Summer Learning Journey Week 1 Day 5

Activity 1

Towering Timbers

I think that logging should be allowed in New Zealand in a controlled and conservative way. The reasons I think it should be allowed is..

If logging was not allowed in New Zealand it would be hard to get the resources that we would normally get from logging.

People like my Uncle can use it as a business to help fill their retirement fund, he grows and cuts down trees in his spare time and sells the wood for money to fill his retirement fund.

Activity 2

Living on the edge

Dear Mum

Hi, how are you?

Last week our teacher took me and my class on a class trip to the tundra. It was a pretty amazing experience I really enjoyed the rocky look of the landscape. Although I felt quite cold and it was hard to focus when it felt like my toes were freezing off! I think that it would be an interesting place to try and play a game of soccer since there is no trees or walls and its just an open space. I think its going to be cool to be able to say that I went there since the weather is going to change back to even more icy and cold than when we were there and people will not be able to easily visit. I wonder if the teacher will bring us back when it is all frozen over?

Maybe we could come on a family holiday.

Lots of Love

Hunter

Activity 3

Going, Going... Gone

New Zealand is a great country to be in. It is the proud home of the famous Kiwi.

It is pretty to look at from the world famous Sky Tower in Auckland, There is plenty to do in and around the Sky Tower too like jumping from the top and doing a Sky Walk around the outside to give you a 360 degree view of the beautiful city. Where you can see the harbour bridge and through to the wharf where the America's Cup has been sailed multiple times.

In Wellington there is a museum that is called Te Papa in there they hold multiple interchangeable art exhibits, which often show things that have happened in New Zealand in the past and present.

Christchurch is known as the Garden City, where the botanical gardens are located. Here you'll find loads of beautiful flowers and trees where families can take a nice walk through and read some of the plaques underneath the trees. 

You can travel coast to coast and end to end of the country in a day.  From beach through the flat plains to the mountains, which could be snow covered depending on the time of year, to the opposite beach. The scenery through the West Coast on the South Island is spectacular and host magnificent waterfalls. Green pastures through to native forests and ferns are some of the views you can see. 

The lifestyle in New Zealand changes depending on whereabouts you live.  You could be farmer with expansive paddocks. Or a townie living in the cities and visiting the many bars and restaurants. Being a multicultural society  means New Zealand hosts lots of different cultural experiences.  The people in New Zealand are generally friendly and accepting of everyone.