For this Summer Learning Journey, I was asked to fill it in and watch all the videos to try and eventually work out the animal that does not belong or relate to any of these animals/insects. I found out easily that the anglerfish doesn’t belong because it lives in the ocean! After I completed that, I moved on making my own! Try it out and comment the answer!
Hint: check out there speices!
For this Summer Learning Journey, we had to create a taniwha karu in Tanga Kukara. We had to include this question; What are pūrākau? Well in Māori, pūrākau refers to traditional oral stories, myths, legends, and fables that carry cultural knowledge, history, values, and spiritual insights, serving as vital tools for identity, education, and understanding life’s journeys, including ancestral lessons.
I chose the colours black, red, and white because black signifies with mana (prestige), authority, and the strength of ancestors. It is often used in traditional carvings and tā moko (tattoos), lineage, and spiritual power. Red signifies strength and bravery required in battle, and red ochre (kokowai) was used ceremonially for protection. And white signifies purity, promise for the future, awakening, and the realm of being and light (Te Ao Mārama)
Taniwha originate from the oral traditions and mythology of the Māori people, the indigenous people of New Zealand (Aotearoa). They inhabit deep pools, caves, and the ocean, often in places with strong currents or dangers.
The story I picked to represent my taniwha is Āraiteuru and her sons.
Āraiteuru was a female taniwha, believed to have escorted the Māmari canoe to New Zealand from Hawaiki. In other traditions Āraiteuru and another taniwha named Ruamano guided the Tākitimu canoe.
When she arrived, Āraiteuru gave birth to 11 sons. All went exploring, and on the way they dug trenches – creating the branches of the Hokianga Harbour. One son, Waihou, burrowed inland and lashed his tail about to form Lake Ōmāpere. Another, Ōhopa, was angered by the large number of rocks he encountered, and came to hate all living things. He terrorised the people near the Panguru mountains.
Āraiteuru was a guardian of the Hokianga Harbour, and had her lair in a cave there. She lived at the south head of the harbour, and her companion, known by some as Niua, lived in the north head.
THE HOKIANGA
Is a region surrounding the Hokianga Harbour in the Far North of New Zealand. It is sparsely populated and has many little clusters of houses in a rural setting. Its full Māori placename is Hokianga-nui-a-Kupe – the returning-place of Kupe, the legendary polynesian discoverer of Aotearoa. Maori Legend has it that “Wairere was one of the eleven taniwha sons of Araiteuru (Āraiteuru) of Hokianga Harbour. His brothers, sent by their mother, all took it upon themselves to see who could burrow the furthest to see the country in which they lived.
Wairere followed the path cut by his brother Waihou and changed direction before he reached Horeke. He encountered a rough patch of land filled with boulders. Wairere found that the boulders were interesting shapes, and he wanted to bring one back to prove his story.
Unfortunately, the boulder proved exceptionally heavy, and he made it back to Waihou’s path. There, exhaustion overtook him, so he fell asleep with the boulder still atop his head. He has not yet shaken the load from his shoulders, so he remains there, sleeping most of the time from the weight over his head. Even to this day, waka (ships, canoes) may be upset by this stone if Wairere stirs in his sleep, or, worse yet, if he half-awake attempts to take revenge for his plight.
The icon for the Hokianga is the Kauri tree. 75 % of all Kauri are in the Hokianga, which has four protected Kauri forests (Waipoua in the South-West, Omahuta to the North-East, Warawara in the North-West and Puketi in the East.”
For this Summer Learning Journey, We had to choose a story to listen to then picture a taniwha in your head so you can draw it. Draw the taniwha on white paper and remove the background using Remove BG. Then you say which taniwha you created and the story of it!.
Taniwha originate from the oral traditions and mythology of the Māori people, the indigenous people of New Zealand (Aotearoa). They inhabit deep pools, caves, and the ocean, often in places with strong currents or dangers.
The story I picked to represent my taniwha is Āraiteuru and her sons.
Āraiteuru was a female taniwha, believed to have escorted the Māmari canoe to New Zealand from Hawaiki. In other traditions Āraiteuru and another taniwha named Ruamano guided the Tākitimu canoe.
When she arrived, Āraiteuru gave birth to 11 sons. All went exploring, and on the way they dug trenches – creating the branches of the Hokianga Harbour. One son, Waihou, burrowed inland and lashed his tail about to form Lake Ōmāpere. Another, Ōhopa, was angered by the large number of rocks he encountered, and came to hate all living things. He terrorised the people near the Panguru mountains.
Āraiteuru was a guardian of the Hokianga Harbour, and had her lair in a cave there. She lived at the south head of the harbour, and her companion, known by some as Niua, lived in the north head.
I found this story amazing to do because now I know the story behind, Āraiteuru and her sons.
For this Summer Learning Journey activity. We needed to give Turbo an upgrade from riding in a trolley to something with special features, Turbo is a chihuahua who was born without his to front legs. Turbo the Chihuahua, born without front legs, became famous for his inspiring life using custom-built wheelchairs. Ever since he was born he grew up without his two front legs, making it difficult for him to walk but that all changed when a person made a wheel for him so he could walk/run again.
We had the choice between ;
We could choose to use items around our house in order to make this new upgrade or we could design the new upgrade on a Google Draw, Canva, Adobe Express, Tinkercad, or even on paper, then we needed to label different parts of the design.
I found this activity heart-broken because I couldn’t imagine what that poor dog was going through, but then after I heard his story I began feelings okay because of what that kind person made for Turbo!
For this Summer Learning Journey, I created a poster teaching everyone about octopuses. I firstly researched about octopuses and what they do. So then I gathered my information and created a DLO explaining facts and why they are so active. I really enjoyed this activity because it taught me how much octopuses are active and how they are so intelligent!.
For this Summer Learning Journey activity, Me and Cattaleya designed a prosthetic leg for Mosha the elephant’s front left leg. Mosha was on a walk when she stepped on a rock and tripped so hard that she had to amputate her legs when was only seven months old, which made this task especially meaningful. We really enjoyed working on this activity because it required a lot of creativity and careful thinking. We spent a long time deciding which patterns and designs would best suit her leg, as we wanted it to look both functional and unique. This activity helped us understand the importance of empathy, problem-solving, and thoughtful design when creating something to help others.
Overall this task was very intresting and fun both because of how she is going to like it and if it is comfortable. We chose blue because we feel like this colour suits her the most.
For this Summer Learning Journey, I created an octopus using the online colouring tool or crafting my own. I picked crafting my own octopus because it seems way easier to craft it then colouring it online. What I first did was making a DLO and picked out an image of an octopus then I got out my tracing skills and traced the octopus t0 make it more better. After that I finished my octopus, I filled my octopus with the colour blue to stand out. Here is my finished product.
For this activity we neeeded to create a spider web using paper and scissors . First we watched a video article called “Spider Webs: Spider Artists At Work”. Then we needed to research and learn how spiders make webs:
These are some facts that I have learnt about spiders webs and the spiders itselfs.
For this Summer Learning Journey, Me and Cattaleya found different types of facts about the Giant Centipede. We first started off with exploring information about centipedes, so we can answer those questions. This activity was found interesting by Me and Cattaleya, because some of these questions was hard to find about. But we ended up completing our task which made us proud of ourselves. One fact I learned about is that centipedes are usually found all across Aotearoa even in the North Shore! Isn’t that crazy? At first I thought centipedes are only found in the East Side of New Zealand.
This is my badge board for 2025, It tracks how many activties i’ve done in the past week.