Summer Learning Journey 2019-2020 • Week 4 • Day 5 - Activity 1

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post. I am now on day 5 and it is almost the end of the Summer Learning Journey. It's sad that it's ending because I probably won't be able to do it next year. Anyways, today I will be doing another activity for the Summer Learning Journey. Enjoy!

If you did not know the Summer Learning Journey is a holiday programme. The main reason why it started is to prevent the Summer Slump. The Summer Slump happens when you fall behind in your learning. In my opinion, SLJ is a really great programme to do so that you can keep up with your work.

DAY 5: DANCING QUEENS

Activity 1: THE WORLD OF HIP-HOP

Photograph of Parris Goebel, First Access
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Parris Goebel (Parri$) is a famous dancer and choreographer from Auckland, New Zealand. She is Samoan/Chinese/Scottish.

Parri$ started The Palace Dance Studio. She worked as a choreographer for singers like Justin Beiber, Jennifer Lopez, and Rihanna. In 2019, Parri$ and he dance crew, The Royal Family, won the World Hip Hop Dance Championship.

For this activity, we had to watch a video of The Royal Family. - What did we like about performance? What did they do well? What could they work on? From that, we had to write a review of The Royal Family's performance.

- The video did not work for me, so I searched one up on youtube. - Link
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Review:
Their dance was amazing! It was like they were telling a story. It was so detailed and they worked so hard. The music was also very upbeat and it feels very happy. Their outfits were also very and it was very alluring to look at. I love their dance because it was so charismatic and it feels very trendy. Their choreography was so well planned and laid out. Their dance is very unique.

Summer Learning Journey 2019-2020 • Week 4 • Day 4 - Activity 3

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post! Today I will be doing another activity for the Summer Learning Journey. Enjoy!

If you did not know the Summer Learning Journey is a holiday programme. The main reason why it started is to prevent the Summer Slump. The Summer Slump happens when you fall behind in your learning. In my opinion, SLJ is a really great programme to do so that you can keep up with your work.

Activity 3: TOP SECRET STREET ART

"Banksy" is a street artist from England. He is a very private and secretive. In fact, almost no one knows who he really is - he always creates his art in secret!

Street art, or grafitti art, is all around us. Sometimes the art tells a story, sometimes it makes a building look more interesting, and sometimes it makes us think hard. 

There is a lot of amazing street art in the city of Christchurch.

For this activity we had to look at the Christchurch Street Art website and then choose two different pieces of artwork. Then we had to explain what is similar and different between the two pieces of art.
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Art by: Anne McDonald
Photo Credit: Penny Paltridge 

Art by: Tepid
Photo Credit: Reuben Woods. 

Similarities between the two:
- They both have an animals in their art.
- They express bold and different colours.
- They are both very colourful.

Difference between the two:
- One is bigger and one is smaller.
- The second one gives off the feeling of forests and fruits.
- The first one gives the off the feeling of unusualness.
- One has a word in it.
- The first one represents being who you are and having pride in who you are. ( In my opinion )
- The second represents being in the wild and searching for food. ( In my opinion )

Summer Learning Journey 2019-2020 • Week 4 • Day 4 - Activity 2

Hi everyone! Welcome to another post, I hope you are having a great day so far! I am here again, to do another activity for the Summer Learning Journey. Hope you enjoy!

If you did not know the Summer Learning Journey is a holiday programme. The main reason why it started is to prevent the Summer Slump. The Summer Slump happens when you fall behind in your learning. In my opinion, SLJ is a really great programme to do so that you can keep up with your work.

Activity 2: TRY YOUR OWN TAPA

Fatu Feu'u is a Samoan artist who lives in Aotearoa/New Zealand. His paintings are inspired by tapa cloth (siapo) pattern from Samoa, as well as tatau (tattoo), weaving, carving, mask designs.

Many Pacific Islands have their own versions of tapa cloth. In Tonga, it is called the ngatu, in Fiji - the masi, in Niue - the hiapo, in the Cook Islands - the tapa, and in Hawaii - the kapa. You can learn more about tapa cloth here.

For this activity, we had to create our own tapa cloth design. We could draw our design on paper or using a drawing app. After that, we had to describe what each part of our picture represents.

First box - New Zealand stars and Philippine Sun 

- I was born in the Philippines and I am now a citizen of New Zealand 

Second box - 3 circles

- The first circle with the heart represents my sister. She is always carrying around her teddy around and it has a heart in the middle of its tummy.

- The second circle, left side, volleyball. My mother use to play volleyball when she was young.

- The last circle, the right side represents my father. He is a welder/manufacturer and the spark is meant to represent the welding tools he uses.

Third box - Mountains

- To me, this reminds me of my home. Christchurch. My family and I often go on road trips and we see a lot of mountains. 

Fourth box - Interests

- Paper, which includes musical notes and writing.

- Rose, representing the movie 'Beauty and the Beast' - Also representing drawing.

- That weird circle on the side is a camera because I like photography.