activity 3: Achieving our Dreams
My sister (Ruby) has a dream job of making a petting zoo. I could help her by:

  • Making a site to make people aware
  • Helping look after the animals
  • Getting food for the animals
  • Donating money for her
  • Telling people about it
  • Buying some animals for her


Thursday 19 December 2019

Week 1: Day 2: Up in the air

Activity 1: Flying Solo



Activity 2: One Small Step for Man
Neil
Exciting, amazing
Running, jumping, floating
Moon, space, Apollo, Rocket
Moonwalking, Gliding, Hoping
Awesome, Great
Armstrong


Activity 3: Miracle on the Hudson
My Mum was brave because when she was 17 she flew to Argentina and stayed there for a year. She did not know anybody, couldn’t speak Spanish and had never left the country. She had to spend 17 hours on the plane,16 hours on a bus and about 1 and a half hours in a ute. While she was in the ute she saw her first snake and they ran it over.

Wednesday 18 December 2019

Week 1: Day 1: Explorers

Activity 1: Setting sail
1. Apples because they are healthy and help clean your teeth
2. Chocolate because it will keep me fueled
3. Bread so i can make sandwiches
4. Lemons to make lemonade
5. Sugar to make lemonade
6. Biscuits because I like them
7. Tomatoes because they are healthy
8. Bottled water because salt water makes you thirsty
9. Orange because it is high in vitamin D?
10. Marshmallows because I deserve a treat sometimes



Activity 2: Discovering Aotearoa
My family speaks English. We have family from England and Scotland on both sides of the family. I think we have more Scotland than England because my last name is Scottish. I know of one Scottish ancestors on my Dads side his name is Robert the Bruce.


Activity 3: Scaling New Heights
The charity that I have chosen is RDA NZ. RDA NZ (Riding for the disabled association New zealand) helps people with disabilities through riding. There are 54 RDAs around NZ. Have a look at this link to find out more. RDA