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For this activity, please brainstorm at least five ways we could support the people who are affected by the fires in New South Wales, Australia. You could think of ways to raise money, things to send them, and ways to keep them feeling positive.

On your blog, share your brainstorm of ideas and create a video or audio recording of yourself explaining each idea.

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For this activity, please identify someone in your life who is a role model to you. This could be a parent, grandparent, neighbour, minister, imam, rabbi etc. Please ask them to share one piece of wisdom (advice) with you that they think you and your blog readers should hear.

On your blog, share this wisdom with your readers.

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For this activity we are going to become more familiar with some of these amazing indigenous communities. Please click on the links below to learn more about these fascinating groups.

Ainu People

Australian Aboriginal People

The Inuit People

Papuan People

The Maya People

Once you have finished learning about these groups, please choose the two that interest you the most.

On your blog tell us the names of the two groups that you chose and then tell us at least two interesting facts about each group. To earn full points, you must provide two facts about both groups - 4 facts in total.

Papua New Guinea:

- There are about 840 distinct languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea,
- The population is almost entirely Melanesian

Aboriginal Australian:

-  Today, there are 250 uncommon language spread throughout Australia.
-  Aboriginal Australians could be the oldest population of humans living outside of Africa, where one theory says they migrated from in boats 70,000 years ago.

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For this activity, read through the seven whakataukī (proverbs or metaphors) presented in this document. Choose one that has meaning for you. Create a poster that features the whakataukī and be sure to include at least one image (a drawing or photograph) on the poster that represents the whakataukī that you chose. 

Image from p1.pxfuel.com

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For this activity, choose a book that you like and write a short review of it. In the review, tell us what the book is about and what you like about it.

On your blog, share your book review with a photo or illustration (drawing) of the book.

The book I am choosing to write a review about is Holes by Louis Sachar because one of my favourite books, it also is very good because it gives you clues to what will happen in the end. The main character is Stanley Yelnats. Stanley is sent to camp green lake in Texas. While he is at camp green lake he makes some new friends.  

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For this activity, we would like you like you to write a short story. The story can be about anything that you wish but to receive full points it must be at least 10 sentences long!

On your blog, share your short story. We can’t wait to read it!

Once upon a time ago there was a dog called Buster and he was a pure bred Rottweiler. All of the dogs in town were scared of him because he used to chase the any dog that ran on his property far away but one day Buster was not at his house. So all the dogs went looking for him. They went down into an ally-way and they all saw scratch marks fur, and they found his collar. One of the dogs picked up the collar and brought it home. They all followed the dog with the collar so that they could examine the collar closely. It was time that they all went and looked for him. They could hear barking over in the old warehouse so the dogs went over to it. They kicked the window and all the glass smashed into smithereens. Over near the cardboard boxes buster was over their tied with a chain. They quickly freed him and ran away. And they lived happily ever after.

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For this activity, let’s imagine that the government decides to create a new $10 bank note and replace Kate with a picture of a different New Zealand woman.

On your blog, tell us who you think the government should put on the new $10 note. Please provide us with a picture of this amazing woman and a short explanation of why you have selected her as Kate Sheppard’s replacement.

I think Ruby Tui because she is a great role model to many people and she is good at encouraging other people, she is great at rugby and that is why I think she should go on the 10 dollar note.

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For this activity, please consider the problem that black men and women faced in America at this time.

On your blog, describe the problem. What did Rosa Parks do about the problem? How did other people react?

On the 1st of December 1955 Rosa Parks was extremely tired of how coloured people where getting treated. At the time seats at the front where reserved for white people and the seats at the back were for the black people. After a long day at work Rosa Parks boarded onto the bus and took a seat. The bus filled u very quickly and a white man came on and the bus driver told the African American passengers to give up their seats to him because he was white but Rosa disobeyed him and refused to do as he said. In the end Rosa was arrested by the police because of breaking segregation laws. Rosa refused to pay and argued that the law was wrong.  And on the 13th November 1956 the supreme court that Alabama racial segregation weren't valid and should not be recognised
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For this activity, we would like you to explore the School Strike for Climate Australia website.

On your blog, list three facts (things) that you learned, and include a photograph of something that you are doing around home to help the environment.

1) The Students are striking because they want the government to stop fossil fuel projects. E.g coal mining.

2) Renewable energy is better for the environment and they are trying to encourage the government to support renewable projects like wind or solo power. 

3) Climate change has become a crisis.  

Using Beeswax Wraps

Instead Of Glad-wrap

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For this activity, please imagine that you are Mr Mandela and that you are living at Robben Island prison. You have been given a journal and each night you write in it.

On your blog, write a journal entry imagining that you are Mr Mandela. What do you think he did each day? How did he feel? Include as much detail as you can in the journal entry.

I am trapped in this horrid prison. There is no escape otherwise you get sliced into shreds or beaten. I can see the blue waves as they crash onto the surface. The grey brick walls are starting to grow mould into them. 

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For this activity, please write a letter that includes the issue you have chosen, why you have chosen it, and what you would like our Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, to do about it. It is your job to persuade us (and her!) that it’s an important issue.

On your blog, share your letter to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Dear Jacinda,

I just thought their should be some more hotels and motels that pets can go and stay at with their owners over the summer holidays so they don't get left at home because imagine that you were a pet and you were left at home with a stranger you had never met before and you are left with them for a week or maybe even more than that. You wouldn't get as much attention, don't get any exercise until your owners get back from their holiday and you are also extremely board, lonely and sad. But if their was accommodation for yourself and your pet, it would be the best moment of the pets whole life. So next time you go on holiday think of how your pet would feel if it came too.

Your Sincerely
Summer 

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For this activity, we would like you to calculate Jessa’s age when she won the NAIDOC Youth of the Year award. She was born on 7 April 1985 and she received the award on 9 July 2010. Please provide the answer to this question in years, months and days (eg. 20 years, 6 months and 2 days).

On your blog, please post both your final answer and an explanation of how you solved this maths problem. You could write your explanation, or use screencastify to record yourself explaining how you solved it.

She was  25 years, 3 months and 2 days old when she got the NAIDOC youth of the year award.

  

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For this activity, create a list of your ‘Top 5’ favourite things to do and take a photo of yourself doing each of these things.

On your blog post both your list and your photos of your favourite things.