Day 1
Activity 1 - In 2000, the country of New Zealand celebrated when Russell Coutts and his sailing team won their second straight America’s Cup. This was the first time that a team from New Zealand had won back-to-back championships! Many people celebrated the victory with their friends and family.
On your blog, tell us what you and your family do to celebrate special events, such as birthdays. Do you have a special meal or go to a specific place? In our house, we usually make a pizza and bake a special cake. What about you?
In my family, on special occasions, we celebrate by having all of our closest friends and relatives come over. They each bring something that can be either a gift, meal, or something to do throughout the day.
Activity 2 - Arguably one of the most famous movie trilogies of all time, The Lord of the Rings, was filmed in New Zealand. All three movies were directed by a New Zealander named Peter Jackson. The first movie was released in 2001, the second in 2002 and the third in 2003. The movies cost an estimated $300 million to produce!
Imagine that instead of spending the money on the movies, Peter Jackson decided to give all of this money to you. Lucky you! On your blog, tell us what you would do with $300 million dollars. How would you spend it? It is a lot of money so please think carefully about it and spend it wisely :-)
If I had as much money as 300 million dollars I'd probably give most to a charity of my choice. (most meaning 150 million / 1/2.)
I'd give part of the remaining money to my siblings and parents and save the rest for myself, in my bank! What a way to use 300 million dollars!
Bonus Activity - Although most of you are quite familiar with the idea of taking a ‘selfie’ (picture of ourselves), this was not always the case. In fact, it wasn’t until the early 2000s that people started talking about the idea of a selfie, taking selfies and posting them online.
In honour of the rise in popularity of the ‘selfie,’ take a selfie and post it on your blog. Try to show us at least one of your hobbies or one your favourite things (maybe a special toy or book). For example, here is a selfie of Hazel drinking a big mug of tea, and Rachel with her son, Aronui, attending a Paw Patrol show!
I took this photo with my godsister, We used one of our favourite apps, Snapchat to do this.
2 comments:
Hey Jazire
Amazing work!!! This is an outstanding blog post... I like your photo, it's one of my favourites. Out of all of these activities, which was your favourite and why?? Can't wait for more posts.
Kia ora Jazire!
That sounds like a great day of celebration! I love that everyone brings something to share. What kind of activities do you do on the day? Or do you just chill out wiht your guests?
$300 million is a lot of money so I'm glad to hear that you would be really wise about how you'd use it! No-one really needs that much money so saving it in the bank is a great idea, and while it's earning interest you can think about how you want to spend it. What charity do you think you might give the half to?
Thanks for sharing the selfie of you and your god sister. Snapchat is great like that - full of filters to play around with. It seems the dog filter is really popular!
Nice work!
Nicky :)
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