Creating this Japanese puffer fish was so fun. Detailing the fish’s fins and doing little on its gins, it grew my imagination and imagery on the styled puffer, offering a lot to my imagination. My puffer fish’s style is solely dedicated to the oceanic blue, with all sorts of varieties. My puffer fish’s habitat can be spotted around reefs and in some cases, in the shallow beaches.

Fun Fact: Ever wondered how these deadly critters inflate several times their original size? Well, they can fill up their elastic stomachs with water and maybe air!

My word find is tied to Naval warfare. I chose this theme since Naval warfare is a big part in helping countries which have a coast.. well.. exist. However, I have tied in some simpler words. It’s also been entertaining whilst making this task. Good luck!

Fun Fact: Anchors are incredibly large! It can roughly be 2 times taller than your average person!

Click here for the word search!

For the step it up, I chose to do a paper Mandala, and used just a few tools. A simple yet entertaining project which can really get your mind going. I will explain the colours since the photo wasn’t as bright:

Brown, Green, Dark Blue, Dark Magenta, Regular Blue, and Orange for the Background.

Fun Fact: Purple is the rarest dye before the 1850s, since to obtain it you need to exterminate a specific type of snail!

For me, acquiring the resources for this task is immensely difficult. However, still a challenging and fun mission to complete. It really gives you back your adventuring senses and I felt like my eyesight was improvised somewhat. Overall, simple mission for people who have a large variety of flowers to choose from.

Fun Fact: A single plum hands you 14% of your daily Vitamin C. Pretty cool, right?

                  Two  Different Angles                                       

Resources: Dirt, Gumamela flower and leaves, Orange tree leaves, Cherries;

Dirt is used to make the circular structure.

Gumamela flower can be seen in the middle, the leaves is the first layer.

Orange leaves is the second layer, the layer underneath it is a yellow flower(we’re clueless).

Cherries is the layer before the Dirt.

For this task, we had to use our memories to describe the ocean in a sentence for each letter in the alphabet! I do not complain, this task was interesting and fun to do, helping us get our brain and memories going to come up with sentences about the ocean and its diverse ecosystem.

Fun Fact: Did you know that the ocean produce approximately 70% of our atmosphere’s oxygen? Pretty cool right?

For our task in the 12th, we are ordered to create a wheel and art of words. We are given themes where we have to put as much as we can possibly remember into the wheel.

For the December 11, 2024 task, we are ordered to make a crossword consisting of things about the ocean. Here’s my submission for the task!

In our Summer Learning Journey 2024 – Feared Fish, I chose an obvious Pufferfish. It was enjoyable learning about the dangerous fish and how we and I can avoid it! The purple flag is mostly used by the USA, since I couldn’t really find a flag that Kiwis use.

Dear Diary – Umbrella

Waking up from a dream, Ama told me it was time to leave. Without hesitation, grabbing everything I could with my tiny hands, I ran towards our old Honda. We drove to the port and saw the remaining fleet of ships. Multiple other Cubans attempting to enter a ship filled with refugees. Ama spotted a nearby ship with only a couple of Cubans, and without a second thought, we ran as fast as we could to it.

We saw multiple other Cubans run over to the ship we’re on. An alarm mentioned something in Español, it announced that the current fleet on the port was leaving in 15 minutes. We headed off, with an uncountable amount of Cubans, towards Mexico. As the engines rumbled to life, many people attempted to jump into the deck, but it only resulted in most of them either drowning or getting soaked by cold water, about 12° Celcius. Ama covered me with his yellow umbrella and body. The ship didn’t have as many Cubans as the others, but was still crowded. I tried not to fall asleep, but the warmth of Ama’s body made me feel like everything was normal. And so, I, without  realising, fell asleep. I woke up to the sounds of emergency sirens and shouts of joy from the people on board the ship. I sat up, helping my dad as he was asleep on my shoulders. The fleet landed safely, no casualties, I hoped.

Shouts of Joy, Cubans throwing away their waste whilst singing rhymes and songs. But Ama was frustrated, it seemed. And so we continued travelling. Ama and I walked a little bit further away from the port, until he found an abandoned casa. Ama decided to put down a camp just beside the footpath. We remained there for about 2 days, but after the second day, Ama decided our current shelter isn’t a good spot to beg, or so I thought… Ama and I ran into a Panaderia, or a Bakery. There were a whole ton o’ cakes! Santo Moly! I smelt the sweetness and tasted it at the same time! But, I understood that our current situation couldn’t afford to purchase any of them, only a loaf of bread with our 120 Mexican pesos hiding in my Ama’s wallet.

We continued to find a new spot until we turned and walked into a quiet, wet and smelly street. Ama took me into the doorstep of what seemed like an Apartment. Ama handed me his yellow scarf. Ama kneeled, with a face of mixed emotions, kissed my forehead. I, like the clueless boy I am, thought this was our new place to beg. Ama muttered some words in Español, and walked away. I thought he was going to purchase some food or water. But as he continued to go further, and further away from the closest marketplace, I realised that Ama has left me in an Orphanage.

Translations:

Casa: House or Home

Santo Moly: Holy Moly

Panaderia: Bakery

Ama: Father, Dad, Papa