Merry Christmas!

Kia ora everyone, 

Hoping you all had a wonderful Christmas with your whānau! 

Even though it's been Christmas, many of you have been busy with the Summer Learning Journey activities which is awesome. Some of our blog commenters are having a well deserved break and you may not see as many comments as usual however we are still reading and tracking all of your posts so keep them coming.

I'll check back soon along with some SLJ standout posts to share with you all 😀😄

The Competition Is On!

Wow, wow, wow!

After a quiet weekend with my whānau and our new puppy Samson, I have come back to check out your posts and I have 131 new Summer Learning Journey blog posts to read through! 

This is amazing guys so keep up the good work! There is some tough competition out there so keep blogging and gaining those points. 

Here are the links (Year 3-5 & Year 6-8) to this week's activities which are all about politics and activism. 

Here is a photo of our new puppy Samson to keep you motivated this week 🐶

Checking In

Hi Everyone, 

Just wanting to check in and see how everyone is going. We have had some awesome posts and lot's of them coming in so the competition is on guys! 

How cool is this poem from Lucy at Hornby High School?! 

Keep up the good work everyone and get those points rolling in :) 

Remember, if you get stuck or need help, you can email me at urumanuka@gmail.com

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Our Blog Commenters

Introducing our wonderful team of blog commenters for Uru Mānuka this year. On the left we have the great Gabe and on the right we have marvelous Mikey (some of you may remember her from last year). We are so lucky to have these 2 wonderful people reading and commenting on all of your fantastic posts so make sure you reply and leave them a comment (remember, comments are worth 2 points!).

The Summer Learning Journey is here!

The day has come guys! The Summer Learning Journey is now live online. 

Today's activities are about amazing explorers, how cool?! But remember you don't have to do the activities in order so if you want to pick something else for your activities today, go for it. 

Things to remember guys are the more you blog, the more points you gain, the more prizes you're in to win. Use your own words in your posts and activity answers is a big one to remember too. 

Good luck everyone, I know you're going to be awesome! 

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The Big Announcement! The winner of the lolly jar is............

How many lollies in the jar? on Biteable.

Teaser Week

Exciting news guys! The Teaser Week is now live. Time to get your practice in so you are ready and confident when the programme goes live on the 16th of December. Happy blogging 😊

Well Done Yaldhurst Model School

This week I was lucky enough to attend Yaldhurst Model Schools Spring Learning Journey prizegiving. You guys did awesome and should be super proud of all the hard work you put in over the 2 week spring holidays. You guys are going to be pro's in this years Summer Learning Journey! Thanks so much for having me guys.

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Image attribution: Grace, Yaldhurst Model School

How many lollies are in the jar?

Right guys, as promised here is a picture of the rather massive jar of lollies I have. Now it's your job to try and guess how many are in there. One guess per person and whoever guesses the number or is closest, wins the jar of lollies. You have until Thursday the 5th of December to comment your guess and I will be announcing the winner on Friday the 6th of December. 

Good luck!

The Summer Slide

Here is a great poster to see what happens to your reading and literacy achievement over the summer holidays. This is why the Summer Learning Journey is such a great tool, it

also heaps of fun and there are great prizes up for grabs. 

A little bit about me

IT'S COMING!

COMING BACK TO YOUR SCHOOLS!

Amazing Prizes

Fun Activities

Maintain literacy and reading skills

Keep in contact with your friends and make new ones all over NZ

Cool new topic

LET'S DO THIS! 

I'M EXCITED, ARE YOU?

Get In, Quick

Hi Everyone! 

The Summer Learning Journey will be wrapping up soon so if you are getting a bit bored over your holidays and feel like something to do, get into it! 
Amazing prizes to be won like a ChromeBook, Speakers, Drones and headphones so get into it!
Here is the link to week 1's activities!